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Is the shale gas boom a bubble?
From Green Right Now Reports The U.S. shale boom, being touted as able to deliver 100 years of domestic energy supply, is nothing more than the latest investment bubble, asserts a report released this...
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Obama Administration, a step closer to approving the Keystone pipeline?
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now The Obama Administration released its revised environmental impact assessment on the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline Friday, portraying the project as a safe...
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Drilling Deeper: The wealth of business connections for Obama’s energy pick
by Justin Elliott ProPublica, March 20, 2013, 9:53 a.m. MIT Energy Initiative Director Ernest Moniz (Photo: MIT) When President Obama nominated Ernest Moniz to be energy secretary earlier this month,...
View ArticleQuayle Hodek On The Future of Renewable Energy
Called one of the “7 Hottest CEOs ” by Treehugger.com and one of Red Herring’s “Top 25 Entrepreneurs under 35,” Quayle Hodek is a pioneer in the field of renewable energy. As the CEO of Renewable...
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Friends of the Earth says special interests have tainted Keystone XL approval...
(Update: A new report by Oil Change International in collaboration with FOE and other environmental groups shows how the scope of carbon pollution from the Alberta tar sands production and use dwarfs...
View ArticleWooden solar cells shine light on cleaner power option
Researchers at Georgia Tech University have developed an organic solar cell made of wood. The biodegradable, transparent films are designed to replace the layers of glass or plastic found in...
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Resistance to Keystone XL pipeline flares in Spaulding OK
From Green Right Now Reports Two Texas residents, acting as part of the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance, locked themselves to machinery today to protest construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in...
View ArticleInside A House With No Energy Bills
Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Brink” explores how cutting edge technology and high-end machinery are increasingly accessible. Here, see how Houze is redefining the American dream by producing homes...
View ArticleFossil fuel industry gets a boost from solar power
The Associated Press reports that oil and natural gas companies are using more solar power to provide electricity to power remote monitoring stations after the hydraulic fracturing crews have left.
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Keystone XL crews plows up Julia Trigg Crawford’s farm, as pipeline nears...
Green Right Now Reports For those of you who’ve been following the Keystone XL pipeline, which will carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to Houston-area refineries, you know that the Oklahoma/Texas...
View ArticleGermany goes full speed ahead with alternative energy
Germany’s plan to craft a new clean-air future involves big steps forward with wind and solar programs, and scrapping nuclear energy. This video editorial compares Germany’s approach with that of the...
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Shale oil production dependent upon ‘drilling intensity’ that will be hard to...
From Green Right Now Reports Fracking for natural gas requires drilling a large number of wells, because each well’s production declines dramatically not long after being brought on line, a new paper...
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Gasland II: America’s fracking nightmare and somnambulent energy policy
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now One of the talking points that has convinced Americans to look politely away from the muck and dirty water while the oil and gas industry fracks tens of thousands of...
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UK’s mega offshore wind farm makes waves
From Green Right Now Reports A 630 megawatt wind farm has opened off the coast of Essex and Kent in the United Kingdom, kicking off the UK’s big wind ambitions. The 175 turbine project known as the...
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Scientists look to the ocean as fuel of the future
If the rising price of oil is hurting your budget, don’t worry. Scientists in Australia have found a way to turn seawater into fuel. Lester Ranby has more in this Reuters report:
View ArticleBillionaire Tom Steyer says Keystone XL Pipeline to raise gas prices
Billionaire Tom Steyer, founder of Farallon Capital Management LLC, talks about today’s release of a report by the non-profit organization Consumer Watchdog that says completion of TransCanada Corp.’s...
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And now for the good news…tigers, wind turbines and green-powered cities
From Green Right Now Reports Tired of dead zones, calving ice sheets, warming permafrost and coal pollution? Yeah, we are too. So we’re starting a periodic feature: And now for the good news! Here are...
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White House getting those promised solar panels
From Green Right Now Reports President Obama’s making good on a promise this week to restore solar panels to the White House roof. The installation of an unknown number of “American made” solar panels...
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This relatively small oil spill will cost $1 billion to clean up
Green Right Now Reports The total tab for cleaning up Enbridge Oil’s Kalamazoo River spill is expected to be a whopping $1 billion, counting the costs of clean up and penalties for violating...
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China offers best solar prices because of scale, not cheap labor, says study
Solar panels on a Walmart in Calif. Green Right Now Reports A study of China’s solar markets has produced findings that should hearten those who hope to see the solar industry take off in the U.S. The...
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