This month we’re welcoming a brand new builder to the prefab scene as Method Homes launches its first house! The wood clad wonder is currently nearing completion in Seattle, Washington and boasts an array of customizable features backed by a stea... Sigue leyendo

Wolf Trap president and CEO Terrence D. Jones With the performing arts, a good showing is when the fall of the curtain leaves you shuffling off into the night a bit dazed, a bit dazzled, and perhaps, just a bit thoughtful. This media, like no othe... Sigue leyendo

Alarming news from Brazil this week: Marina Silva, the woman considered to be the guardian angel of the Amazon forest, walked out of the Lula government as she became tired of fighting a losing battle in a government that has sold its sould to ... Sigue leyendo

Nikkei. According to the latest data, the number of vehicles owned in Japan, including minicars and motorcycles, totaled 79.43 million as of 29 Feb. down 0.2% on the year. The figure fell in December and January. Comparable data has been available... Sigue leyendo

The British Primier Minister Gordon Brown blamed global factors, especially record oil prices, for the economic slowdown and rising inflation in Britain during a series of major interviews Thursday. Speaking on BBC Radio Four's Today programme, Br... Sigue leyendo

Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.You could mistakenly believe, judging by all the press about US cleantech, renewable energy, and green business ventures, that the hub for all things green and innovative is the US. Far... Sigue leyendo

Introduction In my last post I suggested that over the next 5 years Australia’s ability to import oil will be severely constrained. We won’t be able to just switch suppliers, because that is what everybody will be trying to do – we need smarter so... Sigue leyendo

Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.The calendar says May, but where I live in San Francisco, it’s been feeling like the dead of summer lately. My thermometer says 85, which is unseasonably hot for my otherwise moderate c... Sigue leyendo

Written by Lagi, our Pacific oceans campaigner. Our work reaches out to the 20 Pacific Island countries in this region to move towards a sustainable and equitable fishery. I am from Fiji and as a Pacific Islander allow me to point out that the Pa... Sigue leyendo

We've seen a wealth of resources out there for connecting one man's trash with the proverbial other man (or woman) out there who will see it as a treasure. From Freecycle to Throwplace, we applaud these matchmaker enterprises, because they offer ... Sigue leyendo

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Per Fluor Corporation press release: Fluor Corporation, Dallas, TX, (NYSE: FLR) announced Wednesday that it has signed a contract with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) to design and construct the 500 megawatt (MW) Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind F... Sigue leyendo

Recently I've gotten a number of press releases from an organization called WorldAutoSteel which turns out to be a division within the International Steel Institute, a trade organization serving the s read more Sigue leyendo

Last week we proposed a bet against the "pause in global warming" forecast in Nature by Keenlyside et al. and we promised to present our scientific case later - so here it is. This is why we do not think that the forecast is robust: Keenlyside et ... Sigue leyendo

Presidential contender John McCain delivered a major speech today outlining his climate change policy from Portland, Oregon. Stumping from Stumptown (a Portland nickname harkening to it's timber industry past), Senator McCain detailed his plans to... Sigue leyendo

The blog text is written in Swedish but some of the blogs will be translated to English by Michael Lardelli, who lives in Adelaide, Australia. Michael has lived in Sweden for some years. The English text will follow the Swedish text in the blog. T... Sigue leyendo

IAEA Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei met with European Commission officials as both organizations signed a statement on nuclear cooperation. Sigue leyendo

I'm not a fan of eco-terror. In fact, I think it is a very ineffective form of protest and gives environmentalists a bad name.For example, take the latest from radical enviro group, Earth Liberation Front, or ELF. ELF took credit for torching a co... Sigue leyendo

TemasEtUnam Quite a few Temas Blog readers noticed the absence of new posts for several weeks.? I was totally occupied with work day-and-night on the final stages of the total revamp and re-launch of my main site, temasactuales.com? Although work ... Sigue leyendo

(Nanowerk News) Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory, along with partners at Microcontinuum Inc. (Cambridge, MA) and Patrick Pinhero of the University of Missouri, are developing a novel way to collect energy from the sun with a technology th... Sigue leyendo

The Associated Press has a partial list of some of the benefits, perks, rebates, etc that cities and towns are giving to its citizens who ‘go green’. From Baltimore’s giving of $2,000 towards closing costs for people who buy new homes close to whe... Sigue leyendo

World weather impacts September 2007 Title Date of issue Drought worries for tobacco growers 30 Sep 2007 Heavy repair bill after storm 29 Sep 2007 ... Sigue leyendo

The United States House of Representatives has passed an Energy Bill requiring utility companies to produce 15 per cent of their electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar power by 2... Sigue leyendo

This is fairly old news, but since it's in my 'hood it shall be mentioned. Independent Natural Resources, Inc. (INRI (not a stock symbol)) has some interesting technology. From their website:The ... Sigue leyendo

WIND ENERGY: Billionaire Tom Golisano says his new company will keep more money in host townsBy Michael Regan/reganm@gnnewspaper.comAmid references to his hockey team and jokes that fired up the ne... Sigue leyendo