...Much has been made, in print and on air, of Lexingtonians' budding interest in growing and consuming fresh and local produce. We eat fresher food. We get to sample a greater variety of food. We grow community by gathering in groups at places like Farmer's Markets to chat, eat, and' [...]
UPS’ first-generation diesel hybrid delivery vans improved the on-road fuel economy by 28.9% resulting in a 15% improvement in total cost per mile while maintaining similar reliability and operational performance as compared to conventional [...]
Tom Konrad (AltEnergyStocks) submits: Mass air travel is incompatible with a sustainable economy. Air travel is energy and capital intensive, creates a gigantic carbon footprint, and is likely to remain dependent on the high energy density of fossil fuels much longer than surface transport. [...]
TOKYO - Japan, the world's second-largest economy, may have found a way to reduce its almost total dependence on other countries for the oil that drives the industries on which the country's wealth is built.
Betting that Japan can extract and commercially exploit methane hydrate, the hoped-for alternative to oil, [...]
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Oils biggest annual rally since 1999 is poised to continue with gains of 20 percent next year as the global economy recovers and OPEC curtails production, the most accurate crude forecasters say.
Societe Generale SAs Mike Wittner and Hannes Loacker at Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oesterreich AG, whose predictions [...]
As part of an aggressive deployment strategy for improving fuel efficiency across its product line-up in the near-to medium-term, [...]
Moody’s expects US insurers’ commercial mortgage losses to grow, but not to result in many rating downgrades unless commercial property values fall much further than expected.
Given that commercial real estate performance typically lags the general economy, we expect loss rates on both commercial mortgage loans [...]
Mitchell, D.Sc., founder of the [...]
Perspective by Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Oil is a strategic commodity second to none—it underlies the global economy and even the American way of life. Of course, other countries benefit from this fact, with about $900 million flowing out of the US to buy foreign [...]
China came to Copenhagen offering to cut the carbon intensity of its economy - or the amount of carbon dioxide it produces per Yuan of GDP - by more than 40 per cent within a decade. That's a big promise, and other developing nations like India are offering to follow [...]
China’s completion of an historic natural gas pipeline with Kazakhstan bypassing Russia this week tightens the Asian behemoth’s grip on energy resources needed to fuel a burgeoning economy, a desire also forcing it on a quest for oil and gas wealth in other corners of the globe.
China is [...]
China is not alone [...]
The UAE, the second-largest Arab economy, dealt a serious blow to [...]
Two organizations with long histories in the renewable energy industry have recently unveiled online tools that will help global and local communities analyze critical components of renewable energy development and ultimately make better decisions that impact the growth of renewable energy and the clean energy economy.
NRELs Clean Energy Economy Gateway [...]
The first testing phase of Lotus Engineering’s Omnivore variable compression ratio, flex-fuel direct injection two-stroke engine (earlier post) has been successfully completed on gasoline. In addition to demonstrating [...]
Many of the issues discussed on this bandwidth are large, long term, and threatening. Consider the three primary society-wide topics of analysis and discourse: climate, energy and the economy. It is my belief these 3 are linked by an underlying cultural growth/debt imperative running into a planet with finite sources [...]
This is interesting for several reasons. First, that oil companies expect a surge in demand when the global economy recovers. Second, that they're not' [...]
Under President's proposal, homeowners would be reimbursed for energy-efficient appliances and insulation.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President Obama proposed a new program Tuesday that would reimburse homeowners for energy-efficient appliances and insulation, part of a broader plan to stimulate the economy.
The administration didn't provide immediate details, but said it would work' [...]
Cash for Caulkers could seal $12,000 a home
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President Obama proposed a new program Tuesday that would reimburse homeowners for energy-efficient appliances and insulation, part of a broader plan to stimulate the economy.
The administration didn't provide immediate details, but said it would work with Congress on' [...]
The current recession definitely bought some time for utilities, said Angie Storozynski, an analyst at Macquarie [...]
