Research leaders from eight Ohio universities joined Gov. Ted Strickland at a news conference today to launch a coordinated effort to make Ohio an international leader in advanced energy research and development.

The “Centers of Excellence” at the eight universities will have distinct missions to provide the innovation that will help strengthen “Ohio’s position as a [...]

By Team Planet Green
Silver Spring, MD, USA | Sun Oct 11 17:07:00 GMT 2009

The workplace offers a unique opportunity to spread the green gospel. From telecommuting to carpooling to recycling to energy efficiency, any job has the potential to become a little more earth friendly if we’re to do the work. Workers of the world, [...]

Andy Pag, an environmental activist, has been travelling around the world in a bus powered by french-fry fat. He left London on September 19, 2009 and has covered 3,000 miles so far.
Part of the Biotruck Expedition, he is attempting to drive around the world emitting less than 2 tons of CO2. What’s it like driving [...]

Is this little fridge running from Energy Star auditors? Hummm…
Image via Matheus Sanchez
Energy Star is regarded by consumers as one of the most reliable raters of electronics and appliances in terms of knowing how much energy a device consumes. The organization continually raises the bar (little by little, but still raises) on energy efficiency and [...]

by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York on 10. 6.09
By significantly slowing deforestation, improving worldwide energy efficiency, and working towards a global renewable energy standard of 20%, we could cut 13 gigatonnes of CO2 emissions a year–and save $14 billion while we do it. And when I say “we”, I’m talking about ‘we the human [...]