Workers at the Q-Cells solar panel plant at Thalheim, in Germany’s “Solar Valley”, are slowly adjusting to their new shorter working week. Until recently, the plant struggled to meet the vast demand for panels stirred up by Germany’s generous subsidy … Continued
Like a lot of Americans, Florence King, who needs a new car, is watching, waiting, wondering. The Orlando woman is watching the progress of the “Cash for Clunkers” legislation, which could pay owners of older vehicles to trade them in … Continued
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An environmental start-up backed by Al Gore’s venture capital firm aims to take advantage of coming U.S. climate change legislation by helping companies like Coca Cola and even cities cut pollution. Hara, a 25-employee company that … Continued
THE EVERGLADES, Florida (Reuters) – The population of Burmese pythons in Florida’s Everglades may have grown to as many as 150,000 as the non-native snakes make a home and breed in the fragile wetlands, officials said on Thursday. Wildlife biologists … Continued
Suntech’s Shi Zhengrong built one of the world’s biggest solar-power companies. Now, with economies slowing, he faces the challenge of a lifetime. A few brief points from this article in the March 2009 Fortune Small Business by Bill Powell: (Fortune … Continued
LONDON (Reuters) – Climate change kills about 315,000 people a year through hunger, sickness and weather disasters, and the annual death toll is expected to rise to half a million by 2030, a report said on Friday. The study, commissioned … Continued
There’s a lot of interest in the fact that many electronic devices in our homes are using energy even while they are turned off or not being used. But, how much money do these energy vampires really suck up? For … Continued
JENNINGS, La. — For decades, the big oil companies and the farm lobby have been fighting about ethanol, with the farmers pushing to produce more of it and the refiners arguing it was a boondoggle that would do little to … Continued
It’s not enough that consumers are already being forced to buy ethanol-blended gasoline that yields worse mileage and offers, at best, questionable environmental benefits. Now ethanol producers want to increase the legal limit on the amount of their product in … Continued
President Obama says investing in a “green economy” can create 5 million jobs in the next 10 years. How? The answer may lie in Germany. The country that is home to Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen is on its way to making … Continued
