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Four Big Established US Solar PV Companies You Should Know About by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living By Chris de Morsella In this survey we are looking at the large US headquartered solar PV manufacturers with a view to examine how they are doing in this difficult economic cl ... Read on »

New Bioplastic Material Absorbs Carbon Dioxide by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living By Tina Casey Greenhouse gas-sucking rubber ducks could be in the future. Myriant Technologies LLC has just won U.S. Department of Energy funding of up to $50 million to con ... Read on »

Copenhagen Summary: Day 1 by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living The largest climate meeting in history kicked off in Copenhagen, Denmark yesterday drawing 15,000 participants from 192 countries. The meeting will conclude next week with a ... Read on »

Battery-Maker Imara Pulls Plug by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Imara Corporation, a California-based a manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, has shut down operations, according to Greentech Media. In September, Imara announced that its ... Read on »

CO2 Found To Be Even More Important Than Thought by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living By Roger Greenway Research conducted by the University of Bristol, and the University of Leeds in the UK have demonstrated that our climate models may be underestimating the ... Read on »

Clean Tech's 2010 Exit Strategies: Disagreeing With the Financial Times by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living By Ian Thomson Amidst the global recession and discussions surrounding the capital intense nature of most clean tech companies and the question of viable exit strategies for ... Read on »

Pike Research Sizes Up Lithium Battery Market by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living By Bradley Berman The folks at Pike Research, a market intelligence firm specializing in clean technology, have spent most of 2009 looking at various dimensions of electric-d ... Read on »

Nanofarming Offers a Kinder, Gentler Way to Get Biofuel from Algae by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living By Tina Casey One barrier to cost-competitive biofuel from algae is about to fall, and we may have nanofarming to thank for that. The new technology uses tiny nanoparticles ... Read on »

Clean Tech Finland: Funding & Support (pt. 1) by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living By Jeff McIntire-Strasburg Quick: name five Finnish clean tech start-ups. You may have trouble with that one... in fact, you may have trouble naming any Finnish companies bey ... Read on »

Documentary Imagines World Without Fish by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Might all the world's fish die? This question is posed by a documentary about ocean acidification that will screen at the upcoming Copenhagen 15 climate change conference. A ... Read on »

Ferrostaal Opens First Palestinian Solar Thermal Plant by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living By Beit Jala This week, the first solar thermal plant for warm water and central heating on Palestinian territory has gone into operation. The solar plant was built by MAN Fe ... Read on »

European Legislation Creates 62 MPG Gas Cars... From Ford by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living By Susan Kraemer In the US, Ford is still behind the 5 major foreign auto makers in fuel efficiency, surpassing only GM and Chrysler. Yet Ford of Europe already achieves dazz ... Read on »

EnerDel, Mazda, Itochu Collaborate on EV Project by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living American lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel announced today that it will supply the advanced battery systems at the heart of a project integrating the smart grid, electric v ... Read on »

The Top MBA Programs Integrating Sustainability and CSR by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living The Aspen Institute releases its ranking of MBA programs that integrate sustainability and social responsibility.By Tracey de Morsella The Aspen Institute recently released t ... Read on »

Toyota May Bring Back MR2 Sports Car As a Hybrid by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living By Christopher DeMorro I have many a fond memory of my friend's old supercharged Toyota MR2. The peppy two-seater was a rarity for its day; an affordable, fun, mid-engine spo ... Read on »

Oregon is Tops in Net Metering, Interconnection - Report by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Oregon is at the head of the class in implementing net metering and interconnection standards, according to the 2009 Edition of Freeing the Grid, a policy guide that grades st ... Read on »

Waste-to-Energy: Less Trash in Landfills, More Heat and Electricity by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living By Levant Bas We are living in a world where high consumption has been relentlessly praised, suggesting that we should buy, consume and dispose more stuff than our grandparent ... Read on »

Report: Ozone Hole Has Shielded Antarctica from Global Warming by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living By Roger Greenway An important report from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) shows things aren't always what they seem to be, and that our knowledge of our complex Earth is n ... Read on »

Energy, Peak Oil, and Development 2010 and Beyond by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living By Chris Tobias As the keynote speaker at the Singapore Energy Lecture, Dr. Daniel Yergin was toeing his usual line of optimism on the subject of oil and energy. As the Fou ... Read on »

Biofuel Flight Moves Aviation Closer to Clean by John G. Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Special to Matter Network On November 23, over a windy and rainy morning-time Amsterdam, I enjoyed the distinct pleasure of flying high above the clouds on an airplane powered ... Read on »

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