The Ashes

Lisa Jackson, head of the EPA, delivered a "message of hope… message of change" from President Barack Obama on the issue of climate change. EPA administrator delivers “message of hope” to G8 environmental meeting, committing the U.S. to the fight against climate change, in a major departure from the policies of former President Bush. United [...]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the revolutionary new type of hybrid power station a "qualitative milestone." Will be the world’s first power station to produce clean energy, heat, and hydrogen capable of being stored for use at a later time. German Chancellor Angela Merkel inaugurated what will become the world’s first hybrid power plant which [...]

The Earthday.gov website has not been updated since January 16. Earth Day is set to take place this Wednesday, April 22. The U.S. Government website set up at www.earthday.gov, exclusively to encourage participation in Earth Day, scheduled for this Wednesday, April 22, has fallen asleep on the job. With no updates since a few days [...]

Ralph Nader chatting with Park Howell during the Valley Forward Livability Summit, Phoenix, AZ. The “New-thinking” leaders with a green agenda MUST do a better job articulating sustainability, so said Ralph Nader yesterday during the Valley Forward Livability Summit in Phoenix, Arizona. I had an opportunity to sit down with Mr. Nader, former presidential candidate [...]

OriginOil to Rapidly Commercialize Patent-Pending, Single-Step Extraction Process Los Angeles, CA – April 20, 2009 – OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced an innovative single-step process to extract oil from algae. In addition to [...]

President Obama and his Energy Secretary warned of the drastic consequences climate change can cause, especially to small island nations. Small island nations, such as Trinidad and Tobago, can "simply dissapear" due to rising temperatures, warned Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Attending the fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, along with U.S. President [...]

The Hummer is the poster child of excess consumption and inefficiency, but a Utah company is converting the much-maligned SUVs into a range-extended electric vehicle good for 100 mpg and a range of 40 miles. Raser Technologies will unveil the Raser H3 on Monday in Detroit. It promises a 90 mph top speed, off-road capability [...]

If you want to pack everything you need in order to get the most out of your favorite iPhone, iPod, as well as iPod Touch, than the E-Pod is the thing for you. The gadget includes a speaker, a movie projector and an alarm clock. All those features are stuffed accurately into a well designed [...]

The largest electronics company in the world, Samsung, presented in its native country, Korea, two brand new 20 and 23-inch Eco-friendly LDCs, featuring SyncMaster 70 Series. The new LCDs from Samsung save up to 33 percent of energy than the company’s average LCDs. The two models include the ToC (Touch of Color) Design. There’s currently [...]

Kicker unveiled its new VOIP conference phone concept for small businesses. Nowadays conference phones have several drawbacks and most of them can be included in two groups technical and social. The first group includes issues related to the speaker and microphone, while the second group includes problems that are linked to the fact that conference [...]