photo: Marcus Bolt/Creative Commons Today is the day! As I reported last week Germany airline Lufthansa has now begun using biofuels on about one-third of its flights from…
photo: John Dabiri/Caltech An interesting new study in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy turns on its head conventional wisdom about both the optimum technical solution…
photo: Paul Sturgess/Creative Commons Except in the most concrete of the concrete jungles of cities, our urban centers probably absorb far more carbon emissions than current…
China appears to be heading for its worst power shortage since 2004, putting pressure on already struggling industries and strained livelihoods due to restricted energy access. The 26 provinces…
photo: William Campbell - USFWS/Creative Commons Wolves can’t seem to catch a break: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and US Fish and Wildlife Service director Dan Ashe have …
photo: Global Jet/Creative Commons Two important and interesting but unfortunately not encouraging factoids on climate change: Continuing and increasing a trend, in the US record hot…
Natural disasters can provide a dramatic reminder of the impact human activities are having on our planet. In recent months, the Southwestern United States has experienced devastating forest…
Aircraft-induced cloud hole over Antarctica, image courtesy Science/AAAS Definitely interesting: New research in the journal Science shows how airplanes can affect the local weather…
This entry is the latest in a Worldwatch blog series on innovations in the climate and energy world.

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