Fossil fuel

Monday fun: fossil fuel vintage videos

January 18, 2010

Energy Refuge kicks off the week in vintage mood with some fossil fuel advertising, news and film footage of yore. These videos are reminders that fossil fuel really is a thing of the past and the future belongs to renewable energy. Technorati Tags: Add new tag, Douglas Sirk, Energy, Fossil fuel, Jack Benny, NBC Nightly [...]

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Scottish island gets green prize

January 14, 2010

A small island in Scotland, home to a community of about 100 people, was awarded £300,000 (US$487,000) from the Big Green Challenge by the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts. Solar power was part of the islanders’ efforts to go green. Technorati Tags: Add new tag, Carbon footprint, Eigg, environment, Fossil fuel, Scotland, [...]

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New report outlines how clean energy can generate jobs in the U.S.

November 7, 2009

Clean energy can play an important role in job creation, says Blue Green Alliance, a national partnership between labor unions and environmental organizations dedicated to expanding the number and quality of jobs in the green economy. The organization has put together a report outlining policies for market building, market reforms, financing, innovation and capacity building [...]

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Biofuels: flawed carbon accounting system can lead to more deforestation

October 28, 2009

We recently blogged about the UN’s recent statement on biofuels. Over the last week, there has been a lot of discussion on the topic, and not exactly an optimistic one, but it’s an important debate to have ahead of the Copenhagen climate summit in December. Technorati Tags: Biofuel, Deforestation, Emissions trading, Fossil fuel, Greenhouse gas, [...]

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UN panel issues statement on biofuels

October 17, 2009

Image via Wikipedia A report published by the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management, says some first generation biofuels such as ethanol from sugar cane can have positive impacts in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. The report Towards Sustainable Production and Use of Resources: Assessing Biofuels is based on a [...]

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