Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, has passed away. Thank you Mr Lee and may you rest in peace.
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People’s Climate March: To Change Everything, It Takes Everyone … And Washing Machines
To change everything, we first need to make sure that everyone has access to washing machines.
Pictures From New York City’s People’s Climate March
Photo: An estimated 310,000 people marched for accountability, justice and action for climate change at the People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday.
How I Changed My Mind On Ethanol Biofuels
When Project LIBERTY, the first large-scale commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in the U.S., opened in Iowa last Wednesday, I went from a naysayer to a still-skeptical-but-now-believer in biofuels and the Renewable Fuel Standard.
ICYMI: Environmental Reads From Last Week (Labor Day Weekend Edition)
In which I share the five most interesting and important environmental stories (IMHO) that I’ve read this week on various environmental threats that birds face globally, the latest IPCC draft report leaked Tuesday, a mysterious blue substance born from the Mount Polley mine disaster and more.
Blogging for Energy Smarts
So I haven’t been here for a while.. because I’ve been blogging elsewhere! OK nowhere too exciting: the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources blog, Energy Smarts.
Help Ukraine With Tech, Not Gas
#FrackYouPutin? There’s a better option: Help Ukraine improve energy efficiency and reduce the amount of energy that they use.
Gina McCarthy and NESEA: “Partners-in-crime”
Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the EPA, speaks at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s BuildingEnergy 14 conference, declaring the EPA “partner-in-crime” with the high-performance building and renewable energy professionals present.
MIT’s Alcator C-Mod Reactor (A Big Machine)
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Representative Katherine Clark and research faculty at MIT restarted the Alcator C-Mod reactor for fusion energy officially yesterday morning. And then, we all wore hard hats and went into the big room where the big C-Mod machine is and saw it for ourselves: fusion does not just belong in the movies.
AAAS in Chicago: Vampire Energy
Steven Chu speaks at the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Chicago on his revelation on TV set-top boxes and how they’re consuming an astounding amount of Vampire Energy, among other things.