World leaders face multiple barriers in their efforts to reach agreement on greenhouse gas emission policies. And, according to Arizona State University researchers, without globally consist... Read more
Renewable kerosene obtained directly from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide (CO2) With the first ever production of synthesized “solar” jet fuel, the EU-funded SOLAR-JET project has success... Read more
A Swiss-American team of scientists has looked far into the future and calculated that the present lukewarm plans to limit climate change may involve too little action, applied too late. Tho... Read more
Rail built America in the 19th century and now it may be poised for a massive resurgence in the 21st century as high fuel prices make it competitive again It just may be a hunger for wood pe... Read more
Researchers complete first phase of models on the Physical Internet The Physical Internet – a concept in which goods are handled, stored and transported in a shared network of manufacturers,... Read more
Successfully producing petrol from air in a process attested to by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Within a week we have heard of a cryogenic process turning air into gas and now of... Read more
The basic feasibility of SRM with current technology is still being disputed A cost analysis of the technologies needed to transport materials into the stratosphere to reduce the amount of s... Read more
Could see a reduction in costs to society of 38 percent through a sharp cut in associated health-care and climate-change costs. Refrigerating coal-plant emissions would reduce levels of dang... Read more
We have a low-tech, safe, readily employed and easily maintained way to lock carbon out of the atmosphere Tiny microbes are at the heart of a novel agricultural technique to manage harmful g... Read more
Honda Smart Home System Honda has unveiled a demonstration house in Saitama, Japan, to showcase and test its new Honda Smart Home System (HSHS). Featuring a line-up of innovative energy prod... Read more
The idea of pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere is a beguiling one. Could it ever become real? THOSE who worry about global warming have a simple answer to the problem. Simple in th... Read more
No less than one third of a car’s fuel consumption is spent in overcoming friction No less than one third of a car’s fuel consumption is spent in overcoming friction, and... Read more
Scientists aim to create biofuel Tiny green algae grown in floating plastic bags may one day wean us from our voracious fossil fuel consumption. Such is the vision of Jonathan Trent,... Read more
Image by ozgurmulazimoglu via Flickr If efficiency improvements and incremental advances in today’s technologies fail to halt global warming, could revolutionary new carbon-free energy... Read more
Market prices don’t reflect hundreds of billions of dollars in hidden costs of energy production to human health and the environment Market prices don’t reflect hundreds of billi... Read more
