clean technology

These figures should make critics of China’s energy policies think twice.

This week let ’s consider the question, “Are offsets inspirational?” Here we examine offsets from the 'innovation' side, and highlight the potential for offset opportunities to motivate the development and widespread adoption of new and cleaner technologies.

A recent report issued by the International Energy Agency, based in Paris, has concluded it would take an investment of $45 trillion by 2050 to reduce the threat of global warming.

The world needs to invest a whopping $45 trillion in new energy and environmental technologies to meet the twin challenges of climate change and energy depletion.

Google launches new website devoted to clean energy ---- pretty cool!!!

Researchers announce major breakthrough on the path to green gasoline. A UMass chemical engineer has pioneered a new method for producing zero-emissions green gasoline from switchgrass and poplar trees. This is a major step toward commercially feasible cellulosic biomass technologies.

UC Davis's Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy is a free program to jumpstart green businesses. Programs like this one, as well as business plan competitions, offer good opportunities to gain advice (and possibly funding) for a startup.