“California Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed the nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic shopping bags. Hawaii has had a de facto statewide ban for nearly two years, but because each of the four major islands is a county, the bag bans were approved county by county. Senate Bill 270 will phase out single-use […]
“Kepler Chevreux, a French investment bank, has produced a fascinating analysis that has dramatic implications for the global oil industry. The investment bank estimates that $100 billion invested in either wind energy or solar energy – and deployed as energy for light and commercial vehicles – will produce significantly more energy than that same $100 […]
German article: “Die Anzahl der Windräder wird sich allerdings nur verdoppeln. Windkraft würde damit 24 Prozent des Stromverbrauchs abdecken. Das geht aus einer Studie der Windkraftbranche hervor. Österreichs Windräder erzeugen derzeit mit einer Leistung von mehr als 1900 Megawatt 6,5 Prozent des heimischen Stromverbrauchs. Das 2011 beschlossene Ökostromgesetz sieht vor, das bis 2020 auf 3000 […]
“…a new type of solar panel has arrived. It isn’t ugly, inconvenient or loud; in fact, it’s practically invisible. The panel, developed by a team at Michigan University, is transparent, and could be used to fit over windows – or tablets, electronic signs or mobile phones. This technology is a step forward from similar panels, […]
Always pushing the limits of posh possibility, this latest endeavor aims to put an entire urban center in a temperature-controlled bubble of indoor spaces, centered around a vast Mall of the World. http://weburbanist.com/2014/07/12/dubai-to-build-new-50-million-sq-ft-climate-controlled-city/ Source: http://weburbanist.com