Carbon Dioxide emissions in the states are down. The government estimates that between 2007 and 2009, carbon emissions will be down by a whopping nine percent. This is the equivalent of shutting down 400 coal plants for a year. This is good news and it’s real. Now the bad news. The reason for the decline [...]
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Greenhouse Gases Dive in US
Posted in Clean Vehicles, Energy Solutions, Sustainability, Wave Energy, biodiesel, biomass, ethanol, hydrogen, solar, wind on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Public and Private investments Building Green Jobs
Posted in Energy Solutions, Sustainability, Wave Energy, biodiesel, wind on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The July-August edition of Audubon Magazine has an article by Barry Yeoman called Work Plan. Mr Yeoman tells the story how Newton, Iowa is transitioning from high employment (Maytag Washing Machine factory) to recession (Maytag bought out and factory closed 2006) to new era green companies with jobs expanding. The Newton Transformation Council saw [...]
Florida Legislators Confused about Nuclear Power and Renewable Energy
Posted in Energy Solutions, Sustainability, Wave Energy, biomass, hydrogen, solar, wind on March 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
While state legislators wonder whether to call nuclear power clean or renewable the old issues that have kept the industry shut down for thirty years are still unresolved: nuclear proliferation, waste, sabotage and safety. Just last year, the safety issue was raised again at the FPL Turkey Point plant. The top nuclear operator there accused [...]
Nuclear Plants Divert Scarce Water
Posted in solar, wind on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Have you noticed that nuclear plants are always built near a water source? Along a river or beside a lake or the ocean, nuke plants require great amounts of H2O to cool them down. This water then is “diverted” from other uses, e.g. sustaining marine life and, oh yes, drinking water for humans. When water [...]
Sustainability Forum at Florida Tech
Posted in Clean Vehicles, Conferences, Energy Solutions, Sustainability, Wave Energy, biomass, ethanol, hydrogen, solar, wind on February 15, 2007 | 5 Comments »
This conference includes Frank Leslie’s session on March 7th on Renewable (Sustainable) Energy from 2:00 p.m. until 4:20 p.m.
News Release
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Florida Tech will address smart growth and environmental sustainability at its fourth international, interdisciplinary forum, “Sustainable Pathways: New Research and Practices,” on March 6-7 on campus. The forum is a collaborative effort of the Florida [...]
Wind turbine factory in Pensacola
Posted in wind on August 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I thought this was an interesting article about a GE plant building wind turbines in Pensacola. It’s one of those examples of how fighting global warming will hurt the economy.
Craig Williams
Summary of AWEA Windpower 2006 Convention, Pittsburgh PA
Posted in wind on June 19, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The American Wind Energy Association (an industry lobbying group) held this large convention (~4500 attendees) in Pittsburgh PA 6/4 through 6/7/2006. The David L. Lawrence Convention Center incorporates “green” building techniques, the reason for its selection. I won’t attempt to cover everything, but the advances in wind power are astounding.The opening General Session addresses were [...]
Wind power in Flagler County
Posted in wind on June 15, 2006 | 5 Comments »
A lot of people have written off Florida and wind power because we don’t get the same strong, sustained winds you find in other parts of the country. But there are some areas in Florida that may get enough to make it feasible. Here’s a good article about wind power and Flagler County in the [...]
Cape Wind Project still being Fought!
Posted in wind on April 6, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
On April 6th, Congress is still debating the merits of the Cape Wind Project, which is planned for the area between Martha’s Vinyard, Nantucket, and Cape Cod. Sen. Stevens of Alaska has introduced amendments to allow the governor of MA, Mitt Romney to veto the project without even stating a reason.
US Representative Don Young of [...]
Second Annual Florida Solar Music Fair
Posted in Events, solar, wind on April 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Florida Tech to Celebrate Earth Day with Five-Hour Outdoor Concert
MELBOURNE, FLA. – Florida Tech will celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 22 with its Second Annual Florida Solar Music Fair. A variety of bands will turn out between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to make solar- and wind-powered music. Planners have also scheduled several speakers [...]
