Archive for April, 2012

According to automotive industry publisher WardsAuto, the world population of automobiles surpassed one billion for the first time in 2010. All those cars — not even including all trucks, buses, trains, airplanes, ships and so on — add up to a lot of energy consumption for transportation. Read the rest of this entry »

During the final days of Earth Month, businesses of all sizes reported sustainability efforts ranging from long-term strategies to everyday solutions. Here’s how companies are practicing green. Read the rest of this entry »

Recently Rodale compiled a list of “The 50 Sexiest Environmentalists.” Evidently writers for Green & Clean were ineligible for consideration. Nevertheless, we did our journalistic duty and carefully perused the slides. Read the rest of this entry »

We green building enthusiasts get excited about the vision of the net zero energy building — a structure that is energy-self-sufficient, using design and technology to harvest what it needs without any assistance from fossil fuels or the electrical grid. Read the rest of this entry »

The eco-curious visitors who stopped by New York City’s Green Festival on Earth Day weekend found green exhibitors, cooking demonstrations and expert sessions that reflected sustainable practices for work and business. Here are some festival highlights. Read the rest of this entry »

Detroit had long been known for fantastic automotive innovation. Since Henry Ford and his Model T, the Motor City was the home of the Big 3 carmakers, and through most of the 20th century Detroit led the way with new and creative ideas in the auto industry. That image of Detroit has faded, as Japanese carmakers took over and helped sink General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, until they needed a government bailout to rescue them. Read the rest of this entry »

BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ranks as the worst man-made environmental disaster in U.S. history. At Green & Clean, we covered the spill extensively and were met with criticism when we brought to light simple, effective non-toxic ways to help clean-up efforts. So here we are two years after the spill, and BP’s profits are soaring while the seafood ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico is turning into mutated monstrosities that would make the Syfy channel blush. Does BP deserve the right to return to its glory days? Read the rest of this entry »

Two years ago, the BP oil disaster began when an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 workers and began spilling what would eventually total 185 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Many sources are following up on the spill to document and investigate the changes to the Gulf’s ecology and economy. Read the rest of this entry »

While it doesn’t garner as many column inches as other industries – probably because it still seems like sci-fi to most people – the nanotechnology industry continues to expand out of the lab and into practical applications. Nanotechnology, the creation and use of devices that are between one and 100 nanometers wide (a nanometer is a billionth of a meter), is today worth an estimated $24 billion according to some research, and that figure is expected to rise steadily. Read the rest of this entry »

Geothermal's flashier uses.

My wife’s brother recently visited us in New Zealand and talked about how he’d sold his lumber business and was getting into geothermal. As in, installing geothermal heating systems for homes. Read the rest of this entry »