Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Mar 21, 2013
We all know the best and easiest way to reduce the carbon footprint of your car is not to use it. Here are seven ways to make your car more eco-friendly while still getting to the places you need to be! [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Mar 19, 2013
Buddhist priests are launching initiatives to support students who are struggling to land jobs and to cope with the competitive stresses being generated by the worst economic slump since the war. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Mar 15, 2013
When you're unemployed, is one of the most stressful and anxiety-producing experiences adults face. Here are eight ways to keep your sanity during your search. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Mar 12, 2013
Despite their goals of finding new work this year, many job seekers are finding that their search process has become a bit stagnant. TheLadders recommends job seekers take some time this month to freshen up their search efforts by reviewing and replenishing their professional inventories. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Mar 7, 2013
Make 2013 the year you get the basics right when it comes to obtaining your dream job! Here are some tips... [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Mar 5, 2013
Science and technology are at the heart of expanding the universe of clean energy options and increasing the efficiency of transmission and generation. One word says it all: Nanotechnology, which is a fancy process that could positively affect both industry and the environment. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 27, 2013
It is unlikely that the average American knows anyone who farms full-time, unless they visit a farmer’s market or buy directly from a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. This article discusses a new farming based economy. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 26, 2013
The solar power industry just got a little more interesting this week, with the announcement that Solar Junction and Amonix have signed an agreement to work together on the next generation of low cost, ultra-high efficiency concentrated photovoltaic systems. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 21, 2013
Job opportunity listings are abundant online, but so is the number of people looking to collect personal information to steal identities. Because job hunters are now looking for and applying to jobs online, which includes posting resumes and profiles, they should be sure to keep personal information secure, Career Center coordinator Cliff Garinn said. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 19, 2013
Several tech-forward marketing companies are going where few have gone before: They’re ditching the résumé and the conventional job interview process for tweets. A simple tweet or two — sometimes called Twitterviews — can lead to a job. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 12, 2013
Here are three job-searching tips to help unemployed workers find their dream job! [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 7, 2013
When it comes to getting a job, confidence is key but it’s hard to remain self assured in a persistently weak labor market. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 5, 2013
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 31, 2013
For more than a year, there has been an agreement between Honeywell (NYSE: HON) and Opower, although the extent of the partnership was always a little vague. Now, together they created an app that begins by asking customers some basic questions to help set up their smart thermostat correctly. Just that move can save up to 20 percent on air conditioning and up to 15 percent on heating, according to Opower. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 29, 2013
If you want to land a job, you have to approach job hunting like a full-time job. You’re a salesman, and the product you’re selling is YOU. This article gives tips just how to do that. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 24, 2013
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 22, 2013
Regular use of Aspirin can almost triple the chance of developing a condition that is the leading cause of blindness, researchers have warned. A past study published in the Lancet medical journal is the first to prove that a daily low-dose of aspirin (75 mg) reduces death rates from a range of common cancers. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 16, 2013
Nasa and NOAA scientists say 2012 global temperature records further consolidate a pattern of global warming. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 15, 2013
High levels of waste are just one of the many reasons food is increasingly becoming an obsession with investors, scientists, policy makers and entrepreneurs. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 10, 2013
LEDs are bright, but they don't shine as bright as their potential. That's because when light emits from an LED, some of it gets reflected back inside. To make LEDs brighter, researchers are taking a cue from the firefly [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 2, 2013
Why not make it your New Year’s resolution to lower your impact on the environment? Turns, out there are some tasty ways to follow through! [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 28, 2012
With the unemployment rate closing out 2012 at the lowest level in more than three and a half years, confidence among workers seems to be stabilizing, prompting more already-employed people to hunt for new jobs. Let us job hunt for you! [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 26, 2012
The largest wind farm to be built in Kansas is set to begin operations by the end of the year. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 18, 2012
President Obama's re-election paves the way for him to actually pursue the "all of the above" energy strategy he has promised. After a series of government-backed green tech companies collapsed, the Obama team smartly shifted away from its renewables-only myopia and -- at least rhetorically -- adopted a broader energy approach more friendly to traditional oil and natural gas. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 13, 2012
Solar panels have dropped in price by 80 percent in the past five years and can provide electricity at a cost that is at or below the current retail cost of grid power in 20 states, including many of the Northeast states. So why isn’t there more of a push for this clean, affordable, safe and inexhaustible source of electricity? [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 12, 2012
Instituting more eco-friendly practices in your home can not only improve your health but also help save you money, experts say. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 11, 2012
The holidays are not a time to "take a break" from job hunting, cautions Heartland Workforce. Here are some guidelines for those in the job market this holiday season. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 6, 2012
A breakthrough new type of micro fuel cell which could become a long-lasting, low-cost, and eco-friendly power source for portable electronic devices, such as smart phones, tablet computers, and remote sensors has been developed by researchers at Yale University. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 5, 2012
The broad view is that the entire Greenland ice sheet is thinning, and has done so for 20 years, researchers reported at the meeting. But regionally, Greenland presents a more complicated story. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 29, 2012
The Aggie Bus achieved several significant milestones. It is the first bus developed and designed by a North American organization that is charged with wireless power transfer technology. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 28, 2012
A membrane consisting of polymer fibres and proteins makes a novel filter for tiny, nano-scaled particles in aqueous solutions. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 21, 2012
Gizmodo just reported on Nov. 20, 2012, that the world largest wind turbine was developed by Siemens. A whopping blade length of 75 meters, it is larger than the wingspan of an Airbus 380 airliner. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 20, 2012
In the Hurricane Sandy's wake, solar companies have been donating equipment across New York and other stricken areas to function as emergency power systems now and backups in the longer term. It is important, executives say, to create smaller, more decentralized ways of generating and storing electricity to help ease strain on the grid in times of high demand or failure. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 14, 2012
Yesterday’s total solar eclipse, the last until 2015, was visible to precious few. The path of the total eclipse barely skimmed northern Australia and otherwise fell only on the South Pacific Ocean. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 13, 2012
The internet has changed the job-hunting process for all generations. The days of checking out the classifieds in the local newspaper or a jobs board at a community center are long gone. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 8, 2012
A so-called Super-Earth located 42 light years away from us has been identified, with scientists claiming it occupies a privileged orbit conducive to liquid water and, if conditions are correct, even life. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 7, 2012
The international fight against climate change received a boost from President Obama’s re-election but there are also concerns of a ‘dash for shale gas’ in his second term. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 6, 2012
Seven of the top seventeen states with the most rapid growth in greentech, according to a new study, are considered swing states in the upcoming presidential election. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 1, 2012
Ready for a new job? Most career experts would tell you to start looking while you’re still employed. And when you do—you must tread carefully. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 25, 2012
Energy independence by 2020? The idea has been touted on the U.S. presidential campaign trail, but global home furnishings retailer Ikea announced plans Tuesday to achieve that goal with solar and wind power. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 24, 2012
The U.S. breaks ground on a new solar research center that will help in the search for ways to turn sunlight, water and carbon into efficient transportation fuels. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 23, 2012
LED lighting technology celebrates its 50th anniversary. In October 1962, a scientist at General Electric, Nick Holonyak, invented the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode, commonly known as LED. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 18, 2012
Job growth is one of the most important issues of the 2012 election, and a recent report suggests that continued investment in green jobs could be a boon to the U.S. economy. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 17, 2012
“The stars will never align perfectly in your job search and if you wait for them to do so, a great opportunity could be missed"
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Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jul 25, 2012
Fake muscles may be used to absorb shock and energy in cars and bridges. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jul 19, 2012
Sensors to Scan Skies of London Olympics [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 18, 2012
While they obviously should put healthcare on the top of the priority list, there are some steps building managers and practitioners can take to reduce hospital waste and become more green. [More]
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 20, 2012
Interoperability tests show that “smart objects” like smart meters and grid gear can talk IP to one another.
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 19, 2012
A German company borrows the materials and manufacturing process of OLED displays to make a new kind of solar panel.
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 17, 2012
"It involves the ability to see the complex interdependencies of the natural resources system; to engage key stakeholders upstream, downstream, and across sectors; and to promote innovation with economic and ecological benefits within the resource system."
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 16, 2012
“By connecting it smartly, you are now able to leverage services from it that you didn’t know you had.”
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 13, 2012
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 12, 2012
NASA has developed a system capable of growing large amounts of algae for biofuel production within a network of floating plastic bags, an innovation its developers say could ultimately produce [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 11, 2012
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 10, 2012
Most of us in the movement to solve climate change want to rock in the corner holding our knees, eating Chinese food out of the box. But that's neither productive nor healthy. Instead, we need to find signs of hope.
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 9, 2012
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By: Alison Green
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Feb 9, 2012
By: Bill McKibben
We know—but perilously fail to see—just how much our planet has changed in the last 40 years.
If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 30, 2012
By: Charles W. Thurston
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 25, 2012
President Barack Obama clearly laid out his energy agenda in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, promising "responsible development" of domestic oil and natural gas even as he pledged to invest in renewable energy. “We don’t have to choose between our environment and our economy,” he said.
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 24, 2012
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 19, 2012
Long before the Occupy movement swept the country—over two years ago—a political revolt began in one of the reddest states in America. Farmers and ranchers in Nebraska, many of whom are long-time conservatives, got angry about the amount of corporate influence in a single political issue that has since captivated the entire state and upset federal politics: the Keystone XL pipeline.
By: Melanie Ostander [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 18, 2012
A new sunflower-inspired pattern increases concentrated solar efficiency.
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 17, 2012
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By: Thomas Black
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 9, 2012
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 6, 2012
More than a billion people worldwide lack access to electricity. The best way to bring it to them — while reducing greenhouse gas emissions — is to launch a global initiative to provide solar panels and other forms of distributed renewable power to poor villages and neighborhoods.
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 4, 2012
Can the US meet the new 2012 Renewable Fuels Standards?
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 3, 2012
"America needs to keep doing what it does so well -- innovate. Innovation costs money. Venture capital must keep investing in energy startups that make economic sense. Public investors who provide the real growth capital for young companies need to come to the capital markets and buy those stocks. As a key source of innovation funding, the U.S. government must keep [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 22, 2011
By: Michael Brune
With all the political posturing in Congress over the Keystone XL tar-sands oil pipeline, it's easy to lose sight of the real issue: This pipeline is dangerous, unnecessary, and would cost the American [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 15, 2011
By: David Biello
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”—Dickens’s phrase might serve to sum up the reactions to what is now officially called the “Durban Platform for Enhanced Action” on climate [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 13, 2011
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 8, 2011
With aging coal-fired U.S. power plants shutting down, major American coal companies are exporting ever-larger amounts of coal to China. Now, plans to build two new coal-shipping terminals on the West Coast have set up a battle with environmentalists who want to steer the world away from fossil fuels.
By Jonathan Thompson [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 6, 2011
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By: Lucia Mutikani
The U.S. unemployment rate tumbled to a 2-1/2 year low in November, even though the pace of hiring remained too slow to suggest a significant acceleration in the labor market recovery. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 1, 2011
By: Jim Lane, Biofuels Digest
Focused on RFS, RIN, or VEETC? Have no idea what RMN, ATM, GDD, STT or LCW stand for? Amyris and Total do, and they are making their way towards serious scale. Are you? [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 30, 2011
By: Suzanne Gamboa
Ahead of a meeting Friday between President Barack Obama and hundreds of Native American leaders, the administration unveiled new rules for tribal lands that officials say will expedite home building and energy development. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 29, 2011
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 28, 2011
By Michelle Roberts
Health reporter, BBC News
A new generation of contact lenses that project images in front of the eyes is a step closer after successful animal trials, say scientists. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 22, 2011
New evidence points to rapid collapse of Earth’s species 252 million years ago.
Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 21, 2011
Some U.S. politicians have been attacking environmental regulations, arguing that they hurt the economy and that the costs outweigh the benefits. But four decades of data refute that claim and show we need not choose between a clean environment and economic growth.
By Gernot Wagner [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 18, 2011
By: Seth Borenstein
Top international climate scientists and disaster experts meeting in Africa had a sharp message Friday for the world's political leaders: Get ready for more dangerous and "unprecedented extreme weather" caused by global warming. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 17, 2011
The engineering giant likes the predictability of marine power - which can be "calculated for centuries in advance."
By: Peter Fairley [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 15, 2011
According to a new study, a 10-state program testing a CO2 cap-and-trade system has proven to be a success. The study, conducted by a team of Analysis Group researchers, measures the economic impact of investements made by the 10 states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) over the course of the program's first three years. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 14, 2011
No more cost-effective way to make major cuts in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions exists than retrofitting buildings. Now, from New York to Mumbai to Melbourne, a push is on to overhaul older buildings to make them more energy efficient.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 11, 2011
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By: Ryan Mack
Recruiters spend countless hours reviewing resumes and screening candidates. In fact, they spend so much time scanning resumes, they can often do it in one minute or less. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 8, 2011
By: Louis Szablya
In the area of home energy management, Microsoft and Google made two mistakes: failing to fully understand the needs of the application, resulting in "solutions" that offered limited real value; and abandoning this nascent market, which is destined to be a significant global opportunity for any vendor with a solution that satisfies the market's needs. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 7, 2011
By: Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press
Thousands of demonstrators, including movie stars and a Nobel laureate, surrounded the White House on Sunday to protest a proposed Canadian pipeline that's serving as a flashpoint for the U.S. environmental movement while resonating with Americans fed up with corporate interests. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 4, 2011
Recent calculations by the U.S. Department of Energy have found global output of greenhouse gases at an all time high. According to their study, the world released approximately 564 million tons more carbon in 2010 than in 2009, placing emissions levels at an outrageous increase of 6%. This article takes a closer look at the causes, implications, and forecast of these 2010 figures. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 3, 2011
By: Ucilia Wang
For nearly a month now, a cluster of 53-foot containers on a ridge of Laurel Mountain in West Virginia has been sipping power from wind turbines that stretch out in both directions. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 1, 2011
The question is no longer whether or not global warming is real, but rather how we must address it. This is precisely the conclusion that former climate change skeptic Richard Muller has arrived at in his recent study of the world's surface temperatures. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 31, 2011
By: Jeff St. John
San Diego Gas & Electric and GE look at smart appliances for apartments, and California utilities promise customers a “green button” for standardized energy data. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 27, 2011
By: Sonya Kolesnikov-Jessop
SINGAPORE — Pahang State in central Malaysia is about to become home to the world’s largest commercial farm project producing microalgae for biofuel. The farm will start to take shape in the first quarter of next year, on a 2,020-hectare, or 5,000-acre, site near Rompin, a small township in [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 26, 2011
Is it possible that an air capturing device resembling a giant fly swat may be a viable means of successfully combating climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions? It appears so, according to a recent report by Nina Chestney. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 25, 2011
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 24, 2011
A very interesting look into the history and future of the residential market for BIPV by David Anthony and Tao Zheng.
Whoever thought that every home in America would have a radio, a television, a phone, a computer, and now a solar rooftop? If it can be imagined, then it can be done.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 20, 2011
By Steve Leone, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com
New Hampshire, U.S.A. -- It's the middle of October, and the solar industry is on life support. Evergreen has died. SpectraWatt is buried. And Solyndra's eulogy has made mention of the black plague of federal financing. Meanwhile, ethanol is counting its days and second generation biofuels [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 17, 2011
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 13, 2011
Reporting by Scott DiSavino in New York; Editing by David Gregorio
(Reuters) - Deepwater Wind is racing to build the first U.S. offshore wind farm off Rhode Island and hopes to parlay that into a string of East Coast farms that could partially replace embattled nuclear power plants. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 12, 2011
By Marios Papalexandrou, Mott MacDonald
Offshore wind is a new market; it has been just two decades since the first commercial installation. The sector was born mainly due to lack of space for the development of large onshore wind projects in the densely populated areas of Western Europe. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 11, 2011
By Sami Grover
I've said it before, but symbolism is hugely important as we transition from the fossil fuel age to a clean energy economy. So the announcement that an iconic steam-era railway bridge is to become [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 7, 2011
A new imaging system that uses a suite of airborne sensors is capable of providing detailed, three-dimensional pictures of tropical forests — including the species they contain and the amount of CO2 they store — at astonishing speed. These advances could play a key role in preserving the world’s beleaguered rainforests.
By Rhett Butler [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 6, 2011
With the Keystone Pipeline, Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands
by Bill Mckibben
In the last three years, three things have happened to the climate movement, one political, one meteorological, and one geological. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 5, 2011
This Article by Clint Wilder of Clean Edge is an interesting and more fact-driven take on the solar industry (as well as CleanTech / Renewables in general) post-Solyndra. Here is another article reiterating the same mentality with more numerical detail that the solar industry will continue to grow despite its recent backlash. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 22, 2011
Monsanto launching its first biotech sweet corn [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Sep 21, 2011
Harald Haas, a professor of engineering from Edinburgh University, has created an interesting new technology that allows information and video to be transmitted through common lighting fixtures using LED light bulbs instead of radio frequency. I’m very curious to see how this plays out if commercialized! [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 15, 2011
Synthetic DNA added to yeast cells, paving way for 'evolution' on demand [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Sep 13, 2011
Remember the early days of the internet - well before Facebook, YouTube and the numerous other now-staples of the web were even premonitions in the heads of their inventors? [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 8, 2011
from E 360: The World at 7 Billion: Can We Stop Growing Now?
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Sep 7, 2011
The standard arrangement of solar arrays is a nice orderly grid pattern on rooftops. The problem with this stationary layout is that as the angle of the sun changes the arrays can only collect so many photons. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Aug 31, 2011
Hurricane Irene battered the east coast causing over 40 deaths and billions of dollars in damage. The ongoing debate of whether these Hurricanes are caused by climate change rages on with politics taking over for science. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Aug 30, 2011
More than 400 protesters have been arrested so far in demonstration against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Aug 25, 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Skilled developers are Silicon Valley's scarcest resource. With big companies throwing around giant salaries and startups competing fiercely for talent, the technical ability to build what they envision is often a make-or-break issue for new ventures. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Aug 18, 2011
Four years ago I was in Clear Water Beach Florida for a wedding. To get away from the hustle of the wedding party, we decided to take a trip to Homossasa Springs Wildlife State Park. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Aug 11, 2011
Smog causes respiratory illness and cardiac disease in millions of Americans, in fact smog causes well over 1 thousand deaths a year. As the temperature rises so does the presence of smog. The main ingredient in smog is ozone which is regulated by the EPA and is a key pollutant of thousands of companies. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Aug 10, 2011
This article talks about an awesome and innovative idea rapidly being put into motion thanks to a $40+MM initiative by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. [More]
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Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jul 29, 2011
While Congress has been focusing the country’s (and much of the world’s) attention on the debate regarding the debt ceiling and various budget cuts, they (mainly Republicans) have been quietly pushing bills that are completely damaging to the environment and the forward progress of renewable energy and cleantech. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 28, 2011
California Governor Jerry Brown has proposed an ambitious new target of installing 12GW of distributed renewable energy generation projects by 2020. Combining two plans, California Solar Initiative (CSI) and the new Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP), around 1GW of new capacity have been produced to date. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 12, 2011
Australia currently has one of the highest rates of greenhouse gas emissions per head of population and they are taking a big step in the right direction with the new carbon tax plan. They will be taxing the country’s 500 largest polluters roughly $24.6/ton of carbon emitted, with that price increasing by 2.5% annually until 2015. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 8, 2011
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Interesting article from GreenTechMedia.com on a new way Utilities, Retail Stores and their Marketing teams are partnering to bridge the disconnect between Utilities and Consumers in markets across the globe. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jun 29, 2011
The United States Department of Energy has offered a $1.4 billion dollar loan guarantee for a 733 MW solar project to be spread among 28 states and create over 10,000 jobs. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 21, 2011
In early April I wrote a post about the exciting Cleantech landscape developing in NYC. With all this growth being seen in the industry’s newest “hub,” the Big Apple will be hosting a number of great events promoting NY Cleantech innovation! [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jun 17, 2011
From Cleantechies:
Debate Over Ethanol Subsidies Heats up in Washington
Washington currently provides approximately $5 billion worth of annual tax credits to U.S. farmers growing crops for ethanol production. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 14, 2011
With the summer sun finally cutting through the chilly spring air, so has (unfortunately) the financial concerns of keeping our residential spaces cool this season. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 13, 2011
A revolutionary battery technology is currently under development at MIT that could someday allow Electric Vehicle owners to “refill” their batteries, just like going to a gas station. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jun 9, 2011
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 7, 2011
Convincing a child (and even some adults) to turn their lights and electronics off when leaving the room / house is no easy task. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on May 25, 2011
India breaks ground on innovative Piezoelectric & Solar-Powered sports complex [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on May 2, 2011
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 28, 2011
Are we really affecting the weather? This has long been the debate among scientists, politicians, and a question in almost everyone's mind lately. Well it looks like we are closer to unlocking the answer to this question.
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Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Apr 27, 2011
Caring about the environment is not just for people who own their homes and live in the suburbs. If you are renting or living in an urban environment it is not as difficult as you may think to be “green”. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 21, 2011
From Energyrefuge.com
Besides being good for the environment for reducing emissions and being a renewable source of power, wind energy also uses less water than other types of power generation, stated the American Wind Energy Association recently.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 8, 2011
Japan is still experiencing a crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant. The amount of radiation spewing out of the damaged reactors has people all over the world worried about their health. Here in the US, people have made Potassium Iodide the most sought after medication in the country. Is the fear of radiation poisoning real or over exaggerated. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 6, 2011
Over the last couple days there’s been quite a surge of NY based startup news. From Xconomy expanding with a new New York section to an article stating NY has topped MA as #2 in VC Deals and two more discussing a couple heavy hitters at Columbia (here and here). And to wrap it all up, here’s an article on why New York is the “New Frontier of Innovation.” [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Mar 31, 2011
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Feb 10, 2011
Click HERE to read an interesting articles that mentions a lot of Towerhill's Biofuels and Biochemical clients. There has been a big switch in focus from producing just Biofuels to now all sorts of bio-based chemicals.
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Feb 4, 2011
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 27, 2011
If you watched The State of the Union on Tuesday night, President Obama focused on the Clean Tech sector. Click HERE to read the White House Blog and their plan to put 1 million Advanced Technology Vehicles on the roads! [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 26, 2011
Yes that’s what we all are and there’s no point in denying it. That was the major focus of the conversation at my friend Mike’s house on Sunday while we watched the Packers/ Bears game (no, I couldn’t bring myself to watch the AFC game). The entire world (no, not just us Americans) is completely and degenerately addicted to oil and it’s not getting any better. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 21, 2011
Having spent some time in Kenya myself recently I found this article extremely interesting. For those who live in the US we don't really see the effects of global climate change. We are used to turning on our faucets and clean drinking water flows and we think nothing of it. Well it's not like that in most places in the world. Without modern infrastructure a few degrees in climate change has huge ramifications. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 20, 2011
Japanese researchers have developed a new kind of wind technology, its almost a 165 foot Tower, that will harness wind from every direction and funnel it through the building into turbines below. It's great seeing new designs for wind power.
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 21, 2010
Well, I’m going to state the obvious: the holidays are upon us and things are getting a little crazy everywhere. Between gifts, travel, feasts and decorations this is without a doubt the most wasteful season of the year. So, did you really expect me to not come at you with a super, spectacular list of holiday tips to reduce the ridiculous amount of waste? [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 17, 2010
Very interesting report from E360. EU companies are GREATLY overpaying Chinese companies 70 times the cost to eliminate a toxic greenhouse gas. They are doing this in an effort to offset their own carbon emissions. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 9, 2010
For our Medical Device readers I found this infographic on meddevice.blogspot.com along with some other great device blogs.
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 7, 2010
That felt good (I know it has nothing to do with this blog but I mean come on, that was a beating for the ages). OK to business…So we know Google is a great place to work- what with the foosball tables, video games and downright awesome break rooms- we also know that they try and do their part for the environment (replacing lawnmowers with sheep?). [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 2, 2010
Here's a great article from www.energyrefuge.com discussing how difficult it is for Cellulosic Biofuels (fuels made from non-food biomass that don't compete with food!) to compete with more "mature" corn based ethanol providers, due to lack of government support. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 24, 2010
For those of us who exercise and eat relatively healthy, this is the time of the year we all dread. If you are like me, you have healthy food at home, bring fruit to work and avoid fast food joints when running errands. But then the fourth Thursday of November comes along and it’s all downhill till January. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 23, 2010
Ok, I roped you in…I’m not talking about Zeus or Mercury or anyone from Mount Olympus. While cruising the internet last night for inspiration (I really wanted to write an angry diatribe about people who think they’ve had their rights violated by TSA, but this is not the forum) I came across a great article published last week by Marc Airhart of the University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences that takes an in depth look at 8 top climate change myths. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 18, 2010
While the collapse of climate legislation in Congress was a setback for some green businesses, many others are moving ahead with projects to develop renewable energy. One major reason: The clean-tech sector is rapidly growing worldwide, and U.S. companies don’t want to be left behind.
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 16, 2010
Turkey (check), Gravy (check), Potatoes and Stuffing (check), Green Food Coloring (wait a minute…)
What you didn’t want the food to actually be green? [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 9, 2010
Here’s a quick recap of the events of early yesterday morning:
My peaceful slumber was broken by my wife poking me and saying, “Look out the window.” Of course my response to that was: “Five more minutes.” The Beautiful Mrs. Monte; “But there’s snow everywhere!” Me: “I don’t believe you; I’ll look in five minutes.” [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 2, 2010
Maybe Call of Duty is not in it’s 17th reincarnation, and I’m pretty sure we haven’t had 99 “Final Fantasies” but it is refreshing to hear that UK based game developer Red Redemption is making a list of PC games that are not only “Socially positive,” but also non-violent and scientifically accurate. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 22, 2010
The Oil and Gas industries are seeking new ways for Hydrocarbon development. In carbon-rich shale and sands through the US is the next big boom. The ecological risks of this are going to be huge. There are massive amounts of investment happening along Highway 12 (a 2,500 mile route from Detroit to Washington State). Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming have trillions of oil shale reserves in the rock and sand and Big oil and gas want them. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 20, 2010
I woke up this morning feeling relieved and refreshed. I was not really sure what made me feel this way but I knew there was something in the air. I decided to go for a early morning jog, I ate some Cheerios (apple cinnamon) and went on line to catch up on this morning news... [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 19, 2010
I got a call from my mother this weekend looking for some tips on finding a monster costume for my 2 year old nephew. She said she checked the local Wal-Mart and Target but couldn’t come up with anything that she deemed acceptable (yes we were those kids in homemade costumes and I think I’m better for it). That got me thinking- Halloween has to be one of the most trash producing holidays we have. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 14, 2010
As I researched articles to discuss for this week’s blog, I came across story after story of how obese and unhealthy the American people are becoming. I read article after article about how Beetroot Juice will increase your stamina and walnuts may lower your stress. While sugar and fats will make you sick. After a while my head was spinning, I didn’t know who to trust or listen. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 12, 2010
I heard some interesting news this morning on my way out the front door (my wife likes to leave the “Today Show” on for the dog while we get ready), so as soon as I got to the office I had to look it up. It appears that our friendly neighborhood search giant Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is jumping in to the east coast wind farm game. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 6, 2010
The beach, the waves, the fish…As we learned from the BP Oil leak disaster this year...we should not be taking these things for granted. The Sea provides us so much fun and relaxation yet until Monday we really have had no true record of what lies below the waves. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 23, 2010
The stats on primitive burning stoves is staggering and completely under the radar in the Clean Tech community. Almost 3 billion people cook their meals on primitive stoves and it causes almost 2 million deaths EVERY year mostly among women and children. Not to mention most scientist now believe this is the 2nd highest contributor to global warming. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 16, 2010
The FDA gives the first Kelsey Award to Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, who’s now 96. She saved thousands of babies lives by restricting a drug to be sold in the US that was being used across Europe for morning sickness. The drug caused children in Europe to be born limbless or with deformed arms and legs. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 9, 2010
Found this article interesting of how the Federal Government spends more money on Potato Chips and Federal employee parking subsidies than it does on Renewable Energy!
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 2, 2010
Feds fail to use land designated for Solar use, while the CEC Approves the first Solar utility solar project in 20 years. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Aug 27, 2010
From The White House Blog:
One of the best and most exciting parts of my job is helping make homes and businesses more efficient. Why? The places where we live and work consume 40% of the energy we use in the U.S. Through tune-ups to existing homes or new construction, doing more while using less energy is key to improving our buildings and energy future.
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Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Aug 25, 2010
While reading this article (Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime) I could not help but think about my morning... [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Aug 12, 2010
I found this article on Yale Environment 360, which is one of the best resources for green news. This piece however really took hold with me, as Josh and I just climbed Kilimanjaro in June. There is no better evidence of global warming than the glaciers in Africa. In this article Tom notes “Kilimanjaro has already lost 84 percent of its ice since 1912, and what’s left is not expected to last more than a couple of decades.” [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Aug 10, 2010
Normally this blog is reserved for news stories about the environment or new trends in the job market, but after watching the news this morning I felt like it’s time for a little social commentary.
The top news story on just about every major network this morning was one that got me thinking- are we really just a country of jerks? [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Aug 2, 2010
New York The research and consulting firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) reports that subsidies for fossil energies are far outweighing those for renewables. While many governments are putting support behind clean energy, the figures show that renewables are still far behind, reports BNEF.
Read the full article HERE [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 29, 2010
Found this article on Clean Techies blog. There seems to be a lot of questions and debate regarding home energy management in the smart grid sector. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 27, 2010
Who Cooked the Planet? By Paul Krugman
Never say that the gods lack a sense of humor. I bet they’re still chuckling on Olympus over the decision to make the first half of 2010 — the year in which all hope of action to limit climate change died — the hottest such stretch on record. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 23, 2010
Are you looking to have a career in the Clean Tech sector? Cleantechies made a list of the top 10 Universities to study Clean Tech. Read HERE [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jul 16, 2010
It seems as though BP has finally found a solution that is having some success. 17 hours after an experimental cap was placed over the leak things are still going well. FINALLY! 86 DAYS after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20th. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 15, 2010
You would really hope that the ONE thing our political leaders could agree on would be an energy bill, especially with what's going on in the Gulf. But no, that's not the case. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 8, 2010
President Obama has approved the use of $2 billion from the $783 billion dollar stimulus fund, to go to the solar industry. The goal is to build one of the largest solar manufacturing plants in the world and in the process create close to 5,000 new jobs. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jul 6, 2010
Guess what? It’s going to be hot today. How hot you ask? So hot that the weatherman advised us to stay inside all day…This puts all of us so called “green” people in quite a pickle (hey they’re green too!). If we’re supposed to be inside and the air is unsafe to breathe, well that means we’ve got to be pumping the AC all day (possibly all week the way things are shaping up). [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 29, 2010
Coming to you straight out of sci-fi novels and cartoons like “Futurama” the FDA is said to be seriously considering the approval of genetically modified salmon that grows at twice the rate of the brand that Mother Nature gives us. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 25, 2010
The founder and president of Ocean Alliance- the group that produced a recently published study on sperm whales- Biologist Roger Payne said, “You could make a fairly tight argument to say that it is the single greatest health threat that has ever faced the human species. I suspect this will shorten lives, if it turns out that this is what’s going on.” [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 24, 2010
I knew it’s been hot for the past few days but I didn’t expect it to be the beginning of a historic year. And according to NASA, last year was tied for the second warmest year on record after 2005. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 23, 2010
Well the oil is still spilling, the rig workers are in court trying to lift the moratorium on drilling and BP is now using “controlled burns” to clean up the oil on the surface. There are several problems with burning the oil off the surface- [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 22, 2010
OFFSHORE DRILLING IS A PROVEN TECHNOLOGY WITH LITTLE TO NO RISK OF AN ACCIDENT. This theory was so widely believed that a political party chanted “drill baby drill” as a rallying cry. This theory was so prevalent that the President reversed his stance on off shore drilling. It was thought to be so safe that 65% of the American people wanted to open environmentally sensitive areas to drilling. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 21, 2010
Have you ever wondered why “the other candidate” got the job over you? In most cases there are several candidates that have the necessary skills and experience for any job opening, but only one will end up with the job. What separates that candidate from the rest? [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 18, 2010
Should I order that Genetic test off the internet? What crazy times we live in! That is really a question that we can consider. Most of us would think that genetic testing is for people that either have or could have some rare genetic disorder, right? [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 17, 2010
The Deepwater Horizon disaster has leaked more than one million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The magnitude is so large that many people are struggling to put the numbers into tangible context. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 16, 2010
Jerry Brown, candidate for governor of California, has announced his plan for pushing California to become the clean energy hub of the US. He would like to increase production of 20,000MW of renewable electricity. Jerry Brown has been pushing for higher energy efficiency standards since 1970 and plans to make his dream come true by 2020. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 14, 2010
A recent Jeffrey Gitomer post highlighted 12.5 individual characteristics that would make any person a ‘succeed-able’ salesperson. Review these and rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10 for each trait, and, as Gitomer suggests, ensure you rate yourself at least an 8 of 10 if you want to succeed, especially during this time when focus on success is key: [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 11, 2010
To grow the U.S. Economy, slow climate change, increase national security and keep up with the rest of the industrial world. The U.S. must move quickly to develop and harness the best and most promising clean energy sources that are available. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 10, 2010
Today is the day- Towerhill’s own Josh and Jared leave on their journey to the top of Africa in an effort to raise money and awareness for the orphaned children at The Flying Kites Leadership Academy in Kenya. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 9, 2010
A possible breakthrough in the search for a cancer vaccine. Scientist working on a vaccine were able to prevent tumors from growing in mice. And in some cases they were able to reduce the size of some tumors. What’s ground breaking about this vaccine is that it was inspired by diseases that affect children(chicken pox, measles and polio). [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 8, 2010
Well, I just returned from a very enjoyable weekend of fly fishing with my father, my brother and our friends on Martha’s Vineyard (MV Rod and Gun Club always puts on a fun tournament). The fish weren’t exactly plentiful (all I caught was a crab…) but they were big- my brother won biggest fish with a 41” striper- and my favorite weekend of the year went off without a hitch. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jun 4, 2010
BP is facing a number of civil lawsuits due to the 12-19K barrels a day of oil gushing into the Gulf and the killing of 11 workers. Finally the US Government has stepped up its efforts to find and punish those who are responsible. US District Attorney, Eric Holder, has announced the beginning of a criminal investigation into the accident.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jun 3, 2010
Click HERE to use this Carbon Calculator to see how green you really are. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 27, 2010
Read a great interview HERE with one of the world's leading environmentalists David Orr by Yale E360. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on May 20, 2010
In a perfect world, I would like to think the military would want to decrease its use of fossil fuels because of the impact on the environment. But if the military’s primary goal is to increase battlefield integrity by not relying on foreign sources of fuel; who am I to complain? [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 13, 2010
Kerry Pushes for Climate Bill by June or July.
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on May 11, 2010
So there seems to be some debate on whether the appointment of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court will be good for environmental reform... [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 6, 2010
Here is an interesting list of the Top 10 Surprising Results of Global Warming from Livescience .com
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 29, 2010
Click HERE to watch an interesting video about the bottled water industry.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 22, 2010
I remember being in school and on every Earth Day our class would go out and pick up litter. I think from such a young age it has been ingrained in us that pollution is what you see. This may be because when Earth day started more than 40 years ago rivers were literally catching on fire because of so much pollution and cities then had 25% more smog. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 15, 2010
A team at MIT, led by professor Angela Belcher, has mimicked the way plants use sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, an artificial photosynthesis, using a harmless, genetically modified virus, M13. The byproducts of this process being simply, oxygen molecules, protons and electrons versus current technologies that split methane, thusly releasing large amounts of CO2 into the air. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 1, 2010
Here’s an interesting blog from CleanTechies regarding VC investment into the Clean Tech sector. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Mar 18, 2010
Algae companies have been lobbying in Washington to get the Biofuels tax incentive amended to include Algal based fuels. They are looking to receive the same financial benefits as other types of Renewable Fuels. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Mar 16, 2010
Last week China and India both formally agreed to join the international climate change agreement that was reached in December in Copenhagen. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Mar 9, 2010
From Greentech Media: Solar + Water + CO2 = Diesel? Joule Biotechnologies claims that it can produce hydrocarbons without using biomass... [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Mar 4, 2010
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Feb 25, 2010
Obviously Healthcare reform will have a huge impact to the Life Sciences sector. But with all the political spin sometimes it’s hard to make sense about the truth behind the bill. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Feb 19, 2010
The Biodiesel industry is at risk. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Feb 18, 2010
From Investopedia: This article discusses 10 resume redflags. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 9, 2010
Written By: David Monte
As we in the Northeast sit and enjoy one of the most beautiful days of the year and brace ourselves for yet another big snowstorm I thought that I’d give you an inside view of what’s to come…This is an opinion piece (but as it’s my opinion, I think it’s a pretty good one). [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 14, 2010
Help is needed in Haiti. It is estimated that the earthquake is going to leave up to 3 million people affected by the devastation. Providing aid is easy: text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross. [More]
We all know the best and easiest way to reduce the carbon footprint of your car is not to use it. Here are seven ways to make your car more eco-friendly while still getting to the places you need to be! [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Mar 19, 2013
Buddhist priests are launching initiatives to support students who are struggling to land jobs and to cope with the competitive stresses being generated by the worst economic slump since the war. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Mar 15, 2013
When you're unemployed, is one of the most stressful and anxiety-producing experiences adults face. Here are eight ways to keep your sanity during your search. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Mar 12, 2013
Despite their goals of finding new work this year, many job seekers are finding that their search process has become a bit stagnant. TheLadders recommends job seekers take some time this month to freshen up their search efforts by reviewing and replenishing their professional inventories. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Mar 7, 2013
Make 2013 the year you get the basics right when it comes to obtaining your dream job! Here are some tips... [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Mar 5, 2013
Science and technology are at the heart of expanding the universe of clean energy options and increasing the efficiency of transmission and generation. One word says it all: Nanotechnology, which is a fancy process that could positively affect both industry and the environment. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 27, 2013
It is unlikely that the average American knows anyone who farms full-time, unless they visit a farmer’s market or buy directly from a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. This article discusses a new farming based economy. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 26, 2013
The solar power industry just got a little more interesting this week, with the announcement that Solar Junction and Amonix have signed an agreement to work together on the next generation of low cost, ultra-high efficiency concentrated photovoltaic systems. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 21, 2013
Job opportunity listings are abundant online, but so is the number of people looking to collect personal information to steal identities. Because job hunters are now looking for and applying to jobs online, which includes posting resumes and profiles, they should be sure to keep personal information secure, Career Center coordinator Cliff Garinn said. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 19, 2013
Several tech-forward marketing companies are going where few have gone before: They’re ditching the résumé and the conventional job interview process for tweets. A simple tweet or two — sometimes called Twitterviews — can lead to a job. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 12, 2013
Here are three job-searching tips to help unemployed workers find their dream job! [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 7, 2013
When it comes to getting a job, confidence is key but it’s hard to remain self assured in a persistently weak labor market. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 5, 2013
Belgium has included an artificial “energy atoll” to store excess wind power in regional planning for the North Sea.
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For more than a year, there has been an agreement between Honeywell (NYSE: HON) and Opower, although the extent of the partnership was always a little vague. Now, together they created an app that begins by asking customers some basic questions to help set up their smart thermostat correctly. Just that move can save up to 20 percent on air conditioning and up to 15 percent on heating, according to Opower. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 29, 2013
If you want to land a job, you have to approach job hunting like a full-time job. You’re a salesman, and the product you’re selling is YOU. This article gives tips just how to do that. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 24, 2013
It can store the information from a million CDs in a space no bigger than your little finger, and could keep it safe for centuries.
Is this some new electronic gadget? Nope. It's DNA.
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Regular use of Aspirin can almost triple the chance of developing a condition that is the leading cause of blindness, researchers have warned. A past study published in the Lancet medical journal is the first to prove that a daily low-dose of aspirin (75 mg) reduces death rates from a range of common cancers. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 16, 2013
Nasa and NOAA scientists say 2012 global temperature records further consolidate a pattern of global warming. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 15, 2013
High levels of waste are just one of the many reasons food is increasingly becoming an obsession with investors, scientists, policy makers and entrepreneurs. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 10, 2013
LEDs are bright, but they don't shine as bright as their potential. That's because when light emits from an LED, some of it gets reflected back inside. To make LEDs brighter, researchers are taking a cue from the firefly [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 2, 2013
Why not make it your New Year’s resolution to lower your impact on the environment? Turns, out there are some tasty ways to follow through! [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 28, 2012
With the unemployment rate closing out 2012 at the lowest level in more than three and a half years, confidence among workers seems to be stabilizing, prompting more already-employed people to hunt for new jobs. Let us job hunt for you! [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 26, 2012
The largest wind farm to be built in Kansas is set to begin operations by the end of the year. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 18, 2012
President Obama's re-election paves the way for him to actually pursue the "all of the above" energy strategy he has promised. After a series of government-backed green tech companies collapsed, the Obama team smartly shifted away from its renewables-only myopia and -- at least rhetorically -- adopted a broader energy approach more friendly to traditional oil and natural gas. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 13, 2012
Solar panels have dropped in price by 80 percent in the past five years and can provide electricity at a cost that is at or below the current retail cost of grid power in 20 states, including many of the Northeast states. So why isn’t there more of a push for this clean, affordable, safe and inexhaustible source of electricity? [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 12, 2012
Instituting more eco-friendly practices in your home can not only improve your health but also help save you money, experts say. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 11, 2012
The holidays are not a time to "take a break" from job hunting, cautions Heartland Workforce. Here are some guidelines for those in the job market this holiday season. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 6, 2012
A breakthrough new type of micro fuel cell which could become a long-lasting, low-cost, and eco-friendly power source for portable electronic devices, such as smart phones, tablet computers, and remote sensors has been developed by researchers at Yale University. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 5, 2012
The broad view is that the entire Greenland ice sheet is thinning, and has done so for 20 years, researchers reported at the meeting. But regionally, Greenland presents a more complicated story. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 29, 2012
The Aggie Bus achieved several significant milestones. It is the first bus developed and designed by a North American organization that is charged with wireless power transfer technology. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 28, 2012
A membrane consisting of polymer fibres and proteins makes a novel filter for tiny, nano-scaled particles in aqueous solutions. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 21, 2012
Gizmodo just reported on Nov. 20, 2012, that the world largest wind turbine was developed by Siemens. A whopping blade length of 75 meters, it is larger than the wingspan of an Airbus 380 airliner. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 20, 2012
In the Hurricane Sandy's wake, solar companies have been donating equipment across New York and other stricken areas to function as emergency power systems now and backups in the longer term. It is important, executives say, to create smaller, more decentralized ways of generating and storing electricity to help ease strain on the grid in times of high demand or failure. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 14, 2012
Yesterday’s total solar eclipse, the last until 2015, was visible to precious few. The path of the total eclipse barely skimmed northern Australia and otherwise fell only on the South Pacific Ocean. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 13, 2012
The internet has changed the job-hunting process for all generations. The days of checking out the classifieds in the local newspaper or a jobs board at a community center are long gone. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 8, 2012
A so-called Super-Earth located 42 light years away from us has been identified, with scientists claiming it occupies a privileged orbit conducive to liquid water and, if conditions are correct, even life. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 7, 2012
The international fight against climate change received a boost from President Obama’s re-election but there are also concerns of a ‘dash for shale gas’ in his second term. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 6, 2012
Seven of the top seventeen states with the most rapid growth in greentech, according to a new study, are considered swing states in the upcoming presidential election. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 1, 2012
Ready for a new job? Most career experts would tell you to start looking while you’re still employed. And when you do—you must tread carefully. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 25, 2012
Energy independence by 2020? The idea has been touted on the U.S. presidential campaign trail, but global home furnishings retailer Ikea announced plans Tuesday to achieve that goal with solar and wind power. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 24, 2012
The U.S. breaks ground on a new solar research center that will help in the search for ways to turn sunlight, water and carbon into efficient transportation fuels. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 23, 2012
LED lighting technology celebrates its 50th anniversary. In October 1962, a scientist at General Electric, Nick Holonyak, invented the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode, commonly known as LED. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 18, 2012
Job growth is one of the most important issues of the 2012 election, and a recent report suggests that continued investment in green jobs could be a boon to the U.S. economy. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 17, 2012
“The stars will never align perfectly in your job search and if you wait for them to do so, a great opportunity could be missed"
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Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jul 25, 2012
Fake muscles may be used to absorb shock and energy in cars and bridges. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jul 19, 2012
Sensors to Scan Skies of London Olympics [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 18, 2012
While they obviously should put healthcare on the top of the priority list, there are some steps building managers and practitioners can take to reduce hospital waste and become more green. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 18, 2012
Paul Anastas pioneered the concept of green chemistry and has led the effort to rethink the way we design and make the products we use. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he talks about the challenges of bringing this approach to policy making and the frustrations of tackling environmental issues in a politically polarized era.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 15, 2012
By Rip Empson
There’s a lot of money floating around Silicon Valley right now, and it’s becoming easier and easier for entrepreneurs to get access to the capital they need to get their companies off the ground. [More]Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 14, 2012
While many government officials nervously await the outcome of the November elections and speculate as to its implications for the cleantech sector, one federal department is likely to be relatively unaffected regardless of the outcome: Defense.
By John Gartner
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 11, 2012
Earlier this week Towerhill co-founders Josh and Jared Furtado had the privilege of speaking with WBLQ Radio's Ann Marie Spatharakis. Listen in below to hear them discuss climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, founding Towerhill Associates, and partnering with Flying Kites Leadership Academy to build the Carly "Pie" Liptak Memorial Clinic in Kenya.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 10, 2012
Experimental drugs that show a big effect early in development for treating serious or life-threatening diseases would get a faster and cheaper path to U.S. approval, under a proposal likely to become law this year.
By Anna Yukhananov
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 8, 2012
A British scientist argues that global warming could lead to a future of more intense volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. And while some dismiss his views as preposterous, he points to a body of recent research that shows a troubling link between climate change and the Earth’s most destructive geological events.
By Fred Pearce
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 7, 2012
Researchers in Finland have developed biodegradable joint implants they say will bring permanent pain relief to arthritis sufferers. The implants are designed to replace joints degraded by rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, diseases that afflict millions of people around the world. The following video contains images of surgery that some viewers may find disturbing.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 3, 2012
The vast amount of glass in skyscrapers and office buildings represents enormous potential for an emerging technology that turns windows into solar panels. But major questions remain as to whether solar windows can be sufficiently inexpensive and efficient to be widely adopted.
By Dave Levitan
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 30, 2012
By: Stephen Lacey
It's time to take back the narrative about clean energy.
Since the bankruptcy of a few high-profile clean energy companies, political opponents and media pundits have tried to label the entire industry a failure. This is a gross distortion of the on-the- [More]Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 27, 2012
By: Yani Smith
2011 was a record smashing year for the US solar industry, with 109% growth in the number of photovoltaic solar installations.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 25, 2012
By: Vanguard News
A prize-winning, super-energy-saving LED bulb from Dutch electronics giant Philips said to last over 20 years went on sale Sunday to coincide with Earth Day.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 24, 2012
Why isn’t geothermal a bigger piece of the U.S. energy mix?
By: Eric Wesoff
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 20, 2012
Interoperability tests show that “smart objects” like smart meters and grid gear can talk IP to one another.
By: Jeff St. John
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 19, 2012
A German company borrows the materials and manufacturing process of OLED displays to make a new kind of solar panel.
By: Kevin Bullis
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 17, 2012
"It involves the ability to see the complex interdependencies of the natural resources system; to engage key stakeholders upstream, downstream, and across sectors; and to promote innovation with economic and ecological benefits within the resource system."
By: Mary Stacey, Marilyn Taylor, and David Legge
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 16, 2012
“By connecting it smartly, you are now able to leverage services from it that you didn’t know you had.”
By: Herman K Trabish
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 13, 2012
By: David Roberts
Coal use is declining in the U.S. and will likely decline further in the wake of new EPA rules. What will happen to the U.S. coal that isn’t burned in the U.S.?
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 12, 2012
NASA has developed a system capable of growing large amounts of algae for biofuel production within a network of floating plastic bags, an innovation its developers say could ultimately produce [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 11, 2012
By: Timothy Gardner
The Obama administration set a goal on Wednesday of building three gigawatts of solar, wind, and geothermal power capacity on U.S. military installations by 2025 that could require about $20 billion in private financing.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 10, 2012
Most of us in the movement to solve climate change want to rock in the corner holding our knees, eating Chinese food out of the box. But that's neither productive nor healthy. Instead, we need to find signs of hope.
By: Auden Schendler
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 9, 2012
"We need a massive collective marketing campaign for the Clean Tech Industries of America. We need to collaborate with a plan, well devised and executed, that flattens the pervasive misconceptions, throws elbows, is unyielding as a rapid response team, enables cleantech leaders to lead the discussion..."
By: Lisa Jacomma
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 5, 2012
By: David Ewing Duncan
Already surrounded by machines that allow him, painstakingly, to communicate, the physicist Stephen Hawking last summer donned what looked like a rakish black headband that held a feather-light device the size of a small matchbox.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 3, 2012
By: Michael T. Klare
The “curse” of oil wealth is a well-known phenomenon in Third World petro-states where millions of lives are wasted in poverty and the environment is ravaged, while tiny elites rake in the energy dollars and corruption rule the land.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 2, 2012
Author/activist Bill McKibben says environmentalists cannot ease up after their recent victory in the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline. In a conversation with Yale Environment 360 contributor Elizabeth Kolbert, he talks about what he’s learned about the power of the fossil fuel industry — and why the battle over Keystone is far from over.
By Elizabeth Kolbert
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Mar 30, 2012
By: Alison Green
Thinking about using a potential employer's job offer to get your current company to counter and pay you more money?
Stop right there.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Feb 9, 2012
By: Bill McKibben
We know—but perilously fail to see—just how much our planet has changed in the last 40 years.
If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 30, 2012
By: Charles W. Thurston
With a little help from the government, geothermal energy has the potential to take a much larger share of the renewable energy market in the U.S. in the near future.
[More]Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 25, 2012
President Barack Obama clearly laid out his energy agenda in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, promising "responsible development" of domestic oil and natural gas even as he pledged to invest in renewable energy. “We don’t have to choose between our environment and our economy,” he said.
By: Lucia Graves
[More]Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 24, 2012
This is a story about water, the land surrounding it, and the lives it sustains. Clean water should be a right: there is no life without it. New York is what you might call a "water state." Its rivers and their tributaries only start with the St. Lawrence, the Hudson, the Delaware, and the Susquehanna. The best known of its lakes are Great Lakes Erie and Ontario, Lake George, and the Finger Lakes. Its brooks, creeks, and trout streams are fishermen's lore.
By: Ellen Cantarow
[More]Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 19, 2012
Long before the Occupy movement swept the country—over two years ago—a political revolt began in one of the reddest states in America. Farmers and ranchers in Nebraska, many of whom are long-time conservatives, got angry about the amount of corporate influence in a single political issue that has since captivated the entire state and upset federal politics: the Keystone XL pipeline.
By: Melanie Ostander [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 18, 2012
By: Jennifer Chu
Just outside Seville, in the desert region of Andalucia, Spain, sits an oasis-like sight: a 100-meter-high pillar surrounded by rows of giant mirrors rippling outward.
[More]Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 17, 2012
The current issue of the journal Science contains a proposal to slow global warming that is extraordinary for a couple of reasons:
1. In theory, it would help people living in poor countries now, instead of mainly benefitting their descendants.
2. In practice, it might actually work.
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1. In theory, it would help people living in poor countries now, instead of mainly benefitting their descendants.
2. In practice, it might actually work.
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 16, 2012
By: Thomas Black
Companies from General Electric Co. to yogurt producer Chobani are adding U.S. workers, accelerating a rebound in hiring, as chief executive officers prepare for greater demand in a strengthening economic recovery.
[More]Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 9, 2012
By: Bill McKibben
My resolution for 2012 is to be naïve -- dangerously naïve. I’m aware that the usual recipe for political effectiveness is just the opposite: to be cynical, calculating, an insider. But if you think, as I do, that we need deep change in this country, then cynicism is a sucker’s bet. Try as hard as you [More]Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 6, 2012
More than a billion people worldwide lack access to electricity. The best way to bring it to them — while reducing greenhouse gas emissions — is to launch a global initiative to provide solar panels and other forms of distributed renewable power to poor villages and neighborhoods.
By Carl Pope
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By: Derek Mead
Was 2011 a banner year for biofuels? It already seems like it was the year of big biofuel IPO announcements, and there's now proof that production is steadily growing.
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 3, 2012
"America needs to keep doing what it does so well -- innovate. Innovation costs money. Venture capital must keep investing in energy startups that make economic sense. Public investors who provide the real growth capital for young companies need to come to the capital markets and buy those stocks. As a key source of innovation funding, the U.S. government must keep [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 22, 2011
By: Michael Brune
With all the political posturing in Congress over the Keystone XL tar-sands oil pipeline, it's easy to lose sight of the real issue: This pipeline is dangerous, unnecessary, and would cost the American [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 15, 2011
By: David Biello
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”—Dickens’s phrase might serve to sum up the reactions to what is now officially called the “Durban Platform for Enhanced Action” on climate [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 13, 2011
By: Derek Mead
Can biofuel be economically coaxed from a modest plant?
The biofuel sector is aimed at weaning us off our dependence on oil, but what of biofuel producers' dependence on corn?
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 9, 2011
Rooftop solar power is unfairly subsidized yet draws excessive opposition from utility companies because of the way the grid allocates costs for power distribution, according to a new study released by the Massachusetts Institute for Technology.
By: Matthew L. Wald
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 8, 2011
With aging coal-fired U.S. power plants shutting down, major American coal companies are exporting ever-larger amounts of coal to China. Now, plans to build two new coal-shipping terminals on the West Coast have set up a battle with environmentalists who want to steer the world away from fossil fuels.
By Jonathan Thompson [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 6, 2011
With a Leaner Model, Start-Ups Reach Further Afield
By: Steve Lohr
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Lee Redden, 26, a Ph.D. student in engineering at Stanford, recently decided to shelve his education and help found a start-up company.
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 5, 2011
By: Lucia Mutikani
The U.S. unemployment rate tumbled to a 2-1/2 year low in November, even though the pace of hiring remained too slow to suggest a significant acceleration in the labor market recovery. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 1, 2011
By: Jim Lane, Biofuels Digest
Focused on RFS, RIN, or VEETC? Have no idea what RMN, ATM, GDD, STT or LCW stand for? Amyris and Total do, and they are making their way towards serious scale. Are you? [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 30, 2011
By: Suzanne Gamboa
Ahead of a meeting Friday between President Barack Obama and hundreds of Native American leaders, the administration unveiled new rules for tribal lands that officials say will expedite home building and energy development. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 29, 2011
MIT NSE News: IPC Forum on Energy Innovation
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 28, 2011
By Michelle Roberts
Health reporter, BBC News
A new generation of contact lenses that project images in front of the eyes is a step closer after successful animal trials, say scientists. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 22, 2011
New evidence points to rapid collapse of Earth’s species 252 million years ago.
Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 21, 2011
Some U.S. politicians have been attacking environmental regulations, arguing that they hurt the economy and that the costs outweigh the benefits. But four decades of data refute that claim and show we need not choose between a clean environment and economic growth.
By Gernot Wagner [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 18, 2011
By: Seth Borenstein
Top international climate scientists and disaster experts meeting in Africa had a sharp message Friday for the world's political leaders: Get ready for more dangerous and "unprecedented extreme weather" caused by global warming. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 17, 2011
The engineering giant likes the predictability of marine power - which can be "calculated for centuries in advance."
By: Peter Fairley [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 15, 2011
According to a new study, a 10-state program testing a CO2 cap-and-trade system has proven to be a success. The study, conducted by a team of Analysis Group researchers, measures the economic impact of investements made by the 10 states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) over the course of the program's first three years. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 14, 2011
No more cost-effective way to make major cuts in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions exists than retrofitting buildings. Now, from New York to Mumbai to Melbourne, a push is on to overhaul older buildings to make them more energy efficient.
By: David Biello
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 11, 2011
Innovation, collaboration, and inspiration are imperative to the implementation of sustainable business solutions. This is precisely the philosophy behind the mission of the Opportunity Green Business Conference.
[More]Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 10, 2011
By: Ryan Mack
Recruiters spend countless hours reviewing resumes and screening candidates. In fact, they spend so much time scanning resumes, they can often do it in one minute or less. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 8, 2011
By: Louis Szablya
In the area of home energy management, Microsoft and Google made two mistakes: failing to fully understand the needs of the application, resulting in "solutions" that offered limited real value; and abandoning this nascent market, which is destined to be a significant global opportunity for any vendor with a solution that satisfies the market's needs. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 7, 2011
By: Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press
Thousands of demonstrators, including movie stars and a Nobel laureate, surrounded the White House on Sunday to protest a proposed Canadian pipeline that's serving as a flashpoint for the U.S. environmental movement while resonating with Americans fed up with corporate interests. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 4, 2011
Recent calculations by the U.S. Department of Energy have found global output of greenhouse gases at an all time high. According to their study, the world released approximately 564 million tons more carbon in 2010 than in 2009, placing emissions levels at an outrageous increase of 6%. This article takes a closer look at the causes, implications, and forecast of these 2010 figures. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 3, 2011
By: Ucilia Wang
For nearly a month now, a cluster of 53-foot containers on a ridge of Laurel Mountain in West Virginia has been sipping power from wind turbines that stretch out in both directions. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 1, 2011
The question is no longer whether or not global warming is real, but rather how we must address it. This is precisely the conclusion that former climate change skeptic Richard Muller has arrived at in his recent study of the world's surface temperatures. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 31, 2011
By: Jeff St. John
San Diego Gas & Electric and GE look at smart appliances for apartments, and California utilities promise customers a “green button” for standardized energy data. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 27, 2011
By: Sonya Kolesnikov-Jessop
SINGAPORE — Pahang State in central Malaysia is about to become home to the world’s largest commercial farm project producing microalgae for biofuel. The farm will start to take shape in the first quarter of next year, on a 2,020-hectare, or 5,000-acre, site near Rompin, a small township in [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 26, 2011
Is it possible that an air capturing device resembling a giant fly swat may be a viable means of successfully combating climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions? It appears so, according to a recent report by Nina Chestney. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 25, 2011
In an era marked by both innovations in wireless technology and climbing costs of healthcare, it comes as no surprise that wireless patient monitors have taken the lead as the fastest growing medical device.
[More]Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 24, 2011
A very interesting look into the history and future of the residential market for BIPV by David Anthony and Tao Zheng.
Whoever thought that every home in America would have a radio, a television, a phone, a computer, and now a solar rooftop? If it can be imagined, then it can be done.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 20, 2011
By Steve Leone, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com
New Hampshire, U.S.A. -- It's the middle of October, and the solar industry is on life support. Evergreen has died. SpectraWatt is buried. And Solyndra's eulogy has made mention of the black plague of federal financing. Meanwhile, ethanol is counting its days and second generation biofuels [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 17, 2011
The challenge of feeding 9 billion people in a truly sustainable way is without doubt one of the most pressing issues that our civilization must face. The success of this challenge will rely heavily on the imagination, innovation, and determination of people around the world.
[More]Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 13, 2011
Reporting by Scott DiSavino in New York; Editing by David Gregorio
(Reuters) - Deepwater Wind is racing to build the first U.S. offshore wind farm off Rhode Island and hopes to parlay that into a string of East Coast farms that could partially replace embattled nuclear power plants. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 12, 2011
By Marios Papalexandrou, Mott MacDonald
Offshore wind is a new market; it has been just two decades since the first commercial installation. The sector was born mainly due to lack of space for the development of large onshore wind projects in the densely populated areas of Western Europe. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 11, 2011
By Sami Grover
I've said it before, but symbolism is hugely important as we transition from the fossil fuel age to a clean energy economy. So the announcement that an iconic steam-era railway bridge is to become [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 7, 2011
A new imaging system that uses a suite of airborne sensors is capable of providing detailed, three-dimensional pictures of tropical forests — including the species they contain and the amount of CO2 they store — at astonishing speed. These advances could play a key role in preserving the world’s beleaguered rainforests.
By Rhett Butler [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 6, 2011
With the Keystone Pipeline, Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands
by Bill Mckibben
In the last three years, three things have happened to the climate movement, one political, one meteorological, and one geological. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 5, 2011
This Article by Clint Wilder of Clean Edge is an interesting and more fact-driven take on the solar industry (as well as CleanTech / Renewables in general) post-Solyndra. Here is another article reiterating the same mentality with more numerical detail that the solar industry will continue to grow despite its recent backlash. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 22, 2011
Monsanto launching its first biotech sweet corn [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Sep 21, 2011
Harald Haas, a professor of engineering from Edinburgh University, has created an interesting new technology that allows information and video to be transmitted through common lighting fixtures using LED light bulbs instead of radio frequency. I’m very curious to see how this plays out if commercialized! [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 15, 2011
Synthetic DNA added to yeast cells, paving way for 'evolution' on demand [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Sep 13, 2011
Remember the early days of the internet - well before Facebook, YouTube and the numerous other now-staples of the web were even premonitions in the heads of their inventors? [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 8, 2011
from E 360: The World at 7 Billion: Can We Stop Growing Now?
"...we should all be afraid, be very afraid."
"By the sheer scale of our presence and activity we are putting ourselves and all life at risk."
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Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Sep 7, 2011
The standard arrangement of solar arrays is a nice orderly grid pattern on rooftops. The problem with this stationary layout is that as the angle of the sun changes the arrays can only collect so many photons. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Aug 31, 2011
Hurricane Irene battered the east coast causing over 40 deaths and billions of dollars in damage. The ongoing debate of whether these Hurricanes are caused by climate change rages on with politics taking over for science. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Aug 30, 2011
More than 400 protesters have been arrested so far in demonstration against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Aug 25, 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Skilled developers are Silicon Valley's scarcest resource. With big companies throwing around giant salaries and startups competing fiercely for talent, the technical ability to build what they envision is often a make-or-break issue for new ventures. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Aug 18, 2011
Four years ago I was in Clear Water Beach Florida for a wedding. To get away from the hustle of the wedding party, we decided to take a trip to Homossasa Springs Wildlife State Park. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Aug 11, 2011
Smog causes respiratory illness and cardiac disease in millions of Americans, in fact smog causes well over 1 thousand deaths a year. As the temperature rises so does the presence of smog. The main ingredient in smog is ozone which is regulated by the EPA and is a key pollutant of thousands of companies. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Aug 10, 2011
This article talks about an awesome and innovative idea rapidly being put into motion thanks to a $40+MM initiative by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Aug 4, 2011
I love the biofuels industry....so many great companies out there making so many incredible breakthroughs on a daily basis. The biofuels sector will certainly have one of the biggest and quickest impacts to breaking the dependence on oil and not just "foreign" oil...ALL oil.
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Aug 1, 2011
Still a concept, but nevertheless a very interesting design from Atelier DNA
[More]Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jul 29, 2011
While Congress has been focusing the country’s (and much of the world’s) attention on the debate regarding the debt ceiling and various budget cuts, they (mainly Republicans) have been quietly pushing bills that are completely damaging to the environment and the forward progress of renewable energy and cleantech. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 28, 2011
California Governor Jerry Brown has proposed an ambitious new target of installing 12GW of distributed renewable energy generation projects by 2020. Combining two plans, California Solar Initiative (CSI) and the new Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP), around 1GW of new capacity have been produced to date. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 12, 2011
Australia currently has one of the highest rates of greenhouse gas emissions per head of population and they are taking a big step in the right direction with the new carbon tax plan. They will be taxing the country’s 500 largest polluters roughly $24.6/ton of carbon emitted, with that price increasing by 2.5% annually until 2015. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 8, 2011
From Clean Techies
Small Scale Wind Power Getting More Airplay
Read HERE
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jul 6, 2011
Interesting article from GreenTechMedia.com on a new way Utilities, Retail Stores and their Marketing teams are partnering to bridge the disconnect between Utilities and Consumers in markets across the globe. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jun 29, 2011
The United States Department of Energy has offered a $1.4 billion dollar loan guarantee for a 733 MW solar project to be spread among 28 states and create over 10,000 jobs. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 21, 2011
In early April I wrote a post about the exciting Cleantech landscape developing in NYC. With all this growth being seen in the industry’s newest “hub,” the Big Apple will be hosting a number of great events promoting NY Cleantech innovation! [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jun 17, 2011
From Cleantechies:
Debate Over Ethanol Subsidies Heats up in Washington
Washington currently provides approximately $5 billion worth of annual tax credits to U.S. farmers growing crops for ethanol production. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 14, 2011
With the summer sun finally cutting through the chilly spring air, so has (unfortunately) the financial concerns of keeping our residential spaces cool this season. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 13, 2011
A revolutionary battery technology is currently under development at MIT that could someday allow Electric Vehicle owners to “refill” their batteries, just like going to a gas station. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jun 9, 2011
Great article and pictures HERE
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 7, 2011
Convincing a child (and even some adults) to turn their lights and electronics off when leaving the room / house is no easy task. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on May 25, 2011
India breaks ground on innovative Piezoelectric & Solar-Powered sports complex [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on May 2, 2011
It has been almost 10 years since 9.11 and Americans finally get the justice that has been eluding them for so long. Osama Bin Laden has been killed by a US Special Operation in Pakistan ordered by President Obama.
[More]Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 28, 2011
Are we really affecting the weather? This has long been the debate among scientists, politicians, and a question in almost everyone's mind lately. Well it looks like we are closer to unlocking the answer to this question.
Read HERE [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Apr 27, 2011
Caring about the environment is not just for people who own their homes and live in the suburbs. If you are renting or living in an urban environment it is not as difficult as you may think to be “green”. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 21, 2011
From Energyrefuge.com
Besides being good for the environment for reducing emissions and being a renewable source of power, wind energy also uses less water than other types of power generation, stated the American Wind Energy Association recently.
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 8, 2011
Japan is still experiencing a crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant. The amount of radiation spewing out of the damaged reactors has people all over the world worried about their health. Here in the US, people have made Potassium Iodide the most sought after medication in the country. Is the fear of radiation poisoning real or over exaggerated. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 6, 2011
Over the last couple days there’s been quite a surge of NY based startup news. From Xconomy expanding with a new New York section to an article stating NY has topped MA as #2 in VC Deals and two more discussing a couple heavy hitters at Columbia (here and here). And to wrap it all up, here’s an article on why New York is the “New Frontier of Innovation.” [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Mar 31, 2011
Imagine what would happen if all the cars and trucks in the world stopped. No traffic on the highways or local streets. No school buses, motor cycles or scooters. HSBC, the second largest bank in the world is betting this could happen in 50 years.
[More]Posted by: JaredFurtado on Mar 24, 2011
Found this interesting video on Cleantechies from the DOE breaking down how Photovoltaic solar panels work. This two minute video is worth a watch.
Find the video HERE
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Feb 10, 2011
Click HERE to read an interesting articles that mentions a lot of Towerhill's Biofuels and Biochemical clients. There has been a big switch in focus from producing just Biofuels to now all sorts of bio-based chemicals.
The future of biofuels is becoming less about biofuels and more about soap. In particular, it’s in the chemicals and food additives that go into items like soap, rubber, plastics and protein bars.
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Feb 4, 2011
Here's a report from MDBR on x-ray systems market estimation to reach $4.8 billion by 2016.
Read HERE
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 27, 2011
If you watched The State of the Union on Tuesday night, President Obama focused on the Clean Tech sector. Click HERE to read the White House Blog and their plan to put 1 million Advanced Technology Vehicles on the roads! [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 26, 2011
Yes that’s what we all are and there’s no point in denying it. That was the major focus of the conversation at my friend Mike’s house on Sunday while we watched the Packers/ Bears game (no, I couldn’t bring myself to watch the AFC game). The entire world (no, not just us Americans) is completely and degenerately addicted to oil and it’s not getting any better. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 21, 2011
Having spent some time in Kenya myself recently I found this article extremely interesting. For those who live in the US we don't really see the effects of global climate change. We are used to turning on our faucets and clean drinking water flows and we think nothing of it. Well it's not like that in most places in the world. Without modern infrastructure a few degrees in climate change has huge ramifications. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jan 20, 2011
Japanese researchers have developed a new kind of wind technology, its almost a 165 foot Tower, that will harness wind from every direction and funnel it through the building into turbines below. It's great seeing new designs for wind power.
Read the full article HERE
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Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 21, 2010
Well, I’m going to state the obvious: the holidays are upon us and things are getting a little crazy everywhere. Between gifts, travel, feasts and decorations this is without a doubt the most wasteful season of the year. So, did you really expect me to not come at you with a super, spectacular list of holiday tips to reduce the ridiculous amount of waste? [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 17, 2010
Very interesting report from E360. EU companies are GREATLY overpaying Chinese companies 70 times the cost to eliminate a toxic greenhouse gas. They are doing this in an effort to offset their own carbon emissions. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 9, 2010
For our Medical Device readers I found this infographic on meddevice.blogspot.com along with some other great device blogs.
Read HERE
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Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Dec 7, 2010
That felt good (I know it has nothing to do with this blog but I mean come on, that was a beating for the ages). OK to business…So we know Google is a great place to work- what with the foosball tables, video games and downright awesome break rooms- we also know that they try and do their part for the environment (replacing lawnmowers with sheep?). [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Dec 2, 2010
Here's a great article from www.energyrefuge.com discussing how difficult it is for Cellulosic Biofuels (fuels made from non-food biomass that don't compete with food!) to compete with more "mature" corn based ethanol providers, due to lack of government support. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 24, 2010
For those of us who exercise and eat relatively healthy, this is the time of the year we all dread. If you are like me, you have healthy food at home, bring fruit to work and avoid fast food joints when running errands. But then the fourth Thursday of November comes along and it’s all downhill till January. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 23, 2010
Ok, I roped you in…I’m not talking about Zeus or Mercury or anyone from Mount Olympus. While cruising the internet last night for inspiration (I really wanted to write an angry diatribe about people who think they’ve had their rights violated by TSA, but this is not the forum) I came across a great article published last week by Marc Airhart of the University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences that takes an in depth look at 8 top climate change myths. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Nov 18, 2010
While the collapse of climate legislation in Congress was a setback for some green businesses, many others are moving ahead with projects to develop renewable energy. One major reason: The clean-tech sector is rapidly growing worldwide, and U.S. companies don’t want to be left behind.
By John Carey
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Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 16, 2010
Turkey (check), Gravy (check), Potatoes and Stuffing (check), Green Food Coloring (wait a minute…)
What you didn’t want the food to actually be green? [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 9, 2010
Here’s a quick recap of the events of early yesterday morning:
My peaceful slumber was broken by my wife poking me and saying, “Look out the window.” Of course my response to that was: “Five more minutes.” The Beautiful Mrs. Monte; “But there’s snow everywhere!” Me: “I don’t believe you; I’ll look in five minutes.” [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Nov 2, 2010
Maybe Call of Duty is not in it’s 17th reincarnation, and I’m pretty sure we haven’t had 99 “Final Fantasies” but it is refreshing to hear that UK based game developer Red Redemption is making a list of PC games that are not only “Socially positive,” but also non-violent and scientifically accurate. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 22, 2010
The Oil and Gas industries are seeking new ways for Hydrocarbon development. In carbon-rich shale and sands through the US is the next big boom. The ecological risks of this are going to be huge. There are massive amounts of investment happening along Highway 12 (a 2,500 mile route from Detroit to Washington State). Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming have trillions of oil shale reserves in the rock and sand and Big oil and gas want them. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 20, 2010
I woke up this morning feeling relieved and refreshed. I was not really sure what made me feel this way but I knew there was something in the air. I decided to go for a early morning jog, I ate some Cheerios (apple cinnamon) and went on line to catch up on this morning news... [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 19, 2010
I got a call from my mother this weekend looking for some tips on finding a monster costume for my 2 year old nephew. She said she checked the local Wal-Mart and Target but couldn’t come up with anything that she deemed acceptable (yes we were those kids in homemade costumes and I think I’m better for it). That got me thinking- Halloween has to be one of the most trash producing holidays we have. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 14, 2010
As I researched articles to discuss for this week’s blog, I came across story after story of how obese and unhealthy the American people are becoming. I read article after article about how Beetroot Juice will increase your stamina and walnuts may lower your stress. While sugar and fats will make you sick. After a while my head was spinning, I didn’t know who to trust or listen. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 12, 2010
I heard some interesting news this morning on my way out the front door (my wife likes to leave the “Today Show” on for the dog while we get ready), so as soon as I got to the office I had to look it up. It appears that our friendly neighborhood search giant Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is jumping in to the east coast wind farm game. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Oct 6, 2010
The beach, the waves, the fish…As we learned from the BP Oil leak disaster this year...we should not be taking these things for granted. The Sea provides us so much fun and relaxation yet until Monday we really have had no true record of what lies below the waves. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 23, 2010
The stats on primitive burning stoves is staggering and completely under the radar in the Clean Tech community. Almost 3 billion people cook their meals on primitive stoves and it causes almost 2 million deaths EVERY year mostly among women and children. Not to mention most scientist now believe this is the 2nd highest contributor to global warming. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 16, 2010
The FDA gives the first Kelsey Award to Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, who’s now 96. She saved thousands of babies lives by restricting a drug to be sold in the US that was being used across Europe for morning sickness. The drug caused children in Europe to be born limbless or with deformed arms and legs. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 9, 2010
Found this article interesting of how the Federal Government spends more money on Potato Chips and Federal employee parking subsidies than it does on Renewable Energy!
Read HERE
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Sep 2, 2010
Feds fail to use land designated for Solar use, while the CEC Approves the first Solar utility solar project in 20 years. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Aug 27, 2010
From The White House Blog:
One of the best and most exciting parts of my job is helping make homes and businesses more efficient. Why? The places where we live and work consume 40% of the energy we use in the U.S. Through tune-ups to existing homes or new construction, doing more while using less energy is key to improving our buildings and energy future.
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Aug 25, 2010
While reading this article (Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime) I could not help but think about my morning... [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Aug 12, 2010
I found this article on Yale Environment 360, which is one of the best resources for green news. This piece however really took hold with me, as Josh and I just climbed Kilimanjaro in June. There is no better evidence of global warming than the glaciers in Africa. In this article Tom notes “Kilimanjaro has already lost 84 percent of its ice since 1912, and what’s left is not expected to last more than a couple of decades.” [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Aug 10, 2010
Normally this blog is reserved for news stories about the environment or new trends in the job market, but after watching the news this morning I felt like it’s time for a little social commentary.
The top news story on just about every major network this morning was one that got me thinking- are we really just a country of jerks? [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Aug 2, 2010
New York The research and consulting firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) reports that subsidies for fossil energies are far outweighing those for renewables. While many governments are putting support behind clean energy, the figures show that renewables are still far behind, reports BNEF.
Read the full article HERE [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 29, 2010
Found this article on Clean Techies blog. There seems to be a lot of questions and debate regarding home energy management in the smart grid sector. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 27, 2010
Who Cooked the Planet? By Paul Krugman
Never say that the gods lack a sense of humor. I bet they’re still chuckling on Olympus over the decision to make the first half of 2010 — the year in which all hope of action to limit climate change died — the hottest such stretch on record. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 23, 2010
Are you looking to have a career in the Clean Tech sector? Cleantechies made a list of the top 10 Universities to study Clean Tech. Read HERE [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jul 16, 2010
It seems as though BP has finally found a solution that is having some success. 17 hours after an experimental cap was placed over the leak things are still going well. FINALLY! 86 DAYS after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20th. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 15, 2010
You would really hope that the ONE thing our political leaders could agree on would be an energy bill, especially with what's going on in the Gulf. But no, that's not the case. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jul 8, 2010
President Obama has approved the use of $2 billion from the $783 billion dollar stimulus fund, to go to the solar industry. The goal is to build one of the largest solar manufacturing plants in the world and in the process create close to 5,000 new jobs. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jul 6, 2010
Guess what? It’s going to be hot today. How hot you ask? So hot that the weatherman advised us to stay inside all day…This puts all of us so called “green” people in quite a pickle (hey they’re green too!). If we’re supposed to be inside and the air is unsafe to breathe, well that means we’ve got to be pumping the AC all day (possibly all week the way things are shaping up). [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 29, 2010
Coming to you straight out of sci-fi novels and cartoons like “Futurama” the FDA is said to be seriously considering the approval of genetically modified salmon that grows at twice the rate of the brand that Mother Nature gives us. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 25, 2010
The founder and president of Ocean Alliance- the group that produced a recently published study on sperm whales- Biologist Roger Payne said, “You could make a fairly tight argument to say that it is the single greatest health threat that has ever faced the human species. I suspect this will shorten lives, if it turns out that this is what’s going on.” [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 24, 2010
I knew it’s been hot for the past few days but I didn’t expect it to be the beginning of a historic year. And according to NASA, last year was tied for the second warmest year on record after 2005. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 23, 2010
Well the oil is still spilling, the rig workers are in court trying to lift the moratorium on drilling and BP is now using “controlled burns” to clean up the oil on the surface. There are several problems with burning the oil off the surface- [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 22, 2010
OFFSHORE DRILLING IS A PROVEN TECHNOLOGY WITH LITTLE TO NO RISK OF AN ACCIDENT. This theory was so widely believed that a political party chanted “drill baby drill” as a rallying cry. This theory was so prevalent that the President reversed his stance on off shore drilling. It was thought to be so safe that 65% of the American people wanted to open environmentally sensitive areas to drilling. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 21, 2010
Have you ever wondered why “the other candidate” got the job over you? In most cases there are several candidates that have the necessary skills and experience for any job opening, but only one will end up with the job. What separates that candidate from the rest? [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 18, 2010
Should I order that Genetic test off the internet? What crazy times we live in! That is really a question that we can consider. Most of us would think that genetic testing is for people that either have or could have some rare genetic disorder, right? [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 17, 2010
The Deepwater Horizon disaster has leaked more than one million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The magnitude is so large that many people are struggling to put the numbers into tangible context. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 16, 2010
Jerry Brown, candidate for governor of California, has announced his plan for pushing California to become the clean energy hub of the US. He would like to increase production of 20,000MW of renewable electricity. Jerry Brown has been pushing for higher energy efficiency standards since 1970 and plans to make his dream come true by 2020. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 14, 2010
A recent Jeffrey Gitomer post highlighted 12.5 individual characteristics that would make any person a ‘succeed-able’ salesperson. Review these and rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10 for each trait, and, as Gitomer suggests, ensure you rate yourself at least an 8 of 10 if you want to succeed, especially during this time when focus on success is key: [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 11, 2010
To grow the U.S. Economy, slow climate change, increase national security and keep up with the rest of the industrial world. The U.S. must move quickly to develop and harness the best and most promising clean energy sources that are available. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 10, 2010
Today is the day- Towerhill’s own Josh and Jared leave on their journey to the top of Africa in an effort to raise money and awareness for the orphaned children at The Flying Kites Leadership Academy in Kenya. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 9, 2010
A possible breakthrough in the search for a cancer vaccine. Scientist working on a vaccine were able to prevent tumors from growing in mice. And in some cases they were able to reduce the size of some tumors. What’s ground breaking about this vaccine is that it was inspired by diseases that affect children(chicken pox, measles and polio). [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jun 8, 2010
Well, I just returned from a very enjoyable weekend of fly fishing with my father, my brother and our friends on Martha’s Vineyard (MV Rod and Gun Club always puts on a fun tournament). The fish weren’t exactly plentiful (all I caught was a crab…) but they were big- my brother won biggest fish with a 41” striper- and my favorite weekend of the year went off without a hitch. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jun 4, 2010
BP is facing a number of civil lawsuits due to the 12-19K barrels a day of oil gushing into the Gulf and the killing of 11 workers. Finally the US Government has stepped up its efforts to find and punish those who are responsible. US District Attorney, Eric Holder, has announced the beginning of a criminal investigation into the accident.
Read the article HERE
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Jun 3, 2010
Click HERE to use this Carbon Calculator to see how green you really are. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 27, 2010
Read a great interview HERE with one of the world's leading environmentalists David Orr by Yale E360. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on May 20, 2010
In a perfect world, I would like to think the military would want to decrease its use of fossil fuels because of the impact on the environment. But if the military’s primary goal is to increase battlefield integrity by not relying on foreign sources of fuel; who am I to complain? [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 13, 2010
Kerry Pushes for Climate Bill by June or July.
Kerry and Lieberman want to pass their climate bill before congressional elections start getting heated in less than six months. Read the Reuters article HERE
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Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on May 11, 2010
So there seems to be some debate on whether the appointment of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court will be good for environmental reform... [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on May 6, 2010
Here is an interesting list of the Top 10 Surprising Results of Global Warming from Livescience .com
10. Aggravated Allergies
9. Heading for the Hills – Animals migrating towards higher elevations
8. Arctic in Bloom
7. Pulling the Plug - 125 Lakes in the Arctic have disappeared
Continued...
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 29, 2010
Click HERE to watch an interesting video about the bottled water industry.
As I post this video, I must admit that yesterday I did have rust water coming from my tap here in Newport. But regardless I think it's still important to be aware of some of the facts about the bottled water industry. I have heard great debate about importing water from Fiji because of the carbon foot print and what it is doing to Fiji's ecosystem.
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 22, 2010
I remember being in school and on every Earth Day our class would go out and pick up litter. I think from such a young age it has been ingrained in us that pollution is what you see. This may be because when Earth day started more than 40 years ago rivers were literally catching on fire because of so much pollution and cities then had 25% more smog. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 15, 2010
A team at MIT, led by professor Angela Belcher, has mimicked the way plants use sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, an artificial photosynthesis, using a harmless, genetically modified virus, M13. The byproducts of this process being simply, oxygen molecules, protons and electrons versus current technologies that split methane, thusly releasing large amounts of CO2 into the air. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Apr 1, 2010
Here’s an interesting blog from CleanTechies regarding VC investment into the Clean Tech sector. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Mar 18, 2010
Algae companies have been lobbying in Washington to get the Biofuels tax incentive amended to include Algal based fuels. They are looking to receive the same financial benefits as other types of Renewable Fuels. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Mar 16, 2010
Last week China and India both formally agreed to join the international climate change agreement that was reached in December in Copenhagen. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Mar 9, 2010
From Greentech Media: Solar + Water + CO2 = Diesel? Joule Biotechnologies claims that it can produce hydrocarbons without using biomass... [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Mar 4, 2010
FROM Cleantechies.com
The Smart Grid industry seems to be the fastest growing sectors in the Clean Tech industry. Here is a great article from Cleantechies discussing how smart grid could possibly be "akin to what the Internet has accomplished in the last decade."
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Posted by: JaredFurtado on Feb 25, 2010
Obviously Healthcare reform will have a huge impact to the Life Sciences sector. But with all the political spin sometimes it’s hard to make sense about the truth behind the bill. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Feb 19, 2010
The Biodiesel industry is at risk. [More]
Posted by: JaredFurtado on Feb 18, 2010
From Investopedia: This article discusses 10 resume redflags. [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Feb 9, 2010
Written By: David Monte
As we in the Northeast sit and enjoy one of the most beautiful days of the year and brace ourselves for yet another big snowstorm I thought that I’d give you an inside view of what’s to come…This is an opinion piece (but as it’s my opinion, I think it’s a pretty good one). [More]
Posted by: JoshuaFurtado on Jan 14, 2010
Help is needed in Haiti. It is estimated that the earthquake is going to leave up to 3 million people affected by the devastation. Providing aid is easy: text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross. [More]
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