What is the Smart Grid and how will it impact U.S. energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions? What major projects are underway and how much will they cost? The B-Green Collaborative investigates and provides you the answers.
Read the rest of this entry »Archive for the ‘Featured’ Category
Flying High on BioFuels
In the US, the use of petroleum-based fuels accounts for about 43% of total greenhouse gas emissions. So, finding alternate ways of propelling vehicles that use petroleum products is crucial if the GHG 80% reduction by 2050 goal is to be achieved. Click on title to read more …
Read the rest of this entry »C-ROADS: A New Climate Change Model Used By Diplomats
C-ROADS for Climate-Rapid Overview and Decision Support Simulator is a new tool that has been developed specifically to enable governments throughout the world to forecast the impact of their greenhouse gas reduction policies on global temperature increases and sea level rises over the 21st century.
Read the rest of this entry »What Do We Do About Coal?
What do we do about coal? Burning coal in the US releases 14,000 lbs of CO2 for each and every American. Can the new technologies of Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plants with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) capability enable Americans to keep using coal and still meet greenhouse gas reduction goals?
Read the rest of this entry »Obama, The Environmental Science President
Of our 44 Presidents, none has been more linked to the environment than Theodore Roosevelt. Not only did Roosevelt create the first five National Parks, 51 Wildlife refuges and the National Park Service, he loved the outdoors and waxed eloquently about it every chance he got.
The outdoors was part of his soul when he said [...]
