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Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) was conceived of by the French engineer Jacques D’Arsonval in 1881. However, at the time of this writing the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii is home to the only operating experimental OTEC plant on the face of the earth. OTEC is a potential alternative energy source that needs to be [...]

Animal Planet’s New Series Pursues a Chess Match at the Far End of the Globe between Hardline Non-Profit and Japanese Ships in a Battle to Stop Controversial Hunting.
“WHALE WARS is an epic adventure that looks at the consequences of taking a stand on an issue,” said Marjorie Kaplan, president and general manager of Animal Planet. [...]

Data centers are what make the internet possible.
A data center houses all the computer equipment necessary for you to visit a website, relay information as you surf the Internet, talk on your cell phone and store billions of websites themselves and a whole lot more.
What does this have to do with the environment? A LOT!
Data [...]

Google’s energy team is dicussing ways that we could reduce our fossil feul use by the year 2030. The team led by Jeffery Greenblatt has developed a proposal that would wean us off of coal and oil for electrical generation and reduces car dependence on oil by 40%.
The Clean Energy 2030 proposal is to stimulate [...]

Did you notice the ads after last night’s presidential debate?
ABC had Chevron. CBS had Exxon. CNN had the coal lobby. But you know what happened last week? ABC refused to run our Repower America ad — the ad that takes on this same oil and coal lobby.
I sent a letter asking ABC [...]

A crucial part of being human is to protect our surroundings, not only for ourselves but for the people around us and for future generations. One of the greatest concerns that we have for our environment and our future generations is global warming. Global warming is a hot topic not only for environmentalists but also [...]

If you’re not sure how global warming and the climate crisis are affecting the part of the world you live in, all you have to do is look around. Factors like smog, landfills, and even litter can tell you a lot about global warming, and what you can do in order to save the planet [...]

Will the last person to leave please turn off the lights! That was the sarcastic headline by a right wing paper in Britain before the 1992 elections when a Labor party victory seemed imminent. It just goes to show you that in the west even sarcasm reminds you about conserving energy!
In this day and age [...]

Being eco-friendly isn’t a new concept, but it is certainly taken on a greater sense of urgency in the past few years. With the rise cost of fossil fuels, global warming, and all of the other environmental issues that are coming to light, everyone is looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint [...]

Most organic gardeners will quickly tell you that compost is a key ingredient in their gardens. Not only is compost one of the best ways to boost the quality of your soil and give your plants the rich nutrients they need to thrive, it’s also free, except for a small investment of sweat equity. [...]