The California Energy Commission has created new standards for battery chargers that would go into effect in February of 2013. The new chargers would contain technology that would shut the charger off once a gadget was fully charged, reducing wasted energy.  That wasted energy is sometimes referred to as vampire draw.

Built in 1889 for the World Exhibition, the Eiffel Tower is one of the most recognizable structures of Paris, France. It is frequently used in movies to let audiences know that particular scene takes place in Paris.  It is a 984 foot tall iron structure that could become a green vertical garden if one French firm has its way.

You have to love it.  Congress in all of its wisdom decided to postpone the enforcement of the new 100 W light bulb standards until next September.  The legislation was passed in 2007 and signed into law by President George W. Bush.  American light bulb manufacturers supported the legislation and have spent millions on new equipment to produce light bulbs that will meet the new standards.  Congresses ban on enforcement opens the door for inferior foreign light bulbs to make a huge killing over the next nine months.

High occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes were created to encourage more environmentally friendly travel.  The idea was that if you car pool (carry one or more passengers) with you, then you can have access to a special lane to escape traffic congestion.  In some places, people driving green cars (hybrids or electric vehicles (EVs)) could travel in the HOV lane even without passengers.  Lately, HOV rules have changed slowing things down.

When thinking of solar power most people envision either photovoltaic cells that turn sunlight to electricity or they might think of solar thermal where mirrors reflect solar heat onto a water filled tower, boiling the water which turns a turbine which creates electricity.  Enviromission uses hot air created by suns heat to turn turbines creating power.

The United States Congress has decided that we must stop our practice of deficit spending, creating debts so huge that we in essence bankrupt ourselves.  Meanwhile we fall further and further into ecological debt.

Every cloud has a silver lining, every disaster an opportunity.  The devastation in parts of Japan as a result of the earthquake and tsunami six months ago is now ushering in a new age of renewable energy.

Solar products are one of the few areas where the United States actually exports more than it imports.  Who says that green energy isn’t good for the economy.  Solar energy is one area that is giving the U.S. an edge in exports and boost in jobs and revenue.

NIMBY. Not in my backyard.  It’s a familiar phrase to green technology.  Yes, we need to have more green energy installations but, and here’s the kicker, Not In My Backyard.  Well, that’s essentially what Donald Trump has just uttered.  Don’t build your offshore wind farm next to my multi-billion pound golf resort.

When you think of agencies that were created to protect our water sources from pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has to top that list.  While states are supposed to be responsible for making sure that the water we drink is safe, the EPA is the agency that used to oversee the states and oversaw the waterways used as a source for the water we drink, bath in, wash our dogs and children in, and use to cook our food.  Well, the House GOP has taken those responsibilities away from the EPA.