Over the past few years the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been called upon to investigate cases of domestic content rules (DCR, also known as local content rules or LCR) in renewable […]

California’s 40 years of remarkable success in using energy efficiency to avoid dirty power generation and save utility customers billions, as detailed in a new NRDC fact sheet released this week, offers valuable lessons […]

The transition from fossil fuels to renewables is inevitable. Fossil fuels are finite, but will be dumped before they are exhausted on basis of cost. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/why-100-renewables-42697?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-100-renewables-42697

Coal inventories at power plants dropped below the monthly five-year average in April, the first time this has happened since December 2011. The decline in stockpiles occurred as coal burn increased across […]

Hydrogen fuel cell cars have been mired in controversy since the Bush administration dedicated $1.2 Billion for their research and development in 2003 – what with fracking, cost of updating infrastructure, cancer […]

How long do electric car batteries last? It’s a common enough question, and one that really hasn’t had an answer … until recently, that is. Plug In America did a survey of […]

The 20 Million Drawdown in a sluggish economyThe last two weeks oil inventories fell by a record 20 million barrels, this event has never happened in 30 years of historical data. So […]

Kevin Rudd’s plan to bring forward the internationally linked ETS might be a smart political move, but it complicates progress on reducing emissions. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/from-fixed-price-to-ets-the-complications-of-reducing-emissions-83254?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-fixed-price-to-ets-the-complications-of-reducing-emissions-83254

Small is beautiful to deal with carbon emissions. But Australia has the biggest houses, and the most floor space. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/how-big-is-a-house-average-house-size-by-country-78685?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-big-is-a-house-average-house-size-by-country-78685