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Nate Silver Picks One Of Most Notorious Scientists For Climate Science Section Of FiveThirtyEight

Yikes, here’s some bad news for who were hoping for useful climate science analysis from Nate Silver’s new website, FiveThirtyEight: Nate Silver’s highly anticipated data-driven news site FiveThirtyEight launched on Monday, with a controversial figure covering science issues. Silver has brought on Roger Pielke, Jr., a professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado Boulder,

Nate Silver Picks One Of Most Notorious Scientists For Climate Science Section Of FiveThirtyEight was originally published on: CleanTechnica.

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By Zachary Shahan | March 21, 2014 | Climate Change, Media |

Though we try to keep a very positive focus here, PlanetSave isn’t just a blog about the wonders of the natural world and the glory of Mankind’s inventions. It also offers knowledge and a caution about our failures as individuals and as a species. We’ve all made mistakes before, big and small. By acknowledging anthropogenic [&hellip

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By Sandy Dechert | March 20, 2014 | Renewable Energy |

Silicon Valley City Drives Down The Road Toward Sustainability

By Rachel DiFranco, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Fremont The City of Fremont has made a number of local headlines this month for reports on the high number of electric vehicle owners living within its boundaries. With a population of 221,986, Fremont holds 14.3 percent of Alameda County’s 1,554,720 residents.1 But with 3,870 electric vehicle rebates

Silicon Valley City Drives Down The Road Toward Sustainability was originally published on: CleanTechnica.

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By Guest Contributor | March 20, 2014 | Electric Cars |

Climate Change Is On Everyone’s Lips

Climate change is #1. When we say that, we don’t mean we’re all cheering for global warming. We mean the subject tops the list of the most important underreported issues in the world today—at least according to news aggregation site Upworthy. Joe Romm of ThinkProgress says the topic huge number of readers chose by an

Climate Change Is On Everyone’s Lips was originally published on: CleanTechnica.

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By Sandy Dechert | March 20, 2014 | Climate Change, Media |

Energy-Efficient Method Of Recovering Valuable Minerals & Materials From Wastewater Developed

An energy-efficient method of recovering economically valuable minerals and materials from wastewater has been developed by researchers at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. In addition to the new approach to recovering resources from industrial wastewater, the researchers also developed new ‘rapid tools’ for the identification of various environmental pollutants. The new work makes the

Energy-Efficient Method Of Recovering Valuable Minerals & Materials From Wastewater Developed was originally published on: CleanTechnica.

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By James Ayre | March 20, 2014 | Food & Water |

Triboelectric Nanogenerator Technology Breakthrough — Power Output Density Boosted By A Factor Of 100,000

The technology of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) has come a long way since its unveiling only two years ago, based on the creator’s most recent press release. Since then, the technology has had its power output density boosted by a factor of over 100,000 — the power output now reaches up to, impressively, 300 Watts per

Triboelectric Nanogenerator Technology Breakthrough — Power Output Density Boosted By A Factor Of 100,000 was originally published on: CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 30,000 other subscribers: RSS | Facebook | Twitter.

Solar-Powered Toilet That Can Turn Waste Into Biochar

A toilet that can transform human waste into biochar, powered by nothing but the sun, has been developed by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. The new technology was designed to address some of the sanitation issues that are common in many developing countries — and thereby help to protect local water supplies, and

Solar-Powered Toilet That Can Turn Waste Into Biochar was originally published on: CleanTechnica.

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By James Ayre | March 19, 2014 | Food & Water, Health, Solar Energy |

Lithium-Air Batteries Take Step Forward

The technology of lithium-air batteries continues to move forward — with recent work by researchers from Mie University in Japan showing that one of the primary issues with the technology can be effectively addressed — improving the design, to limit the damage caused at the lithium/water interface, without decreasing the battery power. Their new findings […]

Lithium-Air Batteries Take Step Forward was originally published on EV Obsession.

By Nathan August | March 18, 2014 | Uncategorized | No Comments |

EV Market Share Leaders (Top Countries For EV Market Share)

I recently figured out electric vehicle market share for 17 European countries, the US, and Japan for an ABB Conversations article I wrote (full disclosure: I am compensated by ABB for articles written on that site). The results are very interesting, in my opinion, so I figured I’d drop the charts in here as well. […]

EV Market Share Leaders (Top Countries For EV Market Share) was originally published on EV Obsession.

By Zach | March 16, 2014 | Electric Cars | No Comments |

The Curious Case of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles In The Netherlands (February Sales Report)

There’s no denying it — the Dutch electric vehicle market is an interesting one. There was a surge in plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) sales at the end of 2013 because of an expiring incentive for PHEVs. Nonetheless, PHEVs continue to dominate Dutch EV sales. In both January and now February the Volvo V60 PHEV […]

The Curious Case of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles In The Netherlands (February Sales Report) was originally published on EV Obsession.

By Zach | March 16, 2014 | Electric Cars | No Comments |