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In January, Cherry Blossoms were starting to bloom in Washington, DC, people said “see, this is Global Warming”. And, well, a Denier reaction was “look at all the snow in Colorado”, that is total BS. Well, to be clear, both comments sets were wrong — wrong in the sense that Global Warming is about climate […]

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When talk focuses on emeraging states and Global Warming, most everyone points to China. India should not be far behind in our concerns. Beijing’s eerily mild winter has provoked anxious media coverage in the Chinese capital. In India, the melting of the Himalayan glaciers that feed the country’s great river systems is alarming policymakers. The […]

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While the Sports Illustrated cover is one indication of Global Warming’s becoming part of the societal lexicon in the United States, the growth of Global Warming as a theme and issue in Hollywood movies is another indicator. As per The New York Times, On Screens Soon, Abused Earth Gets Its Revenge. The big-screen will see […]

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As reported in Le Monde, after extensive study, the French postal system is undertaking a shift toward extensive use of electric vehicles for mail delivery. Currently, 60,000 of French mailmen (and women) deliver mail by bicycle (the classic Jaune — yellow — of La Poste). These will be transitioned to electric assisted bicycles and, to […]

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A key challenge for wind and solar systems is intermittency. The wind isn’t always blowing and the sun isn’t always shining. But, in many parts of the world, this presents an opportunity for complementary systems — as the wind is often blowing when the sun is not at peak and vice versa. Combining these systems […]

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The Hopewell Project, appropriately in Hopewell, NJ, has developed a solar-powered home generating hydrogen to run the home when the sun isn’t shining. And, there is the hydrogen-fueled neighhorhood golf cart, the electric fuell-cell boat, … the vision for the future.

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Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) are looking ever more clearly to be part of the near term energy future. As per CalCars, “PHEVs are like regular hybrids but with larger batteries and the ability to re-charge from a standard outlet (mostly at night). They’re the best of both worlds: local travel is electric, and you […]

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The Daily Kos Energize America team is now working under a serious deadline. We are working together, with the entire community to develop a set of potential items for Congressional action at the direct request of a senior member of Congress. We have a DEADLINE — COB Wednesday for a package … This diary lays […]

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When is a tipping point reached? When has changed occurred? When will we know it? This is a question asked about Global Warming in many ways. The Globe has clearly passed the tipping point where there is no way to avoid some Global Climate Change (already occurring), to avoid more warming (will occur), and species […]

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Sometimes it really is the simpliest things.  Approximately 93.5% of European Union motorists “are driving on under-inflated tires and causing an additional 18.4 million tons of carbon dioxide to be released into the environment.”

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