Best of our Blogroll:I could not resist for a Friday afternoon offering up Michael Kanellos' pithy (and dead-on) chronicling of the most paranoid startups in the cleantech world. Utterly hilarious. First Solar, Bloom Energy, EEStor and Solyndra of ... [more]

I learned about a new kind of renewable energy this week when I attended the E3 Conference (Energy, Economy and Environment) hosted by the University of Minnesota's Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment (IREE). It was a great day of spe... [more]

Image source: GainesvilleIn anticipation of the upcoming meetings to update Kyoto next month in Poznan, Poland, the 53 African nations met recently to develop the Algiers Declaration, stating that they will vote as one bloc during climate change nego... [more]

Will Anderson was studying for an MA in energy and sustainable design when he began his ambitious self-build, zero-carbon home in Clapham, south London, in 2004. It was completed in 2006 and is a prime example of best practice in green building. His ... [more]

Cross-posted from WattHead - Energy News and Commentary and the Breakthrough InstituteThe UK Government auctioned the first four million allowances to emit greenhouse gases under their portion of the European Union's Emissions Trading System this wee... [more]

Cross-posted from the Breakthrough InstituteThe UK Government auctioned the first four million allowances to emit greenhouse gases under their portion of the European Union's Emissions Trading System this week, raising 54m ($80.9m). However, the g... [more]

photo: Mike SlichenmyerNot to belabor the point, but of all sources of renewable energy taking a beating in the current economic storm, biofuels seem to be getting hit full force. Recently the world's largest ethanol producer, Verasun, filed for bank... [more]

Photo via Dave HoggBeing a Girl Scout has come a long way from making jewelry out of tree bark and safety pins and selling cookies. And it's a good thing, too. Tomorrow, 25 Girl Scout Juniors and Cadettes will participate in a day-long camp focused o... [more]

In 1988, Lawrence and Sharon Tarantino bought a run-down house in the Millstone borough of New Jersey. A house that was designed by none other than Frank Lloyd Wright. Turns out, that Wright had been thinking of the environment back then. The home, a... [more]

Screenshot via Earth2TechxChange Point is an energy efficiency tool offered by Eps Corp, an energy management company, which supposedly will offer an immediate return on investment to manufacturing companies, thanks to energy savings and zero upfront... [more]