Tag: Energy

VW Chattanooga: A Model for Designing Ecological Sustainability Into Auto Manufacturing Sites

Auto manufacturing also takes a heavy toll on societies and ecosystems, however, requiring vast amounts of energy and natural resources, as well as pumping out vast quantities of pollutants into our atmosphere, land, waterways and oceans. These costs have grown along with the industry and become increasingly apparent over the years. Changing with the times,…

June 26, 2013
10 Key Clean Energy Statements From Obama’s Climate Speech

This repost comes from Zach Shahan at CleanTechnica.

June 26, 2013
Fracked Gas Isn’t a Bridge Fuel—It’s a Gangplank

However, all the good that President Obama will do with his reductions in CO2 from power plants will be undone by his embrace of fracked gas. It is clear that he does not …

June 26, 2013
Aluminium Die Casting Can Also Be Green

One of the main parts of making sure that a material is green is where and how it is sourced. The key is to make sure that suppliers are ethical and committed to reducing the impact that they, as a company, have on the environment, as well as the local community. Issues such as pollution…

June 25, 2013
Don’t Believe Thomas Pyle’s Hype That Misleads the Public on Fracking

Industry’s denial of the dark side of natural gas fracking shouldn’t fool anyone. Thomas Pyle’s claim on this site that there is not one “confirmed case of groundwater contamination” from fracking is the big lie …

June 25, 2013