Climate Pulse

Photos from Bridgestone Americas Inc. This car turns heads. It's clear. And clearly one of the most efficient in the world. It was built by students at the DeLaSalle Automotive Design Studio in Kansas City, Missouri, as a high school class project....Read the full story on TreeHugger [continue]

Images via Choi + Shine Who says that transmission towers need to be ugly? One of the biggest downsides of having easy access to energy has long been the unsightly way it's carried from place to place, but one US design firm hopes to revolutionize all that -- by giving electricity pylons a human... [continue]

Photo by Editor B According to Berg Insight, the worldwide installed base of smart electricity meters will hit over 300 million by 2015. The research firm states that over the next five years, smart meter technology is projected to move from 15-20% market penetration to almost 50% in Europe and... [continue]

Image credit: Munts Family I once very publicly confessed my laziness in putting up a clothes line, and the battles over clothes lines and property values are well publicized by now. But whether you are an avid outdoor drier, or you wouldn't be seen dead hanging your undies up in public, all too... [continue]

Southern pine wood chips. Image credit:USDA Southern Research Station. Research Update, Wood to Energy Biomass burning for electricity still looks to be a political and environmental black hole, presenting more dreadful questions than a tree hugger can shake a blog at. Why, for example, are 120... [continue]

The Robinsons model the latest in tinfoil pyjamas Forget the tinfoil hat, it is time for tinfoil pyjamas. Scientific American tells us that the bed frames and box springs in most American beds are half the wavelength of TV and FM signals and are acting as antennae, causing skin and breast cancers... [continue]

Image via Microsoft Hohm We're seeing a boost in partnerships between software and hardware companies when it comes to monitoring energy consumption at home. The latest partnership joins up Microsoft's Hohm, an online platform for managing energy use, and Blue Line, which offers a power monitor and... [continue]

The graphene organic photovoltaic manufacturing process. Courtesy of USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com. Bulky solar-powered gear is nothing new, but imagine charging your iPod or cell phone while you jog... [continue]

The carbon intensity of coal is so high that CCS technology will only slightly reduce emissions, the report authors say. Photo: Joost J Bakker via flickr. Another take on the how to transition from coal-based electricity and its huge carbon emissions to low-carbon power sources, this time from two... [continue]

Image via GreenMonk With consumers only just starting to hear the term "smart grid," let alone trust utilities as they install millions of smart meters in homes nationwide, we're used to hearing stories about how consumers are pushing back against companies like PG&E during smart meter... [continue]