Green Science and Technology

We've heard of thermostats that display the real time price of energy and train us to heat and cool more efficiently. But what about car cockpits that display driving efficiency and train us in hypermiling?

Yesterday, USA Today profiled a West Virginia chicken farmer named Josh Frye.

The peak oil discussion is underway once again.

"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone."

-- Henry David Thoreau, Walden; on, Life in the Woods

An Australian coal mining company announced over the weekend that it has reached an agreement to sell USD 60 billion dollars worth of coal to a Chinese utility over the next 20 years.

French nuclear energy giant Areva announced on Monday that it is acquiring an American solar thermal startup company called Ausra.

This is Areva's first investment in solar power, and, according to a company executive, it's a strategic one. Areva chose to invest in Ausra's solar thermal technology rather than in other solar technologies because solar thermal power plants, like nuclear power plants, generate electricity by creating heat and spinning turbines with steam.

Climate scientist Micheal Mann has always been confident that he didn't do anything wrong.

It looks like his university, Penn State, which just released the results of the first phase of an investigation into his research conduct, is almost ready to officially agree.

President Obama continues to spend a lot of time with Republicans.

Following up on his discussion with House Republicans over the weekend, he invited a few coal state governors to the White House today, and one big topic of conversation was clean coal.

Martin LaMonica from CNET's Green Tech Blog made a post today about aerogels.

Bacteria that convert plants into diesel could become a widely available method for creating alternative fuels at commercial prices within the next two years.