Archive for the 'environmental health' Category

Mar 08 2010

Designing bad stuff out of tech isn’t an easy thing to do

Published by Heather Clancy under air pollution,engineering,environmental health,green tech

How much time does it take to design an environmentally questionable material OUT of a product? Recent news out of IBM provides some perspective on just how tricky this can be. Early in March, the technology giant said it has eliminated two compounds known to have adverse long-time impacts from its chip manufacturing program. Those two [...]

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Mar 05 2010

Another case for ditching spreadsheets as environmental info collection tool

Published by Heather Clancy under climate change,conservation,environmental health,green tech

You’ll notice increasing coverage of some of the environmental management software packages here in GreenTech Pastures, because it is one the topics I’m trying to research more thoroughly. There are a couple of new products expected out next week. Meanwhile, just posted this mini-case study over at my Smart Planet blog, discussing how refining company [...]

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Feb 08 2010

Science underlying global warming–what do we “know?”

Published by Harry Fuller under Blogroll,climate change,environmental health,Europe,global warming,law & politics,research

A new study by scientists in Britain suggests that climate change theory needs to carefully re-examine the assumptions about changes in the earth’s orbital position in relation to the sun. This study says the issue of the earth’s position is crucial in determining long-term effects and climate change trends. It was not considered [...]

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Feb 04 2010

Digital system to monitor a greenhouse gas in California

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,Blogroll,engineering,environmental health,federal government,law & politics,research

Methane emissions to be measured in California, a pioneering monitoring program in U.S.

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Feb 04 2010

Digital system to monitor a greenhouse gas in California

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,Blogroll,engineering,environmental health,federal government,law & politics,research,state government

Methane emissions to be measured in California, a pioneering monitoring program in U.S.

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Feb 04 2010

Corn chips or biofuel? Feds push for more ethanol

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,biofuel,Blogroll,cars & traffic,conservation,energy,environmental health,federal government,fossil fuel,global warming,green tech,law & politics,petroleum,renewable energy

EPA rules that ethanol is greener than gasoline.

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Feb 02 2010

Are there ideas creeping up on the American economy that will strengthen greentech?

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,Blogroll,conservation,energy,environmental health,fossil fuel,green tech,law & politics,petroleum,renewable energy,research

Ecopsychology could become a boost to spread and use of greentech. "Save energy, it'll make you feel better."

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Feb 02 2010

Post-Copenhagen: the homework assignment has been turned in

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,Blogroll,Canada,cars & traffic,China,climate change,conservation,energy,environmental health,European Union,federal government,fossil fuel,global warming,India,Kyoto Protocol,law & politics,renewable energy

Nations submit their voluntary greenhouse gas reduction plans to the UN.

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Feb 02 2010

Tax software leader Intuit taps Hara for environmental software, Minnesota picks EarthSoft

Published by Heather Clancy under air pollution,climate change,conservation,energy,environmental health,global warming,green tech

More companies are investing in formal environmental management and energy monitoring software. Hara and EarthSoft are latest to snag high-profile deals.

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Jan 31 2010

Energizing China and U.S.

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,Blogroll,China,conservation,energy,engineering,environmental health,federal government,fossil fuel,green tech,law & politics,nuclear power,petroleum,renewable energy,research,solar,venture capital,wind

Energy, the economic battleground for the future dominance.

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