Crash Survival Zone

President Barack Obama is encouraging state officials to get on the front lines of the government’s program to revive the ailing economy.

Obama stopped by a conference Thursday with state officials gathered in the capital to discuss carrying out the $787 billion economic stimulus program. He said he believes the American people are behind his administration’s [...]

by Michael Cannell
The downturn has accomplished what a generation of designers and planners could not: it has turned back the tide of suburban sprawl. In the wake of the foreclosure crisis many new subdivisions are left half built and more established suburbs face abandonment. Cul-de-sac neighborhoods once filled with the sound of backyard barbecues and [...]

For many people, phrases like, “going green,” “off grid” and “neutralize your carbon footprint” hold an emotional appeal, but people face a very real financial barrier. It’s true that a full solar panel array will save you money in the long run, but the startup costs - ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of [...]

Cutting-Edge Energy Technologies Such as Solar Panels Don’t Deliver as Much Bang as Plugging Leaky Homes

Like a lot of Americans, moving-company owner Art Delaney has been trying to curb his energy use to help the planet and pinch pennies. First he got serious about recycling. Then he traded in his SUV for a Toyota Prius. [...]

Politicians are pinning their hopes for delivery from global warming on a technology that is not quite airtight
A recent American television advertisement features a series of trustworthy-looking individuals affirming their faith in the potential of “clean coal”. One by one, a sensible old lady in a hat, a lab-coated scientist standing by a microscope, a [...]

The Wall Street Journal sings to its choir today, slapping at Obama’s plan to increase ‘green collar’ jobs. The simplistic claim: encouraging the use of renewable energy is inefficient and therefore will put people out of work.

The WSJ throws around some scary subsidy numbers, saying the government pays too much for renewable energy, and its [...]

$4.5 billion plan to make federal buildings more energy efficient could go a long way to reduce emissions and costs over the long run.

The $787 billion economic stimulus bill aims to create millions of jobs around “shovel-ready” projects.
That’s where Paul Prouty says he can help: He has 500 projects ready to go.

Prouty heads the U.S. [...]

The country boasts some 3,500 clean technology companies that together book roughly $14 billion in revenues

Lake Trummen in southern Sweden used to be a polluted, weed-choked mess. Now, after a $14 million cleanup, bathers crowd its clear blue water in summer. Växjö, a city of 80,000 that sits on its shores, is vying to be [...]

Falling demand for recycled materials has caused a sudden collapse in scrap prices.
Recyclables have long been a volatile commodity, but the speed of the collapse has shocked the industry and exposed just how reliant it has become on foreign buyers, especially China.

The prices of newspaper and corrugated cardboard have fallen nearly 80 percent since last [...]

One of the carmakers showing off its electric power at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit is from China. The Shenzhen-based company BYD — which stands for Build Your Dreams — has built the world’s first mass-produced, plug-in hybrid car, beating both Chevrolet and Toyota to the punch.

The midsize sedan is called the [...]