How to Invent Our Way Out of Climate Change

by Gwyneth Kelly – 11/29/2015 If internal combustion was the monumental technological achievement that, over the decades, contributed to climate change, perhaps new technologies can help solve the crisis. The Paris climate talks are crucial not only for forging...

Why CO2 'Air Capture' Could Be Key to Slowing Global Warming

by Richard Schiffman – 05/23/16 For two decades, Klaus Lackner has pioneered efforts to combat climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Now, after years of watching the global community fail to bring greenhouse gas emissions under control,...

The Suddenly Urgent Quest to Remove Carbon Dioxide from the Air

by Chris Mooney – 2/26/2016 Dr. Klaus Lackner with his team’s rooftop prototype on Feb. 9 at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment in Tempe, Ariz. (Caitlin O’Hara for the Washington Post.)   Tempe, AZ — From...

Scots transport giant hopes to avoid a stink with 'poo bus.'

03/15/2015 A SCOTS transport operator is to introduce a bus which runs on human and household waste, goes into regular service later this month. Powered by biomethane gas, the Bio-Bus, which has been dubbed the ‘poo bus’ will use waste from more than...

Konecranes Eyes Middle East Waste to Energy Expansion

by Ben Messenger – 10/27/2016 Finnish lifting equipment specialist, Konecranes, has introduced a range of lifting and material handling technologies specifically designed for waste to-energy and biomass applications in the Middle East. According to the company...

Can Major US Cities Reach 'Zero Waste' Without Waste-to-Energy?

by Cole Rosengren – 10/26/16 Even if a city can reach a “zero waste-to-landfill” goal, there will always be some waste left. Depending on whom you talk to, waste-to-energy facilities are either a part of that problem or a solution to it. Despite...
Finding Common Ground and Dissolving Echo-Chambers

Finding Common Ground and Dissolving Echo-Chambers

This program is born from Post Election Sessions at Summit at Sea 2016 with Beau Willimon (Creator of House of Cards), Erin Brockovich (brockovich.com) and Lisa Gautier (President of MatterofTrust.org). Everybody wants clean water, great schools and more jobs! We are...

Big Chunk Of California's Recycling Centers Close Down

More than a fifth of California’s recycling redemption centers have closed in the last year, stripping consumers of easy access to recycling and limiting their ability to collect the deposits they made when purchasing bottles and cans. More closures may follow, as the...

CalRecycle food waste prevention grant program workshop

CalRecycle webinar info. https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Broadcast/ As you know, we were successful in getting $40 million for CalRecycle’s Waste Diversion project. Head’s up that CalRecycle has 2 workshops coming up to discuss the cap and trade grant criteria if you...