Southwest Airlines announced recently that it is launching a prototype "green plane," a Boeing 737 tweaked to include environmentally responsible materials and cut down on fuel use. It's a nice idea, but is it an honest effort or ...READ»
Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is the bane of the environmental community--nobody really knows if it works on a large scale, but the technology is critical (PDF file) if we want to reach emissions reduction goals. Now GE Oil ...READ»
Hot on the heels of news that natural gas reserves have risen to 1.2 trillion barrels of oil equivalent--a 60 year supply--Qatar Airlines announced that it has completed the first passenger flight powered completely by natural gas. ...READ»
T. Boone Pickens isn't a man that gives up. After the former Texas oil magnate's giant wind power plan fell by the wayside, Pickens took up a new cause: natural gas vehicles. Most recently, Pickens took a trip to Dallas to promote the ...READ»
What do you get when you create a company backed by green venture capitalists Kleiner Perkins and former Texas oil magnate T. Boone Pickens? V-Vehicle Co., a mysterious new auto company that just emerged from stealth mode after four ...READ»
A number of companies--Sapphire Energy, Solazyme, and Bionavitas to name a few--are working on methods to convert algae into biofuel. But Genifuel wants to turn the pond scum into something different: natural gas. The company, ...READ»
