Calculate Energy Loss – Vampire Power Tips

Clever tool by iGo, which of course sells devices that reduce vampire power: drag your devices over the rooms of the home and watch the watts mount up. I couldn't get the state dropdown to show New Mexico -- only a dozen states show -- but you'll definitely get the idea.
Calculate Energy Loss – Vampire Power Tips

Make resin for plastics from sugar cane instead of oil, and sequester CO2 at the same time

I'd love to know the chemistry involved. Typically there's a high energy barrier to transform one kind of chemical into another, but maybe clever use of bacterial enzymes is involved. Still, it's a great accomplishment, and a powerful way to move to a new era of carbon-sequestering production, while still allowing us all the Tupperware we crave. Well, maybe not all, but still!

Shocking but not surprising jump in PV installed in Germany

1.34 gigawatts of photovoltaic installed in just the month of December 2009 in Germany...Germany!...and do you know what the installed base is in the U.S.? 450 MEGAwatts, total (as of 2008). It's not that sunny in Germany, as you know, but as I hope you know, the government requires utilities to pay an above-market payment for all PV-generated electricity, so, yes, govt. policy works...

News - Clean Edge - The Clean-Tech Market Authority

Wind farm off Cape Cod finally gets U.S. go-ahead

Although opposition will likely continue, experts interviewed say further protests are unlikely to be able to do more than add another year or two of delays to a project that has already survived 9 years of obstructionism.

The Green Blog - A Boston Globe blog on living Green in Boston

If you need to debunk the climate deniers...

Greenpeace's Amsterdam branch has compiled an incredibly detailed history and analysis, replete with references, of the organized attacks on climate science and scientists. One detail: an attack was funded by 19 "independent" organizations, 14 of which turned out to be fronts for Exxon-Mobil.

Good Progress Report on Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)

This is a highly motivated, enthusiastic group (I attended their annual conference a couple of years back), encouraging both study of sustainability (degree programs) and sustainable practices on campus. Look at the list of announced green actions just this week, plus the substantive accomplishments in their annual report.

AASHE Bulletin Archives | Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)

AT&T introduces ZERO charger to kill vampire energy waste � Eideard

In the category of it's about d**n time, AT&T introduces ZERO charger to kill vampire energy waste � Eideard

As Ed Campbell notes, "[s]imple enough tech to cause wonder at the countless devices rolling into the marketplace without similar circuitry."