A small Japanese town is well on its way to zero waste. But does the model its chosen, heavily focused on recycling, stand a chance of being replicated?
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Is The Circular Economy Good For The Environment But Bad For Business?
The concept of the circular economy works great for the environment… but is it good for business? Here are some companies making it work for them.
Battery Recycling: How We’ll Keep Electric Vehicle Batteries Out Of Landfills
Paul Nadjarian of Mojo Motors explores the challenges presented by electric car batteries, and the opportunities created for battery recycling.
Recycling: Kinda’ Like Punching Hitler in the Nose
Can appealing to patriotism get more conservatives recycling? Perhaps… there’s evidence it’s worked before.
Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power
With the world’s fleet of reactors aging, and with new plants suffering construction delays and cost increases, it is possible that world nuclear electricity generation has peaked and begun a long-term decline.
World Population Hitting 7 Billion this Month
By the end of October, we will likely have seven billion people on the planet. What does that mean for us, and how can we stabilize the growth of the human population?
Nuclear Energy and Renewable Technologies: Where We Stand (infographic)
Another nuclear disaster, another round of worldwide questioning about the viability of nuclear energy. No doubt that nuclear industry makes a point when they argue that, overall, they have a [ … ]
Good News: US Solar Power to Double in 2010
Editor’s note: Not sure why this post got pulled back into the pending queue yesterday… apologies if you clicked through and got an error page. In light of mid-October’s Solar [ … ]
Earth Policy Institute: Restructuring the U.S. Transport System — The Potential of High-Speed Rail
By Lester R. Brown Aside from the overriding need to stabilize atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels to stabilize climate, there are several other compelling reasons for countries everywhere to restructure [ … ]
Japanese Researchers Turn Cow Dung Into Fuel; Say Can Use Human Waste, Too
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Professor Junichi Takahashi and the Sumitomo Corporation research group (both in Japan) have jointly developed technology to produce hydrogen from cattle dung and [ … ]
Japan Launches First Satellite to Monitor Greenhouse Gases Worldwide
The Japanese government has launched the first satellite to monitor greenhouse gases worldwide. This tool will help scientists better ascertain where global warming emissions are coming from and how much is being absorbed by the oceans and forests. The U.S. will launch a similar orbiter next month.