Archive for the 'MAGAZINES' Category

Green Energy Ads: Johnson Controls

Sep 9, 2011 – Johnson Controls has a new ad with pictures of 4 buildings in the top half and the following below:  “Make your building more efficient and sustainable. Save money too.”  They go on to tell you how they will partner with you to reduce energy use and save money while benefitting the [...]

Must Read: “Solar Showdown” in Miller-McCune Magazine

Apr 28, 2011 – Here is a must read for those interested in solar power.  Check out Miller-McCune Magazine’s May/June 2011 issue that has “Solar Showdown” as its cover main subject.  Subtitle is “Could huge solar projects on public land in the Southwest actually be anti-environmental boondoggles in the making?”  Read the articles and please [...]

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Novel Financing For Residential Solar Power

Jul 2, 2009 – It is a down economy and yet everyone wants to do their part to save the planet and reduce their own personal energy costs. What about the upfront costs in a recession? Matt Jenkins reports in the July-August issue of Miller-McCune in an article titled, “$olar System”, on the novel plans [...]

Forbes reports on “The Business Of Tracking Carbon”

Jun 3, 2009 – Rebecca Buckman reports in Forbes that “..the software industry is creating technology to marshal data about companies’ carbon emissions and use of natural resources, like water and coal–with an eye toward helping them use less.” “One company trying to capitalize on the trend, Hara Software, officially launches its product Monday. The [...]

Xcelsior Bus is Fuel Efficient and Ready For Stimulus to Stimulate Its Stock

May 6, 2009 – New Flyer Industries [Other OTC: NFYIF.PK] is a Canadian maker of buses for city transit systems.  Matthew Schifrin reports in Forbes that it is a play on the US stimulus package.  New Flyer has been making buses since 1930, another period of economic turmoil.  Chicago just put into use 150 New [...]

Today’s Restaurant News Green Edition

Today’s Restaurant News, a newspaper for the restaurant industry in Florida and Texas, will have a green issue in March. Products that are classified as energy savers or services to help companies go green will be featured. For infomration about subscriptions or advertising, please visit trnusa.com.

Energy Investment Opinions by Bill Paul

Jan 4, 2009 – Bill Paul is a former Wall Street Journal energy and environmental reporter with more than 30 years of experience. He recently wrote an article titled, “Stay Ahead of the Energy Curve” for Stocks, Futures and Options magazine. As he has been reporting on energy issues before many of the green energy [...]

“Fill ‘Er Up With Human Fat” from Forbes

Dec 22, 2008 – Peter C. Beller reports on one of the most outlandish green energy stories in a Forbes article titled “Fill ‘Er Up With Human Fat: How a Beverly Hills doctor powered his SUV using his patients’ spare tires.” See the story below. It I had received this by email and it wasn’t [...]

Steve Forbes on Barack Obama’s Alternative Energy Plan

Steve Forbes, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine and two-time former presidential candidate, writes in his “Fact and Comment” editorial on president-elect Barack Obama’s $150 billion alternative energy program.  During the campaign Obama stated that he would propose that the US government spend $15 billion per year for 10 years.  Forbes posits that Obama’s big initiative will [...]

Forbes Take on Lithium Batteries

Nov 15, 2008 – OK. Which alternative energy source is featured in the lead article in the Nov 24, 2008 Forbes special issue on energy? Solar, wind, hydroelectric, nuclear power, or natural gas? Remember that final comfortable answer from your high school multiple choice exams: None of the above. The article is titled “The Saudi [...]

Forbes Special Issue: Energy & Genius

Forbes Magazine’s newest issue [November 24, 2008; don’t let the date fool you; all magazines predate their issues so even two weeks later when it is still on the newsstand you will think it is fresh] is a special one on Energy & Genius. If you don’t have a subscription, check it out online or [...]

ENERGY CONSERVATION AND SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTION

Crowded classrooms, outdated textbooks and technology, mounting deficits, and mass staff layoffs are second in importance to consolidating current bus routes for district schools to save fuel.  School districts around the country are facing the same struggling economy and less yearly fiscal budget.   State budgets continue to decline.  No Child Left Behind Act is becoming increasing [...]

Green Ads, But Where are the Green Cars?

We constantly see ads from companies congratulating themselves for their green energy activities after spending decades fighting the inevitable. But where are the green cars discussed in the ads? The Chevy Volt is now scheduled for 2010. Here is the script from an ad on GM’s website and very similarly worded in magazine ads. One [...]

American Chemical Society [ACS] Journal Goes Green

The American Chemical Society says that it journal, “Organic Process Research & Development goes green!  They will be publishing Green Chemistry highlights online: summaries of cutting-edge green chemistry research selected by process chemists in industry in collaboration with the ACS Green Chemistry Pharmaceutical Roundtable.  Green Chemistry Highlights are available to view free.