Clean energy buyers team up to reshape policy landscape

Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Salesforce and Walmart flex muscle in the new Advanced Energy Economy trade group.

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Clean energy buyers team up to reshape policy landscape

First-time buyers dominate corporate renewable purchasing

Steelcase, Lockheed Martin, Salesforce and Equinix have something powerful in common.

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White House CSO Christine Harada leads by example

What does it mean to be the CSO for the Obama administration? Christine Harada talks about her new position and what it means to business.

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Lockheed Martin Announces a Major Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion

It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, with secret laboratories and futuristic technologies , but this movie is real. Lockheed Martin’s stealthy Skunk Works division recently revealed that is has created a compact nuclear fusion reactor that could completely alter the way we power our world. Speaking to Aviation Week , researchers explained that they have been quietly working on a device that could produce cleaner, safer and more powerful energy than ever before. Read the rest of Lockheed Martin Announces a Major Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: clean nuclear power , clean power , CNF , Compact Nuclear Fusion , lockheed martin , Lockheed Marting fusion , new atomic age , nuclear fusion breakthrough , nuclear fusion reactor , Skunk Works , Skunk Works fusion

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New Kinetic Boots Could Help Marines Shed Battery Weight

Military personnel do a lot of marching. And hiking. And running. They move a lot, whether on base or on a mission. While moving, Marines also carry up to 15 pounds of batteries in order to charge all their devices while in the field. Which is not awesome. Now, Lockheed Martin and Canadian boot maker STC Footwear have teamed up to lighten the load while keeping devices powered up. Their Kinetic Boots harness the power of each soldier’s footstep without weighing them down. Follow the link below to learn how they work. READ MORE> Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: human powered boots , kinetic boots , kinetic power , lockheed martin , Lockheed Martin boots , military apparel , renewable energy in the military

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Silicon Nanopores Breakthrough Could Boost Lithium-Ion Battery Anode Capacity by 10x

Photo: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Nanotubes, Nanopores… The Future’s Happening on a Small Scale Last year, I wrote about a battery tech breakthrough by researchers at Stanford and Hanyang University in Ansan, South-Korea

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Silicon Nanopores Breakthrough Could Boost Lithium-Ion Battery Anode Capacity by 10x

Dean of Invention’s Joanne Colan Dishes on Game-Changing Gadgets

Photo via Planet Green Planet Green is launching a new series this Friday, October 22nd called Dean of Invention .

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First-Ever Geoengineering Research Ban Considered by Convention on Biological Diversity

photo: James Jordan / Creative Commons While preservation of the planet’s dwindling biodiversity itself has rightly grabbed the headlines at the ongoing Convention on Biological Diversity in Japan,

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Obesity Rates Soaring in Turkey and Iran

Istanbul is full of places to grab a quick bite to eat. Photo: Jennifer Hattam . In my early months in Istanbul, I had a Turkish teacher who could not get over the fact that I — an American — was not fat.

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Nespresso Battery: Feel-Good Phony Environmentalism And Greenwashing

Images Credit Mischer’Traxler Dezeen and Inhabitat show the Nespresso Battery by Mischer’Traxler . It even was a winner in a competition called SUSTAIN.ABILITY.DESIGN. It purports to be green: The content of all batteries (old capsules and coffee grounds) is about ~ 680 -700 Nespresso Capsules – an average year cons..

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