Global risks threaten to sow 'seeds of dystopia'
Leadership failure on a global scale threatens to sow “the seeds of dystopia” — a future beset by rising economic inequality,
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Consumer electronics: Bigger, smarter and hype-ier than ever
It’s that time of year again, when the Sugar Plum Fairies have put away their dancing shoes, and the
Can wasteful gas flaring be stopped?
We mentioned in an earlier post that the size of the global gas-flaring problem is massive – 150 billion cubic meters
Watch oil companies waste gas around the world: video
Check out the video below to see some of the world’s gas flaring stations. There are two excuses for
8 minutes and 19 seconds that could change the world
The company name Eight19 doesn’t seem to suggest anything … until you hear the reason its founders called it that:
Electricity's new mantra: Use it AND lose it
It’s a strange thing to expect a business to try and sell less of what it traffics in, but
What's up with the smart-grid 'conspiracy'?
Why is smart-grid technology — smart electricity meters in particular — being met with such opposition, even fear, from some people? You
As new mercury rules loom, US power sector eyes dramatic change
The US power sector is set for dramatic change over the next several years, as electric utilities work to meet
How to cut several megacities' worth of carbon? The right tech helps
How much impact can smart-grid technology really have on our energy consumption and carbon emissions? How about enough to eliminate
'Autos on steroids' keep US gas thirst super-sized
Rising levels of obesity and the McMansion trend of the real-estate bubble era already provide evidence enough that the US
Clean-energy spending skyrockets in Africa
African nations still rank at the bottom in terms of human well being and development, but 2011 brought at least
Smart-meter foes take war on city to federal court
The Illinois city of Naperville has become the latest noisy battleground in the war between smart-grid proponents and opponents. Just