Photo: Flickr , CC “Today we flare enough natural gas to power Germany” Oak Ridge National Laboratory estimated in 2005 that about 0.5% of all CO2 emissions from fossil fuels came from natural gas flaring. The most shocking thing about this... 

Photo of data center in limestone cave, via Computerworld Data centers suck up a lot of energy , so it pays to put servers in places that can keep them cool and running efficiently. While some companies are choosing to make what they have work better... 

oops! wrong HomeStar The construction industry is full of rugged individualists, but they don’t have a lot of work these days. That’s why they are all lining up to support President Obama’s “cash for caulkers” initiative,... 

Liquid crystal switching windows have been around for a while, and just last week Mike wrote about how Energy-Saving Dynamically Tinted Glass Could Make Most Buildings More Efficient . Now Dutch entrepreneurs Casper van Oosten and Teun Wagenaar have... 

French container ship in Vohemar, Madagascar, March 12. Photo Derek Schuurman There was a coup in Madagascar last March, and ever since there has been widespread poaching in the National Parks, for birds, lemurs and lumber. Rosewood is one of the world’s... 

ISO bright ideas. Photo by Paul Keller via Flickr. If you want to get people to boost their personal energy efficiency, you should appeal to their vanity, their inner couch potato, their wallets, and their competitive nature. That’s the strategy... 

Photo via F eatheredTar According to new research from IDC Energy Insights, utilities are not even remotely ready for the smart grid particularly when it comes to one vital piece of the puzzle - customer interaction. So far, utilities have been this... 

Photo via MotorTrend VW’s 2011 Touareg Hybrid The 2010 Geneva Motor Show was filled with so many splashy auto announcements — Porsche’s first ever plug-in hybrid , a new Aud… Read the full story on TreeHugger See the rest here:  Test... 

Photo via MotorTrend VW’s 2011 Touareg Hybrid The 2010 Geneva Motor Show was filled with so many splashy auto announcements — Porsche’s first ever plug-in hybrid , a new Aud… Read the full story on TreeHugger Here is the original: Test... 

Image: Knossos Induction Lights Are Close, But No Cigar Most people who have been following lighting tech seem to be convinced that light-emitting diode (LED) lights are the future, but it’s always good to see new research being done on them. The...