Lamborghini opens carbon-fiber research center:

By JAKE LINGEMAN Lamborghini is opening a carbon-fiber research center. Lamborghini Lamborghini is betting carbon fiber is the future of automotive design. The company has announced the creation of a new Advanced Composites Research Center in Italy where it will develop new design and production methods for the multi-faceted material.Lamborghini has been experimenting and using carbon fiber as a structural element since the 1980s.

OnStar to tap Google to guide the Chevrolet Volt:

By LESLIE J. ALLEN, AUTOMOTIVE NEWS General Motors says Chevrolet Volt owners will be able to control some car functions from their smartphones. General Motors Co.’s OnStar telematics unit is bringing Google mobile navigation technology into the car.Chevrolet Volt drivers whose smartphones use Google’s Android operating system will be able to use their phones to pinpoint their vehicle’s location on Google Maps, GM said in a statement released Tuesday.

Driving Oil-Dependence Down

Home › Contributors › Deron Lovaas › Driving Oil-Dependence Down Deron Lovaas’s Blog Driving Oil-Dependence Down Deron Lovaas Federal Transportation Policy Director, Washington, D.C. Blog | About Posted May 3, 2010 in Moving Beyond Oil Lisa Margonelli, an ally in our work to move America beyond oil, penned this thoughful piece in the New York Times yesterday.

A Letter to ESPN (and Disney) About Wolves

Home › Contributors › Matt Skoglund › A Letter to ESPN (and Disney) About Wolves Matt Skoglund’s Blog A Letter to ESPN (and Disney) About Wolves Matt Skoglund Wildlife Advocate, Livingston, Montana Blog | About Posted April 29, 2010 in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places Dear ESPN (and Disney), I am baffled and troubled by your publishing of “The myth of the harmless wolf” by James Swan on the Outdoors section of your popular ESPN.com website.

Copper – one more reason Pebble Mine threatens Bristol Bay’s salmon

Home › Contributors › Sylvia Fallon › Copper – one more reason Pebble Mine threatens Bristol Bay’s salmon Sylvia Fallon’s Blog Copper – one more reason Pebble Mine threatens Bristol Bay’s salmon Sylvia Fallon Staff Scientist, Washington, DC Blog | About Posted April 14, 2010 in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places There are many reasons that Pebble Mine, the proposed copper and gold mine in southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay area, would threaten one of the most productive salmon fisheries in the world.

Corn ethanol tax credit: most expensive way to create jobs ever?

Home › Contributors › Nathanael Greene › Corn ethanol tax credit: most expensive way to create jobs ever? Nathanael Greene’s Blog Corn ethanol tax credit: most expensive way to create jobs ever? Nathanael Greene Director of Renewable Energy Policy, New York City Blog | About Posted April 7, 2010 in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming Today, in yet another example of ethanol industry spin, the Renewable Fuels Association released a state-by-state version of its highly inflated jobs study

PACE program helps New Yorkers with energy efficiency, renewable energy projects

Home › Contributors › Alisa Valderrama › PACE program helps New Yorkers with energy efficiency, renewable energy projects Alisa Valderrama’s Blog PACE program helps New Yorkers with energy efficiency, renewable energy projects Alisa Valderrama Finance Analyst, New York Blog | About Posted March 24, 2010 in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming New York communities may soon receive federal stimulus funds to help property owners make energy efficient renovations and investments in renewable energy that can significantly lower their energy bills. And – hopefully – it’s only the beginning

Renewables and Energy Storage: A Misunderstood Partnership

Home › Contributors › Samir Succar › Renewables and Energy Storage: A Misunderstood Partnership Samir Succar’s Blog Renewables and Energy Storage: A Misunderstood Partnership Samir Succar Energy Analyst, New York Blog | About Posted March 17, 2010 in Solving Global Warming Stimulus funds have provided a big push to the utility scale energy storage sector, but there are still many misconceptions on the role of storage for integrating renewables. Luckily a recent report from NREL provides a great framework for understanding markets for storage, the integration of renewables, and how the two fit together.

Climate Change Is a Scientific Reality, Not a Political Debate

Home › Contributors › Frances Beinecke › Climate Change Is a Scientific Reality, Not a Political Debate Frances Beinecke’s Blog Climate Change Is a Scientific Reality, Not a Political Debate Frances Beinecke President of NRDC, New York City Blog | About Posted March 17, 2010 in Solving Global Warming Climate denials have reached a fever pitch in the past few weeks. Anti-science screeds have littered the pages of the major newspapers and dominated talk radio. From a New York Post editorial called “The EPA’s Climate Con” to a Rush Limbaugh show in which he says “Al Gore…ought to be subject to being sued” because global warming is a “hoax,” commentators have been trashing documented scientific evidence.

The Carbon Footprint of Mountaintop Mining

Home › Contributors › Rob Perks › The Carbon Footprint of Mountaintop Mining Rob Perks’s Blog The Carbon Footprint of Mountaintop Mining Rob Perks Director, Center for Advocacy Campaigns, Washington, D.C.

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