Category: Global Systems Science

Staying current for Chapter 10 Articles from 2003–2008 Stay current index page for chapter 10 { Energy Use Contents } 2008 2008 Dec. Pelamis Wave Power. Marine-power firm Ocean Power Technologies… New report suggests Great Britain could derive 20 percent of energy needs from ocean power. …Scottish Power is going big with tidal, as Scottish waters open up […]

Staying current for Chapter 10 See non-chronological resources Articles from:{2015–2021}-{2009-2014}-{2003–2008} { Energy Use Contents } 2026-02-13. Renewables soar globally despite US climate pullback. By Tom Chivers, SEMAFOR. Excerpt: Renewables are being deployed aggressively across much of the world even as the US, historically the world’s biggest emitter, overturned a landmark domestic climate ruling. …Elsewhere in the world, […]

Staying current for Chapter 9 See non-chronological resources Articles from:{2014–2021}-{2009–2013}-{2003-2008}Additional Topics (Fuel, Electric Vehicles, Automobiles) { Energy Use Contents } Latest articles (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022)  2026-02-15. Trump Administration Ends Credit for Start-Stop Feature in Vehicles. By Amanda Holpuch, The New York Times. Excerpt: Manufacturers will no longer get a credit toward vehicle emissions standards by installing […]

{ Energy Use Contents } { All GSS Books } Automobiles Advanced Transportation Technologies http://calstart.org/Automobiles Burns, Lawrence D., McCormick, J. Byron, and Borroni-Bird, Christopher E., Vehicle of Change, Scientific American, Oct 2002, pp. 64-72. Article on hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles and transition to a hydrogen personal transportation system. EarthSmartCars petition — by Earth Day 2000, one hundred thousand pledges to […]

Staying current for Chapter 9 Articles from 2009–2013 Stay current index page for chapter 9 { Energy Use Contents } 2013-09-10.  Study: Panda Poo May Be Coup for Future of Biofuels.    Excerpt: …bacteria in panda feces could help make biofuel production more efficient. …more than 40 different microbes living in the guts of giant pandas at the […]

Staying current for Chapter 9 Articles from 2003–2008 Stay current index page for chapter 9 { Energy Use Contents } 2008 December 15. Waste Coffee Grounds Offer New Source Of Biodiesel Fuel.Science Daily. Excerpt: Researchers in Nevada are reporting that waste coffee grounds can provide a cheap, abundant, and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel fuel for powering cars […]

Staying current for Chapter 8 See non-chronological resources (bottom of page) { Energy Use Contents } 2026-02-07. A Groundbreaking Geothermal Heating and Cooling Network Saves This Colorado College Money and Water. By Phil McKenna, Inside Climate News. Excerpt: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—The discussions started roughly a decade ago, when an account manager at Xcel Energy, the electricity and […]

Staying current for Chapter 7 { Energy Use Contents } EARTHLIGHT AT NIGHT – shows the whole planet at night and illustrates interesting urban and transportation patterns as illuminated by human-made lights: the scarcity of lights for North vs. South Korea, the ribbon of lights along the Nile, the township and range of the U.S. high plains […]

Staying current for Chapter 6 See non-chronological resources (bottom of this page) { Energy Use Contents } 2024-11-14. Breakthrough in capturing ‘hot’ CO2 from industrial exhaust. By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley News. Excerpt: Industrial plants, such as those that make cement or steel, emit copious amounts of carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas, but the exhaust is […]

Staying current for Chapter 5 See non-chronological resources (bottom of this page) { Energy Use Contents } 2025-10-04. Fears of massive battery fires spark local opposition to energy storage projects. By  MICHAEL HILL. Associated Press (AP). Excerpt: …Battery energy storage systems that suck up cheap power during periods of low demand, then discharge it at a profit […]