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Masdar running blogging contest tackling smart cities and sustainable development

Green Car Congress

Masdar, the UAE’s sustainable city, is running a blogging contest ; the 500-600 word entries must address the following question: “How can cities contribute to the advancement of sustainable development and address issues including water, energy and waste?” World Future Energy Summit 2014. The International Water Summit (IWS) 2014.

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Tesla quietly removes some of its old Master Plans from its blog page

Teslarati

Tesla has quietly removed two Master Plan write-ups from its website, and while it’s not entirely clear why, the move comes just as the company’s blog page gets a redesign. The post Tesla quietly removes some of its old Master Plans from its blog page appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Renewable Propane: A Reality Check

Green Energy Consumers

The propane industry has been advocating for the use of renewable propane to reduce emissions for their customer base. That is a large enough number to take a close look at what renewable propane is all about. This blog provides a brief introduction to the fuel, if it will ever be affordable, and its climate impacts.

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Barra blogs again: GM plans to double EV, self-driving investments

Green Car Reports

Following a round of layoffs late last year, GM is planning to renew its focus on creating electric cars and autonomous vehicles. For the second time in four months, CEO Mary Barra took to LinkedIn to reiterate that the company is shifting its focus to electric cars.

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Why nighttime EV charging is incentivized while daytime is cleaner

Green Car Reports

When it comes to overall carbon emissions, EVs are cleaner than internal-combustion cars, but how much cleaner can depend on when they're charged, according to a recent Bloomberg New Energy Finance blog post. A grid more reliant on renewable energy will shrink the carbon footprint of EVs charging from it.

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Clean Energy for Clean Transportation in India

CleanTechnica EVs

Originally published on NRDC Expert Blog. By Sameer Kwatra, Co-authored with Nitish Arora India, the world’s fourth-largest renewables market and fifth-largest automobile producer, is also the world’s third-largest oil importer.

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Wayne Powell, Duddly Do Right For All The Right Reasons

Creative Greenius

And not just say so out loud, but right here in the blog that now stirs the political drink of the South Bay of Los Angeles – a place where we’ve never needed a Do Right kind of guy more. Right on, Wayne! Right on. . .