Green energy Revolution?

 Thomas Friedman published “Hot Flat and Crowded”and has called for a Green Energy Revolution and he might be right. We are living in a world that is made up of complacent people who worry more about what will be on the table text week and really can’t look past next month. This is not read more

Strategies for the Energy Crisis

After nearly 30 years at Caltech as a professor of theoretical physics and, eventually, provost, Steven Koonin took a leave of absence in 2004 to become BP’s chief scientist. After a year of study, he recommended a strategy for the company that has included investments in unconventional read more

Nevada Business Connection meeting in Carson City

Kris Holt, Executive Director of Nevada Business Connection sits and listens to his guest speaker Bob Crowell talk about his bid for Mayor of Carson City. Ken Haskins, also a mayoral candidate, sits and nods in agreement to parts of what Crowell says. They are in agreement on a number of facets; read more

Boat Launches Restricted in Lake Tahoe

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board on Wednesday unanimously adopted new rules requiring the closure of Lake Tahoe boat ramps when inspectors aren’t on duty to check for invasive mussels. The restriction takes effect Nov. 1. The TRPA’s emergency action comes amid fears read more

Nevada EcoNet to present awards at Pine Cone Ball

Nevada EcoNet will present five Golden Pinecone awards at the Pine Cone Ball on Nov. 17 at the Joe Crowley Student Union on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. The awards will be presented to individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions toward sustaining and improving read more

Green Summit suggestions for recycling and waste in Reno

At the Reno Green Summit last week, a break-out session about recycling and plastic bags showed that people are frustrated—with the limitations of Waste Management, with not having recycling at their apartment buildings, with those ubiquitous, petroleum-based plastic bags that remain in the read more

Inc Again

 Inc again  Story from Kat Kerlin, Reno News and Review, Sept 09, 2008  Inc.com has released its list of the 5,000 fastest growing independent companies in the country. While it’s full of the usual suspects, like technology, health, land development and oil industries, green careers are read more

It’s The Little Things That Can Make A Difference

Going green is good for you, good for me and good for the bottom line. Doing little things can turn into huge bottom line savings. Example is the right turn policy UPS instituted where most drivers are requested to review their routes and take right turned where ever possible. The resulting fuel read more

Natural Gas, an Alternative Fuel

As an alternative to oil natural gas is a common producted  used to heat homes and provide fuel for stoves and water heaters. In its impure form natural gas is mostly methane, but other hydrocarbons do exist. These hydrocarbons include pentane, ethane, propane, and butane with the compliment of read more

No Oil For Blood

Here’s a little of why, when you step up to the pump, you have to dig a little deeper into your pocket. Not to mention you can wonder why when Barrack Obama spoke on 60 minutes just this Sunday he noted no agreement in place between the US and Iraq concerning oil contracts. This morning, I read more

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