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Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic - the world’s first commercial spaceline - just announced that its SpaceShipTwo (SS2) successfully conducted its first rocket-powered flight...

Guest post by David Archibald Climate has real world consequences, and those operating in fields that will be affected by changing climate bring a different perspective to the problem of predicting what will happen...

Do you feel a twinge of guilt every time you fill your tank with dirty gasoline? What if you could power your car with a carbon neutral fossil fuel substitute? Introducing Audi’s new e-fuel, an energy source that powers...

Read the rest of Mack Energy’s Headquarters is a Bold Energy Conserving Oil & Gas Exploration Center Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", artesia, corporate headquarters,...

Read the rest of Passive VOLKsHouse is an Affordable Net-Zero Energy Home in Santa Fe Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", affordable, affordable housing, eco design, eco...

New fire-fighting technology could help put them out. Why isn’t it being used? Guest post by Paul Driessen Millions of Americans watched their evening news in horrified fascination. The Colorado Springs wildfire had doubled...

Drought, wildfires, storms, floods – climate change is happening, but the real disaster is our Big Energy-owned politicians' inactionIn the political world, this was the week of the healthcare ruling: reporters hovered...

Noise pollution is certainly annoying, but does it actually cause any real harm? Several studies have shown that urban noise can have adverse effects on bird populations, causing them to change their songs and otherwise alter...

Barack Obama swept into the Presidency promising a new political order, one characterized by “transparency” and “openness.” Three years later, the President’s lofty campaign promises are belied by the Environmental...

This blog has kept a close eye on the Environmental Protection Agency’s aggressive expansion of its own authority (see here and here). The latest such power grab is taking place in the western United States, where the EPA...

Read the rest of Foster + Partners Officially Launch Virgin Galactic Gateway Spaceport Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "leed", energy efficient, Environmentally Friendly, Foster + Partners, Foster...

Read the rest of Foster & Partners’ Futuristic New Mexico Spaceport is Nearing Completion Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", Daylighting, eco design, Foster + Partners, geothermal,...

Representative Steve Pearce (R-New Mexico) yesterday removed his name as a co-sponsor of H. R. 1380, which I have dubbed the T. Boone Pickens Earmark Bill.  Rep. Pearce is an outstanding conservative Member of Congress,...

This is interesting. The American Spectator tips us to this this poll, conducted under the auspices of Colorado College’s State of the Rockies project one in which most questions were designed to produce environmentalism-friendly...

From Wired Magazine, an example of how skeptical  views on climate change have now become mainstream enough to earn a level of protection when educators want to explore both sides of the issue...