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Pamposh Raina wrote a new blog post: “Plug and Play” Solar Panel Kits 1 year, 9 months ago · View
A “do it yourself” solar array! Sounds interesting, right? Chad Maglaque and Clarian Technologies are hoping that by Spring 2011 they will be able to bring to the market, an easy to install modular solar array. They also promise that this product will be cost-effective. “Sunfish”, as they call it, would consist of a power module, circuit monitor [...] -
Pamposh Raina wrote a new blog post: Sounds of Silence! 1 year, 11 months ago · View
Apple CEO Steve Jobs described it as his “most beautiful and sophisticated creation” . Well, environmentalists in China don’t quite share his sentiment. For them the sleek new Apple iPhone4 that was assembled in China is nothing but a gadget that contributes to heavy metal pollution. 34 environmental NGOs in China conducted research and found data on some [...]
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Pamposh Raina wrote a new blog post: A (not so) electrifying vision! 1 year, 11 months ago · View
Referring to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as an “epidemic” in his first Oval Office address, President Obama yet again called the nation’s attention to the urgency of embracing a “clean energy future” . In the wake of the oil-spill there seems to be a renewed interest in a discussion about America’s energy future. Here at Planet Forward [...] -
Pamposh Raina wrote a new blog post: India’s rising greenhouse gas emissions 2 years ago · View
A recent report released by the Indian environment minister suggests that India’s annual greenhouse emissions increased by 58 percent from 1994-2007 . Curious about the statistics? The emissions grew from 1.25 billion tons to 1.90 billion tons . India is almost at par with Russia, which is the world’s third largest greenhouse gas emitter. Russian emissions in 2007 were estimated [...]
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Pamposh Raina wrote a new blog post: Development or reduction of emissions, what’s best for South Africa ? 2 years, 1 month ago · View
After being cagey about its vote on the $3.75 billion loan for South Africa’s coal-fired power plant, the US decided to abstain. U.K., Netherlands and Italy followed suit. But several Scandinavian countries voted to approve the loan. So, what’s the big deal about this power plant? The World Bank loan to South Africa’s state-owned utility company, Eskom [...]
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