Advertisement

February 27, 2013

Inside the Military's Clean Energy Revolution

Julia Whitty, Mother Jones


Frank Stockton

The Navy has set five ambitious goals to reduce energy consumption, decrease reliance on foreign oil, and significantly increase the use of alternative energy. Part of one target is to demonstrate a Great Green Fleet by 2012, and that's what's sailing this July day in Hawaii's cobalt-blue waters: a carrier strike group comprising an aircraft carrier, two guided-missile destroyers, a guided-missile cruiser, and an oiler.

Read Full Article ››

TAGGED: clean energy, U.S. military

RECOMMENDED ARTICLES

February 25, 2013
U.S. Energy Power Will Reshape Military
Nikolas Gvosdev, WPR
For the past 60 years, there has been convergence between the strategic logic of America's strategy of forward deployment in key regions of the world and the economic imperative of securing the nation's prosperity. . . more ››
February 27, 2013
Flickers of Life for Clean Fuels Standard
Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate
As concerns rise over plans to pipe Canadian tar sands oil to the East Coast for the first time, a dormant effort to clean up the region's fuels is showing new signs of life.The Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use... more ››
February 26, 2013
Making Clean Energy Cheaper
Bryan Walsh, Time
Politics can be frustrating. Actually, it’s more like politics ARE frustrating, especially in America and especially in 2013, where a constitutional system designed for maximum gridlock has met intense partisanship fed by... more ››
February 18, 2013
Obama Green Fund Gains The More We Drill
Jim Snyder, Bloomberg
President Barack Obama’s proposal to fund clean-energy research with fees paid by oil and gas producers is renewing a debate over whether the promise of innovation tomorrow is worth expanding drilling today. . . more ››
February 14, 2013
Why Is VC Weak For Clean Energy Startups?
Raphael Rosen, Forbes
Yet, when considering the legendary successes of venture capital investments in IT—Google, Apple, Cisco, Oracle, Atari, Amazon—one inevitably wonders: where are the Googles, Oracles, and Amazons of clean energy? more ››
|