Stories from Phil Covington
Energy
GE Opens Solar EV Charging Station in Connecticut
Electric vehicles become much more environmentally friendly when you decouple them from fossil-fuel generated electricity and instead increase the mix […]
June 2, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Tougher Fuel Economy Standards Could Add 236,000 California Jobs
A new report released this week on fuel economy and emissions standards for the state of California concludes that the […]
May 27, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
UPS Prototype Plastic Vehicle Delivers 40% More Fuel Efficiency
When you operate over 70,000 delivery vehicles worldwide, as UPS does, increasing the miles per gallon of your vehicles is […]
May 23, 2011
Technology
Compostable Utensils Diverted to Landfill After Slow Breakdown
CBS San Francisco reports here that so called compostable utensils are often filtered out from other compost materials and are […]
May 16, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Online Auction Mechanism for EV Charging Developed
With the increasing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), the energy impact on the grid is less about the overall availability […]
May 10, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Trek To Recycle Carbon Fiber Bikes
Trek, in conjunction with Materials Innovation Technology (MIT), has implemented a solution to recycle carbon fiber scrap from its US facilities. This will make the material less of an environmental burden, diverting a projected 54,000 lbs of material from landfill to re-purposed use each year.
May 5, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
BMW Down on EVs, Does It Matter?
As an advocate of electric vehicles, it is somewhat disappointing to read about BMW’s CEO of North America, Jim O’Donnell, […]
April 28, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Ford Announces Top 25 U.S. Cities for Electric Vehicle Readiness
Auto manufacturers breaking into the electric vehicle (EV) market not only have to concern themselves with research and development of […]
April 18, 2011
Energy
When the Weather Outside is Frightful, Americans Find Climate Change Suspect
If you want to change the mind of a climate change skeptic, argue with them on a warm day. These […]
April 14, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Oregon Proposes Per Mile EV Tax
Despite the fact that electric vehicles and plug-in electric vehicles make up a miniscule fraction of cars on the road […]
April 11, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
USA's First LEED Gold Airport Terminal Unveiled at SFO
Although the aircraft parked at its gates may leave a sizable carbon footprint, San Francisco airport’s newly refurbished terminal two […]
April 7, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Pencils Give New Life to Old Fridges – Good Idea?
Next time you sharpen a pencil, consider whether those shavings came from a sustainable source. French manufacturer BIC has considered […]
April 6, 2011
Technology
New Analysis on the Carbon Impact of Electric Cars: Still Better than Gas
A new study released this month by Ecometrica, comprehensively extrapolates the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of cars powered by either […]
March 31, 2011
Finance
Sustainability's Influence on Stock Value
Political discourse over sustainability, in the USA, always seems to debate this single notion: that implementing sustainability initiatives – whether […]
March 28, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Is Wireless The Future For EV Charging?
Imagine a future where you drive your electric car to work, park, get out and walk away, and your car […]
March 24, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Is It Greenwashing Or Too Many Eco-Labels That Is The Problem?
Greenwashing has become a sufficiently widespread problem that the term now has an entry in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. A more […]
March 22, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
New Hydrogen Fuel Technology an Oil Substitute?
It doesn’t seem so long ago that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles were being touted as the way of the future. […]
March 17, 2011
Energy
McDonald's Commitment to Certified Sustainable Palm Oil
I’ve never been a particular fan of McDonald’s. Initially, this stemmed from my observation that upon unwrapping a Big Mac, […]
March 15, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
EV Company Better Place Announces Pricing for Denmark Launch
Better Place, the electric car company that has developed battery swapping technology for its vehicles, announced pricing on March 3rd […]
March 10, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Slow Sales of EVs Create Doubt about Size of Market
Two new cars, the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt – a battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle respectively […]
March 7, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Lord Anthony Giddens: The Four Mistakes of Green Growth
The Economist wrote in March 2010 that climate change doubters are right when they state that uncertainties are rife in […]
March 3, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
All Vehicles are Electric Vehicles – Here's Why
Critics are often quick to point out that car companies are somewhat disingenuous when they use the phrase “zero emissions […]
March 1, 2011
Energy
Is There Enough Lithium to Meet Obama's EV Goal?
By Phil Covington In his State Of The Union address on January 25th, President Obama set a goal of putting […]
January 27, 2011