In June, the world?s four largest lighting companies, Philips, OSRAM, General Electric, and Havells Sylvania signed a pact to establish standards for compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) in an effort to rid the Asian market of shoddy energy-saving lights. Under the new agreement, called the Asia CFL Qual

Two micro finance institutions, Green Microfinance (GMf) of Pennslyvania and MicroEnergy International (ME) of Germany have joined forces to launch Energizing India, a program designed to provide affordable loans to low income communities throughout India. The program will look to encourage the de

February 17, 2008 (New York Times Editorial) - Across the world, consumers are being urged to stop buying outdated incandescent light bulbs and switch to new spiral fluorescent bulbs, which use about 25 percent of the energy and last 10 times longer. In Britain, there is a Ban the Bulb movement. Chi

February 24, 2008 (The Boston Globe) - Global warming is a planet-sized problem, so policy solutions tend to aim for the grandest possible scale. The signatories of the Kyoto Protocol have pledged to cut their greenhouse gas emissions at a national level, while laws in various countries and states s

February 6, 2008 (Scientific America) David Biello - The U.S. government, and major U.S. banks, seem to have lost their appetite for coal. After spending five years and approximately $50 million on preliminary studies as well as selecting a proposed site in Mattoon, Ill., the U.S. Department of Ener