A company called Carbon Diem has developed an application for Blackberries and some Nokia phones that enables the user to measure their carbon footprint in real time with the use of the phone’s GPS system. The system is able to measure the speed you are traveling (using the GPS) and make certain assumptions based on the information it’s gathering. For example, if the phone tracks that you’re traveling between 5 and 15 mph for 30 minutes it can...

Community Energy is continuing its long-standing tradition of greening the now-massive Windpower Conference and Exhibition. This is the annual gathering of the entire wind energy business put on by the American Wind Energy Association. This year’s conference is in Chicago and promises to be the biggest event yet with over 15,000 attendees expected and 1,200 exhibitors. Staff from Community Energy have been attending this conference for years and...

So China’s top climate change negotiator has laid down the gauntlet. He wants consuming nations to take responsibility for emissions generated by Chinese manufacturing of the goods they consume.

I don’t want to get into the nuances of an international accord on greenhouse gas emissions, but I think China has a point here. It is a global marketplace with supply chains spanning across the world. And greenhouse gas emissions certainly don’t care...

Ahhhhh, finally!   After what seemed to be a really long and cold winter, the temperature is warming, the days are getting longer, and the freshness in the air reminds us that spring’s arrival is just around the corner.  I don’t know about you, but I am more than ready to get outside and start enjoying the warmer weather! 

To kick off spring (just a few days early) on March 18th, Community Energy will be sponsoring an...

I just came across this startling statistic in Wired Magazine: By 2030 China could be producing as much carbon emissions as the entire world is creating today.

While that is a pretty scary prospect, it isn’t without a silver lining for us here in the US.

First, we need to address a theme of my work here on the Community Energy blog: the chicken or the egg question of carbon emissions. If you buy the product, who owns the carbon emissions?...