Boeing Successfully Flies Fuel Cell-Powered Airplane in Spain MADRID - Airplane maker Boeing reported last month that for the first time in aviation history, it has flown a manned airplane powered by hydrogen fuel cells in a research project announced a year ago.
IEA’s Chief Economist Fatih Birol: Quit Oil Before It Is Too Late BERLIN - “We should leave oil before oil leaves us.” This is what the International Energy Agency’s chief economist, Fatih Birol, says should be guiding principle for the world’s future energy situation, a topic he discussed in a wide-ranging interview last month with the German monthly journal “Internationale Politik” (International Politics) published here.
California Hydrogen Highway: Air Resources Board Restarts H2 Highway Program with $7.7 Million Request SACRAMENTO, CA – Take a deep breath, count to 7.7 (million dollars) and start all over again: That, in a nutshell, is the approach California’s Air Resources Board (ARB) is taking in re-launching the state’s “Hydrogen Highway,” announced with much fanfare by the then freshly minted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger four years ago.
NHA (Cont’d): Cost of LA H2 Infrastructure Could Be $10/Person, GM’s Burns Says SACRAMENTO, CA - Just a few days after the California Air Resources Board announced new numbers for the state’s Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate, the National Hydrogen Association’s annual conference here followed up with a timely message: Fuel cell commercialisation is being ramped up.
Environmentalist Bill McKibben Starts New Climate Change Movement, Wants Input SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Environmentalist writer Bill McKibben (“The End of Nature,” “Deep Economy,” “Fight Global Warming,” and now the “Bill McKibben Reader”) is launching a new global drive to reduce carbon dioxide to slow and reverse global warming, and he wants your input.