Attended the morning session of the Carbon Capture and Storage Forum in London last week, and heard several people speak about their efforts to make carbon capture and storage operations a reality in Europe. Mostly, speakers representing various operations in Scotland, the UK and continental Europe seemed to be pitching their ideas in an...
Radiohead’s blog, “The Gigantic Flying Mouth For Sometime,” chronicles the group’s experimentations with solar-powered amps, biofuel-powered buses, LED stage-lighting rigs, and battery-and wind-powered performances. Jack Johnson records in a solar-powered studio and requests that venues he performs in use CFLs and recycling bins. Willie Nelson tours the nation in a bus powered by his...
Music labels like NYC’s Green Owl Records and the Bay Area’ Parks and Records reduce their carbon footprint with DIY tactics. Big music labels aren’t always as proactive. Lee Trink, then-president of EMI subsidiary Capital Music Group, told a reporter at the label’s 2007 “green” Grammy party, “There’s a team, and hopefully they are...