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United States to speed up green technology patents Jeremy Hance mongabay.com December 11, 2009 "American competitiveness depends on innovation and innovation depends on creative Americans developing new technology," U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said. "By ensuring that many new products will receive patent protection more quickly, we can encourage our brightest innovators to invest needed resources in developing new technologies and help bring those technologies to market more quickly." The USPTO will accept the first 3,000 petitions that meet the requirements outlined by the government office to participate in this unique pilot program. The technology must fall under the US classification for "green", meaning that it enhances environmental quality, conserves energy, develops renewable energy resources, or lowers greenhouse gas emissions. "Every day an important green tech innovation is hindered from coming to market is another day we harm our planet and another day lost in creating green businesses and green jobs," said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos. Related articles Solar powered conservation 
(08/25/2009) Electricity can be a difficult commodity to procure in the remote areas where conservationists often work. Typically field researchers and wildlife rangers rely on gas-powered generators, which require imported fuel, often produce noxious fumes and disruptive noise, and can be costly to maintain. A better option, especially in sun-drenched parts of the world, is solar. Clean and silent, with no need for supplemental fuel, solar seems like an ideal fit for conservation work except for one major drawback: cost. But Stephen Gold – Solar and Technology Manager for Wildlife Conservation Network has been working to overcome that obstacle.
High-flying kites could power New York (06/15/2009) A fleet of kites could harvest enough energy from high-altitude winds to power New York, report researchers from the Carnegie Institution and California State University. Universal phone charger to cut e-waste (02/18/2009) Mobile phone manufacturers will introduce a universal charger for handsets by 2012, reports CNN.
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