Senate Republicans are demanding lengthy economic analyses of clean energy policy, even though, attests the Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund full EPA*, EIA, and CBO analyses were conducted of the House bill, the American Clean Energy and Security Act [...]
When officials in Paris arranged to have 20,000 pricey bicycles placed at bike-sharing stations around the city, they were conducting an experiment both on a transportation system and on human nature. In two years, more than 80 percent of the bikes have been damaged or [...]
How have consumers' green shopping habits changed much during these tough economic times? There are at least a couple schools of thought: one, that green consumerism has gotten steamrolled by the recession, viewed as a luxury no longer affordable; the other, that green shopping has endured as consumers go' [...]
Sequoia Solar, a California company that designs, installs, and maintains grid-connected, solar solutions, will introduce its first networked solar-powered electric vehicle charging station, using equipment from Coulomb Technologies, on 11 November at its San Diego Country regional office in Solana Beach.
We are taking the next step to upgrade [...]
Although significant clean-tech investments are being made in America, the United States risks losing ground to other nations -- such as China and South Korea -- that are pursuing aggressive clean-tech growth initiatives, according to a report being released on October 22, 2009 by Green America and Clean Edge [...]
University of Utah chemists demonstrated [...]
Electric Vehicles International (EVI) has introduced its new medium-duty truck, the MD EVI. (Earlier post.) EVI also has formed a strategic alliance with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation to build a fully electric Walk-In Van, the WI EVI.
At the unveiling of the vehicles at the Grand Opening ceremony for [...]
A new study recently published in the journal Science discussed the effect of nitrogen pollution on alpine lakes. James Elser, who works at Arizona State University, led the study regarding 90 alpine lakes around the world, including Rocky Mountain [...]
Global power company AES Corporation entered a binding stock purchase agreement with a wholly owned investment subsidiary of China Investment Corporation (CIC) to raise $1.58 billion of new equity to fund growth opportunities and extend its global leadership in the power sector.
At close, CIC will acquire 125.5 million shares [...]
Dow has posted a short video clip outlining its partnership with Algenol Biofuels to build a pilot-scale algae-based integrated biorefinery that will produce ethanol, located at Dow’s Freeport, Texas site. (Earlier post.)
Steve Tuttle, Global Business Director, Biosciences, Ventures & Business Development for Dow, provides a brief overview of [...]
Even as a Senate global-warming bill remained in limbo with Democrats refusing to delay a committee vote until an economic analysis was completed, hopes rose for a potential bipartisan compromise.
The Senate, meanwhile, appears [...]
You know I love organizations like Kiva that help people make a living, especially with green projects, folk medicines, etc. Well, it's present season and you might want to consider some of these great three-season silk and bamboo scarves that are made with pesticide free materials [...] Green building activity has sustained impressive growth during 2009, amid a brutal construction market that has decimated other segments of the construction marketplace, according to the 2009 Green Building Market & Impact Report published on November 5, 2009 by GreenerBuildings.com.
According to report author Rob Watson, floor area registered and [...]
As many of my readers likely know by now, my organization ONE/Northwest has just rebranded itself as Groundwire. Obviously, our domain name changed, and with it our email addresses. One of the many “switchover” tasks we faced was the challenge of updating our email addresses on the many [...]
