Other Cleantech News of the Week
July 23rd, 2011 by Zachary Shahan
Some more cleantech (and the other side of the coin, dirty tech) news of the week. Enjoy!
Renewable Energy
- Interactive Map Compares States’ Renewable Energy Goals
- The Quest For Renewable Energy Turns Back To Water
- Former First Solar CEO Starts VC Fund
- New Energy-Storage System Helps Utilities Reduce Emissions
- NOAA, the U.S. Department of Energy and private partners launch project to reduce the cost of energy, including wind energy
Fracking
- Shell Forced to Retract “Misleading” Fracking Adverts in South Africa
- Inhofe Is Wrong: Five Famous Times Fracking Contaminated Our Water
- Texas first state to enact hydrofracking rules
- Post Carbon Institute Analysis Suggests Shale Gas (Still) Worse Than Coal For Climate
Coal
- Bloomberg: ‘Coal Kills Every Day’
- Ideal carbon capture solution years off: study
- AEP: Lack of climate regulation killed $668m CCS project
Nuclear
- Nuclear power is in last place in the race against climate change
- Nuclear power’s real chain reaction: spiralling costs | Damian Carrington
- U.S. nuclear chief urges rapid overhaul of rules
Other
- Letterman Mocks Limbaugh’s Heat Index Conspiracy Rant
- Where Do Old Gadgets Go To Die? MIT’s Backtalk Project Embeds Trackers to Find Out
- Portugal Wins, Sweden Loses in Europe’s Vehicle CO2 Rankings
- With 80% Jump in Venture Funding Since 2009, China Emerges as Early-Stage Investor, Not Just Manufacturer, of Cleantech
- Promoting Electronics Recycling and New Jobs
- 10 Cities With The Fastest Green Jobs Growth
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