A funny thing happened just as people started turning off their laptops and gearing up for the long President’s Day weekend last month. At 2 p.m. on Friday, with no news alert, press statement or announcement, ExxonMobil for the first time revealed who received its lobbying money and how much. … [continued]
A new report lays out the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s lengthy history of climate denial and lobbying against climate policy, casting doubt on its latest effort to be seen as climate friendly. The report, released Tuesday by Brown University’s Climate and Development Lab, used publicly available internal documents from the … [continued]
When a major U.S. company figures out a way to make cash out of sewage, you know that green businesses have come into their own. The problem is, until now green entrepreneurs haven’t had their own national business organization to lobby for their interests in Congress. Well, problem solved: a … [continued]
The Independent Energy Producers Association is a leading non-profit California trade organization and the oldest of its kind in the state. Together, its members represent about one-third of California’s generating capacity, so when IEPA speaks, people listen. Yesterday IEPA Executive Director Jan Smutny-Jones spoke. He issued a statement declaring that … [continued]
The Philadelphia Navy Yard is going full speed ahead with its transformation from urban toxic eyesore to a hub for new green jobs and clean energy innovation. The latest step in particular reveals the power of clean energy to create new jobs, even to the extent of pulling new jobs … [continued]
The California based solar power financing company SunRun has leaped front and center into the fight against Proposition 23, the upcoming ballot measure that would effectively dismantle the state’s thriving alternative energy sector. At last week’s Solar Power International conference, SunRun joined with other alternative energy companies to urge voters … [continued]
Last week the U.S. Department of Energy released a new report detailing the potential opportunities for offshore wind power development in the U.S. The figures are mighty impressive. Along with generating 4,000 gigawatts, a full blown U.S. wind power development program would create thousands of new green jobs and reduce … [continued]
