This is a special guest post by The Climate Reality Project (yes, an Al Gore project). Everything below the picture is from Shravya Reddy of The Climate Reality project. This is the fifth in a series of blog posts to give you the facts about clean energy. Click to … [continued]
When it comes to innovations in renewables and energy efficiency, Germany’s contributions always seems to land in the headlines. Whether it’s the prototype Efficiency House Plus, which generates enough surplus energy to power an electric car, or its pledge to shut down its nuclear reactors and replace them with … [continued]
This post was originally published on ecomagination.com and has been republished with permission. “GDC Strikes Steam in Menengai,” exclaims the cover of this spring’s issue of Steam, the magazine of Kenya’s Geothermal Development Company. A column of steam spurts high into a deep blue sky in the cover photo—the geothermal industry’s equivalent … [continued]
Editor’s note: This post is not sponsored in any way. by AWEA “Clock is ticking” as tens of thousands of jobs hang in the balance WASHINGTON, DC, December 17, 2011–The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) issued the following statement today as Congress finalized year-end legislative activity without taking action to … [continued]
For all those who have been or might be confused by nonsense pushed by fossil fuel industry reps, politicians, and a handful of utility companies regarding EPA regulations of coal power plants, here’s a great post by Daniel Weiss, Senior Fellow and the Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for … [continued]
With the spotlight on environmental issues, many investors have been looking into green stocks. Green stocks are businesses involved in sustainable, environmentally-friendly practices, ranging from production of solar panels and hybrid/electric vehicle parts to tech-related pursuits such as IP trunking and designing energy-efficient data centers. Any significant effort to reduce … [continued]
This is such a gem it requires a full repost. Thanks to Dr Joe Romm for all the work he does on progressing logical clean energy policy!
We have the pleasure of working with hundreds of people every day that want to reduce their energy bills, go green and jump on the solar power bandwagon. And the question we see over and over again is: Just how much do I need and what will it cost? We’ll … [continued]
Somebody has finally put a number on something we have all had a gut sense about: people are far more likely to follow a trend (in this case, installing solar panels) when it is clearly a trend. But the natural follow-up question is: “when does a trend officially become … [continued]
WASHINGTON, DC, November 18, 2011– A broad, nonpartisan coalition of 369 members, including manufacturing, farm and business interests, today issued a letter endorsing a four year extension to wind energy’s key federal tax incentive, the Production Tax Credit. Legislation recently introduced by Representatives Dave Reichert (R, WA-08) and Earl Blumenauer … [continued]
