From 1995 to 2008, during a period of average total job growth of 13% in California, the green job sector jumped an astounding 36%! (That is a spread of 23% better than the average growth at that time). Green jobs were the only jobs growing faster than 13%. What that … [continued]
(This is actually a guest post, as forwarded to me by the NRDC: I’ll just provide all the necessary illustrations. It is by Kristin Eberhard, the Legal Director of Western Energy and Climate Projects at the NRDC. We’ve written here (so many times!) about the virtues of cap and trade, … [continued]
Not every potentially game changing auto start-up is a radical departure from the traditional ICE power train that fed families for generations in the auto capital of the US. In a move that could help extend the life of the traditional auto industry, a start-up in Troy, Michigan is working … [continued]
According to the New York Times, incoming Tea Party Governor Susana Martinez has just fired all of the Environmental Improvement Board members who in December passed pollution reduction legislation, and issued an executive order, to halt all pending regulations to “determine whether they hurt business” in New Mexico. The climate … [continued]
Not only did Chevy deliver the Volt on schedule in December 2010, which they had promised as long ago as at least 2005, but it will be available for rent by the end of this month at the Mark Christopher Auto Center Enterprise Rent-A -Car in Ontario, California, according to … [continued]
Finland, which already gets 30% of its energy from renewable sources, has a new 2020 target to make that 38%. Sweden, which already gets 42%, now has a target of 50% by 2020. National Renewable Energy Action Plans published at Renewable Energy Focus show that averaged across the EU, 34% … [continued]
The state-run Nepal Electricity Authority has had to cut power for 11 hours a day beginning this week, because river water levels have dropped dramatically, according to AllHeadlineNews. With its steep terrain topped by glaciers, Nepal has the greatest hydro power potential in the world, at 84,000 megawatts. To date, … [continued]
By the end of 2011, an Ohio paper mill will have cut its coal power use by half, by more than 50,000 tons annually, by installing combined heat and power to generate its own electricity, according to Industry Week.Instead, it will sell its excess power to the grid. Instead of … [continued]
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has approved a sales contract drawn up between local utility Idaho Power and a San Francisco wind farm developer, Idaho Winds LLC. Idaho Power will buy a little under half the output from six small wind farms in the Mountain Home area of the state. … [continued]
Should we let Idaho earn money from selling us wind credits and yet keep their energy there? That is the question for California regulators to decide this month. Eight wind farms in Idaho want to sell the renewable energy credits that could be generated by their wind energy to California … [continued]
