The top commercial solar users in the US have been revealed by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Vote Solar. They were revealed yesterday at Solar Power International 2012 in Orlando. The companies are simply ranked by ranked by cumulative solar energy capacity. I’m a much bigger fan of relative … [continued]
Want to solarize your community? Like, really solarize it? The Solarize campaign in Portland, Oregon and its many spin-offs is a great example of how, and now there’s a Solarize Guidebook out to make following suit even easier. Here’s more from NREL’s Karlynn Cory: Pallets of PV: Communities Purchase … [continued]
David Roberts of Grist had a great post the other day portraying clean energy as a culture war. I think it’s highly worth a read, so I’m reposting it in full from Grist to make it easy as pie to not pass up (note: there’s also a Part II … [continued]
by Shelby Wood, for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance The Northwest is known for setting the pace when it comes to energy efficiency. Just last week, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy named Oregon (#4) and Washington (#5) to its annual top ten states for energy efficiency. Northwest consumers … [continued]
Top cleantech news and commentary of the last day or two. Check it out (top of the top is bold, source key is at the bottom)
The BP/Haliburton oil spill disaster is front page news in the sorts of newspapers that never mention an even larger environmental disaster: climate change. Because they don’t; it’s hard to get clean energy legislation passed – because most people don’t give a damn. At least compared to the fossil industry. … [continued]
While corporate green washing stories are a dime a dozen, an in-depth study by Retailer Daily in conjunction with Environmental Leader is the first to quantify, among many other interesting things; the ROI of adding renewable energy, for businesses, and how that has affected their future plans. [social_buttons] Apparently the … [continued]
[social_buttons] That depends on your perspective- how green is enough? After watching Walmart’s Sustainability Milestone meeting, I am still convinced that the index they’re developing could be the end of greenwashing as we know it. They’ve engaged a broad enough range of engaged stakeholders, from Environmental Defense Fund to Business … [continued]
