South Korea just announced the investment of $8.2 billion to build a gigantic 2,500 MW offshore wind farm, according to Wind Daily. It is part of a $36 billion investment to meet its targeted greenhouse gas reduction pledged after the Copenhagen Climate Accord. At 2,500 MW, this simply dwarfs current … [continued]
The year 2010 provides lessons from two policy fights that climate hawks can learn from, and apply in the next battle. And fortunately for us, the news is encouraging for three reasons. 1. Money made the difference. 2. With Citizens United, the US democracy is now for sale. And 3. … [continued]
Of the 211 Democrats who voted for the Waxman-Markey cap and trade climate bill, 170 have been re-elected so far – as of close counts through today. Climate hawks got 80% approval. Climate zombies? Just 37% approval. Climate hawks beat climate zombies: more than 2 to 1. Only 37% … [continued]
While California voters cleared the way for its AB32 climate legislation to continue reeling in clean tech jobs by way of cleaning up polluter industries, New Mexico officials also voted 4-3 to go ahead with implementation of very similar climate legislation in that state yesterday. The two votes mean that … [continued]
In the largest public referendum in history on climate and clean energy policy, US voters in the eighth largest economy in the world voted to keep going forward on clean energy, and soundly repudiated the arguments of the fossil energy industry. No on Prop 23 voters spanned the full spectrum … [continued]
In a historic agreement on Monday, US building officials nationwide have voted to support the first building codes that require 30% more efficient buildings for every state under the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code, the IMT is reporting today. The IMT (Institute for Market Transformation) has long been working on … [continued]
