Originally published on RenewEconomy. The Victorian Labor Party has sought to underline its renewable energy credentials by vowing to help the town of Newstead, near Bendigo, to become 100 per cent renewable energy by 2017, and become the state’s first “solar town”. The commitment comes a few days after party … [continued]
It’s called “urban biomass,” and it’s ours (spsmw.org). Hard to imagine a subject that would find The Wall Street Journal and Grist in line with each other’s thinking, but burning wood for energy has achieved it. Neither outlet seems to view the topic positively. Both have cited the scientific work … [continued]
Politically, it seems there are simply too many whack-jobs (aka Tea Partiers) in Congress to get a carbon tax passed… or to get almost anything sensible passed. But that doesn’t mean Americans wouldn’t support the policy. For example, a recent poll found that 93% of Democrats and even 66% of … [continued]
Despite publishing about 75 articles in the past week, there are still a ton of big news stories we couldn’t get to that we wouldn’t want you to miss. Here’s a summary post on some wind energy, energy efficiency, and other cleantech news from the past week: Wind Energy … [continued]
… and what the heck is up with the other 1.5 out of 10?! Also, showing the country’s extreme dislike for natural gas, while 85% of UK residents want more clean domestic energy, only 2% want more natural gas capacity! (Could it be the earthquakes?) “Two thirds of people … [continued]
Solar power subsidies are being cut in half in the UK. The change, which is supposed to solar panel installations completed after December 12, has outraged consumers and solar energy advocates. It also makes government policies in the UK a little less than trustworthy. At least one organization is now … [continued]
Biofuel crops need space to grow, and space is expensive… in rich countries. In poor, developing countries, not so much. The World Bank is the latest body to find that biofuel targets in rich, developed countries and emerging economies are resulting in what some refer to as “post-colonial land grabs” — … [continued]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/SSw1KNbIEtM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] . I think it’s commonly known now that Obama is quite supportive of nuclear power. He mentioned it prominently in his State of the Union speech as a form of clean energy (“to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. And … [continued]
[social_buttons] The UK Climate Change Act, introduced in 2008, is now bearing fruit and thus providing the seeds for similar legislation in over a dozen other European countries. Friends of the Earth and the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office have been hosting a series of seminars in European embassies lately … [continued]
