It was a deal that looked all but dead last year, but now Germany and Greece have formally agreed to an initiative that will enable Greece to profit from one of its most valuable natural resources: the sun. The new Germany-Greece solar power agreement calls for Germany to lend its … [continued]
President Obama dropped a clean tech bombshell yesterday when he renewed his call for Congress to create a new $2 billion Energy Security Trust to fund cutting edge clean energy research projects, but that wasn’t even the half of it. Yesterday the President also announced that he would deploy a … [continued]
The Keystone XL pipeline’s tortuous route to approval took another twist last week, when the U.S. Department of State released a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that seemed to go out of its way to downplay the impact of the pipeline on soil, water and wildlife along its route, … [continued]
Apologies for the mixed sports references but when we heard that Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference (aka @Ferknuckle) was on board with a new energy efficiency promotion we could hardly contain ourselves. Aside from leading the Bruins through a string of playoff slots and a Stanley Cup, the Canadian-born Ference … [continued]
The U.S. Department of Defense has been among the most aggressive leaders on climate change action under the Obama Administration, and it has just stepped it up to the next level. Last week, DoD released the new Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, its blueprint for addressing the effects of climate change … [continued]
Didn’t we just mention that the EU is burning more coal, not less? That’s partly because more American coal is streaming into the global market, as the U.S. utility industry has been pushing coal aside in favor of other domestic sources including natural gas as well as solar and wind … [continued]
As pressure on the Obama Administration to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline ramps up, algae biofuel is emerging as yet another domestic energy source that undercuts every argument for the project, which is designed to convey tar sands oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries. In the latest development, researchers … [continued]
In the midst of continuing economic travails across Europe, the largest petroleum refiner in Italy is placing a bet on biofuels. The Italian energy company Eni S.p.A. will retrofit one of its diesel refineries in Venice to produce renewable diesel, using a system designed by the Illinois-based Honeywell company UOP. The switch will … [continued]
If presidential candidate Mitt Romney didn’t get the clean energy message when Hurricane Isaac blew into town, maybe the big blow-up over Big Bird will catch his attention. As you might recall, in last week’s televised debate, Mr. Romney stated that as president he would eliminate funding for public broadcasting. He singled out … [continued]
If federal legislators are in all that much of a hurry to create new jobs, they could hopscotch over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline and lend some more support to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agency has just announced a new round of funding for 450 “shovel ready” energy … [continued]
