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Fulfilling his promise as the green FDR

One year after his election, Obama on verge of audaciously fulfilling his promise as the green FDR 1
Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago What team Obama has accomplished in the year since he was elected is nothing less than an unprecedented reversal of decades of unsustainable national policy forced down the throat of the American public by conservatives.
Alert Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck!

American stimulus funds benefiting foreign wind energy firms 8
Posted 3 weeks ago The Investigative Reporting Workshop released a report on Thursday detailing how one of the first big chunks of money for clean energy under the stimulus package went to wind power projects owned by foreign companies.
Green Jobs Now

Weatherizing Portland 0
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago Clean Energy Works Portland is a groundbreaking new program that enables Portland residents to improve the energy efficiency of their homes and pay for the improvements over time through their utility bills.
Spurred by stimulus, "now eclipsing biotech and IT"

Cleantech venture capital investment continues recovery 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
China’s rearview mirror

China is leaving the U.S. in the dust as it surges ahead on clean energy 14
Posted 2 months ago
Even as China overtakes the U.S. in the dubious category of “world’s leading greenhouse gas producer,” it is also well ahead of the U.S. in developing the technologies and policies to solve the problem -- and selling those solutions to us at massive profits that could have been ours.
One Step Forward and Two Steps Back

Alaska legislature rebukes Palin, but Alaskans may still lose 3
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
The odd saga of stimulus money and the state of Alaska drew to a close yesterday, ending in what should have been a big win for efficiency, as the state legislature voted to override former-Governor Palin's veto of efficiency money.
But is it working?

Surprisingly popular Cash for Clunkers program raises hopes—and questions 2
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
The sight of car buyers back in showrooms these past two weeks has raised hopes that U.S. consumers are ready, primed by government stimulus, to spend again. But questions remain.
Double Ultra economic stimulus Deluxe!

Cash for Clunkers pays for itself in oil savings while generating free CO2 reductions 5
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
As a CO2-saver only, sure, Cash for Clunkers wouldn't be a wise investment. The primary purpose of the program was NOT CO2 savings, but an economic boost with efficiency and environmental gains.
Get off defense

Obama admin should bring defense and climate funding into balance, argues a new report 11
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
With climate change among the world's biggest security challenges, the Obama administration should be pumping much more money into addressing the problem, argues a new a report from the Institute for Policy Studies. In fiscal year 2008, the U.S. government spent $88 on funding the military for every $1 spent on projects to stabilize the climate.
Governors make promises to update building codes and reform utilities

DOE sending out Recovery Act funding as states promise efficiency improvements 3
Posted 4 months ago
DOE has been rolling through approvals of state energy plans and releasing huge chunks of the $3.1 billion available through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act for State Energy Programs.
New energy at DOE

Autos, smart grid and clean tech: DOE turns on the money 2
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Last week the Department of Energy released part of the $25 billion in loans provided for through the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, included in Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The delay in releasing these funds had been one of the longest running scandals in clean tech policy. Upon taking office, the Obama Administration vowed to expedite their release and Secretary Steven Chu had made finalizing rules needed to administer the program a key priority. In the first installment of the loans, Tesla, the VC-backed California maker of an all-electric sports car, founded by Ebay veterans, will receive $465 million to make its compact, all-electric Model S sedan. Ford will receive $5.9 billion to retool 11 factories across five states to improve the overall fuel efficiency of its fleet. Finally, Nissan will receive $1.6 billion to retool a factory in Smyrna, Tennessee, to make an electric vehicle that is being developed and initially manufactured in Japan. The remainder of the money will be released next year.
The clean energy economy transformation might just be a go!

The U.S. House of Representatives approves landmark (bipartisan!) climate bill, 219 - 212. 0
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
If you could CEQ her now

Coal is here to stay, says Obama’s chief environmental adviser 2
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
"Clearly coal is a part of our energy mix now and it's likely to be so in the future," says Nancy Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. In an exclusive interview, she also talks about economic stimulus, green jobs, and mountaintop-removal mining. Watch the video and read the highlights.
Zen and the art of anxiety maintenance

Why I’m not freaked out about the Waxman-Markey climate bill 36
Posted 5 months ago
Will the Waxman-Markey bill spark a full-scale energy revolution? No. Not in the next 10-15 years. But I've been trying to focus on the bigger picture: will there be an energy revolution? The two questions are not the same; thinking they are is the road to freakout.
Van Jones on Clean Energy Jobs from “humble hard-working energy efficiency” 0
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Center for American Progress Action fund had a recent event on clean energy jobs keynoted by Van Jones.