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Google Dolls Google funds R&D to make clean energy cheaper than coal		27 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 1:31 PM on 27 Nov 2007 Google has made a humongous announcement -- which goes without saying, since everything Google does is humongous -- of plans to heavily fund R&D of renewable-energy technology, focusing on wind, solar, and geothermal power. Calling the project Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal (or RE<C), Google has an end goal of cleanly produced electricity that's less expensive than dirty-black-ro ...
Topics: business, greenish companies, news, renewable energy (all these topics)

The salty, oily flavor of progress 80% by 2050? Try 2010.	Adam Stein	20 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Got a headache from all the recent back and forth over rhetoric and politics of climate change? Last week, Frito-Lay served up a refreshingly rhetoric-free reminder that the future is coming no matter what we might do to encourage (or stop) it. Under their net zero initiative, the salty snack behemoth will be taking an Arizona potato chip factory almost entirely off the grid, running it on renewable energy and recycled water. The project stands out to me mostly for wha ...
Topics: renewable energy, energy, climate, business, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

The growth of renewable energy markets In which I come to the defense of Shellenberger and Nordhaus -- sort of, anyway	Adam Browning	04 Oct 2007	Gristmill
I was planning on sitting out the Nordhaus/Shellenberger debate. But then I thought: Adam, you are not the top-rated Gristmill blogger (see list at left) for nothing. People want to hear from you. So, here's my take:The first place Nordhaus and Shellenberger go wrong is their predilection for publicity photos that resemble '80s album covers.After that, they get it mostly right. Carbon legislation is good and helpful, sure, but it's about 30 percent thought-through, eno ...
Topics: business, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Solar So Far Solar-powered homes a bright spot in California housing market		25 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 12:34 PM on 25 Sep 2007 Take that, housing market: Solar-powered homes in California are outshining the competition. source: Los Angeles Times see also, in Grist: Utility will pay for solar on Habitat for Humanity houses in California From the Archives We Really Needed Some Disclosure. More companies disclosing and mitigating emissions, says new report. Connecting the DOT. DOT offici ...
Topics: business, California, energy, news, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Short-sighted government chronicles Ontario has higher capacity for renewable energy projects than the government estimates	John McGrath	20 Sep 2007	Gristmill
The Toronto Star has been doing some excellent work on the environment and energy issues in Ontario lately -- I pointed to some not too long ago. Many of those stories come from the Roberts-endorsed Tyler Hamilton. Yesterday, Hamilton had an excellent piece in the front of the business section. It's on the alternatives to nuclear construction that the province is ignoring; it tallies up all the missed opportunities. The conclusion is that Ontario could build ten time ...
Topics: business, Canada, energy, renewable energy (all these topics)

Mr. Clinton goes to the public-goods markets The promise of governmental buyers' clubs	Jon Rynn	19 Sep 2007	Gristmill
We often wonder whether the government is better suited to solving many of our problems, or whether the market should take the lead. The current issue of The Atlantic Monthly has an article concerning the efforts of Bill Clinton's foundation which addresses this issue. The article shows how governments can work with markets for the benefit of large numbers of people and the planet by guaranteeing demand for a particular product or service. By doing this in the long-te ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Discover Brilliant: Utilities Innovation from the nation's most progressive electricity providers	David Roberts	18 Sep 2007	Gristmill
First up today, a session on utilities: "Big Energy, Big Vision -- Utilities Making the Climate Commitment." We're starting off with a presentation from Janice Berman of PG&E, a northern California utility that's way, way ahead of the pack on energy policy. Here's an abridged list of what they're doing: Funding renewables generation via solar, wind, tides, and biomass. Hooking customers up with solar systems (more than 1700 so far). Pushing ha ...
Topics: business, energy, innovation, renewable energy (all these topics)

Coal myths They're still common, but they make no sense	David Roberts	20 Aug 2007	Gristmill
A little while back I praised Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) for opposing new coal plants in his home state. Now he's clarified his position: he opposes new coal plants anywhere in the world. Word. One grumpy note. Look at this: Michael Yackira, president and chief executive officer of Sierra Pacific Resources, said his company 'respectfully disagrees' with Reid's position. His company is seeking approval to build one of the plants. 'We believe what ...
Topics: business, coal, energy, Harry Reid, politics, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, wind power (all these topics)

Interview with thin-film startup Nanosolar CEO Interesting stuff on the hottest new green tech	David Roberts	30 Jul 2007	Gristmill
I've been waiting for a good excuse to link to Earth2Tech, an interesting new project from internet legend Om Malik's GigaOm family of blogs. It's focused on clean tech startups, which as we all know are the hot new thing. I've also been waiting for a good excuse to post something about thin-film solar, which is hopping right now. Shell and Honda, which are big-timers in solar, both recently dropped their crystalline silicon programs and switch to full-time thin-fil ...
Topics: business, energy, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, tech (all these topics)

PG&E to buy 550 MW of concentrated solar from world's largest CS plant Solar has arrived	David Roberts	24 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Pacific Gas & Electric is buying 550 MW of concentrated solar. It's one of the biggest solar purchases ever, from what will be the world's biggest concentrated solar plant. The company is trying to conform to California's mandate that it get 20% of its power from renewables by 2010. According to Mr. [Fong] Wan [VP for energy procurement], about 12 percent of P.G.& E.'s electricity today comes from renewable sources, divided somewhat evenly among wind, biom ...
Topics: business, California, energy, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Turning Lemons Into Powerade Waste Management announces $400 million methane-to-energy plan		28 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Turning Lemons Into Powerade Waste Management announces $400 million methane-to-energy plan Renewable energy got a boost this week: mega-hauler Waste Management said it will spend $400 million over five years to build 60 landfill-based facilities that will convert methane to electricity. The potent gas -- which results from the decomposition of organic yummies like trash and cow manure -- is t ...
Topics: business, energy, innovation, news, renewable energy, waste (all these topics)

Native Energy Alaska offsets Legit or not?	Gar Lipow	20 Jun 2007	Gristmill
While writing about medium wind in Alaska, I ran into information that led me to believe there were some questionable offsets involved with the project. More extensive research, including interviews with Brent Petrie of AVEC and Tom Stoddard of Native Energy, have revealed a more complicated situation, one that still doesn't look good to me. Here is what the situation looks like at first glance: AVEC has installed wind turbines that produce electricity for around 15 cen ...
Topics: business, carbon offsets, energy, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Pep Rally PepsiCo buys a lotta renewable-energy credits, tops EPA green power list		01 May 2007	Daily Grist
Pep Rally PepsiCo buys a lotta renewable-energy credits, tops EPA green power list The U.S. EPA released its quarterly list of the top 25 buyers of green power yesterday, with the No. 1 slot filled by a new kid in the renewable-energy biz. That would be PepsiCo, which vaulted to the top of the list by announcing plans to purchase 1 beeellion kilowatt-hours of renewable-energy credits. In partnership with ...
Topics: business, energy, news, renewable energy, US EPA (all these topics)

Music to the ears of us corn hataz	David Roberts	18 Apr 2007	Gristmill
From the WSJ energy blog: Is the anti-ethanol crusade beginning to gather steam among mainstream Western publications? Two weeks after The Economist confessed, in a stunned-sounding editorial that it found itself in agreement with Fidel Castro's vehement critique of foods-as-fuels, Foreign Affairs magazine has also jumped on board. In the magazine's May edition, two professors from the University of Minnesota write that, like Castro and The Economist, t ...
Topics: Big Ag, biofuels, business, energy, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

A Van With a Plan An interview with Van Jones, advocate for social justice and shared green prosperity	David Roberts	20 Mar 2007	Main Dish
Big business has finally realized that there's lots of money to be made in the transition to a clean-energy economy. Van Jones wants to make sure working-class and minority Americans realize it too. Van Jones. Jones, a civil-rights lawyer, is founder and executive director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, an innovative nonprofit that made its name working ...
Topics: business, energy, environmental justice, green jobs, interview, renewable energy, Van Jones (all these topics)

Valley of the Dollars Clean-energy investments add jobs, moolah to Silicon Valley		29 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Valley of the Dollars Clean-energy investments add jobs, moolah to Silicon Valley Remember the U.S. excuse for not adopting green policies, the one about hurting the economy? Yeah, that's out the window. A new report says Silicon Valley added 33,000 jobs in 2006 after five years of job losses, thanks in large part to gigantarific investments in green technologies. "There's a lot of excitement about the green economy,& ...
Topics: business, news, renewable energy (all these topics)

What's in Your Wal-let? Wal-Mart issues a progress report on its experimental eco-store		13 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
What's in Your Wal-let? Wal-Mart issues a progress report on its experimental eco-store The company greens hate to love is releasing a report today on progress at its year-old, experimental eco-store in Aurora, Colo. Wal-Mart is trumpeting its successes, from waterless urinals to LED lights in its freezers, and acknowledging its, uh, challenges, such as wind turbines that have short-circuited and recycled rubber ...
Topics: business, news, renewable energy, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

Du Diligence DuPont unveils new sustainability program and predicts big profits		11 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Du Diligence DuPont unveils new sustainability program and predicts big profits Chemical giant DuPont announced a major sustainability program yesterday that it expects will put an extra $6 billion in its coffers by 2015. "We see sustainable growth as the biggest market opportunity on the horizon for the next two or three decades," said CEO Charles Holliday Jr. In the next decade, the company plans to double spen ...
Topics: business, news, renewable energy (all these topics)

That's All Wells and Good Wells Fargo becomes biggest corporate buyer of clean energy		04 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
That's All Wells and Good Wells Fargo becomes biggest corporate buyer of clean energy Banking giant Wells Fargo announced yesterday that it has bought renewable-energy certificates to offset 40 percent of its current electricity usage over the next three years. Amounting to 550 million kilowatt hours of wind power a year, it is the largest-ever corporate purchase of renewable energy in the U.S., beating out previous record ...
Topics: business, news, renewable energy (all these topics)

Branson With the Stars Virgin founder's $3 billion climate pledge heralds new era in philanthropy	Amanda Griscom Little	28 Sep 2006	Muckraker
Richard Branson, founder and chair of the British conglomerate Virgin Group, has racked up more than his share of high-profile high jinks over the years. Among them, signing the notorious Sex Pistols to his young record label, dangling nearly nude over Times Square, and botching numerous transoceanic hot-air balloon expeditions, necessitating rescue by helicopter ...
Topics: business, greenish companies, Muckraker, renewable energy, Richard Branson (all these topics)

Yukon Fool Some of the People Some of the Time GM builds world's first LEED-certified auto plant, slows SUV production		11 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Yukon Fool Some of the People Some of the Time GM builds world's first LEED-certified auto plant, slows SUV production If BP went Beyond Petroleum, does that mean GM is Greening Motors? The struggling U.S. automaker recently unveiled two nuggets of eco-friendly news. Its brand-spankin' new Lansing Delta Township assembly plant in Michigan received the U.S. Green Building Council's gold LEED (Leadership in Ene ...
Topics: business, news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

To Tech With It Investment money pours into the green-tech sector		09 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
To Tech With It Investment money pours into the green-tech sector Investors are ga-ga for green. In 2005, clean energy projects in the U.S. were showered with $17 billion in investment money, up 89 percent from 2004. Just in 2005, the worldwide market for carbon credits blossomed from essentially nothing to around $11 billion. And these are not just do-gooders: public pension funds, hedge fund groups, venture capitalists, ...
Topics: business, news, renewable energy (all these topics)

Two Steps Back Ford backs out on hybrid pledge, plans more alt-fuel vehicles		30 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Two Steps Back Ford backs out on hybrid pledge, plans more alt-fuel vehicles Remember Ford's much-hyped commitment to produce 250,000 hybrid vehicles by 2010? Er, about that: CEO Bill Ford Jr. backpedaled on the promise Wednesday. While not abandoning hybrids altogether, he said Ford's focus (ha) is shifting (ha ha) to cars that can run on alternative fuels like ethanol, clean diesel, and biodiesel. In an ema ...
Topics: business, news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

All About EV Who Killed the Electric Car? Trailer (Windows Media Player)	Hannah Eaves	27 Jun 2006	Arts and Minds
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Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, green living, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

All About EV Who Killed the Electric Car? Trailer (RealPlayer)	Hannah Eaves	27 Jun 2006	Arts and Minds
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Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, green living, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

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