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Who are the green power leaders? NREL tells us
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Kif Scheuer |
04 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) yesterday released its annual ranking of leading utility green power programs: Customer choice programs are proving to be a powerful stimulus for growth in renewable energy supply. In 2006, total utility green power sales exceeded 3.5 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), about a 30% increase over 2005. More than 500,000 customers are participating in utility programs nationwide, up more than 10% from 2005 Some highlights f ... |
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| Topics: energy, renewable energy, Texas (all these topics) |
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Alt tech circular firing squad
New energy technologies are starting to attack each other |
David Roberts |
03 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I suppose this was inevitable: In what one industry representative calls a struggle for supremacy, advocates of various sources of alternative energy are beginning to point out the competition's warts. 'Everyone wants to use the energy crisis as leverage to support his solution,' said Bob Rose, executive director of the Fuel Cell Council. But with limited government research-and-development money available for ways to replace oil, any gain for one technology i ... |
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| Topics: energy, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Cape Wind found 'adequate'
May become U.S.'s first large offshore wind project |
Erik Hoffner |
30 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This just in: the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs has weighed in on Cape Wind's Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), saying that it 'adequately and properly complies' with the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act. The project can now advance to the state permitting process. I believe it is the first U.S. offshore wind project to have a certified final environmental impact document. |
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| Topics: energy, Massachusetts, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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Alternative School
U.S. college students are, like, totally into clean energy |
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30 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Alternative School U.S. college students are, like, totally into clean energy In answer to the loathed question "What are you going to do after you graduate?" gaggles of U.S. college students are looking into careers in alternative energy. (A group of college students is called a gaggle, right?) Green technology is having a heyday in schools from Illinois State to Harvard to Dartmouth; en ... |
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| Topics: education, energy, green living, news, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Wasserman gets it right
But does he have to use the word 'solartopia'? |
David Roberts |
29 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This short piece from Harvey Wasserman gets pretty much everything right -- and by "right" I mean, "in agreement with me." My only quibble is that he spends too much time bashing nukes, and bashing them for the wrong reasons (wrong effective-messaging-wise, not necessarily substance-wise). I'd prefer he bash them because they're more expensive and less flexible than R&E, not for the well-hashed-over waste issue. But that's a quibble. Here's t ... |
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| Topics: Congress, energy, nuclear power, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Polls and renewable energy
The people want it |
Adam Browning |
28 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| There has been an absolute sea-change in the popularity of renewable energy in this country. We recently polled voter attitudes towards solar in Tex. and Fla. -- and the results were nearly 20 points higher than a similar poll in Calif. in 2005. Politicians need to better understand this. When they do, good things happen. To wit, Tampa Tribune's recent article "A Changing Political Climate":State Sen. Lee Constantine, R-Altamonte Springs, is pushing for more ... |
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| Topics: energy, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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This is what I'm talking about
Good communication strategy |
David Roberts |
26 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Witness: The United States should accelerate development of renewable energy sources because of increased risk from terrorist attacks that could cripple the economy, former national security adviser Robert McFarlane said Saturday. How do you think that compares, in terms of voter priorities, to saving 'the earth' or saving polar bears or saving arctic ice? Save your own ass. Now that's a sticky message. |
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| Topics: energy, environmental movement, green living, messaging, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Not In My Back Yardarm
Biggest U.S. oil-tanker company slapped with $37 million in dumping fines |
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22 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Not In My Back Yardarm Biggest U.S. oil-tanker company slapped with $37 million in dumping fines They would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling pipe fitters: the nation's largest oil-tanker company, Overseas Shipholding Group, will pay $37 million for gooping up U.S. seas. For nearly five years, the company's ships dumped waste oil and sludge off the coasts of ... |
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| Topics: energy, environmental justice, news, oil, renewable energy, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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Renewable energy and the election
It's popular even in Texas |
Adam Browning |
21 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I take issue with one-issue voters, mostly because I think one-issue candidates make terrible legislators. But that said, I wouldn't do what I do if didn't believe that transitioning to a renewable energy economy is a critical, keystone challenge facing our country, with profound implications for our future. And I'm not the only one. I don't think politicians properly appreciate how popular renewable energy is. Take this recent poll (PDF) from Texas, the heart of ... |
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| Topics: elections, Energy, politics, renewable energy, Texas (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, environmental justice, green jobs, interview, renewable energy, Van Jones (all these topics) |
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2020 Vision
E.U. adopts ambitious renewable-energy goal |
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09 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| 2020 Vision E.U. adopts ambitious renewable-energy goal It's a banner day for the European Union: wrapping up a two-day summit, its 27 member states have agreed on an ambitious green-energy goal. The plan -- to use 20 percent renewable energy by 2020 -- will "establish us as a world pioneer," says German Chancellor and summit chair Angela Merkel, who brokere ... |
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| Topics: Angela Merkel, energy, European Union, international politics, news, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Split over nuclear versus renewables threatens EU global warming pact
Spring summit underway |
Robert Delfs |
09 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| From an article in the Guardian: Divisions over nuclear power and renewable energy threatened to derail the EU's campaign to assume a global leadership role in the fight against climate change at the bloc's spring summit which began last night. [...] But France, backed by several east European countries, insisted carbon-free nuclear power be included within the EU energy mix and rejected [German Chancellor] Angela Merkel's proposal to make a 20 percent target for ... |
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| Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, energy, international politics, nuclear power, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Vive la Discorde
E.U. leaders gather for summit, squabble over renewable-energy target |
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07 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Vive la Discorde E.U. leaders gather for summit, squabble over renewable-energy target As European Union leaders gather for a two-day summit that starts tomorrow, one question is dominating the agenda: what exactly did the Olsen twins buy on their recent Paris shopping spree? Once that's answered, the heads ... |
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| Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, European Union, international politics, news, politics, regulation, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Quiet riot
The green projects you don't hear about |
Katharine Wroth |
05 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| While the world wonders how much energy it takes Al Gore to trim his nose hairs, real progress is being made all over this gall dang country toward embracing green energy -- and not only in Moneyville. Just today, two quiet examples from on-the-rebound Massachusetts cities blipped across my radar screen. Worcester is aiming to get 20 percent of its energy from renewables by 2010, and a group called Sustainable Worcester wants to build wind turbines at the city's a ... |
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| Topics: energy, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Cape Wind passes new hurdle
It's not the view: it's the vision |
Erik Hoffner |
25 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The most likely candidate for becoming the U.S.'s first offshore wind farm reached another permitting milestone by filing its Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) on February 15 with the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office. It's now available, and it's meaty. It makes two important points to the Marine Mineral Service, which now oversees the process. If the permit is denied, it will a) result in higher costs to Massachusetts citizens, since the sta ... |
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| Topics: energy, Massachusetts, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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The Land of Electric Enchantment
Tesla Motors to build electric-car plant in New Mexico |
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22 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Land of Electric Enchantment Tesla Motors to build electric-car plant in New Mexico In April, electric-car start-up Tesla Motors will break ground on a manufacturing plant in Albuquerque, which beat out Flagstaff, Ariz., and Pittsburg, Calif., for the honor. The plant will churn out 10,000 WhiteStar sedans a year starting in 2009 -- "zero-emission" ... |
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| Topics: Bill Richardson, cars, electric vehicles, New Mexico, news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Extracting useful energy from a fusion reaction
Small is beautiful. |
biodiversivist |
01 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Here is a fun article from The Green Wombat retelling the 'solar-to-hydrogen' car story for the millionth time. I read stories like this in Popular Mechanics decades ago. The article talks about using solar panels to store sunlight as hydrogen to burn in internal-combustion-powered cars. Australia has a lot of sunlight and summers can be hot. It would be far more efficient to use that sunlight to power swamp coolers to air-condition homes than to throw 90% of that sol ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, energy efficiency, hydrogen, renewable energy, Seattle (all these topics) |
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Valley of the Dollars
Clean-energy investments add jobs, moolah to Silicon Valley |
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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,& ... |
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| Topics: business, news, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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But I'm a Cheerleader
Renewable energy could power half the world by 2050, says new report |
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26 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| But I'm a Cheerleader Renewable energy could power half the world by 2050, says new report Renewables could satisfy half the world's energy demand by 2050, says a new report by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council. But -- and there's always a but -- only if world governments encourage efficiency and crack down on fossil-fuel use. Well, it was a nice thought. The ever-optimistic "Energy Revolution&quo ... |
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| Topics: Greenpeace, news, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Hidin' Dirty
Bush pushes 'alternative' fuels plan, critics push back |
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25 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Hidin' Dirty Bush pushes "alternative" fuels plan, critics push back President Bush got bizzy promoting his new energy goals yesterday, taking his message to a DuPont biofuels facility in Delaware and signing an executive order requiring federal agencies to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles -- including plug-in hybrids when they become available. But Bush's plan to cut gasoline use 20 percent in 10 years by p ... |
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| Topics: news, renewable energy, United States (all these topics) |
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The Neverending Tory
Canada's leaders bring back green program, announce rainforest fund |
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23 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Neverending Tory Canada's leaders bring back green program, announce rainforest fund When Canada's Conservative Party took power a year ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper put a variety of environmental programs on hold -- only to find out that, oops, his constituents actually want a livable earth. Under pressure from citizens Canuck, Harper's cabinet is hyping green initiatives both new and recyc ... |
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| Topics: Canada, news, politics, rainforests, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Energizer Money
Enviros delighted with House Democrats' energy bill |
Amanda Griscom Little |
17 Jan 2007 |
Muckraker |
| "I can't find anything wrong with it. Really, there is no catch. It's all good." Is the sun setting on some oil industry tax breaks? Photo: iStockphoto Let the record show that these contented words were spoken by an environmentalist -- Jim Presswood, a top lobbyist for the Natural Resources Defense Council to be exact. He's talking about the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007, introduced on ... |
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| Topics: energy, legislation, Muckraker, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Naughty and Nice
How the energy industry spent its holiday vacation |
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02 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Naughty and Nice How the energy industry spent its holiday vacation While you were whooping over your Wii, the energy industry exulted in a few holiday gifts of its own. Just before Christmas, a federal appeals court gave ExxonMobil a $2.5 billion break, slashing in half the $5 billion in damages that had been awarded to thousands of Alaskans affe ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, energy, environmental justice, news, oil, politics, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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A Little of This, a Little of That
Congress gives parting nod to offshore drillers, but also to renewable-energy industries |
Amanda Griscom Little |
19 Dec 2006 |
Muckraker |
| Dark clouds on the horizon -- and drilling rigs too. Photo: iStockphoto The GOP-controlled 109th Congress went out with a bang -- that of drills hitting sea bottom. In the waning hours of the final legislative session earlier this month, Republican leaders pushed through a provision to open up 8.3 million acres on the outer continent ... |
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| Topics: Congress, energy, legislation, Muckraker, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Talking point: (one part of) a unified climate/energy agenda
It's all about electricity |
David Roberts |
13 Dec 2006 |
Gristmill |
| When I talked with Terry Tamminen a while back (I'll publish it some day, I promise!), he said something that got me thinking. As Schwarzenegger's top enviro advisor, he's been on the inside, making policy and being lobbied from all sides. He's also been a part of several environmental NGOs, doing the lobbying. So he's seen policy contests from both sides. I asked him why green groups haven't been more effective on climate and energy issues. He said it's simple: when ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, environmental movement, renewable energy, Terry Tamminen (all these topics) |
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