Posted by Editor on Friday, September 9, 2011,
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The relentless rise of electricity prices over the past decade has made many consumers more conscientious about how they use electric power. Many of those conscientious people may find it frustrating — to put it mildly — that their daily or even hourly efforts to turn off devices they're not using hasn't delivered the results they'd expected.
The blame belongs to the growing number of "vampire" or "phantom" electronic products that populate today's typical home. An alarmingly large numbe... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor via DOE on Tuesday, August 2, 2011,
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DOE Announces Funding for Nationwide Student-Focused Clean Energy Business Competitions
Washington, D.C. - As part of the Obama Administration's effort to support and empower the next generation of American clean energy entrepreneurs, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced $2 million in available funding for the National University Clean Energy Business Challenge. This nationwide initiative will create a network of regional student-focused clean energy business creation competitions ... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Tuesday, October 19, 2010,
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By Hugh Wheelan via Responsible Investor Some of the biggest investment managers in the US – managing $415 billion in assets – have thrown their weight behind a campaign to fight a California state legal review that could halt implementation of its clean energy law, saying it would jeopardize long-term investment in green technology.
The investor backing of the ‘No on 23’ movement, referring to the controversial Proposition 23 ballot in two weeks time, follows an increasingly bitter ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Newswire on Thursday, October 14, 2010,
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Via NREL Newswire
The kids are back in school in post-Katrina New Orleans, and there's light at the end of the classroom. Five years after Katrina flushed water through the failed floodwalls, destroying homes, damaging classrooms and dashing dreams, the opportunity to build green schools that save millions of dollars on energy bills is just within reach for the school districts that serve New Orleans.Hurricane Katrina knocked out dozens of schools along with thousands of homes, and for quite a... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Thursday, October 14, 2010,
Via DOEGolden, Colo., Oct. 13, 2010 – Thirty-four clean energy companies, including five Colorado companies, will gather in Denver Oct. 19-21 to present their clean energy business cases to a panel of national venture capitalists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory 23rd Industry Growth Forum. In addition to the business case presentations, a comprehensive agenda of speakers and in-depth panels will address the most important topics in the industry today... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor C on Thursday, October 7, 2010,
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Via U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Council of Environmental
Quality (CEQ) Chair Nancy Sutley recently announced plans for the
installation of solar on the roof of the White House residence. The
plans are for two solar panels that will provide electricity, and a
solar hot water heater that will heat water for use in the residence.
The announcement came on the one-year anniversary of President
Obama's Executive Order (EO) 13514 on Leadership in Environmental,
Ene... Continue reading ...
Posted by Contribuitor on Wednesday, August 4, 2010,
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(Via BusinessGreen) American Businesses for Clean Energy (ABCE) group, one
of the leading corporate coalitions pushing for the adoption of climate change
legislation, last week released an analysis of green business lobby groups
revealing that more than 6,000 firms are now fully in favour of clean energy and
climate legislation The
study said that combined, the companies, which include 21 Fortune 100
companies and many of the largest corporate names in the US, employ 3.5 million
people and hav... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ana M on Saturday, July 24, 2010,
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Via Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University
Our colleague and good friend Steve Schneider, the Melvin and Joan Lane
Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and senior fellow
at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford, died on July
19, 2010, while traveling from a meeting in Stockholm to London. Steve
was not only a man of formidable intellectual depth and breadth, but
also a committed and compassionate advisor, mentor, teacher and friend.
... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor on Wednesday, July 21, 2010,
Via CSR NewsWire The Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Awards are presented during the Aspen Environment Forum,
a gathering of more than 300 thought leaders that will take place from July 25-28, 2010, at the Institute's Aspen Meadows campus in Aspen, Colorado. The 2010 Aspen Environment Forum is a public gathering of more than 300 thought leaders, scientists, journalists, academics, policy makers, and citizen, presented by the Aspen Institute and National Geographic.
The winners will be p... Continue reading ...
Posted by Team on Saturday, March 20, 2010,
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Posted by Ana M on Friday, February 5, 2010,
There is a new energy efficiency program from NYSREDA, where you can swap your old appliances and receive a cash rebate by purchasing a new ENERGY STAR® qualified
refrigerator, freezer or washer. The purchase must replace an existing appliance.
Plus recycling your old, existing appliances of the same type, makes
you eligible for the maximum rebate.
for more information, or visit the program website: www.nyapplianceswapout.com Continue reading ...
Posted by Ana M on Friday, January 15, 2010,
S. Neil Larsen, on January 7, 2010
The Minnesota Public Utilities
Commission has authorized a measure that would add a fee of between $4
and $34 per ton of carbon dioxide to electricity generated from
coal-fired power stations in North Dakota that is exported to
Minnesota. By adding this fee to coal power, it is hoped that it will
spur the further development of renewable energy sources.
 Coal Creek Station, Underwood, ND. (Actually owned by a Minnesota electric utility) Source: Great River E...
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