Ernest Moniz, President Obama’s newly nominated Energy Secretary, shares much with his predecessor, Steven Chu, outgoing head of the Department of Energy (DOE) and who is returning to an academic chair at Stanford University. Both men are prominent academic physicists, with…
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Jeffrey Sachs’s bright vision at Climate Week | Global CCS Institute
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In this post, Adam Aston takes a look at some of the singular messages contained withing Professor Jeffrey Sachs’ important address at Climate Week in New York. Below Adam’s analysis is a lightly edited transcript of Professor Sachs’ address. I…
How SolarReserve Navigates Darkening Prospects for Big Solar in the US | GreenBiz
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On the sun-baked plains outside Tonopah, Nevada, a huge white pillar is inching upwards, as concrete piles up towards an ultimate height of some 60 stories. The slender structure is evidence of the tangible progress — and rising risks —…
New Jersey pulls out of multi-state greenhouse gas trading regime – signs of 2012 election? | Global CCS Institute
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In what could prove to be an early signal of carbon policy dynamics in the 2012 presidential race, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the sole multi-state, cap-and-trade program operating in the U.S., was dealt a setback when the governor of New Jersey…
Canada’s tar sands: Oil from Sand: High Risks, High Costs | The Fiscal Times
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As oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s sunken Deepwater Horizon rig, half a continent away a major new pipeline is delivering the first supplies of crude to refineries in Illinois. With the consistency of heavy…
A U.S./EU Dogfight Over Greener Air Travel | BusinessWeek
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American airlines are balking at new EU emission rules, but with British Airways and others on board, they may be fighting a battle they can’t win This August, U.S. airlines face their first big deadline to meet European Union rules…
Radio – The Green Way Out? | OnPoint with Tom Ashbrook 3/09
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Large windmills and solar panels are seen in Atlantic City in October 2008. (AP) One year ago, gasoline prices were soaring toward four dollars a gallon and fuel-efficient hybrid cars were flying off the lots. Toyota dealers couldn’t keep a…
Will Green Energy Wilt from Lack of Funds? | BusinessWeek
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The financial specialists that convert tax credits into capital to build new windmills and solar farms have all but disappeared After years of fighting for stronger, more consistent state and federal support, the renewable-energy industry couldn’t have asked for a…
Will Demand for Solar Homes Pick Up? | BusinessWeek
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Builders find the savings from cheap power is making solar homes more attractive As global financial markets melted down in October, Congress handed a gift to America’s green energy industry: It renewed and broadened a set of tax credits for…
The Race Against Climate Change — How top companies are reducing emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases | BusinessWeek
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On Nov. 21 power company executives from all over the country gathered in the Pit, a spacious General Electric () auditorium in Crotonville, N.Y., to meet with GE CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt and his team. The day was overcast and…