As the U.S. federal government continues to drag its feet and gets stuck in partisan politics, state and local governments pick up the slack and keep the Green Initiative moving forward.
The latest climate and environmental policy to emerge from a state government in an increase in required renewable energy generation in the State of Colorado.
The [...]
Recently there was a lot of news about new U.S. nuclear power standards and loan guarantees that seem to be a curve ball from the current administration, but the U.S. announced a new loan guarantee for a new solar thermal power facility.
It appears the American Investment and Recovery Act is still doing good and has [...]
Sometimes it’s the smallest and easiest changes have the greatest impact as global sea shipping company Maersk discovered.
The Danish shipping company Maersk was able to reduce carbon emissions created by their ocean-going vessels by 30% by just slowing down.
That’s right, the shipping company was able to reduce their emissions by just slowing down and taking [...]
With “experts” stating that the recession is over or that we are due for another drop, it is tough to say how our current economy is actually doing. But, the State of Arizona has stated the down economy is causing them to pull out of a regional cap-and-trade agreement set to begin in 2012.
The interesting [...]
In the most recent publication of a trade journal called Advanced Materials, International Business Machines (IBM) has announced a breakthrough in solar cell technology.
IBM has managed to develop and more efficient and more cost effective solar cell made from more abundant minerals.
The IBM solar cells use Copper, Tin, Zinc, Sulfur, and Selenium instead of Copper, [...]
Given the state of the economy many may be worrying whether or not the Green Business sector will take-off and whether or not it will be able to sustain itself and create new jobs.
Well, fear not. According to a study from Pew Charitable Trusts, the Green Business sector is expected to grow to $1.5 trillion [...]
Now that there has been a few days to really dissect the Obama Administration’s 2011 U.S. Federal Budget, we find that there is some good news for clean technology.
Even though at first glance the major headlines of the 2011 budget showed an increase to $54 Billion in loan guarantees for nuclear power and an extremely flimsy [...]
Fortune 500 companies continue to listen to their consumers and even reach their environmental impact reduction goals early.
Global food company Kraft Foods has recently announced that the company has reached its reduced packaging materials goal 2 years early.
In 2005 Kraft Foods announced multiple initiatives that would be enacted to reduce the company’s environmental impact. One [...]
Secretary Chu of the U.S. Department of Energy (D.O.E.) announced today the closing of a $1.4 billion loan for Nissan to develop their new all-electric Leaf in the U.S.
The loan was a part of the U.S. Advanced Technology Vehicle Loan Program and was originally set for $1.6 billion.
The funds will be used to develop and [...]
Even through the recession, alternative energy was still able to make an impact, push forward and create jobs. Nearly 10,000 megawatts of wind power electrical generation came on-line in 2009.
To put that in perspective, enough wind power was added in the U.S. last year to power 2.4 million homes.
This was a tremendous accomplishment given the [...]