Arnold Schwarzenegger: A Year After Copenhagen, California Shows the Green Revolution I... - 0 views
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ey spent scores of millions trying to convince Californians that a vote for the environment was a vote against jobs, that a clean energy future would just be too costly. Of course, they cared little about jobs and more about fattening their wallets by peddling dirty energy.
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Californians were aware that green technology is the only area of our economy creating new jobs right now -- 10 times more jobs since 2005 than any other sector.
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hey know that 19,000 people are dying in California alone because of smog-related illness, costing many millions in health care.
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Teryn Norris: How Energy Reform Can Break the Partisan Stalemate - 0 views
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President Obama
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"I don't think there's anybody in America who thinks that we've got an energy policy that works the way it needs to, that thinks that we shouldn't be working on energy independence,
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Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) quickly agreed. "I think energy is an area where there is potential for a bipartisan accomplishment of some consequence,"
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U.S. Said to Be Falling Behind in 'Green' Technologies - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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“The United States was a nearly untouched market with 120 million homes, most of them very energy-inefficient — it was a massive opportunity
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Many European countries — along with China, Japan and South Korea — have pushed commercial development of carbon-reducing technologies with a robust policy mix of direct government investment, tax breaks, loans, regulation and laws that cap or tax emissions. Incentives have fostered rapid entrepreneurial growth in new industries like solar and wind power, as well as in traditional fields like home building and food processing, with a focus on energy efficiency.
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A recent report by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that while the clean technology sector was booming in Europe, Asia and Latin America, its competitive position was “at risk” in the United States because of “uncertainties surrounding key policies and incentives.”
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Google, Tres Amigas Aim To Fix America's Electrical Grid With Novel Technologies - 0 views
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Google and other investors plan to build a 350-mile long undersea cable off the Atlantic coast, while Tres Amigas wants to create a 22-square mile superconductor “Superstation” to synchronize the nation's three major electrical grids.
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Google’s backbone could open up hundreds of miles of ocean territory for offshore wind farms, and the Tres Amigas project would open up wind and solar projects in remote parts of New Mexico and Texas.
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So far Google has invested a total of $400 million in clean energy projects. Google says it is pursuing the projects both because they make good business sense and because they make the company more environmentally responsible.
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Steven Chu: Building Clean Energy Partnerships With China and Japan - 0 views
Steven Chu: U.S.-China Clean Energy Cooperation Is Good for America and Good for the World - 0 views
Neil Auerbach: Speaking to Conservatives About Clean Energy - 0 views
HR Biopetroleum to buy out partner in algae-to-energy venture - 0 views
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HR BioPetroleum Inc. said today it will buy out its partner in an algae-to-energy venture in Kona. HR BioPetroleum and Royal Dutch Shell PLC formed the joint venture called Cellana in 2007 to build and operate a demonstration facility to grow marine algae and produce vegetable oil for conversion into biofuel. When the deal closes at the end of the month HR BioPetroleum will become the sole owner of Cellana, including its six-acre facility in Kona.
Amazing Dutch Bike Path Embedded With Solar Panels - 0 views
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What could make bike riding even more efficient? How about a bike path embedded with solar panels to produce clean energy while encouraging people to get on their bikes? The town of Krommenie in the Netherlands, just north of Amsterdam, will be receiving the SolaRoad bike path, scheduled to open in 2012.
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Making Things Cleaner - 0 views
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Just watched the "Making Things Cleaner" episode of Pogue's (NYT technology journalist) 4-part series on NOVA, and it did a nice job of explaining how some of the newer, sustainable energy sources work -- for the non-scientific minded. May or may not have SGLI application... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-stuff-cleaner.html
Sopogy thrives by thinking biga - 0 views
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From its modest headquarters in an industrial area near Honolulu Airport, homegrown high-tech company Sopogy Inc. is taking on some of the world's biggest names in renewable energy. Launched in 2002 by local entrepreneur Darren Kimura, Sopogy has leveraged its expertise in the field of concentrated solar power to win contracts on the mainland and across the globe. Among its competitors are Siemens AG, a German conglomerate with a market capitalization of $116 billion, and Spain's Abengoa SA, another multibillion-dollar firm.
Electric Avenue - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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the White House is standing behind a goal that could genuinely transform the nation’s automotive fleet: putting one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015.
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But many of the electric vehicles that will count toward President Obama’s goal won’t run on electricity alone. They will combine batteries, electric motors and internal-combustion engines to use as little gasoline as possible while still doing everything Americans expect their cars to do. Electrification is not an all-or-nothing proposition
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Department of Transportation statistics show that 78 percent of Americans commute 40 miles or fewer a day, so most people who drive a Volt won’t need to burn any gas on a normal day.
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