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Green Jobs Update: Where Are they and What do They Pay?
A significant portion of the Obama stimulus package has been earmarked for clean energy development. Along with the obvious goals of reducing fossil fuel dependence and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions, it’s hoped that millions of new jobs will be created in green industries. How much money will go where and how much good can [...]
Read More »Federal Funds Heading to Iowa to Support Big Alternative Energy Plans
Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced this week that Iowa will receive $16 million for energy efficiency and renewable energy development, the Chicago Tribune reported. It’s part of the Administration’s dual push for alternative energy and economic stimulus, and Iowa merely happens to be one of the first states to receive funds—many others will as well. [...]
Read More »Wind-Generated Renewable Energy: the Sky’s the Limit
Considerable attention has been paid to wind power as a clean and green solution to our nation’s energy needs. Wind offers several advantages: it’s the very definition of a renewable source, since we are not going to run out of wind; and it’s completely non-polluting. But it also has some problems, in particular:
• Variability: the [...]
Google Says Major Renewable Energy Adancements Could be Around the Corner
Reuters reported this week that search engine giant Google is expecting to be able to produce renewable energy at a price cheaper than coal within just a few years.
Bill Weihl, Google’s director of Energy Strategy, said, “In three years, we could have multiple megawatts of plants out there.” Google has cast the move as a [...]
Investment in Green Tech Surpassed Fossil Fuel Investments in 2008
The New York Times reported this week that global investment in renewable energy sources surpassed investment in fossil fuel technologies in 2008 for the first time, according to a report just released by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
The study, prepared by research firm New Energy Finance, reported that last year’s investment in alternative energy [...]
Salazar Begins Tour of Public Meetings on Offshore Drilling in New Jersey
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was in Atlantic City, NJ yesterday to kick off a series of public meetings on the subject of drilling for oil off of the US coast. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, citizens who oppose new drilling projects off the coast of New Jersey made up [...]
Read More »The Debate Over Domestic Oil
TOP: Oil shale extraction (image: sfgate.com), BOTTOM: Oil platforms off the coast of Southern California (image: patdollard.com)
With a new president in office formulating a new energy policy that promises to be a major departure from that of his predecessor, the debate over domestic sources of crude is heating up once again. All [...]
Read More »Staten Island Developer is NYC’s Wind Power Pioneer
On the Southwestern coast of Staten Island, there stands a 45-foot-tall pole that supports a 13-foot-wide wind turbine. According to Con Edison, this turbine is the only freestanding wind power generator in all of New York City, the New York Times reported last week.
The turbine is the property of developer Ray Masucci, who is currently [...]
Pickens Stays on Alternative Energy Message, Emphasizes LNG-Powered Big Rigs
T. Boone Pickens continues to tirelessly promote his “Pickens’ Plan” to drastically reduce US foreign oil imports through utilization of domestic wind and natural gas resources. Most recently, Pickens spoke at the ECO:nomics conference in Santa Barbara, covered by MarketWatch.com.
In his appearance, Pickens focused on converting 18-wheeler cargo trucks to natural gas power, saying that [...]
Your Home Wind Turbine is Ready
A post on the green living site TreeHugger.com from last November gives a quick overview of the different models of wind turbines available for residential use.
Wouldn’t it be great to cut a big chunk out of your electrical bill with a simple green technology that you can install on your roof (or in your yard)? [...]
Obama’s Energy Plans and What They Mean
The big news story of last week was President Obama’s address to Congress on his plans for economic recovery. In his speech, Obama focused on three main areas that he deemed “critical to our economic future”: education, health care, and energy.
His comments on energy policy were consistent with positions he staked out during his [...]
Alaska Finds Economic Relief in Renewable Energy Sources
Two New York Times articles, one in the Business section and one on the “Green Inc.” page, provide a look at the burgeoning renewable energy movement in Alaska, where residents have found that renewable sources can help lower their energy bills.
Alaska possesses huge renewable energy resources. According to the Electric Power Resource Institute, the state [...]
Venture Capitalist: Federal Funding Required for Success of Green Technologies
A story on National Public Radio that aired last week featured an interview with Ray Lane, a California venture capitalist who specializes in green technology. He explained that the recession and credit crunch, combined with low oil prices, had dried up investment in green technologies, putting thousands of projects on hold.
These projects need loan guarantees, [...]
Wind Power Industry Now Employs More than Coal Industry (Sort of)
Fortune magazine’s environment and technology blog Green Wombat posted an article on January 28 that claimed the wind energy industry employed more people in 2008 than the coal industry. Good news for the green energy revolution, right? Yes, but it may not be entirely true.
The Christian Science Monitor reported on January 31 that the blog’s [...]
Tough Times Continue for Leading Sectors of Renewable Energy Industry
The energy trading information site energygem.com linked to a New York Times article published yesterday that details the suffering of the wind and solar panel sectors as a result of the recession and credit crunch.
After experiencing an extensive boom in business and investment in recent years, wind turbine and solar panel manufacturers are canceling orders [...]
Pickens Continues to Promote Wind and Natural Gas Plan; Calls for U.S. “Wind Bank” to Fund Wind Energy Projects
At the age of 80, billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is as spry and tenacious as a wet-behind-the ears entrepreneur. As part of his tireless campaign for Americans to get behind his “Pickens’ Plan” to use wind and natural gas to cut down on foreign oil dependence, he called on Wednesday for a federally-funded [...]
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