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» SEIA President and CEO Rhone Resch Recognized for “Leadership in Renewable Energy”
Feb 24, 2010 - The Renewable Energy World network of publications, the World's #1 Renewable Energy Network, has announced the winners of the 2009 Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards. The awards, which were presented yesterday at the Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo in Austin, Texas, recognize the most cutting-edge projects, people and technologies in the clean energy industry. Link
» Ausra Exec on Acquisition by AREVA
Feb 07, 2010 - Ausra CEO Robert Fishman and AREVA's Anil Srivastava on the deal the companies have made and its impact on solar-power distribution. Link
» Slate: Going for the Green, Can Vail’s ski resort cut its energy use 10 percent?
Feb 26, 2010 - The balmy weather in Vancouver, which delayed some of the Olympic downhill events, highlights the danger warmer winters pose to ski resorts. The situation isn't as dire in the higher-elevation resorts of the Rockies, but these large businesses-think of the Trapp Family Lodge on steroids-still worry that a warming planet…more
» San Francisco Chronicle: Engineering giant Areva buying solar firm Ausra
Feb 08, 2010 - French engineering giant Areva said Monday that it will buy Ausra, a Mountain View startup specializing in large-scale solar power. The deal will give Areva a way to break into the growing worldwide business for big solar facilities that can generate as much electricity as a fossil fuel power plant.…more
» BBC News: Why Costa Rica scores well on the happiness index
Feb 07, 2010 - Whatever the outcome of the presidential elections on Sunday, one thing seems certain. The country will continue to break the mould... Successive governments have poured money into books, not bullets. Not even the recent threat of the Mexican drugs war spilling over has led to calls for the army's return.…more
» New York Times: Wind Power Grew 39 Percent Last Year
Jan 26, 2010 - Despite a crippling recession and tight credit markets, the American wind power industry grew at a rapid pace in 2009, adding 39 percent more capacity. The country is close to the point where 2 percent of its electricity will come from wind turbines. While that is still a small share,…more
» New York Times: Editorial- The Case for a Climate Bill
Jan 23, 2010 - The conventional wisdom is that the chances of Congress passing a bill that puts both a cap and a price on greenhouse gases are somewhere between terrible and nil. President Obama can start to prove the conventional wisdom wrong by making a full-throated case for a climate bill in his…more
» Slate: NASA’s Prophet Will Give You Nightmares
Jan 23, 2010 - I started reading James Hansen's new book, Storms of My Grandchildren, at the edge of a vanishing Arctic. I sat on a bare brown Greenland hillside listening to the ferocious crack and crash of the dying glaciers in the distance. As I watched the corpse of the ice sheet float…more
» Greentech Media: Serious Clears the Air of Accusations by Fox, et al.
Jan 18, 2010 - Serious Materials, the well-funded green building materials start-up has had some early business and PR successes but still faces a number of challenges... Serious is now faced with dealing with conspiracy theorists from Minnesota and the Fox Network. Link
» KOB-TV: Richardson wants to set course for green economy
Jan 12, 2010 - Gov. Bill Richardson has signed an executive order he says will set a course for the state as it establishes an economy based on clean, renewable energy... He signed the order Tuesday at Schott Solar's manufacturing plant in Albuquerque. Link
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