Clean Tech

Every Day is Earth Day in L.A.

Laura Berland-Shane | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Solar Panels, Van Vlahakis, SBC Industry Achievement Awards, Clean Tech, La Impact, Electric Cars, La Around Town, Earth Day 2012, Patagonia, Clean Technology, Green-Businesses, LA Green Businesses, Clean Tech LA, LA Business, Ecos, Los Angeles News

L.A.'s challenges (traffic, pollution, an aging infrastructure and electricity grid) are creating enormous opportunities for businesspeople who see an immense economic opportunity in clean technology.

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Setting Unrealistic Expectations to Commemorate Earth Day

Joan Michelson | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Iea, Women, Walmart, Census, Expecations, Alternative Energy, Green Ribbon Schools, Clean Energy, Earth Day, Consumer, Energy Efficiency, Clean Tech, Electric Cars, Oil, Hydrid Cars, Green Economy, Energy, Earth Day Network, Business News

This progress is too slow and not audacious enough. We need Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAG). What has to happen to flip the current energy paradigm, where oil is 3.6 percent of our energy consumption?

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PHOTOS: California's First Green Tech High School Faces Hurdles

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Green Tech High Schol, Environmental Education, Green Tech, Lodi, Lodi Green Tech High School, Grid-Nuetral, California, Green Jobs, Clean Tech, Green Tech School, California Green Tech High School, Lodi Unified School District, Solar Power, San Francisco News

In California, the only thing more popular than education are green jobs, so any combination of the two should be nothing short of unassailable. (...

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Paving the Way for U.S. Clean Tech Growth With International Climate Finance

Stephanie Praus | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Clean Technologies, Developing World Clean Tech, Clean Tech Sector, Investing in Clean Tech, Clean Tech, Green Technology, Clean Technology, Developing Countries Clean Tech, Energy, Green News

The U.S. should embrace international investment as a means to bolster domestic industry if it hopes to compete in the global clean energy race.

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GOP Presidential Candidates on Clean Energy and Climate Change

Donnie Fowler | Posted 10.30.2011

Are they owned by the oil companies, or are they willing to break from some of the GOP's largest campaign donors? Do they agree with 98 percent of scientists, or are facts mere inconveniences to be pushed aside for ideology and ambition?

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One Area Where Republicans and Democrats Can Agree: Promoting Green Exports

Jake Colvin | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: International Trade, Clean Energy Jobs, Green Trade, Green Jobs, Environmental-Goods-and-Services, Clean Tech, Green, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Economy, Clean Technology, Clean Economy, Green Technology, Green News

When it comes to marketing and selling clean energy technologies globally, senior business and environmental leaders recognize that export promotion efforts can help unlock foreign markets and grow businesses and jobs in the United States.

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The Coming Clean Tech Crash

Devon Swezey | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Clean Tech Crash, Clean Energy, Arpa-E, Clean Tech Industry, Clean Tech, Clean Tech Innovation, Clean Energy Industry, Clean Technology, Clean Energy Innovation, Energy, Green News

Clean energy is still much more expensive and less reliable than coal or gas, and in an era of heightened budget austerity, the subsidies required to make clean energy artificially cheaper are becoming unsustainable.

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Boardroom Diversity Means Better Business

Lucy P. Marcus | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Affirmative Action, Biotech, Business, Corporate Sustainability, Women in Business, Gender Equality, Life Sciences, Women Directors, Clean Tech, Business and Diversity, Business and Women, Boardroom Diversity, Business Diversity, Business Women, Business News

In the life sciences and beyond, diversity makes business sense and social sense, and every one of us has an interest in making sure that diversity is put on the agenda.

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Green Growth: Buzz Word or a New Sustainable Economy?

Erik Rasmussen | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Green Growth, Clean Tech, Energy System, Economy, Sustainable, Environmentalism, Green Growth Leaders, Green News

A new study on green growth by researchers at UC Berkeley concludes that that green growth is possible. In fact, evidence show that green strategies can drive growth.

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A Revolution in the Streets of Boston

Dan Worth | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Energy, Deepwater Horizon, Bp, Gulf Oil Spill, Naels, Clean Tech, Clean Energy Revolution, Climate Change, Tea Party, Green News

In 2060, those of us still alive will look back on the next several decades and, no doubt, see an amazing period of revolutionary change. But will it be enough?

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Weekly Mulch: Why is the U.S. Losing the Clean Energy Race to China? Blame the Climate Cranks

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Tradition Institute, Clean Edge, Cancun, Sputnik Moment, Michale Mann, Ruggedizing, Obama, New Energy Economy, change.org, The Nation, Care2, Susana Martinez, Alternet, Hu Jintao, Bilateral Summit, Climate Gate, New Mexico, Climatologists, Truthout, Mother Jones, Clean Tech, Brisbane, Clean Energy Subsidies, Climate Change, Climate Cranks, Climate Deniers, Clean Technology Race, Wto, Grist, Copenhagen, China, Green News

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao touched on energy issues in the bilateral summit between t...

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New York, Cradling Its Entrepreneurs

Angela Haines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marymount Manhattan College, Nfl, Marriott Hotels, Buffalo Jills, Clean Tech, University of Pennsylvania, Ny Impact, Cushman, Erin Carpenter, NY Real Estate, Nba, New York News

Wall St. continues to rebound. But the city has sought to re-energize its other economies by launching sixty-some initiatives targeted specifically at spurring entrepreneurship.

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Time to Move Like the Wind to Save Clean Energy

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Oil, House of Representatives, Senate, Renewable Energy Grants, Clean Tech, Opec, Big Oil, Climate Change, Jobs, Clean Energy, Wind Energy, Geothermal Energy, Global Warming, Solar Power, Clean Energy Jobs, Green News

Democrats in the House spent the past two years fighting to forge a real, long-term plan for energy independence. Unfortunately, Republicans in the Senate killed every attempt to move forward. This is not acceptable.

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Hey, Climate Activists, When Technology Is More Powerful Than Law, Go With Technology

Byron Kennard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Entrepreneurship, Politics, Environmentalists, Green Technologies, Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Clean Tech, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Innovation, Venture Capital, Technology, Micropower, :Climate Change, Global Warming, Technology News

Will green technology kick the door open, walk in, and take over? Isn't it an article of capitalist faith that superior technologies will ultimately win out?

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Show Them the Money: Why Restructuring US Investing Mechanisms Is a Necessity for Clean Technology Innovation

Dinkar Jain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Green Energy, Clean Tech, Green Technology, Green News

Whatever form a solution takes, it is clear that the 5 existing mechanisms for financing innovation in the US need substantial prodding to take on the challenges that face cleantech innovation.

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Tree Hugging Ain't the (Only) Reason Californians Endorsed Climate and Clean Energy (Prop. 23)

Donnie Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Koch, Cap and Trade, Rps, Clean Tech, Charles Koch, Climate Change, Proposition 23, Valero, Koch Industries, Environmentalism, Renewable Portfolio Standard, ab32, Tesoro, Assembly Bill 32, prop23, California, Election 2010, Green News

Just after Labor Day, the race was tied, and with only ten days to go, the lead was barely in double digits. The ultimate 22-point defeat of Prop. 23 arose because of tremendous work by a broad coalition.

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Eat or Be Eaten. Gov 2.0's Social Darwinism

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Venture Capital, Alan W. Silberberg, Gov 2.0, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Government Business, Clean Tech, Business News

Get your armor on, and keep it on. Otherwise, you will be stripped bare.

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Once Again Fossil Lobby Tramples Clean Tech Start-Ups

RP Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Policy & Government, Tech-Start-Ups, Climate Change, Clean Tech, Green News

Until Congress puts a price on the emission of carbon dioxide, it is impossible for companies to make hard line investment decisions that impact their emissions profile.

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Clean Energy, Brown Fields, Wild Spaces

Majora Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inner City, Progress, Majora Carter Group, Investment, Green the Ghetto, Majora, Clean-Tech, Green News

One of the best things about my work in green project development is that I get to see how innovative projects inspire new policies, which in turn ope...

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Economic Recovery? Get Off the Fossil Sauce

Nathan Havey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nathan Havey, Green Energy Summit, Valero, ab32, Economic Recovery, Clean Tech, California, Green News

This was the week of the Green California Summit in Sacramento, where all of the newest green technologies are on display. Companies like Philips were...

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Climate & Energy: Congress Stalls, California Threatens

Donnie Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, John Kerry, Congress, Lindsay Graham, Barack Obama, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Joe Lieberman, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Politics News

On climate & energy policy this Spring, California and Washington, DC, are both running hot. The last two weeks in Congress have seen optimism, retr...

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On Climate: Congress Restarts, California Threatens

Donnie Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Technology, Clean Energy, Congress, Lindsay Graham, Joe Lieberman, Clean Tech, John Kerry, Green News

Even though the Golden State is among the greenest of them all, this will be a close election that could shut things down in DC and in about 49 other state capitols. So pay attention and get engaged.

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A High School for Green Teens

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living Technologies, Hunts Point High School for Sustainable Community Initiatives, Green Jobs, Clean Tech, Steve Ritz, South Bronx, Green News

Steve Ritz's goal is to establish an open enrollment public school in the Bronx that would train students in emerging fields such as green roofing, urban agriculture, and natural resource management.

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The Empire State Building: How Gray Towers Become Green

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Building, Bill Clinton, Energy Efficiency, Mayor Bloomberg, Clean Tech, Global Warming, Empire State Building, Green News

An old landmark is getting a makeover that will not only reduce energy use by 38 percent but will pay for itself in energy savings in just three years.

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A Factory Where Clean Vehicles, Public Transit, and Economic Growth Converge

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Transit, Hybrids, Obama State of the Union, Green Economy, Green Energy, Clean Tech, Green Jobs, Green News

Standing in the lot of the hybrid bus company ISE, I felt like the clean vehicle future is no longer off in the distance; it is right around the corner.

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