Green Energy Economy

Longmont Company To Build Nation's First Biofuels Plant

Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Longmont Colorado, Green Gasoline, Video, Louisiana, Biofuels, Sundrop, Green Energy, Colorado Green Energy, Sundrop Fuels, Green Energy Economy, ThyssenKrupp Uhde, Denver News

A Colorado-based biofuels company announced a partnership Wednesday to build what will be the nation's first commercial biofuels plant with an expecte...

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Help This New England Church Become More Efficient

Susanna Murley | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Green Building, Solar Decathlon, Greening Home, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Green Buildings, Building Green, 2011 Solar Decathlon, Green Home Tips, Planet Forward, Green Building Tips, Green News

Recently, a Planet Forward member emailed me to ask how her church should become more energy efficient, especially considering their tight budget.

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For Clean Energy, Politics Is Bad Business

Brian Keane | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Cape Wind, Keystone XL Pipeline, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Congress Green Jobs, Green Jobs, Republicans Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Politics Renewable Energy, Green News

Until we get serious about discussing clean energy's benefits to consumers -- more choices, more energy independence, more cost savings -- and stop focusing on how politics gets in the way, the industry will fight to go mainstream.

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The Supply and Demand of Renewable Energy

Dennis V. McGinn | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy, Third Industrial Revolution, Renewable Energies, Green Energy Economy, Solar Power, Renewable Energy Economy, Green News

After many "false starts," renewable energy technologies are beginning to take hold. As those technologies scale up, their costs decline.

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An Opportunity We Can't Afford To Miss

Jakada Imani | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Jobs, California, Green Jobs, Public Goods, Jerry Brown, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, San Francisco News

We've heard it before -- "green jobs are on the way!" Just a few years later, the economy crashed and green jobs became fewer and farther between than anticipated. But a weak economy doesn't make the bad air any less harmful.

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Defense and Aerospace Industry Should be Redirected to Renewable Energy Technology

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Boeing, Congress, Nasa, Federal Spending, President Obama, Electric Cars, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Defense and Aerospace, Defense Spending, Green Energy, Job Creation, Green Energy Economy, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Green News

If we redirected 25 percent of defense spending to renewable energy, we could spur competition and innovation amongst the top defense contractors for federal renewable energy contracts instead of military contracts.

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What It Takes to Preserve Environmental Justice in California

Jakada Imani | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Environment, Green, Justice, Ceqa, California Enviromental Regulation, Environmental Regulations, Environmental Policy, Green Jobs, California Environmental Quality Act, Green Development, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Los Angeles News

Critics of the California Environmental Quality Act claim it is inconvenient and expensive to consider the economic and health impacts on residents. They could not be more wrong.

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Green Shoots for Oil Independence

David Burwell | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Oil Dependency, Oil Demand, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Oil Dependence, Green News

Green shoots prophesying accelerated declines in American oil consumption are cropping up everywhere. Even before the recession, total domestic oil consumption was in decline and the trend accelerated as the economy lagged.

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How China Plans to Leapfrog the American Economy (And it's Not What You Think)

Ian Fletcher | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Rare Earth Elements, Green Energy, China Economy, Green Energy Economy, China, Books News

Beijing makes plans in very long increments. They, unlike our own election-cycle worshiping rulers, think through where they want their country to be 100 years from now. This is why China is busy economically colonizing Africa and is making fools of us in Afghanistan

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The Obvious Solutions Newt Gingrich Is Missing

Andy Mannle | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Energy, Environment, Newt Gingrich, Solar Energy, Scientific American, Oil Drilling, Clean Coal, Planyc, American Solutions, William McDonough, LEED Certification, Green Vision, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Safe Nuclear Power, Green News

Newt Gingrich is an ideas man. He's all about solutions. But by environmental solutions, he means solving problems the fossil fuel industry has with environmental regulation.

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Denver's Sustainable Future

James Mejia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LEED Certification, Sustainability, B-Cycle, Green Jobs, Electric Cars, Denver Mayor's Race, Denver Mayor, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Denver News

Sustainability must be at the heart and conscience of all the city of Denver does -- now and in the future. We can no longer afford the days of wanton consumption.

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USDA Accomplishments in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Sec. Tom Vilsack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Agriculture, Biofuels, Tom Vilsack, Biofuel, Renewable Energy, Usda, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Green News

Through investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, farms and rural small businesses across the country can reduce their energy consumption and energy expenses.

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Upside Down on Clean Energy

David Fenton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Clean Energy Jobs, Oil, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Economy, Climate Change, David Fenton, Climate Crisis, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Global Warming, Green News

In America today, the truth is upside down on clean energy. We have allowed ourselves to be successfully tarred as the people who will hurt the economy by the fossil fuel forces who will guarantee the economic decline of America.

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Addressing Climate Change: It's the Economy, Stupid

Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Green Energy, Green Energy Jobs, Renewable Electricity, China Green Dam, Green Energy Economy, Green News

If candidates don't stand up for green energy, then don't vote them in -- because it's not just our health, our national security, or the devastating climatic consequences -- it's the economy, stupid.

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This Labor Day, Green Companies and Union Workers Building a Sustainable Economy Together

Kimberly Freeman Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Workers, Labor Day, Nancy Pelosi, Green, Harry Reid, Green Business, Joe Biden, Green Living, Business, Green Energy, Labor Unions, Green Energy Economy, Unions, Barack Obama, Labor Day Weekend, Green News

The employers in our report and their responsible business and labor practices mark a shift toward a more sustainable model for workers, shareholders, and the planet.

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Change? Green Jobs Advocate Faces Prison for Dropping Banner, BP and Massey Go Free?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Jobs, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Fox News, Clean Energy Bill, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Democracy Now, Ted Glick, Bp, BP Oil Spill, Massey Energy, Energy Debates, Green News

A legendary nonviolent advocate dropped a "Green Jobs Now" banner down the hallway of the Hart Senate Office Building. He faces up to three years in prison. Let's put this bizarre situation in context.

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

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Where Businesses That Support Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Should Go

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Jobs, Apple, American Business for Clean Energy, Nike, Greenhouse Gases, Green, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Chamber of Commerce, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, US Chamber of Commerce, Abce, Green News

It turns out that when it comes to climate change, US businesses aren't so conservative after all. That's why a group like American Businesses for Clean Energy is so important.

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Exposed: Texas Big Oil Funding Petition to Kill California's Anti-Pollution Legislation

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Oil refiners Valero Energy Corp. and Tesoro Corp. are funding a petition drive to get a measure on the ballot suspending AB 32, California's landmark law to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

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Let California Lead: the Green Economy and Lessons from 1990's Zero Emissions Vehicle Mandate

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota, Green Jobs, California, Gm, Andrew Card, George W. Bush, Green, Rethink Reviews, Zero-Emission Vehicles, Pollution, Green Energy, Suvs, AB 32, Who Killed the Electric Car, Jonathan Kim, Ev1, General Motors, Toyota Prius, Greenhouse Gases, California Air Resources Board, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green Energy Economy, Hummer, SUV Sales, Global Warming, Green News

California has always represented a better future, and we seem more impatient to get there than anyone else. The examples are endless: the settlers ri...

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New Energy Economy -- Next Steps for Colorado and the Nation

Leslie Weise | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Governor Ritter, Energy Efficiency, Green Jobs, Fossil Fuels, Xcel, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Bill Ritter, Green Energy Economy, Solar Power, Denver News

There are many obstacles to transition our dependency on traditional fossil fuels to cleaner energy solutions, and Ritter has demonstrated the courage to confront those obstacles.

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What's Spanish for Total and Complete BS?

James Boyce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate, Clean Energy, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News

The money spent presenting fiction as fact over the past decade has had a real impact on the average American. Still, to this day, you will hear that there is debate about global warming, about whether it's happening at all.

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What if They Held an "Energy Citizen" Rally and Nobody Noticed?

Chris Savage | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Jobs, Energy Citizen, Energy Citizens Rallies, American Petroleum Institute, Michigan, Green Energy, Astroturf, Green Energy Economy, Business News

Could it possibly be that they held an "Energy Citizens Rally" in Michigan and nobody actually noticed? Not one single media source picked it up?

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Cash for Coal Anyone?

Steve Kirsch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Power, Cash for Clunkers, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Reactor, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Green-Energy-Jobs, Global Warming, Green News

Since the "Cash for Clunkers" program was so successful in stimulating demand for new autos, why not use the same concept to stimulate the demand for new clean power plants to replace dirty coal?

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Add a Gigawatt a Day to Keep the Climate Crisis at Bay

Steve Kirsch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Integral Fast Reactor, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Lamar Alexander, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Green Energy, Global Warming, Al Gore Global Warming, Obama Global Warming, Obama Energy Bill, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Reactor, Green-Energy-Jobs, Energy Bill, Green Energy Economy, Climate Bill, Green News

If we think we're going to make the goal from solar, wind, and other renewables alone, we must be smoking something. Every clean power technology, including nuclear, has to play a role.

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