Irish Company Going Green To Make US Stimulus Bucks
CHICAGO — An Irish company hoping to benefit from the Obama administration's emphasis on renewable energy purchased three Illinois wind farms ne...
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Chu Announces $193 Million For Renewable Energy Research
AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 05.31.2009 | Green
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GOLDEN, Colo. — The primary U.S. lab for renewable energy will receive $110 million in federal stimulus funds and another $83 million will go to...
50 EPA Cleanup Sites To Get Stimulus Money
AP | HILARY RUSS | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — For decades, the New Bedford Harbor was a dumping ground for industrial metals and other contaminants. But now that harbor ...
What's Keeping The US From High-Speed Rail?
Mother Nature Network | Posted 05.11.2009 | Green
Yet President Barack Obama, intent on harnessing new technology to rebuild the devastated economy, made a last-minute allocation of $8 billion for hig...
Carbon-Neutral Phoenix Could Be On The Way (VIDEO)
Newsweek | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green
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Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon wants to make his city America's first carbon-neutral city. The stimulus money is flowing and he says that bum economy or no...
$3.2B Released In Local Energy Efficiency Upgrades
greenbiz.com | GreenerBuildings Staff, GreenerBuildingsPublished March 27, 2009 | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green
Of the $3.2 billion in block grant funds, $1.9 billion is to go to cities and counties; $770 million goes to states, which administer the money for co...
Obama Administration Says Energy Reform Not Negotiable
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Monday the nation must move quickly to develop clean and innovative sources of energy after years of de...
Many Renewable Projects Meet Local Opposition
wsj.com | Posted 04.20.2009 | Green
Even though Obama has approved tens of billions of dollars in direct grants, loans and loan guarantees for the renewable and transmission industries, ...
Forest Service Starts Spending Stimulus Funds
Green Inc. | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.13.2009 | Green
More agencies are starting to spend their stimulus money. The Forest Service is spending on brush-clearing. They're not using my favorite method -- go...
Eric Schmidt: "Green Energy Done Right Is More Profitable Than Old Energy"
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.05.2009 | Green
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Green vs. greenbacks. It's a balance we've been told we have to accept. But somebody who knows a lot more about making greenbacks than the vast major...
Smart Grid Spending: "More Than A Game Of Catchup"
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green
President Obama's economic stimulus bill places emphasis on green spending, including catapulting the country's energy grid into its next generation -...
Some States Still Don't See Economy-Environment Connection
AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green
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HELENA, Mont. — The call for economic stimulus is having an unintended side effect in places like Montana, where environmental protections are o...
Some States Not Ready For Flood Of Energy Efficiency Spending
nytimes.com | KATE GALBRAITH | Posted 03.29.2009 | Green
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Knoxville's timing is excellent. It began the arduous work of cataloguing deficiencies before the stimulus bill passed, and it is well along in planni...
Global Green Stimulus Surpasses $200 Billion
Reuters | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green
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Governments around the world have committed more than $200 billion toward technologies to cut dependence on fossil fuels, which should help keep green...
Weatherization Gets Best Bang For The Stimulus Buck
good.is | Ben Jervey | Posted 03.22.2009 | Green
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"The most important high tech tool of the new green economy," Van Jones likes to say, often pausing for dramatic effect, "is the caulk gun." Not photo...
Solar Power Vs. The Delicate Desert Ecosystem
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.19.2009 | Green
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There's never enough of one thing: moderation. With the green light for green energy should come a warning -- there's a catch to everything. With el...
The Stimulus Is Here -- Now What?
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.19.2009 | Green
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So it's finally passed -- a huge chunk of money will be flowing to infrastructure projects that are supposed to be green in nature and reinvigorate a ...
"Clean Coal," Nuclear Spending Removed From Stimulus
Grist | Posted 03.16.2009 | Green
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Somebody in the capital must have seen those "Reality" ads where the kindly man in the construction helmet offers a tour of a clean coal facility, onl...
High-Speed Rail Still Missing From Stimulus
Wall Street Journal | Posted 03.14.2009 | Green
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The Senate's revised stimulus bill provides $2 billion in funding for a high-speed rail corridor, as well as another $1.1 billion to upgrade existing ...
Obama Defends Energy Spending In First Presidential Press Conference
Grist | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green
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Obama also talked up the need for energy investments in his opening remarks. "More than 90 percent of the jobs created by this plan will be in the pri...
Browner: Green Jobs Jeopardized By Slow Stimulus Process
AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 03.12.2009 | Green
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WASHINGTON — Carol Browner, the White House energy and climate director, says prompt approval of the economic recovery package is needed to stem...
It Is Time to Order a New Economic Order
Peter Brown and Geoff Garver | Posted 03.12.2009 | Green
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The evidence is everywhere that continued dedication to 'economic growth,' per se, will destroy the Earth's ability to provide a healthy home for most life forms.
WINDVERTISING: Ads On Wind Turbines Add Even More Revenue
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green
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There's a lot of talk about greening the economy lately -- how renewable energy could lead to more jobs producing and installing solar panels, wind tu...
Alternative Energy's Great 2008 Also Revealed Its Weakness
AP | SANDY SHORE | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green
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DENVER — As the United States became the world leader in wind power, venture capitalists poured money into alternative energy projects until the...
Senate Looks To Boost Mass Transit, Highway In Stimulus
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday to give a tax break to new car buyers, setting aside bipartisan concerns over the size of an economic stim...
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