Low Carbon Energy

Promise of New Renewable Energy Agency in Peril?

Lily Riahi | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green


Lily Riahi

After three decades of resistance, the first and only intergovernmental agency to focus solely on renewable energy development is finally ready to launch on July 1st.

Smart Growth: Three Simple Steps to Help the Economy and the Planet

Bill Shireman | Posted 02.14.2009 | Business


Bill Shireman

Taxes aren't just too high, they're too dumb. Whenever we put a tax on something, we get less of it. Yet, incomprehensibly, we continue to tax the things we want more of.

11 States Move to Develop a Low-Carbon Fuel Standard

Nathanael Greene | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green


Nathanael Greene

A "low carbon fuel standard" (LCFS) is a market-based, technologically neutral policy to address the carbon content of fuels. 11 states have banded together to start developing this.