National Clean Energy Summit

Scale, Scale, Scale

Carl Pope | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green


Carl Pope

When you hear a good clean-energy idea suggested, and someone else recommends doing half of it, be suspicious. When building a new energy economy, getting to scale requires efficiency, not moderation.

Put the Unemployed First

Carl Pope | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green


Carl Pope

Although still speculative, all the economic analyses of the economic crisis tend toward the same view: that growth might recover but employment won't.

Cities Will Play a Role in America's New Green Economy

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 09.10.2009 | Green


Antonio Villaraigosa

Today at the National Clean Energy Summit, I described the key role that Los Angeles and other cities around the country can play in the emerging green economy.

It's Not About Political Parties

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 04.06.2009 | Green


T. Boone Pickens

Ending our country's addiction to foreign oil isn't about being a Republican or about the Democratic Party. It's about America.

Reversing Churchill's Blunder

Carl Pope | Posted 09.20.2008 | Green


Carl Pope

It's getting hard to follow the proposals for a clean energy future without a scorecard, so here's my summary of the big ideas I've heard brought to the table.

National Clean Energy Summit: Business Leaders Encourage Cheap, Renewable Energy

AP | Posted 09.20.2008 | Green


Las Vegas: Representatives from Google Inc. and General Electric Co. said Tuesday that widespread use of renewable energy in United States would be po...

Google Throws $10 Million At Geothermal

DotEarth | Tom Zeller, Jr. | Posted 09.20.2008 | Green


Google.org, the public-spirited division of Google.com, charged with addressing "climate change, poverty and emerging disease," is using the backdrop ...