Renewables

Energy: Who Cares?

Jeffrey Ball | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Oil and Gas, Energy, Gas Prices, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Green Energy, Solar Power, Clean Energy Future, Energy Revolution, Business News
Jeffrey Ball

This holiday weekend, many Americans will feel what seems a powerful pain at the pump. But an American energy revolution that shifted meaningfully away from fossil fuels would require something more than episodic financial pain. It would require ongoing economic smarts.

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Is There a Clean Energy Standard in Our Future?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Jeff Bingaman, Economics, Massachusetts v. EPA, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Utilities, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Fuel Economy, Pollution, Power Plants, Clean Air Act, Transportation, Carbon Footprint, Clean Energy Standard, Energy Efficiency, Biomass, Electricity, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Copenhagen Accord, Renewables, Hydropower, Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Solar Power, Clean Energy Standard Act (S2146), Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Gas, Green News
Bill Chameides

Americans are behind Obama, in the sense that they support the president's concept of a national clean energy standard. But they're also behind, in the sense that the voting public is unwilling to go as far as the president wants to go because of costs.

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Japan Mulls Shift To Renewable Energy Following Nuclear Disaster

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH and MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Video, Japan Tsunami, Japan Nuclear Crisis, Japan Nuclear Disaster, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Japan-Green-Energy, Japan, Japan Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Green News

TOKYO -- Another long, stupefyingly hot summer is looming for Japan just as it shuts down its last operating nuclear power reactor, worsening a squeez...

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Exxon's Big Bet on Shale Gas Won't Pay Off if Clean Energy Scales

Mike Casey | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Oil, Renewables, Clean Energy, Fracking, Sustainable Energy, Green Energy, Fossil Fuels, Exxon Mobil, Green News
Mike Casey

The clean energy industry has to dramatically scale its advocacy investment to meet an aggressive disinformation campaign trained against it by the fossil lobby.

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Nuclear Power's Green Mountain Grassroots Demise

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Oyster Creek, Vermont Yankee, San Onofre, Solartopia, Garvin Murtha, Loan Guarantees, Fukushima, NukeFree.Org, Obama, Atomic Energy Act, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Andrew Cuomo, Nuclear Renaissance, Green Power, Nrc, Renewables, Indian Point, Department of Energy, Green Energy, Nuclear Power, Entergy, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

If the citizens of Vermont can shut Yankee, a dam will be breached and the post-Fukushima power of a rising grassroots tsunami will be made tangible. Solartopia will be that much closer.

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The Power of Running on Clean Energy -- Even for GOP Candidates

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Jobs, Renewables, Super Tuesday, Election 2012, GOP Candidates, Video, Politics News
Heather Taylor-Miesle

At a time when jobs are scarce and gas prices are high, smart candidates are discovering the power of running on clean energy.

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Green Energy Is About Green Backs

Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Alternative Energy, Green Technology, Renewable Energy, Wave Energy, Renewables, Wave Power, Green Energy, Green Economy Waves, Climate Change Energy, Energy Environment, Green News
Daniel J. Graeber

The first industrial revolution was driven by carbon-based energy resources. The second one is driven by green technologies. The wind, the sun's rays and waves are just as much a source of energy as oil and natural gas.

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Investing in the New Economy

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Investing, Congress, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Green for All, Green Jobs, Darrell Issa, Green, Jobs, Green Living, Business, Green Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Solar Power, Green News
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

Green jobs pay higher, are more available to those with only a high school degree -- and are growing faster than jobs in the rest of the economy. It's a smart sector in which to invest.

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A Look at Our Energy Outlook

Bill Chameides | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Energy, Climate, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Copenhagen, Renewable Fuels Standard, Policy, Barack Obama, Politics, Electricity, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Copenhagen Accord, Oil, Renewables, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, State of the Union, Global Warming, Natural Gas, Green News
Bill Chameides

Crossposted with TheGreenGrok.com.Steady as we go with energy but definitely not on our climate target. Presidential Disconnect? A little more than tw...

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In the Wake of Durban and the Hottest Decade on Record: The Way Forward on Global Warming

Margie Alt | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, States, Clean Cars, Environment, Durban, Renewables, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
Margie Alt

Our national leaders will only act after much of the groundwork for shifting the economy away from fossil fuels has already been done.

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The Five Scariest Things About Halloween 2011

Terry Tamminen | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Fertilizer, Pesticides, Solyndra, Climate Change, Deepwater Horizon, Food and Agriculture Organization, Renewables, Clean Energy, Halloween, Water Scarcity, Food Waste, Population, Dead Zones, Green News
Terry Tamminen

The United Nations predicts that on Halloween this year, the human population will hit the seven billion mark. But that's not even the scary statistic.

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Take Your Pick from the Energy Subsidies Tree: Apples, Oranges, or Blossoms

Bill Chameides | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Fuel, Energy, Solar, Gasoline, Ben Healey, Wind, Renewable Energy, Mitt Romney, Subsidies, Nuclear, Jeff Flake, Policy, Coal, Mike Pompeo, Politics, Nancy Pfund, Oil Industry, Energy Industry, Fossil Fuels, Herman Cain, Oil, Environment, Renewables, Jimmy Carter, Rick Perry, Environmental Protection Agency, Video, Green News
Bill Chameides

When assessing green energy subsidies, a little history helps.

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Clean Energy Advances Despite Washington's Worst Efforts

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Governor Perry, Tea Party, Proposition 23, Renewables, Texas, George Schultz, Eric Cantor, John Warner, California, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News
Heather Taylor-Miesle

Protecting our nation from climate change and putting Americans to work in the clean energy sector are not elite, partisan issues. They are the building blocks of the 21st century.

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AOL Energy Week In Review

Shifra Mincer | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Business News, Energy, Renewables, Green Energy, Business News
Shifra Mincer

The US East Coast was still reeling from Hurricane Irene this week as power was gradually restored to millions who were disconnected during the storm...

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After a Scorching Week, Wind Power Lessons From the Texas Heat Wave

Denise Bode | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Renewable Resources, Electricity, Awea, Wind Turbine, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, American Wind Energy Association, Texas Heat Wave, Wind Energy Texas, Energy, Green News
Denise Bode

For three straight days in the real world last week, wind made the difference between keeping the lights on and the air conditioners running -- and rolling blackouts.

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Tanana -- Tiny City in Yukon Takes a Giant Renewable Step

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Alaska, Natural Resources, Wood Biomass, Economics, Economy, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Duke University, Diesel, Nicholas School of the Environment, Energy Efficiency, Biomass, Bioenergy, Fossil Fuels, Renewables, Duke Alumni, Energy Independence, Recovery Act, Department of Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Forests, Tanana, Garns, Green News
Bill Chameides

In DC, our leaders are arguing over how much of our Alaskan wilderness we should open up for oil and gas extraction. In the meantime, some enterprising folks, with a lot less clout but a lot at stake, have decided to go their own renewable way.

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Don't Nuke the Budget!

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Bonnie Raitt, Nuclear Renaissance, Renewables, Jackson Browne, Obama, Muse, Budget Crisis, Graham Nash, Nuclear Power, Kitaro, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

Slashing social services, environmental protection and so much more to pay for new nuclear plants is not the way to a sustainable green-powered Earth.

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Tom Zeller Jr.

Wind Power Noise Dispute On Tranquil Maine Island Intensifies

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Noise Pollution, Fox Island Electric Cooperative, Vinalhaven Wind Power, Penobscot Bay Maine, Wind Power Noise Pollution, Renewable Energy, Fox Island Electric, Renewables, Penobscot Bay Wind Power, Fox Island Wind, Penobscot Bay, Wind-Power-Noise, Nimby, Maine Wind Power, Maine, Green News

While thousands of wind power enthusiasts and industry representatives gather in Anaheim Calif. for Windpower 2011, the American Wind Power Associatio...

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The China-Europe-America Smackdown

Terry Tamminen | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Solar, Empire State Building, Green, Environment, Wind, Renewables, Obama-Energy-Efficency, China, Governator, Green News
Terry Tamminen

America, it could be worse. We could be Europe. I mean, we're still mostly in the race with China -- in the past five years, they improved energy effi...

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Start the Green Revolution Without U.S.

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Thomas Friedman, Mass Transit, Florida, Energy-Efficient Lighting, Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs, Research, Economics, Economy, George W. Bush, Wind, Renewable Energy, Greg Wetstone, Bill Gates, Green Revolution, New York, Barack Obama, Transportation, Rick Scott, Energy Efficiency, Bicycles, U.S. Congress, Environment, Renewables, American Wind Energy Association, Green Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Ieee, Green News
Bill Chameides

Not that long ago, it seemed Americans had decided, for economic, national security, and environmental reasons, we were going to be enthusiastic participants in the green revolution. But the pendulum has clearly swung in the other direction.

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Renewable Energy and the Little Engine That Could

Kelly Rigg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Wisconsin, America, Activism, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Wind Energy, Coal, Wisconsin Protests, Green News
Kelly Rigg

I have often thought the uphill climb faced by advocates of renewable energy was like the "little blue engine" of the post-industrial age. Is it possible to power that engine of economic growth with renewables instead of coal and oil?

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Here Come a Bunch of Bills Aimed at Blocking EPA's Ability to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Christopher Mims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon, Energy, Epa, Clean Air Act, Biomass, Solar, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Renewables, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Coal, Methane, China, Epa Regulations, Greehouse Gas Emmissions, Wind Turbines, Green News
Christopher Mims

The Climate Post offers a rundown of the week in climate and energy news The Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mic...

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Weekly Mulch: Can Clean Energy Curb Climate Change? Probably Not.

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The American Prospect, Clean Coal, Public News Service, Obama, Clean Energy, Care2, Shale Gas, Kern County, Carol Browner, Energy and Environment, Penn State, Mother Jones, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Sotu, Renewables, Hydrofracking, Climate Bill, ORION MAGAZINE, Natural Gas, North Carolina, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger During the State of the Union address earlier this week, President Barack Obama spoke at length about clea...

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Xcel Energy Explores Expedited Closure Of Coal-Fired Unit

AP | CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Power, Excel Energy, Xcel, Cherokee 4, Coal Plant, Colorado Renewable Energy, Colorado Mining Association, Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Colorado, Renewables, Denver News

DENVER — Xcel Energy Inc. is studying what it would take to speed up its timetable for retiring some coal-fired power plants to help Colorado me...

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Some Progress in Cancún Climate Talks, but Mostly a Morass of Competing, Even Mutually Exclusive Interests

Christopher Mims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Renewables, Clean Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Cancun Climate Talks, Power Plant, Emissions Regulations, Cancun Climate Summit, Green News
Christopher Mims

Monday, negotiators at the Cancún climate summit got down to brass tacks, settling into "vast, sunless meeting rooms, intent on restoring the credibility of a process aimed at slowing global warming."

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