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With hopes pinned on green jobs being among the first sparks to help kindle a rise in the economy, it's worth taking a look at actual green jobs in U.S. cities.
AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
ARCADIA, Fla. — President Barack Obama made a pitch for renewable energy Tuesday, announcing $3.4 billion in government support for 100 projects...
Yahoo! News | Tom Doggett | Posted 10.27.2009 | Technology
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday will announce $3.4 billion in government grants to help build a "smart" electric grid that w...
Mike Smith | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
Consumer education is critical. Whether we as Americans will adopt smart grid and pay small surcharges, knowing the impact we have on carbon footprint, seems the biggest challenge.
Business First of Louisville: | Vandana Sinha | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green
The Department of Energy said it plans to unlock $3.3 billion in federal stimulus grants, of up to $200 million apiece, to companies and utilities to ...
Michael Moynihan | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green
To ignite not only the immediate economy but also the economy of the next ten years, the Administration and Congress need to move forcefully to remove barriers to the clean economy.
greenercomputing.com | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green
There's been plenty of hype about the Smart Grid --- some justified and some not. But the gold award for Smart Grid hype has to go to Cisco, whose spo...
Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green
The nation's electricity industry is in for an overhaul. Power lines spread across the country are finally moving into the digital age with smart grid...
AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — Thomas Alva Edison, meet the Internet. More than a century after Edison invented a reliable light bulb, the nation's electricity di...
treehugger.com | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green
UK Government Reveals Ambitious Smart Meter Plans The European Union has already made moves to mandate smart meters, but now the Guardian tells us tha...
Andrea Chalupa | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green
Given the crisis we face, we should all be driving around in zero-emission vehicles. Forget the flying car and living like the Jetsons! We need cars that don't emit C02, now.
Art Brodsky | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media
The Obama Internet and tech agenda came roaring out of the transition under a full head of steam. Now it's more or less creeping along, bogged down largely by circumstances beyond its control.
Christopher Meyer | Posted 05.12.2009 | Business
Open standards are an essential enabler in the development of any shared infrastructure, but the habits of mind that lead to open platforms are not yet widespread with respect to software.
AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 04.06.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — The Senate's top Democrat on Thursday proposed new federal authority to build special power lines that carry renewable energy _ lik...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.05.2009 | Green
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...
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 -...
Jesse Jenkins | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green
For those paying close attention, there was a nugget of critical energy and climate policy news buried at the tail end of a Saturday New York Times story focused on President Obama's budget plans.
AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — Across the Great Plains the wind blows incessantly, while in the remote Nevada desert the sun bears down without relief. Each holds...
Jesse Jenkins | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green
What does $80 billion really mean in the context of the 21st century United States energy system?
NBC | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green
"Smart grids" and "smart homes" are new discussions nationally -- and exciting ones, at that -- but some towns have been speaking that language for a ...
Engadget | Ross Miller | Posted 03.14.2009 | Green
The New York Times is reporting Google will announce a free web service tomorrow called PowerMeter that'll let users track energy consumption in their...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green
Google is dipping its toes in the very buzz-friendly waters of "smart grid" technology. Google.org, the philanthropic wing of the Internet giant, has ...
Grist | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green
Grist: You've been active on green issues in Boulder. What do you hope to be able to do with that experience in your new role at the White House? McG...
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Paul McRandle | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green