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New York State has a Big Choice - Monday

Jack Hidary | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Solar, Sheldon Silver, New York State, Steve Israel, New York, David Paterson, New York News
Jack Hidary

Let's see if our dysfunctional state system can pass a bill that helps us all or whether we are doomed to be left behind as the rest of the country benefits from the new energy economy.

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Clean Energy Business Zones: A Tool for Economic Growth

Joshua Freed | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy Business Zones, Small Business, Progressive, Solar, Economy, Wind, Empowerment Zone Program, Jobs, Dan Maffei, Clean Energy, Cbiz, Green News
Joshua Freed

America has led virtually every technological revolution of the past century. We'll do it again with clean energy. And we have the opportunity for everyone to share in the prosperity, rather than just a few.

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Menendez Lays Down a Solar Challenge

A. Siegel | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Senator Robert Menendez, Solar Energy, Solar, 2009 Solar Decathlon, Solar Power, Green News
A. Siegel

If there is a New Jersey Decathlon entry in 2011, it seems clear that Menendez will lead the way among Senators laying down some bets in the competition.

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Crooked Climate

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry Boxer, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Clean Energy, Solar, Climate Change, Green News
Heather Taylor-Miesle

Why are common-street crooks savvy enough to understand the immediate value of renewable energy but so many of our Members of Congress are unbelievably unaware?

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Our Noisy Sun: Happy Solar Outage Month

Lisa Napoli | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Cable Tv, Solar, Astronomy, Robert Halderman, David Letterman, Media News
Lisa Napoli

The other night when I turned on my boob-tube, there was no signal. Control freaks take heart: If you must know exactly when this might happen to you and your TV service, type in "solar outage calculator" online.

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Community Coup: Chickens Are the New Dog

Zem Joaquin | Posted 10.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Chickens, Solar, Organic Garden, Domestic Pets, Grow, Trends, Urban Agriculture, Rural, Organic, Agrarian, Urban, Eggs, Chicken, Poultry, Environment, Hens, Green News
Zem Joaquin

We got our hens after we had to give up our dog due to my son's allergies. I decided that if I was getting a new pet, it was going to reciprocate and have some positive environmental claw-print.

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Smart Solar Marketing

Mark Sinclair | Posted 09.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Energy, Solar, Green Energy, Solar Power, Green News
Mark Sinclair

To overcome the many misperceptions and create a robust marketplace, the solar energy industry must begin to market solar power like Coca-Cola sells soda or McDonald's sells hamburgers.

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News Flash - All Fuels Have Indirect Effects

Bob Dinneen | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Solar, Biofuel, Renewable Energy, Wind, Oil, Petroelum, Ethanol, Coal, Natural Gas, Green News
Bob Dinneen

No credible research can conclude that ethanol production in the U.S. is the driving force behind deforestation and other land use changes in other sovereign nations.

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A New Number for a New Era: From 9/11 to 350

Billy Parish | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Fear, Solar, 350.Org, Bush, Hope, Terrorism, Wind, Green, 9/11, Vanjones, Clean Energy, Iraqwar, Glenn, 350, Beck, Glennbeck, Afghanistan, Jones, Justice, Iraq, Color of Change, Van, Green News
Billy Parish

Until we change our lifestyle, the Earth will remain in the danger zone. There is still time to bring carbon dioxide levels back down, but it's going to take a major transformation in how we think and act.

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Google's Custom Solar Technology Will Reduce Costs by 60%

treehugger.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Google, Solar, Google Solar, Environment, Sustainability, Google Solar Power, Clean Energy, Green Business, Green Energy, Technology, Solar Power, Green Technology, Green News

Google's developing new solar tech that will drop the cost from 18 cents a kW-h to just under 5. At least, it's hoping to. ...

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Global Clean Energy Economy Won't Wait for U.S. to Catch Up

Rob Perks | Posted 08.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Windpower, Energy, Congress, Solar, Climatechange, Wind, Renewableenergy, Obama, Dirtycoal, Cleanenergy, Climatebill, Green News
Rob Perks

Let's all remember that America is a nation built on the foundation of freedom, independence and self-sufficiency -- and those values must be at the heart of our strategy for energy policy.

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Nebraska Gets First All Geothermal Neighborhood

energycurrent.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Energy, Solar, Evolving Energy Tech, Renewable Energy, Heat, Wind, Geothermal Energy, Nebraska, Green News

Lot sales are underway at The Bridges, a community near Lincoln that will be the first Nebraska subdivision to be completely heated and cooled by geot...

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Gore To Back Emissions Reduction

theage.com.au | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2, Energy, Clean Air, Gas, Solar, Carbon Emissions, Wind, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy, Pollution, Green Energy, Carbon, Evolving Energy Tech, Environment, Al Gore, Co2 Reduction, Green News

A fully costed map for how Australia could reduce greenhouse gas emissions "at emergency speed" will be developed with the backing of former US vice-p...

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Stimulus Funds Go To Improving Energy In Texas

myhighplains.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas, Solar, Austin, Green, Renewable Energy, Wind, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Federal Stimulus, Stimulus, Austin Texas, Texas, Evolving Energy Tech, Environment, Oil, Green News

More than 218-million-dollars in federal stimulus funds are being made available to Texas for public sector energy improvements....

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Clean Energy Debate Leads To Regional Divide

nytimes.com | MATTHEW L. WALD | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Congress, Solar, Wind Energy, Green, Wind, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Solar Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Climate Change, Globak Warming, Climate Change Bill, Bill, Green News

While most lawmakers accept that more renewable energy is needed on the nation's grid, the debate over the giant climate-change and energy bill now be...

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EIA: US Emissions Diving More Than 4% in 2009

Dennis Markatos | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Solar, Oil, Climate Change, Coal, Recession, Global Warming, US Emissions, Natural Gas, Green News
Dennis Markatos

US greenhouse gas emissions are falling quickly in 2009 and bringing us within close reach (a few years) of 1990 levels.

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Why NYC is Not a Top 10 Green City

Dennis Markatos | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Wind Power, Solar, Renewable Energy, Green Cities, Bicycling, Climate Change, Top 10, New York City, Global Warming, New York News
Dennis Markatos

New York City is making progress toward environmental and climate leadership. But we have a ways to go if we want to ensure a place in top 10 green American cities lists.

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Increase in Renewables Aids Human Rights

John Gartner | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Human Rights, Solar, Africa, Human Rights Violations, Alternative Energy, Green Energy, Green News
John Gartner

The "curse of oil," which says that national per capita income often goes down after oil is discovered in a nation, is well documented in cases around the globe.

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Fed Works To Speed Southwest's Solar Development

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar, Green Energy, Green News

NEW YORK — The government will help companies build powerful solar farms in the desert Southwest by pre-qualifying huge swaths of federal land f...

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World's Largest Solar Project Planned For Saharan Desert

inhabitat.com | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Living, Saharan Dessert, Solar Energy, Solar, Environment, Green, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Europe, Solar Power, Green News

If just 0.3% of the Saharan Desert was used for a concentrating solar plant, it would produce enough power to provide all of Europe with clean renewab...

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DIY: 7 Great Weekend Solar Power Projects

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Living, Do-It-Yourself, Recycle, Home Projects, Green, Environment, Solar Projects, Solar, Green Living, Green News

Looking for a fun project to take on this weekend? Looking to improve your skills with solar? We have some suggestions to accomplish both of these to-...

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Beyond Photovoltaics: Rebirth of the Other Solar Power

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 07.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Concentrating Solar Power, Desertec, Solar, Green News, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Solar Concentrators, Solar Thermal, Csp, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

When I stumbled across an inventor obsessed with perfecting the technology to roast coffee, I was unprepared for the lesson I was about to get in solar concentrating technology.

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Make Your Own Solar iPhone Charger (SLIDESHOW)

thedailygreen.com | Posted 07.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Iphone, Environment, Green, Renewable Energy, Solar, Charger, Diy, Green News

Got an iPod? Got access to sunlight? Then have we got the green-it-yourself project for you! Thanks to Jerome Kelly from Instructables.com and Earthj...

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Clean-Energy Proposals In Congress Too Weak Says Renewables Industry

Grist | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Congress, Solar, Renewable Energy, Wind, Green Business, Green Energy, Energy, Green Jobs, Green News

Though they're pleased to see a federal RES moving forward in Congress, leaders in the clean-energy industry say those plans are way too weak. If the...

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Hats off to a Bright Green Future

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

Read More: UC Berkeley, Green, Cap and Trade, Graduation, Solar, Green News
Cameron Sinclair

Roland Saekow, a recent UC Berkeley graduate, helped to pass the Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) legislation on campus, which generates $200,000 annually for green projects at Berkeley.

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