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Most "green job" training programs aim to teach low-income workers the job skills necessary to join the nascent clean-tech economy: energy-efficiency ...
Paul Peete | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green
On opening day of the Solar Power International '09 exposition in Anaheim, CA., Rhone Resch, President and CEO of The Solar Energy Industries Association, proposed a Solar Bill of Rights.
Denver Business Journal | Cathy Proctor | Posted 10.28.2009 | Denver
A big fight is brewing over a proposal to run a new, $180 million power line through Colorado's San Luis Valley -- and many see it as a referendum on ...
Howard Learner | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green
Everyone is in search of which clean energy option will be the US's savior from fossil fuels. While wind looks promising, a perfect storm of opportunities might make solar the best game in town.
Paul McRandle | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green
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 | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver
DENVER — A Germany-based solar company plans to open its first North American manufacturing site in Denver. Gov. Bill Ritter and Denver Mayor J...
Battery Chargers | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green
Here are some great options for getting off grid power for your rechargables - including chargers you can hack yourself from stuff around the house - ...
A. Siegel | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green
Starting in 2010, there will be a gradual reduction in the FIT rate for new solar installations every year (with uncertainty about exact impacts of the new government).
Dane L. Parker | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green
As the Solar Decathlon teams compete in Washington D.C. this week to create the greenest structure possible, I find myself taking measure of my industry. We have a ways to go.
Ming Holden | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green
Midland just won California's highest environmental honor, and out of 2009's fifteen recipients it was the only school to have done so.
A. Siegel | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green
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.
Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green
University teams from around the world are busy constructing sustainable houses at this year's U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition...
AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 10.11.2009 | Denver
DURANGO, Colo. — The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric m...
AP | TIA GOLDENBERG | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green
SUSYA, West Bank — Residents of a West Bank village with no electricity have been helped out of the darkness by unlikely benefactors – a g...
Fast Company | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green
The Vertical Village, which contains residential, hotel, and entertainment facilities, features a massive solar array on its southern side that automa...
A. Siegel | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green
The Solar Decathlon is a biennial, ever-cool event, pitting colleges and universities across the nation in ten contests that "center on the ways we use energy in our daily lives."
Matt Wasson | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green
The concept of "energy sprawl," now associated with such a distorted picture of the impacts of wind, solar, coal and nuclear technologies, adds nothing but confusion and false impressions to the climate debate.
Mark Sinclair | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green
To overcome misperceptions and create a robust marketplace, the solar industry must begin to market solar energy like Coca-Cola sells soda or McDonald's sells hamburgers.
Mark Sinclair | Posted 09.22.2009 | Green
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.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green
I highly recommend Marc's blog if you are interested in the intersection of environment and business.
treehugger.com | Posted 09.10.2009 | Green
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. ...
Reuters | Posted 09.09.2009 | Green
Google is disappointed with the lack of breakthrough investment ideas in the green technology sector but the company is working to develop its own new...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.09.2009 | Green
In today's report: the rising cost of fighting wildfires, and is Jaws back?
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green
IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: California burning; Killing wolves; Recycling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch... PLUS: A Fracture in the Clean Coal Coalit...
Joe Territo | Posted 10.18.2009 | New York
The next time you hold your nose while filling up at the Vince Lombardi rest stop, breathe easy knowing New Jersey is doing its part to clean up our environment and decrease dependence on fossil fuels.
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nytimes.com | Liz Galst | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green