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October 21, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Moving Beyond Oil
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- aceee, crist, energyefficiency, energypolicy, florida, maryland, psc, southeast, utilities
This post is co-authored by Brandi Colander, NRDC, and John D. Wilson, SACE. Florida is the dim bulb in the otherwise efficiency-dark Southeast, and the 2009 Energy Efficiency Scorecard from ACEEE shows how badly its electric utilities are dragging Florida's...continued→
September 30, 2009
Posted by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Solving Global Warming
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- concentratingsolar, csp, desert, energyandclimate2009, nuclear, nytimes, solarenergy, Southwest
On my commute on the NYC subway this morning (which by the way I discovered is decreasing in carbon intensity), I came across this New York Times story, "Alternative Energy Projects Stumble on a Need for Water" by Todd Woody...continued→
July 21, 2009
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Solving Global Warming
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- energy, nuclear, renewableenergy, renewables
On Wednesday, the American Enterprise Institute will be holding a little pep rally for nuclear power. In the event description, they make the following standard disparaging remark about renewables, suggesting that nuclear is the option that can scale: Yet renewable...continued→
July 20, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Green Enterprise
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Reviving the World's Oceans
, Solving Global Warming
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- climatechange, energy, offshorerenewables, offshorewind, offshorewindindustry, windindustry, windpower
There is a growing debate about domestic offshore wind siting. Fortunately, we are beyond; to build or not to build. Now of course the question is where, or perhaps how? As offshore wind technology advances there may be ways to...continued→
June 2, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Environmental Justice
, Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Solving Global Warming
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- agriculture, energyefficiency, food, freshfood, GHG, gothamgreens, greencollareconomy, greenhousegasemissions, hydroponic, rooftop, sustainableagriculture, urbanagriculture, urbangarden, urbanmarketplace
Often overlooked, the agricultural sector is particularly sensitive to fluctuating energy costs and demands. Take California for example, it takes 4% of the state's electricity in order to produce, process, and store approximately 200 food and fiber crops. There is...continued→
June 1, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Green Enterprise
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Solving Global Warming
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- capewind, cleanenergy, fossilfuels, markettransformation, oceans, ocs, offshorewind, renewableenergy, wind, windpower
Last week, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick stated that the state has "done its job" of reviewing Cape Wind, noting that the federal permitting process was "winding down." Finalizing a Certificate of Environmental Impact and Public Interest for the Cape Wind...continued→
April 16, 2009
Posted by Pete Altman in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Solving Global Warming
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- climatechange, dirtycoal, dirtyfuels, energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, smears, uschamberofcommerce
The US Chamber of Commerce has been drinking its own Kool-Aid again, and trying this time to get members of Congress to think it's green tea. The Chamber is attempting to convince policymakers that burdensome regulations are blocking clean energy...continued→
March 5, 2009
Posted by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Moving Beyond Oil
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
, Solving Global Warming
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- canada, dirtyfuels, globalwarming, nuclear, tarsands
We greeted Canadian Environment Minister Prentice in DC at the start of this week. Minister Prentice has been a strong proponent of expansion of Canadian tar sands oil development, despite the high global warming pollution, and the extensive damage to...continued→
February 12, 2009
Posted by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
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- energyefficiency, energyproduction, microgrids, micropower, negawatts, nuclear, utilities
Earlier this week, Amory Lovins, Chief Scientist at the Rocky Mountain Institute, and described by the New York Times Freakonomics Blog co-editor, Stephen J. Dubner, as the "energy maven's energy maven," posted a guest blog titled, "Does a Big Economy...continued→
January 16, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Green Enterprise
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Reviving the World's Oceans
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- capewind, denmark, MMS, obamaadministration, offshorewind, renewableenergy, windpower
A few years ago I had the opportunity to visit Denmark and witness firsthand what the promise of offshore wind could hold. Amazing. It was one of those moments where you feel the need to pinch...continued→
