Blogs

• A long way from the grassroots - San Francisco Gate
  Sunday, October 12, 2008 There is no big secret to the formula for manipulating California's initiative process. Find a billionaire benefactor with the ideological motivation or crass self-interest to spend the $1-million plus to get something on ...
• Geothermal energy gathers steam - Independent Record
  RENO, Nev. — An unusual combination of economic and environmental forces have created a ‘‘perfect storm’’ that could help geothermal shed its back-seat status to its renewable cousins wind and solar energy, experts said at an international ... Rel...
• Despite landmark bills, Pa. legislature has undone work - Philadelphia Inquirer
  HARRISBURG - Some proposals sped through the House and Senate with only a few months of negotiations, others took years to reach a vote, but when the 2007-2008 legislative session ended Wednesday, the General Assembly had approved a number of ... ...
• School campaign tracks actual election - Morning Sentinel
  PITTSFIELD -- House mortgages, a foreclosure-prevention plan, the credit crisis, tax incentives, trade and globalization, biofuels and renewable energy. It was 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, and all of the students at Maine Central Institute already were gett...
• OECD gives proposed trading scheme a bad rap
  The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, has released the Economic Survey of Australia 2008 and criticises several aspects of the Government’s proposed emission trading scheme.  Primarily, the proposal for a cent-for-cent f...
• The Nation: New energy needs aid of rich nations
  Article taken from Bangkok’s The Nation, written by Achara Deboonme and published on page 4B on Tuesday, September 23, 2008. Industrialised countries are urged to take the lead in exploring and developing technologies on renewable energy, as the ...
• Will Energy-Saving Lightbulbs Help Fight Global Warming
  Will Energy-Saving Lightbulbs Help Fight Global Warming The European Union is imposing a ban on conventional light bulbs, replacing them with energy-saving bulbs. This article explores the cost of doing this to the tax payer and whether energy e...
• News Feature - Philippine Star On the web
  The practice of “green initiatives” has invaded many local industries, even the way a mobile network runs its cell cites. Smart Communications Inc. has been cited as the top mobile network operator in the world for wind-powered cell sites ... Rela...
• Missouri voters to decide renewable energy mandate - Joplin Globe
  Investor-owned utilities in Missouri will have to generate more power from renewable sources if voters approve Proposition C on Nov. 4. The Empire District Electric Co., which serves Joplin and much of the area, has taken a neutral stance on the ....
• Corporate Social Responsibility - CSR Wire
  We are the club for people with an interest in the energy industry at the Ross School of Business. Our focus is on strategy, trading, finance, project development, and entrepreneurship- in the traditional and renewable energy sectors. The Ross Ene...
• Solar energy gets a tax break - East Valley Tribune
  The future of Arizona's solar industry is shining brighter with the extension of federal solar-energy tax credits, which was part of the financial bailout bill approved Oct. 3. Not only are tax credits extended for eight years, but the amount of t...
• A ‘Green New Deal’ can save the world’s economy, says UN - The Independent
  The IoS Green List: Britain's top 100 environmentalists John Stewart: A one-maneco-industry Leading article: The green lining to this chaos Council salaries hit by bank collapses Carnage: Seven days that shook the world Is Gordon Brown cashing in ...
• Obama vs. McCain on Energy - OhmyNews
  The stock markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia continue to decline, for example, the fall in Japan was 9.6 percent. In some Latin American countries with stock exchanges also have had significant problems and also their currencies (the Mexican...
• The IoS Green List: Britain’s top 100 environmentalists - The Independent
  The IoS introduces the country's most effective greens Britain's most successful transport campaigner has come top of the first comprehensive list of the country's most effective greens, compiled by The Independent on Sunday . The little-known Joh...
• A ‘Green New Deal’ can save the world’s economy, states UN - The Independent
  Top economists and United Nations leaders are working on a "Green New Deal" to create millions of jobs, revive the world economy, slash poverty and avert environmental disaster, as the financial markets plunge into their deepest crisis since the ....
• E-mail this story - Joplin Globe
  Published October 11, 2008 06:39 pm - Casting a “yes” vote for Proposition C will have little effect on the development of alternative energy resources for the majority of our readers in Southwest Missouri. That’s because Empire District ... Relat...
• Reducing Power Bills To Save You Money
  How to reduce your electricity bill If you’re bogged down by the enormous electricity bills every month, it’s time to take some serious action by cutting your electricity bills following a few very simple steps. This article will list some simpl...
• New Generation Biofuels Signs Up First Industrial Heating Client
  Renewable fuels company, New Generation Biofuels have announced that the company has been successful in signing a contract to supply renewable biofuels to the Taunton State Hospital in Taunton Massachusetts.  The contract will see New Generation...
• Will EU Member States Use Economic Crisis to Weasel out of Climate Targets?
  Leaders of some EU countries may use the global financial crisis as an excuse to back out of climate change commitments, according to sources close to the ongoing energy negotiations The Guardian reports that the EU council, which meets next week,...
• Sightline Daily top picks 10/10/2008
  Sightline Daily top picks 10/10/2008 Posted on October 11, 2008 by brandibratrude photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Good Week, Bad Week for Solar Industry It was a home run, a grand slam...