Key Votes to Watch: Climate, Fracking, Coal Exports
Usually vastly outspent by fossil fuel interests, the environmental community are top contributors to several key votes in the 2013 election.
Homes With Rooftop Solar, Smart Buildings Raises Value
Having a solar PV system at your house raises its market value and makes it quicker to sell, and the same goes for smart building technologies in commercial buildings.
Costa Rica Launches Carbon Trading, a First For a Developing Country
And it created an environmental bank to broker carbon trades, aptly named BanCO2!
Portland Maine: Important Vote on Tar Sands Today!
If voters pass the referendum, the code will be changed so that tar sands cannot be exported from Maine.
Microsoft Makes First Big Renewable Energy Purchase
Microsoft is buying the entire output of a wind farm in Texas, with the money coming from its internal carbon fee.
Another Big Solar Project Comes Online, This Time Solar PV
The 250 megawatt California Valley Solar Ranch is now producing energy.
Calvert Launches Green Bond Fund for Retail Investors
It will primarily invest in bonds that provide solutions to climate change and other environmental sustainability issues.
National Renewable Portfolio Standard Returns to Senate
Legislation re-introduced in the Senate would create a national Renewable Energy Standard that covers both renewables and efficiency.
US Will Publish Annual Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Obama Issues Executive Order on Climate Change
President Obama is directing federal agencies to consider the climate ramifications of every project funded, while also making US fossil fuel subsidies transparent.
Israel Gets Its First Big Solar Project: 5th Largest in the World
Brightsource is building the solar tower project, which will supply 2.5% of the country's electricity.