US Green Building Council Raises LEED Standards for 2012
2012 standards require re-certification and mandatory reporting on energy and water management.
Colleges Going Solar in a Big Way
Installed solar capacity on campuses grows by 450% in just three years.
California to Recycle 75% by 2020, Oregon Hits 50% Recycling Rate
California Governor signs bill to recycle 75% by 2020, while Oregon recycled or recovered 50% of its waste in 2010.
China's PV Feed-In Law Results in Solar Boom, Unlike Weak US Subsidies
China's PV feed-in law has already led to a 14 GW pipeline, while the US subsidizes fossil fuels way more than renewables.
Vermont Aims for 90% Renewable Energy by 2050
Vermont will shut its sole nuclear plant and turn to renewables for most of its energy.
One Year Later: Gulf Coast Restoration Plan Released
Stakeholders are excited by the plan, which would restore wetlands and critical habitat, and deal with the dead zone, but funding has yet to be approved by Congress.
GE Invests $50 Million In India Wind Company Greenko
GE's investment funds 500 MW of wind across India, and sets the stage for 1 GW of projects.
The Perils of Investing In China
by Andreas Schreyer In The Green Investor newsletter, which guides investors in developing green stock portfolios, we have been generally supportive of China, despite being the world’s largest polluter, for its progressive energy policies and its massive investment in renewable energy. We have been attracted to the growth prospects of Chinese renewable energy markets and have been cautiously selecting China-related investments, but sadly, we are now forced to downgrade Chinese and China-dependent investments to the speculative risk category. Cases of fraud, stock manipulations and intellectual property theft are not new in China, and our older subscribers painfully remember getting stopped out of RINO International Corp. when their false accounting scam was revealed. We are now finding out that the American Superconductor implosion earlier this year is the direct result of intellectual property theft. The American Superconductor Saga When we issued our sell recommendation for American Superconductor (AMSC) in June, the only information available was that the company was going to miss its quarterly and yearly financial expectations in a big way because its largest customer Sinovel, the leading Chinese wind turbine manufacturer, which overtook GE last year for the #2 rank in the world, was in breach of contract for […]
A Solar Bridge Will Span the River Thames in England
4400 solar panels will span the 1886 bridge; rising renewable levels put fossil fuels in the back seat.
World's Greenest Office Building Under Construction
Bullitt Foundation's Seattle headquarters is setting a precedent in green building design.
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