House Hard at Work: Strips Renewable Energy Funding, EPA Regs
House strips $100M from DOE loan guarantee program, $1.5B from Advanced Vehicles, passes TRAIN Act, which guts Clean Air Act.
Coal Company Massey Could Have Corporate Charter Revoked
Bad corporate actors should not have the right to do business, say the petitioners.
State Roundup: Moving Planet Rally, RI Institutes Feed-in Tariff, CT Requires Composting
The Moving Planet rally takes place worldwide this Saturday; Rhode Island is quickly implementing feed-in tariff, Connecticut passes composting law.
Hershey Gets Failing Grade on Child Labor
It's the lone holdout among the nation's largest chocolate companies to end child labor in its supply chain.
EPA Launches Green Product Web Portal
The website leads individuals and institutional purchasers to Energy Star electronics, appliances, and WaterSense products.
Seattle Mariners Recycle/Compost 80% of Waste
The team has set a goal of having the first stadium that sends zero waste to landfills.
Climate Corps Identifies $650 Million in Energy Savings for McDonalds, Target, Others
Graduate students trained by Environmental Defense Fund helped 78 companies, cities and universities identify $650 million in potential savings through greater energy efficiency.
Oversight Hearing: How Obama’s Green Energy Agenda is Killing Jobs!
by Rona Fried How Obama’s Green Energy Agenda is Killing Jobs is the title of Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) Congressional oversight hearing, taking place today. Issa is Chief of Investigations for the House GOP and the lead investigator of what’s turning into the Solyndra scandal, named after the young solar company that had the nerve to go bankrupt after receiving a federal loan guarantee under the American Recovery Act (Stimulus Bill). Solyndra filed bankruptcy on Sept. 6 after receiving $535 million in US loan guarantees since 2009. Republicans pounced on the bankruptcy, says the Hill, arguing the Obama administration rushed to approve the loan guarantee without subjecting it to adequate oversight. The Dept of Energy (DOE) points out that although it’s inevitable that some companies that receive government support will fail, the reality is that out of the $2 billion the agency’s handed out, Solyndra is the only company to do so. What happened to Solyndra? Solyndra’s solar panels are installed at over 1000 facilities worldwide. It was widely lauded for its unique, cylindrically shaped CIGS solar modules designed for large commercial rooftop installations. Sales revenue rose 2000% in three years and venture capital firms invested $1 billion. Young solar companies […]
US Position Unchanged on Kyoto Protocol
The US won't back a post-Kyoto treaty unless major developing countries are included.
European Parliament Calls for Fast Action to Cut Black Carbon Soot & Other Non-CO2 Climate Forcers
Reducing black carbon soot and other climate forcers could reduce the pace of climate change 50%.
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