New Power Capacity from Renewables Tops Fossil Fuels
For the second year in a row, both the U.S. and Europe added more power renewables than convention energy sources.
Report Reveals Dramatic Decline in Illegal Logging
A decade of international effort to tackle the problem is having a beneficial effect.
BP To Buy Cellulosic Ethanol Business from Verenium
BP is buying out one of its partners in cellulosic ethanol development.
Smart Grid Company Trilliant Raises $106M
GE and Switzerland's ABB participated in the funding round.
Siemens Establishes Russian Wind Power Venture
Company will manufacture and install wind turbines with Rostechnologii and RusHydro.
Update: Tesla Motors to Deliver Prototypes to Toyota
Electric carmaker confirmed rumors about development deal with Toyota.
Green Week in Review podcast – July 16, 2010
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The Green Week in Review is a podcast, hosted by SustainableBusiness.com News Editor Bart King. It’s posted every Friday morning and is about 15 minutes long. You can listen to it through your browser or download it to a portable MP3 player. Sign up for our General News RSS Feed and it will be automatically downloaded to your computer’s media player each week. In this week’s show… Obama Pushes for Additional Clean Energy Tax Credits DOE Report Highlights Economic Impact of Advanced Vehicle Investments DOE Completes Recovery Funding For Cutting-Edge Cleantech Research Feds Establish Solar Demonstration Zone in Nevada California Sues Fannie, Freddie Over PACE Programs Genetically Modified Salmon: Coming Soon? Plus, a summary of the week’s top cleantech headlines. ++++ Email comments or questions to bart@sustainablebusiness.com
DOE Highlights Impact of Recovery Act on Advanced Vehicle Investments
All nine batteries plants funded by DOE are now under construction.
Reid Introduces Two Renewable Energy Bills in US Senate
Bills establish revenue sharing for renewables on public lands and create a fund for geothermal projects.
Environmental Impact of World Cup Needs Improvement
Far-flung destination of the tournament led to an over-sized emissions footprint.
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