NYC Releases Green Jobs Plan
Set of 30 initiatives aims to double green jobs in the city over the next decade.
Federal Government Proposes Polar Bear Critical Habitat
Proposal designates 200,541 square miles along the coast of Alaska as critical habitat for the polar bear.
Methane to Markets Partnership Reduces Emissions
EPA's latest update on the M2M program shows continuing success.
Colorado Solar Research Center Powers Up
Solar Technology Acceleration Center ready to break ground; adds membership of NREL and EPRI.
Tug-'O-War Over Energy Star Program
Congress is at odds with EPA and DOE as to who should have authority over energy efficiency program.
MEMC to Acquire SunEdison
Wafer maker buys into solar integration market for more than $200 million.
Trina Solar, Proinso Sign 108MW Supply Deal
Trina modules will be used in Proinso's European projects.
STR Plans IPO for Next Month
It will be the first IPO of a U.S. solar company in 15 months.
Green Week in Review podcast – October 23, 2009
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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… The US Department of the Interior announced to critical decisions this week, one concerning oil and gas drilling off Alaska’s northern coast and another concerning land lease policy for oil shale development in western states. Two important reports came out this week. The first, by the National Research Council, identified $120 billion in hidden costs associated with US energy production. And the second by the White House Council on Environmental Quality, proposed a framework for developing a self-sustaining home energy efficiency retrofit industry. Also, Senate Democrats may have found another Republican willing to support climate change legislation. Plus, a summary of the week’s top cleantech headlines. ++++ Email comments or questions to bart@sustainablebusiness.com
Organic Farming Can Cool the World that Chemical Farming Overheated
A report from GRAIN discusses how agriculture can put back much of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into the soil. Soils contain enormous amounts of carbon, mostly in the form of organic matter. The report shows that industrial agriculture, and thus the global food system, has spewed large amounts of this carbon into the atmosphere. Policies focused on restoring soil fertility – restoring the organic matter in the soil which has been lost – would make a huge contribution to resolving the rapidly escalating climate crisis. In 50 years, soils could capture about 450 billion tons of carbon dioxide – more than two thirds of the current excess in the atmosphere. The role of the global industrial food system in creating the climate crisis has been seriously underestimated, says the report. Calculations reveal the global food system is the most important single factor behind global warming, responsible for almost half of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. This includes oil-dependent industrial farming, together with the expansion of the meat industry, the destruction of world’s savannahs and forests to grow agricultural commodities, the use of fossil-fuel energy to transport and process food, and the extensive use of chemical fertilizers. To […]
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