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Boeing, Honeywell, Masdar Institute to Investigate Jet Fuel From Saltwater Plants

Study of halophytes could lead to biomass that doesn't compete for freshwater sources.

STMicroelectronics, Enel Partner on Smart Meters in Spain

ST chosen to provide semiconductors for roll-out of 13 million smart meters.

Is Cleantech About to Boom?

Industry-watchers draw comparisons between today's cleantech environment and previous economic booms.

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… It was a relatively slow news week. However, U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order requiring government agencies to set greenhouse gas reduction targets for the year 2020. The order is needed, in part, to bolster the nation’s credibility for international climate change negotiations underway in Thailand. Today marks the final day of those talks, and I’ll give you a brief update. Plus, a summary of the week’s top cleantech headlines. ++++ Email comments or questions to bart@sustainablebusiness.com

Progress on Climate Change? A123 IPO

Update: October 14 Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) announced the Senate climate change bill is written and ready to be debated before the Environment and Public Works committee. The bill now moves to the EPA for analysis, which should be finished by the end of October. On October 27, Boxer kicks off three days of hearings on the bill. Senator John McCain says he won’t support a climate bill that doesn’t have strong provisions for nuclear energy, since he doesn’t believe the US can achieve the necessary emissions reductions with it. Boxer included nuclear provisions in the bill, as well as the potential for offshore drilling to appease other Republicans. Update: October 6 Obama’s top climate and energy official Carol Browner says there’s virtually no chance Congress will have a climate bill ready for him to sign before Copenhagen negotiations begin in early December. She said the Senate may be able to complete its hearings on the bill, which along with the EPA’s recent moves to regulate greenhouses gases, would at least show the world the US is moving forward. — The crowd cheered at an event before the G20 meeting when Teresa Heinz read a message from husband, Senator John […]