DOE Announces $12M in Funding for Advanced Water Power
DOE issues FOA for marine and hydrokinetic and conventional hydropower technologies.
CBO Report Links Ethanol To Increased Food Prices
Increased use of ethanol was responsible for about 10% to 15% of the rise in food prices from 2007 to 2008, accring to the Congressional Budget Office.
Florida to Get $2B Solar City
FPL and real estate developer unveil details for planned community powered by 75 MW of solar.
SpectraWatt To Build Solar Cell Factory in New York
Solar cell startup announced plans to establish its headquarters and manufacturing in New York.
NYRI Transmission Project Scrapped
The New York Regional Interconnect said that a recent FERC ruling makes the risk too great for investors.
Podcast: Green Week in Review – April 10, 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 15-20 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… Ten days of international negotiations on climate change concluded this week in Bonn, Germany. Bart interviews Raser Technologies CEO Brent Cook about the company’s geothermal power developments. Plus, as always, a quick review of top cleantech stories from the week. ++++ Email comments or questions to bart@sustainablebusiness.com.
Editorial: The Carbon Offsets Dilemma
By Bart King In an effort to reduce my personal contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, I try to restrict my travel. However, my wife and I have wanted to visit Costa Rica for several years, and earlier this spring we flew into the capital San Jose and then on to the small Pacific Coast town of Montezuma. Despite the fact that I encountered only one recycling bin in the country, Costa Rica is considered an international leader on green issues. More than a quarter of the country’s territory is under federal protection, and government initiatives have led to a 10% increase in forest lands over the last decade to a current level of 51%. In addition, Costa Ricans generate roughly 97% of their electricity from renewable resources, and they are in a race with the tiny island nation Maldives to be the first carbon-neutral country. Costa Rica’s primary industry is tourism, for which it maintains a certification system for sustainable practices, and it felt good spending our second honeymoon in a country that values its pristine beaches, rainforest canopy and howler monkeys. Nonetheless, I wanted to attempt to offset the carbon emissions created by our travel. I understand the moral […]
Climate Change Conference Wrap Up
Despite the participation of a new U.S. presidential administration, the latest round of negotiations ended without concrete advances.
Obama Officials Split Over Clean Water Rules
The Justic Department has rebuffed a request from the Department of Agriculture to seek a rehearing on the spraying of pesticides.
Billions Needed for Smart Grid – FERC Chairman
FERC chairman explains how a smart grid would work, discusses the federal role in transmission development, and the possibility of FERC overseeing cap-and-trade
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