SolarWorld 2008 Profit Up 30%
German solar company said it expects continued growth in 2009.
Podcast: Green Week in Review – March 27, 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… The Obama administration announced funding for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. President Obama spent the week stumping for his budget proposal for clean energy, health care reform and education. First lady Michelle Obama broke ground on the first White House vegetable garden to be planted since Eleanor Roosevelt’s Victory Garden. The EPA sent a preliminary endangerment finding to the White House concerning the risk of greenhouse gases to human health. The EPA announced it will exercise its authority to review new permits for mountaintop removal mining. Congress passed a bill giving the highest level of federal protection to 2 million acres of land in nine states. New Jersey passed a bill requiring developers to offer solar as an option to all new homebuyers. Bart commemorates […]
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Two new reports published by the WWF detail ways in which IT can reduce carbon emissions and the cost of doing business.
Preservation Green Lab Opens in Seattle
Field office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation will serve as clearing house for best practices in green renovation.
25×25 RES Would Create Jobs, Save Billions – Report
The Union of Concerned Scientists released a report showing how a renewable electricity standard would reduce rates through competition, not raise them.
Bipartisan Senate Bill Incentivizes Manufacturing Efficiency
Bill focuses on reducing energy intensiveness of U.S. manufacturing.
Congress Approves Major Expansion of Wilderness Protection
The President is expected to sign the bill designating protection for an additional 2 million acres in nine states.
Austin Approves Contract For Massive Solar Plant
San Francisco-based Gemini Solar has been selected to build a 30-MW photovoltaic solar power plant for Austin Energy.
Bosch Breaks Ground on EUR 530M Solar Facility
New facility will greatly increase manufacturing capacity of subsidiary ersol solar.
Solar-Fabrik Opens New Facility
Highly automated production facility nearly doubles company's production capacity.
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