MIT Researching Bacteria Solutions to Energy and Pollution
From biofuels to CO2 cleanup, researchers at MIT think bacteria have the answers.
Podcast: Green Week in Review – February 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 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… President Obama addressed Congress this week to push his legislative agenda, beginning with clean energy and a carbon cap-and-trade bill. On Tuesday U.S. courts rejected two weak regulatory efforts put forth by the Bush-era EPA. The EPA and the transportation Department are working together to devise a single policy for regulating vehicle emissions Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is scrapping the Bush’s midnight regulations designed to rush oil shale development; however, he intends to replace it with a plan of his own. Irrigation water will be unavailable to farmers in California’s main agricultural region this year, meaning 1 million acres will be left idle as drought conditions worsen. A NASA satellite designed to monitor carbon dioxide levels on earth crashed into the ocean shortly after launch. Plus, as always, a quick review of top […]
FEMA Grants $5M to N.C. to Assess Coastal Risks
North Carolina to study the potential impacts of climate change-induced sea level rise.
Commerce Nominee Has Solid Environmental Credentials
Former Washington governor Gary Locke addressed climate change and worked to protect salmon during his time in office.
Exaggeration and the Language Of Climate Debate
What effect does heightened language have on the debate over climate change action.
Aquamarine, Airtricity JV Aims for 1,000MW of Ocean Energy
Development deal between technology company and energy company wants to create 1000MW of ocean power in UK by 2020.
GE Forms Indian JV for Hybrid Locomotives
General Electric has submitted a bid to build 1,000 diesel-electric hybrid locomotives for Indian Railways.
Goldman Sachs Sudsidiary Buys Mojave Solar Plants
The two concentrating solar plants commissioned in the 1980s were the first of their kind in the world.
Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: March 4, 2009
President’s Budget Draws Clean Energy Funds from Climate Measure DOE and HUD Team up to Support Home Weatherization Ford Begins Production of Fuel-Efficient Engines at Cleveland Plant Ford Launches Hybrid Sedans, Plans All-Electric Delivery Van U.S. Utilities Pursue Large-Scale Solar Power Facilities Report Highlights the Importance of Water for Energy Production President’s Budget Draws Clean Energy Funds from Climate Measure President Obama released a rough outline of his proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2010 last week, and the document proposes to support clean energy development with a 10-year investment of $15 billion per year, generated from the sale of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions credits. The funding hinges on the passage of an economy-wide GHG emissions program, under which the Obama administration intends to reduce U.S. GHG emissions to 14% below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 83% below 2005 levels by 2050. Under the proposed cap-and-trade program, all GHG emissions credits would be auctioned off, generating an estimated $78.7 billion in additional revenue in FY 2012, steadily increasing to $83 billion by FY 2019 (and presumably increasing more beyond that, although the budget proposal doesn’t look any further). The president’s proposed budget directs $15 billion per year of those […]
Obama Admin To Pursue Oil Shale Development
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar intends to replace the Bush administration's hasty oil shale proposal with continued research and development leasing.
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