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July 20, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Green Enterprise
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Reviving the World's Oceans
, Solving Global Warming
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- climatechange, energy, offshorerenewables, offshorewind, offshorewindindustry, windindustry, windpower
There is a growing debate about domestic offshore wind siting. Fortunately, we are beyond; to build or not to build. Now of course the question is where, or perhaps how? As offshore wind technology advances there may be ways to...continued→
July 17, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Curbing Pollution
, Green Enterprise
, Greening China
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- china, climatechange, demand, energyefficiency, globalwarming, legislation, MOU
Yesterday, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced an agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Chinese Ministry of Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) aimed at developing more energy efficient building designs and sustainable communities. This MOU enables the U.S....continued→
June 5, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- climatechange, energy, greenhousegasemissions, greenmovement, NIMBY, urbanagriculture, yale
Far too often, we hear cries of NIMBY: NOT IN MY BACKYARD! Well, with the recent birth of IOBY: environmental action is fostered and encouraged to occur precisely IN OUR BACKYARDS! ioby.org (pronounced eye-OH-be) enables you to support neighborhood level...continued→
April 7, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- climatechange, energyefficiency, globalwarming
It is not often that utility companies make headlines about energy efficiency. However, today Exelon, one of the nation's largest power generator's, announced that they have cut greenhouse-gas emissions by 35 percent from 2001 levels. This exercise of energy efficiency was...continued→
April 3, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- carboncaps, climatechange, energyandclimate2009, energyefficiency, fossilfuels, globalwarming, waxmanmarkey
The Waxman-Markey discussion draft entitled, “The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009”, places energy efficiency as title two, second to clean energy. Within this section is the promotion of energy efficiency in buildings, manufactured homes, appliances, transportation and...continued→
