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October 21, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Moving Beyond Oil
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- aceee, crist, energyefficiency, energypolicy, florida, maryland, psc, southeast, utilities
This post is co-authored by Brandi Colander, NRDC, and John D. Wilson, SACE. Florida is the dim bulb in the otherwise efficiency-dark Southeast, and the 2009 Energy Efficiency Scorecard from ACEEE shows how badly its electric utilities are dragging Florida's...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 8, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- efficiencystandards, energyaudits, energyefficiency, realestate, utilities
As state level energy efficiency initiatives and legislation crop up throughout the country, and federal energy and climate legislation looms, we are noticing new approaches to ratcheting down demand and scaling up energy efficiency occurring city by city. Effective June...continued→
June 2, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Environmental Justice
, Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- agriculture, energyefficiency, food, freshfood, GHG, gothamgreens, greencollareconomy, greenhousegasemissions, hydroponic, rooftop, sustainableagriculture, urbanagriculture, urbangarden, urbanmarketplace
Often overlooked, the agricultural sector is particularly sensitive to fluctuating energy costs and demands. Take California for example, it takes 4% of the state's electricity in order to produce, process, and store approximately 200 food and fiber crops. There is...continued→
May 1, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Green Enterprise
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- conference, energyefficiency, greencollareconomy, greenjobs, solarenergy
According to a recently released report by ACEEE, energy efficiency improvements in PA can save consumers an estimated $5 billion/yr on energy bills and create 27,000 new local jobs by 2025. Implementing a robust set of energy efficiency and solar...continued→
April 10, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- cleanenergy, conference, economy, energyefficiency, event, utilities
If you are interested in learning more about energy efficiency... Platts 2nd Annual Energy Efficiency Cost Recovery Forum May 18-19, 2009 * St. Regis Washington DC * Washington, DC Evaluating the cost-effectiveness, and related utility cost recovery issues, of energy...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→
January 27, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
- Tags:
- alternativefuels, energyefficiency, oildependence
Yesterday NRDC had an exclusive screening with Josh Tickell (Director) and Rebecca Harrell (Producer) of the film FUEL at our headquarters in New York City. This film is an honest account of the opportunities and challenges we face individually...continued→
January 9, 2009
Posted by Brandi Colander in Green Enterprise
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- EEI, energyefficiency, greencollareconomy, greenjobs, renewableenergy
Yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama announced his plan to offer working families a $1000 tax cut and improve energy efficiency in the homes of millions of Americans. This effort is designed to immediately create jobs and stimulate the economy. The economic...continued→
