Posted February 25, 2013 by Doug Sims in Solving Global Warming
Offshore wind should already be becoming a core part of the energy mix in coastal states, but it’s not. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) landmark study, 20% Wind Energy by 2030: Increasing Wind Energy’s Contribution to U.S. Electricity Supply,...continued→
Posted January 9, 2013 by Doug Sims in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
Governor Cuomo's New York Green Bank: a Triple Crown for the Clean Energy Economy Today, in his State of the State address, Governor Cuomo announced that New York State will be forming a Green Bank with $1 billion of initial...continued→
Posted December 13, 2012 by Doug Sims in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Yesterday, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced their vision of the future of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy. After 20 years of on again, off again spigot-action that has resulted in both an extraordinary increase of installed...continued→
Posted September 17, 2012 by Doug Sims in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
Clean energy finance banks or “Green Banks” are shaping up to be the latest in clean energy finance technology, as convincingly set out in a report issued last week by the Brookings-Rockefeller Project on State and Metropolitan Innovation. The Green...continued→
Posted June 8, 2012 by Doug Sims in Green Enterprise, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
Yesterday, Senator Coons (D-DE) and co-sponsor Senator Moran (R-KS) introduced the Master Limited Partnership Parity Act. NRDC strongly endorses the Act, which would help level the playing field for clean, renewable energy by reducing costs of development and increasing private...continued→
Posted December 22, 2011 by Doug Sims in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places, Solving Global Warming
Last May, in the middle of increasing public concern about energy mega-projects, particularly the proposed mega-dam complex called HidroAysén, President Piñera appointed a multi-disciplinary panel of experts to a special advisory body called La Comisión Asesora para el Desarrollo Eléctrico...continued→
Posted March 17, 2011 by Doug Sims in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places, U.S. Law and Policy
Before the emerging energy crisis was exacerbated by events in Libya and Japan, President Obama’s trip to Chile already had energy as a major agenda item. The visit seemed destined to be a genial affair in which Obama and President...continued→
Posted October 27, 2010 by Doug Sims in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
What is the best way to use government dollars to speed the deployment of cutting edge renewable energy technologies while creating jobs and growth at home and not destroying private incentives? It’s sort of a trick question in that there...continued→
Posted August 4, 2010 by Doug Sims in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places, Solving Global Warming
In my last blog, I discussed how some of the ills of the Chilean electricity sector can be attributed to the privatization of public policy, which has effectively been entrusted to a small number of energy companies and their shareholders. ...continued→
Posted July 29, 2010 by Doug Sims in Curbing Pollution, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
In the early eighties, Chile was a world leader in modernizing its electricity sector by privatizing state assets and creating a competitive environment. Now, it has the chance to be a leader again in the “green power” revolution if it...continued→
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