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A High-Tech Gadget that Saves Money and Creates Jobs

December 10, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
cleantech, danreicher, energyefficiency, ericschmidt, greenenergy, greenjobs, greenliving, greentransition, smartmeter

It used to be that talk of the nation's electricity grid caused most people's eyes to glaze over. Now, thanks to a confluence of volatile energy prices, a green-oriented incoming president, and a cultural fascination with high tech gadgets, that...continued

Google CEO on Energy Efficiency: Doing the Right Thing Is Also the Right Thing for Business"

December 3, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
energyefficiency, ericschmidt, google, greenenergy, greentransition, stimuluspackage

Just before Thanksgiving, I had the chance to introduce Google CEO Eric Schmidt at a talk he gave in New York City. The event, organized by NRDC Trustee Wendy Schmidt, was illuminating and entertaining thanks to Eric's dry humor and...continued

I Wish They All Could Be California Innovators

March 18, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke

Tags:
cleantech, ericschmidt, globalwarming, greenjobs, markettransformation, renewableenergy, siliconvalley, solarpower, windpower

I recently spent the a month working out of NRDC’s California offices. I am an Easterner by birth and inclination. I feel more at home on the subway than the freeway, the Adirondack woods than the Santa Monica beach. But...continued