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The light bulb, the cocktail party, and you

June 26, 2008

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

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cfl, energyefficiency, lightbulbs, markettransformation, mercury, slides

Years ago, when I was young, I spent most of my time working on energy efficiency technology policy. Now I spend most of my time working of renewables, but from time to time, my colleagues forget and ask me questions...continued

The Energy bill, NBC, LED, Christmas trees, and me

December 6, 2007

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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biofuels, cleantech, energybill, energyefficiency, LED, legislation, markettransformation, RFS

The great news of the day is that the House passed it's comprehensive energy bill. Here's NRDC's official press release. As noted in our release, the renewable fuel standard in the bill is a big change in our approach to...continued

Biofuels, messaging and misconceptions

September 9, 2007

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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biodiesel, energyefficiency, r-squared, robertrapier, theoildrum

Robert Rapier has a piece yesterday on his own R-Squared Energy Blog and on The Oil Drum bemoaning the claims of greenness made by a woman with 10 old cars and SUVs modified to run on biodiesel and reported in this...continued

Making the invisible visible and doing it beautifully

July 31, 2007

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
diykyoto, energyefficiency, gadgets, markettransformation, wattson, wired

Last week, Wired carried a very smart article (Clive Thompson Thinks: Desktop Orb Could Reform Energy Hogs) about how the invisibility of our energy consumption makes reforming our profligate habits much harder and how gadgets that make it visible could help....continued

Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene
Director of Renewable Energy Policy
New York City
I coordinate NRDC's work on renewable energy--fuels and power--and policies that will advance them. For...
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