Posted by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
(From the new Arkansas Clean Energy Report, Figure 1: Mean wind density at 100 meters) ". . . Arkansas has the opportunity to build a strong long-term economy on the solid foundation of its bountiful renewable resources." Today we...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Perhaps befitting its name by remaining "beneath the radar" from clean energy development coverage by the press, geothermal energy got a major boost of support by the Department of Energy (DOE) in a major announcement last week by Secretary Chu...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Today, NRDC released the report, "A Clean Energy Economy for Indiana: Analysis of the Rural Economic Development Potential of Renewable Resources". The report shows that Indiana is poised for a major clean energy job creation boom, which would be...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
I recently presented at the 2009 Florida Farm to Fuel® Summit (airing on the Florida Channel this Thu, Aug 13 at 8 AM) with the message that bio-energy development - including biofuels and biomass, which is potentially very abundant...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
"A wise [nation] will make more opportunities than [it] finds." Francis Bacon The Waxman-Markey renewable electricity standard (RES) will put us on a path to achieve 25% renewable energy by 2025 in our nationwide electricity supply. It offers an ambitious challenge to guide...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Dear [Florida] Senator, On behalf of the NRDC and its 1.2 million members and e-activists, we urge you to support an ambitious renewable portfolio standard (RPS) of 20% by 2020 as policy tool to create jobs, increase Florida's energy independence,...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Moving Beyond Oil , Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy , Solving Global Warming
Last Friday, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC), informed via memo from PSC Staff, unanimously agreed to move forward with a comprehensive Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) rule requiring investor-owned utilities in the State to acquire at least 20% of their...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Despite the recent steep decline in prices for fossil energy sources—highlighted by crude oil prices plunging from a high over $145 this summer to less than $40 in December—don’t assume that you’ll see an equal drop in your home or...
