Posted by Pierre Bull in Solving Global Warming
(Photo credit: Retrevo.com) Over 18 months ago, NRDC released a study that showed using two of today's most popular game console systems (Microsoft Xbox and Sony Playstation) you're paying a lot--in energy bills--to play your games. Our friends...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Solving Global Warming
Late last week my colleagues Lane Burt and Noah Long each blogged here and here, respectively, on DOE/EPA initial response to beef up efforts to defend the integrity of the ENERGY STAR label on the heels of a GAO Report...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
MTV changed how pop music is consumed by creating a fourth dimension to how music could be played and promoted beyond traditional forms of radio, concerts and selling records (er, cassettes, by that time). The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
New York City Council Passes Legislation to Provide a Smoother Pathway for the Development of Clean Energy and Building Performance Technologies [Below is an excerpt from oral Testimony I gave before the New York City Council Committee on Technology and...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
Our interactive Flashmap got updated yesterday with new information on: Geothermal (utility-scale power plant) facilities currently operating Solar -- including concentrated ("CSP") and large-scale Photovoltaic and/or Thin-Film "utility-scale" >20 MW -- facilities both planned and currently operating Advanced Biofuel...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
Today Vice President Joe Biden released a memo to the President—Progress Report: The Transformation to a Clean Energy Economy—just in time before he departs for the UN Climate Talks in Copenhagen to show the U.S. and his Administration are serious...
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 , Solving Global Warming
Have you ever been to one of the big auto shows in Detroit, Chicago, L.A., or New York? What's the most fascinating thing you remember from those shows? I hope you were thinking about the future concept cars, of...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Solving Global Warming
I think the Florida PSC's Mission Statement is a good one: To facilitate the efficient provision of safe and reliable utility services at fair prices. Unfortunately, the Staff of the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) brazenly showed neglect for this...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise , Reviving the World's Oceans , Solving Global Warming
A surprise headline from NY Times Green Inc. Blog earlier this week: "Florida Solar Group Backs Offshore Drilling" Say what? In a release last week, the Florida branch of the Solar Energy Industries Association [FL SEIA] announced its support for...
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 Green Enterprise , Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy , Solving Global Warming
On my commute on the NYC subway this morning (which by the way I discovered is decreasing in carbon intensity), I came across this New York Times story, "Alternative Energy Projects Stumble on a Need for Water" by Todd Woody...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
Our friends over at the Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) posted this 90-second video taken last week on a "major league"-sized wind tubine installation in Colorado. This wind turgine, which represents a new breed of large-scale wind power, will be able to...
Posted by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Originally posted on Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! As part of a 20-day "how to" workshop on solar power, Kenyan students installed solar panels the Senator Barack Obama School in Kogel, Kenay, and on Mama Sarah's home. Mama Sarah as in...
