March 26, 2010
Some interesting comments on financing of clean technology in this article from the Vancouver Sun in Canada. The excerpt that caught our eye was the statement that clean tech funding now accounts for the largest single category of venture financing in the U.S. Panel moderator Nicholas Parker, executive chairman of Cleantech Group LLC in San [...] Read More
March 26, 2010
From Christopher Dunagan at the Kitsap Sun: While superhot water from deep underground makes for a pretty exciting story, it’s not the only way to go. Klamath Falls, Ore., is involved in a $1.6 million project to generate electricity from what is considered “low temperature” geothermal water. Check out the story in [...] Read More
March 25, 2010
From KTVU-TV: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger brought his campaign to grow the green economy to the South Bay Wednesday, where he signed into law new tax credits for green technology manufactures.The governor said green technology, especially solar jobs such as those at Nanosolar Manufacturing, will power up the economy.One student, Romero [...] Read More
March 22, 2010
A NYT story today details a new report by the World Economic Forum and IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates that shows people are buying more efficient refrigerators but not getting rid of their old ones so now they have two refrigerator homes. The good news is that the average refrigerator in the United [...] Read More
March 21, 2010
Photo by Linda Nylind Cool story of the day perhaps. A London skyscraper with wind turbines built in at 42-stories high. You can read more about it here. They call it the “Razor”. Read More
March 20, 2010
By Tim Bradner at the Alaska Journal of Commerce: The countdown to April 18 is under way in the state Legislature. That’s the 90th day, when lawmakers must adjourn and all bills not yet approved will hit the dumpster. Meanwhile, bills are piling up in the finance committees in both the [...] Read More
March 19, 2010
By John Dodge at the Olympian: Green jobs in the state’s private sector grew by nearly 33 percent last year, according to a state Employment Security Department report released Thursday. The study, directed by the state Legislature, tallied 99,319 green jobs, or about 3.3 percent of the state’s work force. The state [...] Read More
March 17, 2010
Reporter Tara Kyle takes a look at high energy costs in rural Alaska in this article for Change.org The isolated, impoverished villages of western Alaska are in the sports world spotlight this week. Mushers from across the globe (including, for the first time, a Jamaican) are zooming toward the finish of the Iditarod [...] Read More
March 16, 2010
From the Associated Press: A coalition representing governors of 29 states is urging the federal government to take steps to boost wind energy, such as a renewable electricity standard requiring utilities to produce at least 10 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2012. The bipartisan Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition [...] Read More
March 16, 2010
From Eric Pryne at the Seattle Times: Lots of Seattle buildings call themselves green. Some have even had their eco-friendliness certified by experts. But compared with the six-story office building the Bullitt Foundation plans to build at 15th Avenue and East Madison Street, all the other green buildings fade to a pale [...] Read More
