News
- April 19, 2012 |
- Policy
- Lead by Example, Clinton Tells Sustainability Forum
- New York Times, Mireya Navarro
- Chill out – sometimes this stuff takes years.” That was Bill Clinton’s wry observation on Thursday as he addressed a sustainability conference in New York City, expressing frustration over how long it is taking for the country to move forward on clean energy and energy efficiency. Appearing before ... more ›
- April 19, 2012 |
- Finance
- California clean-tech industry a VC darling
- San Francisco Chronicle, David R. Baker
- Despite Solyndra’s spectacular collapse, a report issued Tuesday suggests that California’s clean-tech industry continues to thrive, soaking up more venture capital in 2011 than it did before the recession. The annual California Green Innovation Index from public policy group Next 10 tracks the green economy’s health, pulling together data on ... more ›
- April 18, 2012 |
- Policy
- Clean Technology on the Brink
- New York Times, John Broder
- Clean energy technology has grown robustly and come down in price in recent years, driven by hefty government stimulus spending, expectations of future regulation and substantial private investment. But that technology is going to fall off a cliff unless government steps in quickly to revitalize the solar, wind, nuclear, battery ... more ›
- April 18, 2012 |
- Technology
- Your Time 100 Energy and Environment Influencers
- Time, Bryan Walsh
- It’s that time of year again—and no, I don’t mean International Jugglers Day, or even worse, Newspaper Columnists Day. It’s the annual unveiling of the TIME 100 list, our roundup of the most interesting and influential people in the world. It’s a group that ranges from Presidents to pop stars. It’s triggered a dance off between Stephen ... more ›
- April 10, 2012 |
- Technology
- Rethinking on-demand energy storage
- GIgaOm, Adam Lesser
- Google announced last week that it would use thermal storage to cool the $300 million data center it’s building on 15 hectares of land in Taiwan. The search giant has been experimental in its data center design with everything from seawater cooling to water recycling, and it’s the first time it’s tried thermal ... more ›
