EPA to Provide Environmental Justice Grants to Help New York City Communities Prevent Lead Poisoning and Restore Wetlands Organizations in Northern Manhattan, the South Bronx, and Jamaica
How Extreme Weather Events Will Spur Investment Globally
Comments on how extreme weather events will spur new investments globally.
The Future Of Subsidy Models
Kenneth Kramer writes on life after the Section 1603 cash grant. How should the US renewable energy industry think about the future subsidies?
C2ES Launched on Strength of Business Concerns about Climate Change
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, a spin off from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, launched yesterday in Washington, DC.
The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), is a new nonprofit organization promoting strong policy and action to address the twin challenges of energy and climate change. Pew Center founder and President Eileen Claussen assumes the new role of C2ES president.
Occupy Wall Street: A Movement in Search of a Vision
“Occupy Wall Street” is strangely lacking in demands. A group with slogans, it is a failure of vision.
PlaNYC: A Vision for 8 Million People
Approximately 0.11% of the world’s population lives in NYC. Since 2007, the city has been assesing needs and planning. Their vision has a lot for eveyone.
Sugar = Energy: The Disruptive Technology of the 21st Century
The Disruptive Technology for energy security is cheap, plentiful sugar. Here’s what the equation of sugar and energy means for the next generation of US technologies.
Nexus of Water & Energy: Droughts will Drive Energy Policy
Water and energy are inexorably tied together. Water takes energy to pump and clean; energy uses water. New projects that clean water and create clean energy are all the rage.
Utility Scale Solar for Utility Scale Desalination
A utility scale desalination plant uses utility scale solar energy. Financed by GE, Solar from First Solar.
Pricing the Value of Clean Water: Water Trading on the Ohio River
EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) starts plan to clean the Ohio water shed that has unexpected benefits for utilities, farmers, land owners and municipalities.
