(EnviroWonk 5/20/2008)
Discussion among Gary Hart, Michael Dworkin, director of the Institute for Energy and the Environment at
Vermont Law School, and Van Jones on the merits/demerits of cap and trade.
(EnviroWonk 8/12/2008)
Van Jones spreads his green for all message at solar energy show.
(EnviroWonk 8/18/2008)
Rocky Mountain Institute analysts unveil their integrated leasing process that would provide multi-tenant building owners a more equitable return on greening investments.
(EnviroWonk 6/18/2008)
Some evidence emerges that US solar energy industry favors German-style feed-in tariffs.
(EnviroWonk 8/13/2008)
BIRA reports at solar show that Washington and Oregon lead the country in energy-efficient, solar home building that produce a positive cash flow for the buyer and higher
profits for builders.
(EnviroWonk 8/27/2008)
Blogging as a delegate for Barack Obama to the 2008 Democratic National Convention....
(EnviroWonk 8/25/2008)
DNC tries to replace plastic room keys...
(EnviroWonk 11/24/2008)
Utility-scale solar projects face numerous obstacles, including getting O&M guys to live in the middle of desert wilderness.
(EnviroWonk 3/8/2009)
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act gives wind energy developers a choice between investment tax credit or production tax credit.
(EnviroWonk 3/10/2009)
Florida’s municipal utility Gainesville Regional Utilities becomes first to adopt first true feed-in tariff for solar in the US, in what could be a trend.
(EnviroWonk 2/25/2009)
SunEdison founder and former CEO Jigar Shah tells solar integrators how Obama's stimulus improves solar project ROIs and funding availability.
(RenewableEnergyWorld.com 4/1/2009)
How some traditional energy companies are reusing and re-purposing their technology to develop renewables.
(RenewableEnergyWorld.com 2/20/2009)
International survey of the state of commercial commercial ocean energy (wave, tidal or in-stream current) installations.
(RenewableEnergyWorld.com 1/20/2009)
Power purchase agreements, which have captured the lion's share of commercial solar projects, are driving residential demand in California as well.
(RenewableEnergyWorld.com 10/24/2008)
A little-known 21st-century transformation of the Wood County Ohio region's 150-year-old glass-making tradition has created a small mecca for start-up manufacturers of thin-film PV, primarily delivered in a glass panel sandwich.
(Conservation International 2/20/2009)
State of the World's Turtles is a critical organization to protecting them from extinction.
(BrazilMax 10/22/2006)
The excitement for Earthwatch Institute travelers of hearing a real jaguar call is a highlight of their week-long stay in the Pantanal, where they have come to help a jaguar expert protect the fabulous cats.
(Sustainable Business Investor 6/1/2002)
At first blush, the steel industry's newest incarnation of its Ultra-Light Steel Auto Body (ULSAB) project would appear to be a godsend for an industry so financially troubled and plagued by a reputation as a throwback to an antiquated Industrial Age.
(EnviroWonk 11/19/2008)
Materials for building concentrated solar energy field should qualify for sales tax exemption says industry exec, just like burning natural gas.
(EnviroWonk 11/26/2008)
BLM is most concerned with whether solar projects will have water for cooling solar collectors. A cautionary tale...
(EnviroWonk 8/27/2008)
Humorous aside on the "green" convention goodie bags for delegates...
(Le Nouvel Observateur 3/15/2001)
Le Pire Cauchemar des Patrons is a wide-ranging interview with social activist filmmaker Michael Moore, conducted just over a year before "Bowling for Columbine" became the first documentary film accepted into competition at Cannes in 46 years.
PART ONE
English translation upon request
(EnviroWonk 12/8/2008)
New evidence that new 8-year solar tax credit is making utilities the most important new client for solar power purchase agreements.
(EnviroWonk 1/26/2009)
President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration was the first to feature "Green" Balls, and not one, but two, confusing eco-conscious party-goers!
(Le Nouvel Observateur 3/15/2001)
PART II
(EnviroWonk 3/12/2009)
One national solar integrator believes Obama Administration's focus on renewable energy means more commercial and government projects on the East Coast.
(RenewableEnergyWorld.com 12/5/2008)
Cool Earth's solar balloons claim cost advantage over traditional solar panels. But is it practical and feasible?
(Conservation International 4/1/2009)
Rodrigo de Moura, a Conservation International (CI) marine protected areas specialist, helps fellow Brazilians discover, as he did, the benefits of restricted fishing areas to the health of fish populations.
(EnviroWonk 3/26/2009)
How nuclear power almost got started in...Hawa'ii...
(Conservation International 5/7/2009)
How Gerry Hertel’s painstaking legwork surveying overall forest health in eastern Africa has been a critical component of proving to local communities how protecting their forest also sustains their lives.
(E Magazine 1/3/2008)
A look at how combined heat and power (CHP) electricity plants may be an old idea that makes increasing sense in a carbon-restricted world.
(ACTE Business Journal 3/1/2005)
Over the next 20 years, will business travelers pay a premium for planes with the most amenities or for travel that avoids congested hubs? The debate.
(EnviroWonk 8/24/2008)
A look at Southeast's vast, untapped potential for energy-efficiency.
(Sustainable Business Investor 1/15/2002)
A look at why Danone, Nestle and Unilever were brought together to form the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative by a common conviction that they had to find a solution other than organic farming to ensure food quality for masses of increasingly skeptical consumers.
(EnviroWonk 4/30/2008)
Analysis from Californians Against Waste director Mark Murray as to whether Gov. Schwarzenegger would sign legislation to phase out use of all toxic materials in consumer electronics by 1/1/10.
(EnviroWonk 5/1/2008)
Look at rise in bear poaching in US to meet Asia demand for their gallbladders, and H.R. 5534 (Grijalva, Campbell) designed to end the trade.
(EnviroWonk 5/13/2008)
A look at the Presidential Climate Action Project, a project of former US Senator Gary Hart, Oberlin College environmental department chair David Orr and Yale economist Robert Repetto.
(EnviroWonk 6/18/2008)
A look at why Congress failed half a dozen times to renew tax credits for the solar and wind energy industries.
(EnviroWonk 6/2/2008)
Just before Montana presidential primary, Gov. Brian Schweitzer distinguishes his state's wolf management practices from those of Idaho and Wyoming.
(EnviroWonk 8/11/2008)
Michael Dworkin, director of the Institute for Energy and the
Environment and professor at Vermont Law School, holds forth on the peaceful geopolitical advantage renewables hold over fossil fuels.
(ACTE Business Journal 12/1/2004)
A look at the impact on corporate travel of the addition of 10 new countries to the European Union.
(ACTE Business Journal 6/1/2005)
How "open skies" agreements between countries modernize archaic ownership and legal constraints, making travel to lesser served locations easier.
