Archive for the 'Solar' Category
March 16th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
eBay made a significant push this week with its Green Shopping Website, trying to encourage consumers to purchase second-hand items over new ones. “The greenest product is often the one that already exists,” says the header for eBay’s Green Team challenge. From now until Earth Day, the first 250,000 people to purchase something from the Green Shopping site will each receive an acre of rainforest.
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March 16th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Despite a few quiet murmurs of a new “bubble,” venture capitalists are generally very optimistic about the clean-tech energy and conservation sector, according to data collected through a recent survey from the tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP.
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March 15th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Recently President Obama outlined more details of the new “Homestar” program that he had first mentioned in the State of the Union Address. The administration sees the program as a way to create jobs by encouraging American families to invest in energy-saving home improvements. The Senate Democratic leadership included a Homestar proposal as part of the jobs agenda released on February 4, 2010, and the Administration will work with Congress to get it passed.
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March 12th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
This fall a new skyscraper claiming to be the world’s greenest building will open in Guangzhou, China. The 71-story, 2.3-million square-foot Pearl River Tower will be the most energy-efficient super-tall building ever built.
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March 12th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
California and Massachusetts have long been bastions of clean energy. Now you can add New Jersey to the list. Since the beginning of the year, the New Jersey State Legislature has passed several laws to promote the development of renewable energy sources.
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March 11th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Walmart (NYSE:WMT) recently announced its goal of eliminating 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015. This represents one and a half times the company’s estimated global carbon footprint growth over the next five years and is the equivalent of taking more than 3.8 million cars off the road for a year.
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March 10th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is constructing an outrageously sustainable building, which, when completed, will be “greenest” building in North America. This news is just the latest in a dearth of renewable energy and green announcements and accolades to come from Vancouver.
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March 8th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Proposed legislation in the U.S. Senate may help the renewables sector. U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and John Ensign (R-NV) have introduced renewable energy legislation that could be a boon for businesses that produce renewable energy technologies, lead to green job creation, and help reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.
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March 8th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Those in the clean energy industry continue to play the waiting game in the policy arena. The question remains as what type of, if any, energy and climate change legislation will be put into action in the US in 2010. I put my own spin on things this week, heavily relying on EnergyBoom’s archives. So, if you are trying to get caught up with what has been happening in the renewables game - join me as I venture through the dusty vaults of our past work.
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March 4th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Songwriter Kristina Stykos is making music in a unique way. Stykos is the owner, engineer and producer of a music recording studio located in rural Vermont. The Pepperbox Studio is not your run-of-the-mill recording studio. Unlike traditional recording studios, Pepperbox Studio relies on alternative energy to record music. The off-the-grid studio, located on the top floor of the Stykos home, sits at the end of a dirt road about five miles from Chelsea and is nestled between pastures and the beautiful Green Mountains.
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