June 11th, 2009 by EBR_EBdaily
New climate-energy legislation progressing in Congress would highlight the biggest shift in United States energy policy in 30 years, pushing the economy toward renewable energy and away from fossil fuels. If the bill, which cleared a key House committee May 21, is ratified by Congress, it would be the biggest leap by the United States [...]
June 8th, 2009 by EBR_EBdaily
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has recently declared that one can anticipate another fast calendar month of committee action on a far-reaching global warming and energy bill ahead of possible floor debate in late June or early July. He was referring to eight panels with legal power on a bill sanctioned recently by the Energy [...]
May 12th, 2009 by EBR_EBdaily
The market for eco-conscious travel accommodations is becoming more and more popular, and the Gaia Napa Valley Hotel is leading the way in adoption of sustainable, environmentally-friendly building and operating practices to draw eco-conscious guests. Situated in the Napa Valley’s wine country, the 132-room Gaia Napa Valley Hotel and Spa in American Canyon, California opened [...]
April 14th, 2009 by EBR_EBdaily
Tennessee Valley Authority, the largest utility company in the United States, has recently accorded to buy up to 2,000 megawatts of electrical energy from renewable energy reservoirs by 2011. Some of the power is anticipated to enter into TVA’s distribution system as early as 2010. TVA did not give away info on which companies will [...]
January 12th, 2009 by EBR_EBdaily
Renewable energy stocks were clobbered on the Street in 2008 as explosive commodity costs, a continuing worldwide recession and constraining credit markets beat back one ethanol company into failure protection and sent shares of others cut down more than 90 percent.
Wind and solar companies got along slimly finer, but the global economical downswing eclipsed $17 [...]