If you’re putting your money toward companies that specialize in clean energy or green technologies, you’re clearly doing your part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve our resources and treat the planet with the care it deserves. You’re also clearly trying to make money. And who could fault you for that? Especially if it means […]
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden has officially begun consideration of legislation to reinstate a suite of tax credits that big polluters and their allies succeeded in getting Congress to let expire, including vital, commonsense policies that promote clean energy. These tax credits grow the economy by cutting pollution and their absence in the committee’s initial bill […]
I have a cabin on Quadra Island off the British Columbia coast that’s as close to my heart as you can imagine. From my porch you can see clear across the waters of Georgia Strait to the snowy peaks of the rugged Coast Mountains. It’s one of the most beautiful views I have seen. And […]
How are investors, businesses and governments doing on the road to the Clean Trillion goal of $1 trillion per year invested in clean energy? Here are my thoughts on the progress and challenges we’ve seen recently. Progress Norway announced in March that it would require its $840 billion sovereign wealth fund (the largest in the world) to […]
You probably haven’t seen electric vehicles (EV) get the type of primetime exposure they received Sunday evening on network television, but if Elon Musk has his way, they’ll soon become an undeniable part of our infrastructure. Musk, the CEO of EV maker, Tesla, was the subject of a 60 Minutes feature that brought his ideology […]
Good news from America’s heartland: A bipartisan coalition in the Kansas House stood with Kansans this week in support of clean and renewable energy, turning back yet another attempt to repeal the state Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) aimed at fostering homegrown resources like wind and solar power. Specifically, 76 members of the Kansas House of Representatives defeated a […]
At first glance, you might mistake the potential future of wind energy as a blimp—the type of added effect perfect for flying over a carnival or football game. Instead, the BAT—Buoyant Airborne Turbine—is a wind turbine inside of an inflatable, helium shell capable rising 1,000 feet above ground. Altaeros Energies, a firm housed at small business […]
Springtime is the time of year where we start to see the first signs of growth; the green shoots of what will turn into a verdant garden or a bountiful harvest. As the first quarter of 2014 comes to a close, we are seeing some encouraging signs that both electric vehicle sales and their benefits […]
This entry is the first of a two-part follow up to the blog Long wrote last fall. This first entry focuses on the national story, the next entry will focus on coal in the west. Across the U.S., economics are increasingly favoring investment in renewable energy at the expense of dirty coal energy. As the price of solar […]
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