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China May Funnel $738 Billion Into Clean Energy Projects

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

China may be having some trouble coming to grips with its status as a nation that no longer truly qualifies as ‘developing’ — its per capita emissions are higher than France’s now — but it looks like it may not have much trouble realizing that relying on fossil fuels is for the economic giants of the past. Reports have surfaced that China plans to funnel as much as $738 billion into clean energy d… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Electric Cars Won’t Bring the Power Grid Down!

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Michael Graham Richard It’s All About Timing I’ve said it many times before , and I still haven’t seen evidence to make me change my mind: The transition to

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Stimulus Bill Created Nearly 1 Million Green Jobs: CEA Report

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via A Green Living It’s kind of amazing to me the bad rap that the stimulus bill has gotten since its passage a year and a half ago — a recent poll found that something like only 13% of Americans felt it helped them. Of course, much of the nation’s disdain can be attributed to the fact that the recession still hasn’t lifted, that the stimulus failed to lift employment figures as high as was hoped, and that Obama’s political foes have seized onto an ‘out-of-control-spending’ narrative. But the stimulus has done a number of very good things, like preventing all-out depressio… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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California Sues Fannie and Freddie to Save PACE

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo via flickr Last month, I wrote about how Representatives Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, sent a letter to the Obama Administration trying to save PACE, the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, which allows homeowners to finance their own solar panels or energy-savings retrofits by an addition to their property tax bill. Now California Attorney General Jerry Brown is suing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, w… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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And the Senate Climate Bill Gets Weaker Still . . .

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

As expected, the Kerry-Lieberman climate bill has grown weaker still, relinquishing an economy-wide cap on carbon emissions and instead targeting only the utility sector for greenhouse gas reductions starting in 2013. And that’s still apparently too controversial for this Senate, as the conventional wisdom says not even a utility-only bill can get enough votes to pass. So here’s what evidently remains of the mess that’s left on the table in terms of clean energy and climate legislation this year: … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Earth First! Maine Anti-Wind Power Protest Keeps Green Movement Honest

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

When Earth First! recently protested a large scale wind farm in northern Maine it raised a few eyebrows around the TreeHugger virtual office. John Laumer worryingly wondered if “the protesters and their supporters thought seriously about climate change before they embarked on the protest. The lynx there are anxious to protect from wind power development need more than wilderness; they need a climate suitable for the eco… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Clean Energy and Climate Bill Would Cut Deficit by $19 Billion: CBO

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Wind Guys One of the persisting myths about comprehensive, carbon-pricing legislation is that it would cost the nation an arm and a leg to enact. This simply is not the case, as a recent bipartisan, independent analysis of the dying Kerry-Lieberman clean energy and climate bill reveals: The Congressional Budget Office found that passing the climate bill would trim the federal budget by $19 billion dollars over the next ten years. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The BP Spill and the State of Clean Energy Legislation (Video)

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

If at any point during your observation of this interminable oil crisis in the Gulf you’ve found yourself thinking, well, it looks like we should probably do something to start curbing our national dependence on this stuff, know that you’re not alone. And if, like me, you’re starting to get pretty ticked off that there seems to be absolutely no momentum building in Congress (or anywhere, really) behind policy that would do exactly that, then you may be scratching your head over why exactly that is. This seems like a perfect time to win political points by taking on Big Oil, right? Alas. This video from an MSNBC segment does a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Solar Powered Airplane Flies for 26 Hours Straight

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via the NY Times A solar-powered airplane piloted in Switzerland has just made a landmark achievement: It flew for well over 24 hours straight, continuing on its journey well after the sun went down. The story is making headline news all around the world, and for good reason — it’s a powerful example of the vast potential held by renewable energy. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Obama Administration Tries To Keep Up The PACE

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo via flickr The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program allows homeowners to finance their own solar panels or energy-savings retrofits by an addition to their property tax bill, but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have shut down the program. The Obama administration has tried through the Department of Energy to change the practices of the Federal Housing Finance Agency , which runs Fannie and Freddie, but thus far they have been unsuccessful. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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