President Obama appears to be taking steps to fight climate change with and without the help of Congress. This last Friday, March 15th, Obama addressed a crowd at the Argonne National Laboratory, calling on Congress to establish the Energy Security Trust. The trust is to be funded for 10 years by government fees on offshore [...]
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Obama Takes Steps to Fight Climate Change With and Without the Help of Congress
March 19th, 2013 
Luke Jackson President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union
February 16th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
As part of the annual State of the Union, President Obama touched on energy as he has in past addresses to the nation. In 2011 he highlighted clean energy, while in 2012 he laid out his goal of 80% of electricity generation from “clean” sources. Below is the excerpt from his speech that dealt with [...]
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Tags: Clean Energy, Climate Change, Congress, Energy, Grid, Holy Grail, Jobs, Natural Gas, Pollution, Science, Solar Energy, Wind Power 
No Comments »Environmental Groups Back Away from Natural Gas Companies’ Donations
February 24th, 2012 Chris DeArmond If at any point it seemed like natural gas companies and environmental groups would team up against the coal industry, it doesn’t anymore. As the Washington Post reported Monday, those “new friendships grew old, then cold.” In a matter of just a few years, environmental leaders have cut ties with natural gas companies as they [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, News Tags: Chris DeArmond, Coal, Congress, Environment, Fracking, Natural Gas, NRDC, Shale Gas No Comments »China Bans Airlines from Paying European Union Carbon Tax
February 17th, 2012 Chris DeArmond At its outset in 2005, the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) was designed to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by factories, power plants, and other energy-intensive installations. At the beginning of this year, however, ETS began imposing the cap-and-trade system on all airlines with flights departing from or arriving at EU [...]
Posted in China, Economics, Featured Posts, Japan, News, President Obama, Transportation Tags: Brazil, Carbon Dioxide, Chris DeArmond, Congress No Comments »Obama Returns to Energy Theme in State of the Union
January 26th, 2012 2nd Green Revolution As he has done previously in talking about the state of America, President Obama had several things to say about energy in Tuesday night’s speech (transcript here). For one, due to a surge in domestic oil production, imports of foreign oil have fallen to the lowest levels in 16 years and “American oil production is the highest that [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Clean Technology, Economics, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Green Economy, Justin Manger, News, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Alternative Energy, Clean Energy, Congress, Electricity Generation, Energy, Green Technology, michigan, Renewable Energy, Washington DC No Comments »An Argument for Government Mandated Solar Power
February 20th, 2011 Eric Wilson Whenever I see a large, flat (or properly pitched) south facing roof I wonder why there isn’t a photovoltaic array or solar thermal system attached. Every weekend while walking to the market I pass a large post office facility with a flat roof and no trees to the south and no buildings blocking the sun. [...]
Senate Bill 510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
December 14th, 2010 Eric Wilson Not long after 2nd Green Revolution launched in early 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act was introduced into the House of Representatives. After passing through the lower chamber of Congress, it has been essentially stuck in the Senate for more than a year. The bill just passed through the Senate [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Chemicals, Congress, Food, Public Health No Comments »The 2010 Elections and US Energy Policy: Finding Common Ground
November 6th, 2010 Eric Wilson After the self described “shellacking” that President Obama and the Democratic party undertook, what are the implications for the United States’ energy policy? As reported on National Public Radio, the President stated that he foresees working with the Republicans to make “modest forward movement on energy policy.” Throughout the previous decade, the Republicans were the [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Green Economy, Op-Ed, Policy, President Obama Tags: Congress, Energy, Green Jobs, Jobs, Rare Earths, Washington DC No Comments »Energy Codes and Efficient Homes
October 21st, 2010 Eric Wilson Part of the housing crisis that created much of the economic turmoil we still face could have been alleviated in part by fiscal prudence, but also by lower utilities bills. This latter suggestion was put forth by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI). EESI recently “held a briefing on how energy efficiency legislation can [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson Tags: Congress, Department of Energy, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy No Comments »Guest Post: Cash for Caulkers
July 25th, 2010 Guest Author Houston Neal is the Director of Marketing at Software Advice. Houston writes for the Software Advice construction blog. He enjoys researching and reporting on trends in technology, and has a particular interest in developments in “green” technology. “Cash for Caulkers” is nearly here. Last month the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5019 – also known [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Guest Authors, Renewable Energy Tags: Congress, Green Jobs, Houston Neal, Stimulus Bill, Tax Rebates No Comments »
