March 3rd, 2013 
Eric Wilson 
With sequestration upon us, it will be interesting to see where renewable energy’s future lies. Many of the cuts have been to military expenditures, but renewable energy offers a way forward for reduced utility costs for the Department of Defense. This month, the 8th annual military energy alternatives conference in Washington DC may lay the [...]
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Tags: Alternative Energy, Bicycles, Bio-fuels, Calendar, California, Military, New York City, Santa Barbara, Washington DC 
No Comments » February 1st, 2013 Eric Wilson 2013 began with the fiscal cliff averted and reinstatement of the Production Tax Credit for renewable energy. Now comes the shortest month of the year, but a busy one nonetheless. There are a few solar energy events in South Africa, a trio of environmentally related ones in our nation’s capital, Washington D.C, a couple of [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson, Policy, Renewable Energy Tags: Africa, Calendar, California, Minnesota, Washington DC No Comments » January 8th, 2013 Justin Manger 
Though controversial, I think the Keystone Pipeline should be built. (Eric, of course, reminds me that “not all of us at 2GR agree.”) However, it now looks as though it may actually come to pass. A report released by the state of Nebraska late last week contains the evaluation that the pipeline “could have minimal [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Justin Manger, Local Energy/Food, Policy, President Obama Tags: Environment, Oil, Washington DC No Comments » January 6th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
Technically my wife and I moved to Minneapolis, at least in the city limits. We’re currently renting a home with a Walk Score of 74 (Transit Score of 47 and Bike Score of 66 all out of 100). The location is great, except two pieces. Neither of us work in the neighborhood, a huge change [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Sustainable Development Tags: Bus, Cars, Denver, Minneapolis, New Urbanism, Saint Louis Missouri, Urban Planning, Washington DC No Comments » December 29th, 2012 Justin Manger 
Early next year, Lisa Jackson will step down from her 4 year tenure as Environmental Protection Agency chief. Known for her aggressiveness, she fought long and hard with Republicans looking to curb the Environmental Protection Agency’s powers. She also was instrumental in pursuing the first U.S. greenhouse-gas regulations, though she eventually came up short of [...]
Posted in Justin Manger, News, Policy, President Obama Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Environment, EPA, Washington DC No Comments » December 21st, 2012 Justin Manger 
The venture capital firm that Vinod Khosla created (after founding Sun Microsystems) has retained former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a strategic advisor. RiceHadleyGates, the consulting company where she works, will “help the companies navigate government and regulatory concerns abroad and help with negotiating the world of emerging markets, understanding where to expand to.” [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Green Economy, Green Products, Justin Manger, News Tags: Clean Energy, Washington DC No Comments » December 15th, 2012 Justin Manger 
As expected, the natural gas revolution in the U.S. is having a large positive economic impact. According to the Financial Times, “manufacturers have announced more than $90bn worth of investments in the US to take advantage of its cheap natural gas.” This is leading to an industrial renaissance as numerous companies in various sectors such [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Justin Manger, Local Energy/Food, News, Policy Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Environment, Natural Gas, Washington DC No Comments » December 14th, 2012 Eric Wilson 
As a follow up to last week’s Five Friday Facts, here are the top 5 things you may not know about electric vehicles. The full list can be found on the Department of Energy’s website. The battery technologies in almost all of the electric vehicles on the road today were created with support from the [...]
November 6th, 2012 Justin Manger 
If you are a U.S. citizen and you haven’t voted yet, take a small piece out of your day to vote. Vote because you want something to be done regarding climate change, or vote because you don’t believe in it. No matter what your policy preferences, the only way we can continue this experiment aimed [...]
October 28th, 2012 Eric Wilson 
As part of the debates last week and the energy policies of the two candidates for president, the notion of energy independence has crept into the discussion once dominated by the economy. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney vows energy independence by 2020. As pointed out in a recent article by NPR, President Obama also touts [...]
