Clean Energy Politics

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15 (CleanEnergyPolitics.com) -- The third annual Governors' Global Climate Summit (GGCS) opened at the University of California (UC), Davis in Southern California on Monday, November 15, 2010, promoting more efforts to develop clean energy jobs and protecting the environment. More than 1,500 delegates and representatives from over 80 states, provinces and countries attended the conference. The theme was "Building the Green Economy." [caption id="attachment_192"

.. a thought provoking ditty for the Gulf of Mexico .. 52 BP oil spill days and it's still on. How many years will it be 'till this mess is gone? Barrels by the millions leaked into the sea. Wouldn't now be a good time for Clean Energy? [caption id="attachment_188" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Political cartoon of a pelican joking about the 2010 BP oil spill"][/caption] Day 53 and the

The November 2, 2010 Elections saw California voters choosing to protect the state’s clean energy economy boom, crushing Proposition 23 and rejecting dirty oil from Texas. Proposition 23 was the largest public referendum in history on climate and clean energy policy. Decided by almost 10 million voters, the defeat of Prop 23 was a key victory for the future of clean energy in California. More than 61

Clean Energy may not be the top issue facing voters at the polls today in the 2010 mid-term U.S. Congressional elections, yet many of the candidates running for office have been including clean energy policies to their platforms to attract votes from their constituencies. [caption id="attachment_177" align="alignnone" width="415" caption="US flag in green shades"][/caption] An October 2010 Poll released by the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund showed

Pat Toomey: Human activity might not be main cause of global warming As many people have already pointed out, some of the leading beneficiaries of this season of Tea Party craziness are Republican candidates who hold extreme views on specific issues but nonetheless come across as moderate and reasonable when compared to the likes of Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell. Case in point: Pennsylvania Senate candidate Pat

Leaders need to move on clean energy by: Polk County Democrat Published: Monday, October 11, 2010 1:54 PM EDT One wit once cracked that we should be happy we don’t get all the government we pay for. In Florida this year, politics guaranteed we received even less than usual. No job creation initiatives. No business development programs. No renewable energy plan. But as an election season long on viciousness

October 11, 2010 10:36 PM PDT Chunky U.S. energy policy hard on green biz by Reuters WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama's proposal that U.S. energy and climate policy may be implemented bit by bit means that companies will have less incentive to grow their green-energy businesses. Obama told Rolling Stone magazine last month that following the Senate's failure to pass comprehensive climate legislation that would have put a price on greenhouse

Piedmont Natural Gas rebrands and moves into power generation. Posted: Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010 Piedmont Natural Gas chief executive Thomas Skains has a lot on his mind these days. As gas production increases and prices drop, the Charlotte-based utility is rebranding itself as part of a clean, expanding segment of the U.S. energy market. Piedmont serves about 1 million customers in the Carolinas and Tennessee. Skains also faces some

by Erica Werner Real Clear Politics published October 2, 2010 President Barack Obama is promoting his administration's investments in clean energy technologies like wind and solar, arguing they produce jobs and are essential for the country's environment and economic security. In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, a month out from crucial midterm elections, the president also accused Republicans of wanting to scrap incentives for such projects. Click Here

Their Moon Shot and Ours By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The New York Times Published: September 25, 2010 China is doing moon shots. Yes, that’s plural. When I say “moon shots” I mean big, multibillion-dollar, 25-year-horizon, game-changing investments. China has at least four going now: one is building a network of ultramodern airports; another is building a web of high-speed trains connecting major cities; a third is in bioscience, where