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"

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