After three days at the RETECH conference one leaves the United States with a sense of jubilation from all the talk about the new energy economy. While the bailout and newly proposed budget are providing light at the end of the tunnel, the question remains: “How long is the tunnel?” T. Boone Pickens’ wind farm can’t [...]
Today at the RETECH 2009 conference in Las Vegas, leading industry figures spoke about America’s imperative to join and ultimately lead the clean energy revolution. Using metaphors like “creating a new Apollo program”, the United States appears to have fully endorsed the value of incentivizing and driving forward renewable energy and energy efficiency. The night before [...]
30 Nov 2008
by Lauri Kinnunen (www.energy-enviro.fi) - Category: Contributed News
We must now focus on the opportunities for green growth that can put the global economy onto a stable and sustainable path, said Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat in a statement for Poznan negotiations. Worries about the costs of combating climate change and rifts between European Union states are likely [...]
Today on Capitol Hill, key leaders of the Senate, UN, Bush administration, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), and other sustainable energy experts met to discuss energy justice and the alleviation of both poverty and climate change through sustainable energy solutions. Energy justice strives to stem the death and sickness of millions of individuals [...]