Clean Energy

Electricity and power are so expensive, you can usually only flip on the light switch to read your electricity bill. But that may all be changing. There have been doings afoot and things a transpiring on the clean energy front.

Finding energy that can meet mankind's present needs, while not jeopardizing the energy needs of future generations has been a veritable ballet for more than a decade. The current energy needs of the planet and the future energy needs of the planet have played against each other in a delicate symphony. Literally thousands of the best minds in the world have been working on this dilemma.

Several ideas have surfaced as far as clean, sustainable energy sources. Biofuels, wood pellets, manure, ethanol, etc.) solar power, wind power, wave power, and tidal power have all been paraded across the world stage, each with varying degrees of acceptance. As this issue pushes more and more towards the forefront of our collective consciousness, these clean energy solutions will become more accepted.

Bloggers speaking about clean energy can be found at sites like environmentalleader and solveclimate.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Clean Energy”

• 5 o’clock roundup: Nothing says Christmas like LEDs, Facebook ups divorces and more

  
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• Nothing says Christmas like LEDs, Facebook ups divorces and more

  
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  Here’s the latest action:Rich Wong looks ahead to 2010 — Rich Wong, partner at Accel Partners, sat down with Robert Scoble to provide a venture-eye view of 2010, covering trends in social media, real-time search, clean energy and who will come out on top between the iPhone and Android.LEDs take over Christmas ...
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• Economic Message of the Week: CBO: Clean Energy Bill Would Create $21B Surplus

  
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  According to the CongressionalBudget Office, energy and climate legislation passed by the Senate Environmentand Public Works Committee last month would create a $21 billion surplus overthe course of the next decade. The CBO estimate found that the bill would increasefederal revenue by about $854 billion between ...
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• Highlight of the Week: Proposed Copenhagen Agreement: We’re Not Done Yet

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 173
  World leaders concluded twoweeks of intense climate negotiations in Copenhagen Friday, resulting in apolitical agreement that fell short of anambitious or legally binding climate pact. With public protests in thebackground and police blockades preventing observers from witnessing the talksin person, negotiators for ...
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• Carbon permits take a dive post-Copenhagen — could drag solar, wind down too

  
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  After months of work and speculation, the climate talks in Copenhagen have faded into dull disappointment. With world leaders promising only to revisit the issue of global warming before the end of 2010, real carbon reductions seem farther away than ever — a sentiment reflected in a steep drop in demand for carbon ...
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• US Dairy Industry to Help USDA Meet 25% by 2020 Copenhagen Target

  
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  In a post-Copenhagen move; the US Dairy industry announced today that it is partnering with the US Department of Agriculture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25% by 2020 by greatly ramping-up the use of anaerobic digesters. While cows have been with us since at least 2020 BC, now that we are growing towards 9 ...
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• "Generating Failure": Why Subsidizing Nuclear Power is Not the Answer

  
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  This morning, Senator Webb put out a press release on the proposed "Clean Energy Act of 2009," which he is co-sponsoring with Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN). The main thrust of this legislation is to provide $10 billion "in government-backed loans for the development of clean, carbon-free energy to bring in ...
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• Plummeting EU Carbon Market Bodes Ill for Clean Tech Investment

  
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  As carbon emissions allowance prices inch ever lower, it becomes less and less feasible for companies to invest in renewable energy, carbon capture and storage and other alternative energy means, observers say.After the Copenhagen talks failed to reach a binding agreement, EU carbon prices fell to a six-month low of ...
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• AT&T Orders Van Conversions From Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE)

  
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  Clean Energy Fuels just announced that AT&T has placed an order with Clean Energy Fuels’ subsidiary BAF Technologies to have 463 Ford E-250 vans converted to run on compressed natural gas. The order is  due in the second quarter of next year. Previously, AT&T placed an order for 463 van conversions that ...
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• The Copenhagen Accord: A Big Step Forward

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 173
  The Copenhagen climate deal that President Obama hammered out Friday night with the leaders of China, India, Brazil and South Africa broke through years of negotiating gridlock to achieve three critical goals.  First, it provides for real cuts in heat-trapping carbon pollution by all of the world’s big ...
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• Key Countries Agreed to Copenhagen Accord to Address Global Warming

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 173
  In the late morning hours Saturday in Copenhagen, the overwhelming majority of countries adopted a new framework for addressing global warming.  This new agreement — called the Copenhagen Accord (available here ) — was hammered out by 28 of the world’s key countries.  These countries represent over 80% of ...
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• Theme Parks Tout Use of LED Holiday Lighting

  
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  From Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Georgia to Silver Dollar City in Branson, Mo., theme parks that remain open through the Christmas season are touting the use of LED holiday lighting.Six Flags, in Alpharetta, Ga., teamed up with Christmas Lights Etc. to install two giant LED Christmas trees. The two also used LED ...
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• Harvesting and Directing Light for Lighter Solar Panel Cells

  
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  In October of 2009, a scientific breakthrough was announced that could clear the way to more efficient and more powerful solar collection cells. University of Florida chemists announced that they had figured out a method for drawing forth promising molecular structures that can be used in capturing. These synthetic ...
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• Hotels Ramp Up Recycling, Clean Fuel Efforts

  
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  Hotels including the Marriott, MGM Mirage CityCenter and ARIA Resort & Casino continue to ramp up their eco-friendly projects. Some are adding unique programs to their “green” measures such as converting cooking oil to biodiesel while others are adding clean-fueled transportation and generating their own ...
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• Renewed interest in green investments in 2010

  
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  Some green in lithium-ion? A new PricewaterhouseCoopers study finds that "energy-efficient technology for batteries, grids and power storage will draw more interest from companies and investors in 2011". Still, the study seems to believe that the recovery in the green energy sector is recovering "slowly." More ...
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• DiFis frustrating clean energy priorities

  
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  Oh great, just great: Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation in Congress on Monday to protect a million acres of the Mojave Desert in California by scuttling some 13 big solar plants and wind farms planned for the region. But before the bill to create two new Mojave national monuments has even had its ...
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• Enviro Group Presents Frosty the Snowman 2.0

  
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  Credit: Courtesy NRDC . You know the song : Frosty the Snowman, was a jolly, happy soul, with a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of cucumbers ...... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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• Top staffer for Lugar (R-IN) labels Copenhagen Accord a “home run”; Murkowski (R-AK) says “China and India stepping forward … is progress.”

  
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  President Obama may have improved his chances for passing global warming legislation in the Senate by forging an interim international agreement here that puts both rich and poor countries on a path to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. E&E News (subs. req’d) agrees with CAP’s Dan Weiss (see “ Why the ...
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• The Winds of the Carolinas May Give Us Electricity

  
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  A research project is underway at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a project that is quite likely going to lead to the first wind turbines ever to be placed in American waters. In the Fall of 2009, the university signed an agreement with Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) to set up a three or [...]
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• December 21, 2009 – Environmental Law Settlements, Decisions, Regulatory Actions and Lawsuit Filings

  
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  December 21, 2009 – A summary review of environmental law settlements, decisions, regulatory actions and lawsuits filed during the past week. These were all first posted, in abbreviated form, on http://twitter.com/smtaber. For the next two weeks, I have added a special section on the Copenhagen Climate Talks.  If ...
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