Dec 10, 2009 – Who’s taking the lead in protecting the earth from climate change? Mikhail Gorbachev. You read it right, Mikhail Gorbachev. Read his Op-Ed piece in today’s The New York Times, titled, “We Have a Real Emergency.” He links climate change to “security issues and to increasingly dangerous ethnic and international conflicts; to [...]
Dec 7, 2009 – Are you at the Copenhagen meeting? If so, please provide your comments here. USA President Barack Obama will be there as well as leaders from most developed and developing countries of the world. People are unsure if any major commitments will be made by the largest polluters in the world, or [...]
Tesla Motors is in the process of closing a deal to manufacture electric cars at the site of a former NASA manufacturing plant in Downey, California, according to Mayor Mario Guerra. The facility once employed 30,000 aerospace engineers and scientists. “We’re excited by the possibility of Tesla coming here,” Guerra said. “We feel this could become [...]
Nov 19, 2009 - The New York Times published a full section titled “Business of Grren” Nov 19, 2009. The following articles are included. Click on the title to go to The New York Times article. “Making Renewables Reliable“, “Storm Over the Chamber“, “A Surplus of Energy That Might Even Last“, “Companies Call Government Incentives [...]
Nov 11, 2009 – OK, I don’t know how our new natural gas differs from our old natural gas. The ad shows a perplexed individual [my interpretation] of an individual with a blue flame coming out of his head with the headline, “NATURAL GAS CONTRIBUTED $385 BILLION TO THE ECONOMY LAST YEAR. EUREKA!” [I don’t [...]
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July 10, 2009 – How much energy are you using to power your must-have gadgets? The Paris-based International Energy Agency estimates that new electronic gadgets will triple their energy consumption to 1,700 terawatt hours by 2030. There would need to be an additional 200 new nuclear plants to power all the TV, iPods, PCs and [...]
China’s Suntech Power Holdings Co. (stock symbol: STP) had only one employee in the U.S. in 2006. He operated with a mobile phone and laptop in his basement. Suntech Power, the world’s largest producer of solar-power modules now has 50 workers at its a San Francisco U.S. headquarters. The China-based company is searching for a [...]
Apr 3, 2009 – MIT is hosting the first-ever MIT Sustainability Summit: Discovering New Dimensions for Growth on April 24th, 2009. It will bring together students, engineers, business leaders, academics, environmental activists, and public servants to discuss how we can most effectively support each other as we face the opportunities and challenges of transitioning to [...]
Feb 2, 2009 – Today’s ad from the recent Newsweek isn’t from a company, but rather from a consortium of organizations supporting green energy. The tagline is, “LET’S ENGINEER OUR WAY TO A STRONG ECONOMY.” “Repower America Now With Clean Energy.” Of course, there is the obligatory picture of a wind farm. As stated previously [...]
SolFest is a celebration of renewable energy and sustainable living. Since 1996 over 100,000 people have attended workshops, listened to well-know speakers, enjoyed music and visted exhibits by developers and distributors of green products and services. SolFest a learning opportunity and a celebration at the same time. The Solar Living Institute’s home, the Solar Living Center, is a [...]
Due to popular demand and a rapid sell-out of the January 16 workshop, Solar Careers and Industry Opportunities will be offered again on February 25th. For more information on this workshop and the Solar Living Institute in Hopeland, California, please visit their website, solarliving.org.
Oil prices are the lowest since June 2004. U.S. Crude for January delivery traded as low as $37.71 today, even though the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries elected to cut production by 2.2 million barrels a day beginning in January. Investors are concerned that the slowing global economy will cause a decrease in demand for [...]
If you are looking for a job in a green energy company or organization, you may wish to look in states where the unemployment rate is significantly better than the national average. Below is data from the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that of [...]
According to PayScale.com, the six top-paying green jobs are Venture Capitalist, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Vice President of Research and Development, Vice President of Government Affairs and Vice President of Sales and Marketing. For more details please visit PayScale.com.
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