Triple Pundit:
At Tuesday’s Academy Awards of Cleantech (The Cleantech Open), attendees were all abuzz about Seattle-based HydroVolts, winner of the $20,000 Cleantech Open sustainability prize. HydroVolts has created a floating in-stream hydrokinetic turbine that generates distributed renewable energy anywhere around the world. Hydro (Read More)
ClimateBiz.com:
The banking giant's new commercial banking group focused on clean technology firms will add to the $600 million the company has already dedicated to the market.
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ClimateBiz.com:
If climate regulation will burden businesses or increase costs, then why are so many companies strengthening their voluntary response to the climate crisis in the midst of an economic downturn?
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Cleantech Blog:
Thomas Friedman, one of my favorite authors, had an editorial this week entitled, "America must lead in energy technology". As with most of his recent writings and speeches, it's targeted around the thesis of his Hot, Flat and Crowded book, which basically argues that a combination of climate change, globalization, and pop (Read More)
Xconomy:
cleantech, innovation, renewable energy Robert Noble wrote: [Editors note: Architect Robert Noble wrote this article with Glenn Croston]The San Diego area is the home of numerous cleantech businesses that are developing innovative green cars (Aptera, V-Vehicle Co.), developing alternative fuels (GreenHouse Internationa (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Thanks to everyone who made it out to GreenBeat 2009 yesterday and Wednesday!We were thrilled with the turnout, and couldn’t be more grateful for all the support we received from attendees, speakers, sponsors and the press. It’s clear that the Smart Grid has gained the momentum it needs for serious work to be done, and we a (Read More)
Xconomy:
cleantech, Biofuels, startups Luke Timmerman wrote: Seattle-based Blue Marble Energy, the developer of renewable energy and specialty chemicals from biomass, said it has received a $2 million state grant through a partnership with the Odessa Public Development Authority. The company plans to use the grant, from the Was (Read More)
TreeHugger:
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Triple Pundit:
Ever since I was a kid, when my father used give me Matchbox cars he bought on his way home from work, I’ve been crazy about cars. So I was extremely excited to have the opportunity to speak with Simon Saba of Saba Motors, whose EV vision is something any gearhead can get jazzed about: [...]
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World of Renewables.com - The World's #1 Renewable Energy Site!:
The Road to Job Creation is Paved with Green Small-Cap StocksSmallCapInvestorI encourage you to take a look at these stocks as well as others in the alternative energy sector, and add the best to your portfolio. The renewable energy ...The US Renewable Energy Group has entered a cooperationTransWorldNews (press release)all (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Twitter said it’s planning a large-scale advertising network soon, but U.K.-based Tweetmeme beat them to the punch with a monetization effort of its own today.The startup, which creates those green ‘Retweet’ buttons you see everywhere (including on this site), is rolling out the same feature for ads. They’re partnering wit (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Once a place to escape to, the suburbs became a byword for conservatism. Owen Hatherley on a surprising exhibition at the London Transport MuseumA couple of years ago, I temporarily moved out of south-east London, where I have lived for 10 years, into a strange, exotic land. Flat-sitting in East Finchley might not sound ful (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Photo via ChangeIf James Brown had been around to witness the rise of the green jobs sector and learned of the news from this recent study, he'd shake his head and say, "It's a man's world. Ow! After all these years and so much progress, even in a sector dedicated towards achieving the noble aim of an emissions-free economy (Read More)
CleanTech Blog - CleanTechies.com:
Don’t expect climate change to get fixed by the governments of the world. Don’t expect that, however noble in intention, the efforts of Gore, McKibben, Stern, and their many cohorts will succeed either. Not on any large scale. It won’t be clean tech or green products saving the day either.Climate change, like energy scar (Read More)
EarthNews:
Greenwire: While the upcoming U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen is important, the future of American clean technology investment will be determined by incentives proposed by lawmakers in Washington, businesses say.“Of course carbon price, whether foreign or domestic, is the critical element in the long-term economics of ren (Read More)