Cementing change

With all of the attention that has been given to the Obama administration’s moves to implement climate change policies, it is hard to find a new angle for readers. Chris Mooney writes in the Washington Post that the current renewable energy boom in the US actually made it easy for the Environmental Protection Agency to … Continue reading Cementing change →

Are clean energy companies in Europe part of the living dead?

There are concerns that bureaucracy is killing the clean energy industry in Europe. Pilita Clark assesses these concerns in the Financial Times. Do you have a view? Politics, red tape ‘turning EU clean energy into zombie industry’ The EU’s dysfunctional political system is turning clean energy companies into a “zombie industry” of the living … Continue reading Are clean energy companies in Europe part of the living dead? →

Energy-efficient lighting has been a boon for economic development but . . .

Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, co-founders of the Breakthrough Institute, an energy and environmental research center, provided an editorial in the New York Times about the value of energy-efficient products but to make a serious dent in carbon emissions there needs to be a shift to cleaner forms of energy. Do you agree? The … Continue reading Energy-efficient lighting has been a boon for economic development but . . . →

Turn around in investments in clean energy

Pilita Clark writes in the Financial Times about the growing global interest in clean energy after a lengthy period of decline. Investment in clean energy rising after two years of decline Investor interest in clean energy is starting to rise around the world after two years of decline largely thanks to growth in China … Continue reading Turn around in investments in clean energy →