California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has unveiled a number of new Green jobs for youths. What is this all about?
The governor on Monday announced the new California Green Corps, a statewide effort to train young adults between 16 and 24 years old to work in the state’s fledgling green-tech industry.
“It’s the kind of program President Obama [...]
Can Google give us insight into how homes use our energy, allowing us to know when our usage is peaking? They think they can.
The Google PowerMeter was unveiled today, according to Computerworld.com, among others. Designed to show consumers their home energy information in nearly real time, right on their computer, the tool is already being [...]
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According to some US government officials, wind power will be the main weapon in the fight against global warming. And they have a plan.
Sort of.
The US Energy Department says windmills could supply 20 percent of U.S. electricity by 2030 and put a huge dent in greenhouse gas emissions.
Windmills spinning over the Great Plains [...]
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This is getting interesting. According to a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle, communities around California are looking to gain power over their energy.
Communities such as Marin County are going up against PG&E to force the change to renewable energy. Frustrated by lack of options in this arena, these communities have [...]
The New York Times posted a very informative article on the solar power industry in California last week: A Green Energy Industry Takes Root in California .
There is serious reason for optimism in solar. And the timing may be as close to perfect as possible: global warming is on everyone’s mind, the price of oil [...]
After this week’s news about US businesses lack of progress in all things Green, I was glad to find some positive news.
Intel has just replaced PepsiCo as biggest U.S. buyer of alternative energy.
Tech giant Intel has announced that it will buy 1.3 billion kilowatt hours of renewable energy credits a year, making it the biggest [...]