San Francisco Mayor Announces $4 Million for Energy Efficiency Programs

Today, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will be announcing a major chunk of funding for the city’s commercial and residential energy efficiency program, called SF Energy Watch . Since it began in 2007, the program has been successful in creating 150 green collar jobs through services like free on-site assessments of energy usage. Why [more...]

Date: 2009-03-26 15:00:24

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Same old poop, different day…

      If you have been watching any public television at all over the last several months you’d think that the oil companies are ... of new alternative energy programs and conservation programs.   They also claim to be concerned ... Times that these ads (about solar, wind, etc) are mostly lip service.   All the big oil guys [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 22:57:58

Administration Kicks Off Weatherization Program

This morning, Vice President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Steven Chu rolled out an $8 billion weatherization program, ... , presumably because of higher energy costs there). The latter will fund rebates for families ... efficiency goals. “Even as we seize the enormous potential of clean energy sources like wind and solar [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 14:54:20

Detroit gets ready for Obama’s economic stimulus package

Detroit is already making big plans that would help them cash in on President-elect Barack Obama’s proposed ;$150 billion economic stimulus package. The bill package will have a designated amount of money earmarked fund energy conservation ... toward weatherizing homes, recycling programs, energy saving techniques and mass transit. Though Cockrel [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 04:58:55

GreenHomes America recognized by the ENERGY STAR program

I’m happy to report that today GreenHomes America was among a select group of contractors recognized by the U.S ... . EPA’s ENERGY STAR program as “market leaders who are making a difference in their community by promoting a whole-house approach to improving energy efficiency and comfort at home, while helping [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 16:39:37

The U.S. Chamber of Chicken Littles

Over the last several months, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been holding "State Climate Dialogues" out in the states, ostensibly to " ... of the Utilities Program at the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, says: "The claim ... . We know from proven experience that we can save electricity through energy efficiency programs at one-third [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 15:39:34

Green heat comes to ski town, federal funds may follow

The term “shovel-ready” has been bandied about quite a bit lately as public and private entities hungrily eye the Obama stimulus plan, ... ”? The mountain town of Avon, Colorado, at the foot of Beaver Creek ski area, isn’t waiting ... a $1.5 million grant for the plan under its New Energy Communities Program. The heat recovery program [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 15:21:02

Whom the GOP Serves by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH

by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted on Buzzflash ... , January 21, 1981, was to completely shut down the alternate/renewable energy program that Jimmy Carter ... sources of energy would have to be developed. Furthermore, at that time it was know for sure [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 02:35:15

Reid Leaves Open Option for Extreme Maneuver on Health Care, Energy Overhauls

* PUBLIC POST * I haven't thoroughly read through all of this yet, but wanted to share it ASAP ... overhaul of the nation's health care system but also a controversial cap and trade energy program ... Maneuver on Health Care, Energy Overhauls The Senate majority leader is considering employing [more...]

Date: 2009-03-26 19:57:10

DumbAssity of the Decade: US Financed Nuke Devt. of Iran, Syria, Sudan, Cuba for Ten Years!

By Debbie Schlussel This is just one of the many reasons why the whole Bush tough-on-terror, ... . Ostensibly, the program is supposed to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, but if you believe ... program funds some projects with a direct connection to nuclear energy, but many other projects it funds [more...]

Date: 2009-03-31 23:44:40

DOE Awards First Clean Energy Loan Guarantee to Solyndra

After a four-year-long freeze on loan guarantees for renewable energy programs, the Department of Energy has finally issued one to lucky Solyndra, ... projects like this fulfill the administration's goal of producing more renewable energy and more jobs [more...]

Date: 2009-03-26 20:30:50

Petard. One Each. Hoist When Ready …

D o you like the thought of “pollution free power?” Yeah, me too. That’s why I like nuclear power and processing the waste as France does ( ... for it- environmental activists. Wind-energy programs in New York - including a developer’s plan to build the city’ ... . “An energy source simply cannot be ‘green’ if it kills thousands upon thousands of [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 13:00:28

Japan pursues plutonium-based fuel

Climate Ark Climate Change Japan, which currently produces about 30 percent of its electricity from nuclear power, is turning to a plutonium-based fuel to supplement its existing energy programs. For the resource ... - can help reduce dependence on foreign energy supplies. There are still some issues [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 11:03:38

Stimulus Funding Threatening to Swamp DOE In More Ways Than One

I've been a little obsessed with the ambitious and laudable goals of the administration to make the recovery spending totally 100% transparent ... -run federal program offices, Friedman wrote. For Energy and other agencies with histories of contract ... seen a government spending program, even a small scale one that doesn't involve a fair bit of fluff [more...]

Date: 2009-03-26 18:46:03

Comment on Of Inflation and Politics In A Time Of Deflation by Justin Gardner

Jason, 1) As far as nuanced arguments, I focused on the actual legislation put forth by Republicans which was by and large about cutting programs ... energy jobs is a fair opinion, but it’s simply that…an opinion. Some of us think that investing heavily in renewable energy technologies will help bring back needed manufacturing jobs to this country [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 02:59:27

Self Improvement Programs and how they Work

by Justina Hoffa As luck would have it, there a large selection of courses that can aid you in your endeavors in being healthy in mind ... . They can be a quick practice which professionals can easily impose onto your daily schedule ... for you to follow. Benefits of such programs can maximize your energy, as well as lose weight [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 12:24:11

Self Improvement Programs and how they Work

by Justina Hoffa As luck would have it, there a large selection of courses that can aid you in your endeavors in being healthy in mind ... . They can be a quick practice which professionals can easily impose onto your daily schedule ... for you to follow. Benefits of such programs can maximize your energy, as well as lose weight [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 12:26:38

An Environmental Brain Drain to D.C.

Google MapsFor environmental talent, all roads lead to Washington.During the Bush administration, environmentalists wandered in the wilderness ... , Energy and Pollution Program at the World Resources Institute, has been tapped to become the State ... of the Alliance for Climate Protection, is moving to the Department of Energy to become assistant secretary [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 12:01:57

Going on Tangents

When it comes to domestic policy, President Obama has been repeatedly and legitimately criticized for focusing on the wrong issues. Even as the financial industry has gone into a meltdown, threatening the entire economy, he has devoted most of his energy and political capital to programs, such as expanding health-care coverage [more...]

Date: 2009-04-06 13:54:08

New Technology Means Bright Future for Solar Power

It's been a bumpy ride for solar stocks recently. The industry received a boost when clean energy tax credits were added to the $700 bailout bill ... to determine their rooftop’s solar-energy potential – thanks to a new specialized mapping program that has the backing of the US Department of Energy. Engineering giant CH2M Hill Cos. Ltd., an [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 19:30:24

Local Green Jobs Rise as SF Solar and Energy Efficiency Incentive Programs Expand

Editors Note: This is a guest post by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. His last post covered wave energy generation of the coast of California ... to install nearly 2 MW of clean, renewable energy — 25 percent of the City’s overall solar portfolio.All ... and help the City meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals. One is SF Energy Watch, which provides [more...]

Date: 2009-03-26 14:55:02

James K. Galbraith: No Return to Normal - Why the economic crisis, and its solution, are bigger than you think

Washington Monthly — Barack Obama’s presidency began in hope and goodwill, but its test will be its success or failure on the economics ... -knit group, acting with energy and commitment. Deficiencies of their program cannot, therefore ... ? The president has an economic program. But there is, so far, no clear statement of the thinking behind [more...]

Date: 2009-03-23 03:14:31

Fasthosts Takes on a New Green Initiative

Green web hosting services are emerging as more companies come to realize the negative affect data centers of the world have on the environment ... , a program that uses renewable energy to prevent an estimated 30,000 tons of carbon dioxide ... energy.  The UK reseller host also announced that it would be purchasing  enough RECs (renewable [more...]

Date: 2009-02-18 20:58:34

Will the Stimulus Help Wind and Solar?

The stimulus package, while welcome, may not be a quick fix for the struggling wind and solar industries, experts say ... can gear up a crucial loan guarantee program that would aid renewable energy projects — a matter ... immediately,” said Craig Mataczynski, president of Renewable Energy Systems Americas, a wind [more...]

Date: 2009-02-19 12:25:28

Gates Gets Real on Anti-Missiles, Schwacks 'Boost Phase' Defense

Listening to Keith Olbermann last night, you'd think it's 1987, and America doesn't have a clue how to do missile defense. But that ain't the case ... defense program, Kinetic Energy Interceptors , into a pure research and development effort ... like the Airborne Laser and Kinetic Energy Interceptors were some of the most technologically ambitious. [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 15:35:00

Bill Would Create New State Department of Energy

As a result of the weekend meeting, the Energy Committee today (Monday) introduced a bill that would create a new cabinet level Department of Energy. Committee Co-chair Charisse Millett said the goal is to streamline energy programs by putting them all in one place. Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau Download Audio (MP3) [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 20:37:53

New Composite-Ceramic High-Temperature Heater Cable Could Halve the Cost of Oil Shale Recovery

In a recently completed project sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) through the Office of Fossil Energy’s Oil and Natural Gas Program, Composite Technology Development (CTD) Inc. successfully demonstrated the application of a ceramic-composite insulated heater cable for oil shale recovery deep underground [more...]

Date: 2009-04-01 14:25:35

Jillian saves the hardest for last

Wow. Day one of Level 3 is done! Today marks Day 21 of the 30 Day Shred. You can read more about my 30-Day Shred Adventures by clicking here! ... . I’m excited about a program that takes every ounce of energy in my body, but replaces it with more energy than I’ve ever had. I’m doing this because I don’t want my clothes to fit anymore. I want [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 18:59:17

Empire State Bulding goes Green?

Officials at New York’s Empire State Building today unveiled a new process for analyzing and retrofitting existing structures for environmental sustainability. As central elements of the $500 million upgrade program presently underway at the world’s most famous office building, the program is expected to reduce energy consumption [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 11:27:20

Jobs in Mechanical Engineering

Graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering which is commonly considered to be the most universal of all the engineering areas a tremendous choice of jobs will be accessible for the asking. A tremendous range of industrial programs are available, some examples include energy production, heating, cooling system design, and air [more...]

Date: 2009-04-08 01:09:08

Miltary grade 100 Kilowatt Solid-State Laser produced

Star Wars-style laser weapons have taken another step closer to reality with Northrop Grumman reporting that it has produced a 105 kilowatt (kW) ... 3 of the U.S. military's Joint High Power Solid State Laser ( JHPSSL ) program. At this energy level such a "weapons ... anytime soon... Related Articles: Northrop Grumman delivers compact high-energy l [more...]

Date: 2009-03-23 11:24:12

Pierce Brosnan To Be Inducted Into Environmental Hall Of Fame

I’ve never been to the Environmental Hall of Fame in Chicago — probably because it was just inaugurated back in June — but if it’s anything like the ... Carlson, Environmental Program Manager City of Naperville Renewable Energy, 8.5% Residential ... him and his wife become inducted — along with 36 other honorees. American Solar Energy Society (ASES [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 16:24:49

Empire State Building Begins Huge Energy Efficiency Retrofit

Officials at New York’s Empire State Building today unveiled a new process for analyzing and retrofitting existing structures for environmental sustainability. As central elements of the $500 million upgrade program presently underway at the world’s most famous office building, the program is expected to reduce energy consumption [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 17:30:19

Six “little-known” Muscle Building Tips Part 2

Vince Delmonte asked: So you think you have heard everything there is to know about muscle building? ... up my program into 5 seperate days… Yes, I am more than familiar. I call these 5 day splits ‘drug programs.’ ... you will be depleting your energy reserves further into a deep, dark hole called ‘over-training.’ [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 14:01:57

How Ignatieff can win seats in the West without losing votes in Toronto and Montréal: more liberty

Stephen Harper is on thin ice with Western conservatives because of his conversion to Keynesian economics, his deficit spending, and his ( ... of the National Energy Program (NEP) Liberal Party are long past. It might even suggest a future [more...]

Date: 2009-03-22 23:21:30

‘Obama Brownshirts’ Bill Is Before Senate

Here is an artuflly innocuous synopsis of the “GIVE Act” from the Library Of Congress’ Thomas site: H.R ... needs; (2) a Healthy Futures Corps to address unmet health needs; (3) a Clean Energy Corps ... and new programs to: (1) increase community access [more...]

Date: 2009-03-24 15:19:32

Cleansing Diet Can Increase Overall Health

diet detox In the last few years it’s been tough to avoid seeing information about the benefits of doing a diet detox program to help cleanse the ... are reporting improved energy at the very least, while others claim to have health problems reversed ... . One such program recommends eliminating all “whites” from your eating plan. This means no more white [more...]

Date: 2009-04-08 00:34:10

Tesla Model S: World’s First Mass-Produced, Highway-Capable EV

Images of the partially uncovered Model S have been circulating for some time. Today, Tesla finally unveiled its first ground up production vehicle ... the Model S assembly plant in California from the Dept of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program. via tesla By Dave Pinter | © PSFK , 2009. | Article Link | [more...]

Date: 2009-03-27 05:05:30

GM’s loans for saving fuel tied to Treasury review

General Motors’ request for .3 billion in loans under a U.S. Department of Energy program is now contingent on the automaker’s 60-day restructuring review, a top GM executive said. This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 at 9:30 [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 09:30:06

Green Fees, Revolving Loan Funds and More, Oh My! Meet: Campus InPower

Busta Rhymes laid it out when he rapped, “It’s all about the money, baby”. Whether it’s clean energy purchasing, an awesome bike-share program, comprehensive composting ... across the country to know that this resource exists for them to tap into. Please pass this info along [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 23:08:40

Obama: Politics, Agenda-Blind, or a Derned Fool?

  From President Obama’s April 6 speech  in Prague: “I speak clearly and with conviction, ... ! Iran has a safe nuclear energy program carefully monitored by the I.A.E.A. Ditto for North Korea [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 12:35:31

Yoga for Fertility

Fertility yoga is a popular form of exercise and relaxation shown to help men and women conceive. A recent Harvard Medical Study showed women who participated in a 10 week mind body program ... , encouraging the free flow of energy through the body • Releases toxins • Opens pelvic and hip [more...]

Date: 2009-04-08 00:35:42

Filling Up With Fruits and Vegetables

Susan J. Epstein, MS, MEd, is the Program Coordinator at the Jacobs Neurological Institute . In her new book The Life Program For MS: Lifestyle, Independence, Fitness, and Energy , she addresses the limitations imposed by Multiple Sclerosis which results in patients becoming sedentary [more...]

Date: 2009-03-30 14:47:27

Bingaman to start podcasting, facebooking and You Tubing

Sen. Jeff Bingaman will begin podcasting, started a YouTube channel , ... passed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, the Children's Health Insurance Program ... , particularly about energy and healthcare.
 But it can be easy to get lost in the shuffle, which [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 23:06:40

King gets high marks in conservative rankings

Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, received a near perfect score on the American Conservative Union’s annual rankings of House and Senate members ... s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and tax credits for alternative energy sources. Rep. Bruce Braley ... to compile its ratings reflect a cross-section of issues, including taxes, energy, climate change [more...]

Date: 2009-03-30 16:09:31

Self Improvement Programs and how they Work

by Justina Hoffa There are a lot of programs that can help you in your efforts to being healthy in mind ... of such programs can maximize your energy, lose weight, maintain good health, enhance [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 12:28:54

Parsing the Speech: More Questions Than Answers

Not because I believe in bigger government – I don’t. How exactly does that square with the statements he then went on to make, e.g ... , renewable energy will lead the 21st century. And yet, it is China that has launched the largest effort ... . healthcare, energy, and education? He’s going to expand those programs massively. Over [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 03:35:25

My name is Oysterblogger and I'm an Addict

What an honor to be here because in my opinion Angie is one of those bloggers who proves time and time again to be a super groovy gal! ... like the real me, then I will say it again. I am an addict. I am not in a 12 step program or anything ... you give me the energy to clean the toilets if i j ust used YOU to clean the toilets [more...]

Date: 2009-03-29 07:01:00

Tesla Model S Sedan

Tesla Motors is set to fulfill the large number of orders for their Model S Sedan, ... seats, the Model S can accommodate a 50-inch television, mountain bike *and* surfboard ... in California from the Dept of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program. ( Source [more...]

Date: 2009-03-27 09:26:31

Chrysler and GM Pick Battery Suppliers

In announcements that surprised no one, both Chrysler and General Motors have announced their battery suppliers for plugins and electrics ... billion in federal loans through the Department of Energy’s loan program for alternative vehicle [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 21:06:29

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