Wind-power industry seeks trained workforce
Source: The L.A. Times
Reporting from California City, Calif. -- One man in the classroom earned more than $100,000 framing tract homes during the building heyday. Another installed pools and piloted a backhoe. Behind him sat a young father who made a good living swinging a hammer in southern Utah.
Polluters pay in Obama's 'green' budget
Source: ENN
US President Barack Obama is banking on a landmark carbon gas cap-and-trade system to both fight climate change and pump 80 billion dollars into the Treasury purse to fund renewable energy programs.
Low Tech: Going Green
Source: Thanh Nien News
There is an ecological disaster closely tied to an energy crisis going on in third world countries. It is happening at a much immediate level: Deforestation.
Barack Obama warns economic recovery will take years
Source: Telegraph
The House of Representatives approved a revised version but with no Republicans support. It was then expected to pass in the senate by 61-37 in a late evening vote, with only four moderate Republicans expected to give their assent.
Canadians Going Green
Source: The Vancouver Sun
Meanwhile, nearly one-third of Canadian households (30 per cent) say they always use recycled or reusable bags when grocery shopping. Ontario and Quebec lead the pack, while New Brunswick and Nova Scotia home to the biggest proportion of people that rarely or never use them.
The proposed offshore wind project, Cape Wind, would consist of 130, 440' wind turbines in Nantucket Sound.
Selling out B.C.'s renewable energy future
Source: Canada.com
British Columbians have been blessed with renewable, reliable, and inexpensive electricity ever since WAC Bennett had foresight to develop hydroelectric power nearly 50 years ago.
NaiKun Wind gets deal with Haida Nation
Source: The Globe and Mail
Upstart developer NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. has signed a deal with the Council of the Haida Nation to operate NaiKun's proposed offshore wind farm, which would include 110 turbines to generate 396 megawatts of power in 2014.
State must commit to cleaner energy
Source: The Detroit Free Press
In her State of the State address last February, Gov. Jennifer Granholm urged the Legislature to push Michigan toward a jobs-rich, green-energy economy by requiring utilities to sell renewable energy and help customers cut their energy use.
globeandmail.com: Cash and tax breaks for the carbon agenda
Source: The Globe and Mail
Canadian energy companies will get both direct assistance and tax breaks to develop carbon-capture-and-storage technology that promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants and oil sands projects. In his budget Tuesday, Federal Finance Minister Jim Fla …
Repower America
Source: Repower America
American jobs; American citizens fighting against Oil and Coal lobbies; a new era on green sustainable energy.
BC Hydro changes tune over green energy cutbacks
Source: The Globe and Mail
Blistered by critics over its plan to scale back contracts for clean electricity because of economic uncertainty, BC Hydro this week moved to "clarify" that it may buy all the clean power it can get. "We want to be clear that we recognize the uncertainty of forecasting," BC Hydr …
Gaining Our Freedom from Oil - Renewable Energy World
Source: renewableenergyworld.com
Jeff Wilson, a brilliant author dedicated to seeing America become energy independent. This article is a very brief insight into his new book The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence Now and the hard cold facts facing America. Oil is finite.
Survey: Americans eager to reduce their energy use
Source: PhysOrg.com
Roughly half of the 2,164 American adults surveyed last September and October said they had already taken important steps to make their homes more energy-efficient, and a substantial number -- between 10 and 20 percent -- said they planned to take action over the next year.
Drillers Eye Oil Reserves off California Coast
Source: Common Dreams
[Drillers eye oil reserves off California coast: The Jenner coast north of Bodega Bay is one of the spots along the California coast that has been studied for potential oil and gas exploration.
A short while ago, I had the opportunity to tour the area in South Buffalo being proposed as one Buffalo's new homes for green jobs.
Australia brings forward A$500 million green energy fund
Source: ENN
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called for a "solar revolution" on Sunday as he unveiled plans to bring forward a A$500 million (US$329 million) fund to promote renewable energy in a bid to stimulate the economy.