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Archive for December, 2010

Hexavalent Chromium Found in Tap Water of 31 US Cities

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Ok folks. Time to get a move on re. getting our water cleaned up. This is pretty unsettling to see…read more here. San Jose you’ll notice is right up near the top of the chart shown in this article. We can do better than we are doing………. Here’s a list of all the cities and [...]

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California Adopts Nation’s First, Economy-Wide Market to Reduce Pollution

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

The California Air Resources Board voted 9-1 to put this in place. What an amazing journey to see from my perspective…I doubt this will be the last we’ll see of this sort of market here in the US… From the NRDC, here’s their official statement: Carbon market program added to California’s clean energy blueprint to [...]

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LS9 Gets A New CEO

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Biotechnology company LS9, Inc.’s new CEO announced last week (Edward J. Dineen) brings an impressive resume to his new role…what great experience. From the release I was sent last week: Mr. Dineen was most recently the Chief Operating Officer of LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB), one of the world’s largest petrochemical, fuels and polymers companies with annual [...]

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NVCA and TechNet Issue Statement Re. Treasury Grant Program and Advanced Energy Manufacturing Credit

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

I’m posting this for those who want to better understand just how critical the two energy tax provisions cited below are. In brief, today NVCA’s President and TechNet issued a statement supporting the extension of the Treasury Grant Program, Section 1603 and the Advanced Energy Manufacturing Credit, Section 48C. Note: The text below is that [...]

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Commerce Secretary Announces Advisory Committee to Promote Exports of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficient Technologie

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Just in… U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke today announced the members of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee. The newly formed Committee will advise the Secretary on the development and implementation of programs and policies that will help to expand the competitiveness of the U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency industries. “We [...]

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