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Governors’ Global Climate Change Summit Today & Tomorrow

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Worth reading up on/watching the webcast. More here.

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The Fourth Conference on Clean Energy Upcoming in Boston (Nov 18-19)

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

In case you didn’t catch it, it’s Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Week, and this is probably THE regional event showcasing clean energy startup companies that you’ll want to go check out, if you’re in the area.
More on the conference here.

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Genomatica Changes The Game

Monday, October 27th, 2008

I walked away from Always On’s Going Green Conference a couple of weeks ago with one fascinating company on my brain: Genomatica. I’ve been waiting sometimes patiently - and largely not so - for a company like Genomatica to show up on my radar, because I’ve wanted a bigger picture of how we’re [...]

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DOE Looking To Invest in Smart LED Technologies

Friday, October 17th, 2008

More here.

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Green Tech For Smart Cities - A CUD Conference Perspective

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

My friend Scott posted this the other day, originally for WorldChanging.com. I’m reposting, as I thought you might like to read…it’s also my way quiet of introducing the project Scott and I are working on together…

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Solyndra Announces A New Solar PV System For The Commercial Rooftop Market & More Than 1.2 Billion in Customer Contracts

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

More here.

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Keeping Things Positive

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Lots to write about, lots behind on, and not enough time, as per usual. There are some great things moving forward —
Enhanced Geothermal Systems Research Awarded $43.1 Million by US Department of Energy
$1.6B smart meter program starts in California
CALIFORNIA SELECTED AS PARTNER STATE FOR CeBIT 2009
California’s Selection Marks First Time a State, Not [...]

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Google’s $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy 2030 Plan

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

In case you haven’t caught it — more here and here.

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Average U.S. Water Costs Increase by 7.3% According to NUS Consulting Group Annual Survey

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

I got this in my inbox this morning..
This comes as no surprise, really, as you know water cost increases are coming, but very interesting to track…
PARK RIDGE, N.J. (September 24, 2008) – The annual survey conducted by the NUS Consulting Group found that the average price of water in the United States soared [...]

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Green Transportation Fund Set To Launch

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

More here.

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2 Million New Jobs in 2 Years: Report Outlines Rapid Recovery Economic Program That Moves America Toward A Clean Energy Future

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

I sat on the press call for this, and will have more to add as soon as I have a moment to sit down and write. In the meantime - this report is very important. Please read on.
Washington, D.C. (September 9, 2008) — As America confronts the current energy crisis, a [...]

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Talking Change With Kevin Surace, Serious Materials

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

I’m always fascinated by game-changing technologies and companies and their leaders - those companies that turn industries on their head, challenge the status quo, build solid businesses, and are those which you know will always be the instigators of change in industries that are traditionally slow to move to their next evolution of growth. [...]

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Post Olympics, Conventions & Other Things…

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I pretty much needed the month of August to take a time out. I abstained from blogging. Instead I watched the Olympics, followed election coverage, watched the markets, sat and vegged in front of the tv and learned about things like bee Colony [...]

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Upcoming Events (Note Tonight’s Event!!) and Companies of Note

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

In case you have missed it, the California Clean Tech Open has some interesting finalists this year. Be sure to check out what’s happening. More here.
Tonight, thanks to Nick Allen from Morgan Stanley Research, here’s the latest on this evening’s Renewable Energy Forum: The Obama and McCain campaigns will present their [...]

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DOE’s Zero-Net Energy Commercial Building Initiative (CBI) Launches w/Establishment of the National Laboratory Collaborative on Building Technologies (NLCBT); CA Clean Tech Open Gets 100k from NREL

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

My Tuesday afternoon this week I was busy scribbling notes in a press briefing, caught up in an announcement that should have sent some shock waves reverberating across the country, certainly, if not elsewhere. The backdrop for the announcement? The California Clean Tech Open.
Significantly, a new National Laboratory Collaborative on Building Technologies (NLCBT) [...]

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On Tendril

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

You know, if Boulder were closer to an ocean, and the West Coast, and the world of nanotech, Jon and I would probably be there. My younger brother loved his time there, and there are definitely some cool companies there.
Take, for instance, Tendril. I had the opportunity to sit down with Adrian Tuck, Tendril’s [...]

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Toronto Part II

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a blog about the clean tech media tour of Toronto I had the privilege of attending several weeks ago, under the auspices of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade. I’d mentioned that I had more to share in subsequent posts, offering further insights into Ontario’s [...]

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100% Renewable in 10 Years: It Will Come To Pass

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Yep, Gore threw the gauntlet down today at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in an event hosted by the “We” Campaign (for those of you who aren’t aware, “We” is a fast-growing organization focused on solutions to the climate crisis, and the work of the Alliance for Climate Protection, a nonprofit group founded by Al Gore, [...]

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The Sustainable Refrigerator

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Mind you, this isn’t very big. But this particular iteration isn’t meant to be big, as it’s meant to store vaccines, really. However, could we not make a bigger refrigerator with this kind of technology? From TED.

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My CleanTech Tour With The Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

It was with a seeing-eye dog that I attended the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade’s first ever clean tech media tour several weeks back, and the irony of having an animal share this cleantech tour with us has not been lost on me. Here we are - a global society trying to [...]

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