Government Issues

RPS Policies at State-Level examined by Berkeley Lab

Apr 25th, 2008 | By Kelly Mead | Category: In The News, RPS, Studies, US dept of energy

 
A new report was released by the U.S. Dept of Energy’s Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (Berkley Lab) shows that renewable energy is being supported by a growing number of states.  This is being done by the creation of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) which this report gives an overview of the experience with these new state-level [...]



Help Focus The Nation

Dec 23rd, 2007 | By Kelly Mead | Category: Alternative energy, Community Issues, Conference, Designing Healthy, Energy Efficiency, Energy use, Focus The Nation, Getting Healthy, Government Issues, green building

Focus The Nation is a movement that wants to find global warming solutions for America and they want to do it with the help of all Americans. They currently have four programs they are promoting to help America: National Teach-In, Green Democracy, 2% Solution, and Choose Your Future.
The National Teach-In is set for January 31, [...]



South Daytona Held Hostage By Power Company?

Dec 10th, 2007 | By Kelly Mead | Category: Community Issues, Editorial, Government Issues

South Daytona, Fl is having difficulty with their only power company, Florida Power & Light.
According to Daytona Beach News-Journal online that due to the problems they are experiencing the city has hired a consultant to see what options are available to them, including solar and other alternative power.
The news article from Monda, December [...]



Government Grants for Alternative Energy

Nov 27th, 2007 | By admin | Category: Alternative energy, Government Issues, NREL, US dept of energy

By: Warren Peters
In his State of the Union Address for 2007, President George W. Bush called for a 22% increase in federal grants for research and development of alternative energy. However, in a speech he gave soon after, he said to those assembled, I recognize that there has been some interesting mixed signals when it [...]