Posts Tagged ‘ In The News ’

3rd Annual Bike for Peace and New Energies

Jun 6th, 2008 | By Kelly Mead | Category: Editorial, Websites

From June 12 through August 16, 2008 bike riders will be going from Paris to Moscow and then on to Peking. All in an effort to raise awareness that peace and facing the looming energy crisis is not just a local but international issue.
In 2006 and 2007 this ride was only from Paris to Moscow, [...]



An Alliance and A Campaign

Jun 2nd, 2008 | By Kelly Mead | Category: In The News, Websites

Since it’s a political year, not that every year isn’t one, we looked around to see who is taking advantage of our politticans being a little more open to listening to going green, being self-sufficient, and/or environmental issues. So of course we checked out the We Can Solve It website.
The We Can Solve It [...]



If You Can’t Be Off Grid Then Live In A SmartGridCity

May 20th, 2008 | By Kelly Mead | Category: Energy Efficiency, In The News, Press Release, SmartGridCity

What is a Smart Grid City? It’s a new concept that is being built in Boulder, Colorado to make using conventional grid energy more efficient in it’s use and cost. it is probably best put by the chairman, president and CEO of Xcel Energy, Dick Kelly:

“We’re on our way toward building the grid of [...]



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 [...]