Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour Rolls
February 20, 2010 by Suzanne Bopp · 2 Comments
The Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour got underway yesterday in New Orleans, with Rev. Yearwood, actress Gloria Reuben and DJ Biz Markie joined by community and student leaders and hundreds of students on the campus of Dillard University. All those voices came together to call for a clean energy future.
Rev. Yearwood talked [...]
Business Organization Supporting Clean Energy Growing Rapidly
December 29, 2009 by Suzanne Bopp · Leave a Comment
After starting with just 19 members, the group American Businesses for Clean Energy has expanded to include over 800 businesses in just six weeks.
The ABCE is a coalition of businesses that support Congressional enactment of clean energy and climate legislation that will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The organization includes large companies such [...]
U.S. Will Help Spread Clean Energy Options
December 15, 2009 by Suzanne Bopp · Leave a Comment
A group of industrialized countries, including the U.S., will invest $350 million over the next five years to foster clean energy technology in developing countries. The U.S. will contribute $85 million to the Climate Renewables and Efficiency Deployment Initiative; Britain, Norway and Switzerland have pledged $200 million.
The effort will include putting solar energy systems [...]
Copenhagen: Taking the risk to define a zero carbon, clean energy future
December 15, 2009 by Rhys Gerholdt · Leave a Comment
Copenhagen, host of the UN Climate Change Conference, is widely regarded as one of the world’s greenest cities. Klaus Bondam, mayor of technology and sustainability for the city of Copenhagen, explains the city’s ethos, commitment to sustainability, and its rapid plans to move from coal to wind energy. The city provides extensive energy-efficient public transportation, [...]
White House Clean Energy Forum Today
December 8, 2009 by Suzanne Bopp · Leave a Comment
The White House will host a Clean Energy Economy Forum this afternoon, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.; the event will be streamed live online.
Several of President Obama’s top advisors – Secretary of Energy Chu, Secretary of Interior Salazar, Secretary of Labor Solis, and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson – will be present, as will [...]
