United States of America
By Alison Pruitt on December 15, 2009
Tags: United States, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Barack Obama, clean energy jobs, energy efficiency, government funding, Jobs and Economic Growth Forum, renewable energy, renewable power, United States of America, Congress, energy, Job Forums, White House
Two of President Obama’s most pressing problems are unemployment in the U.S. and improving the country’s energy efficiency (and, oh yeah, health care, but you’ll have to visit a different blog for that).
By Emily Gertz on June 29, 2009
Tags: The New York Times, Brazil, Britain, India, United Kingdom, United States, USD, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Barack Obama, climate bill, congress, New York Times, Talking Points Memo, United States of America, Waxman-Markey Bill, Arlen Specter, Brian Beutler, Claire McCaskill, Congress, Department of State, energy, Evan Bayh, Gordon Brown, Indiana, John Broder, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Senate, Todd Stern, White House
The passage of the House climate and clean energy bill last Friday is a particularly sweet victory for President Obama.
By Nathanael Baker on June 8, 2009
Tags: building codes, commercial buildings, energy efficiency, residential homes, United States of America, Waxman-Markey Bill
Often lost in the discussion about the environmental precedent setting Waxman-Markey bill is the effect it will have on the building codes for residential homes and commercial buildings.
By Nathanael Baker on June 4, 2009
Tags: Bureau of Land Management, Clean Energy Promotion Act, congress, government, legislation, Martin Heinrich, solar energy, solar power, United States of America, wind energy, wind power
Congressman Martin Heinrich (Democrat-New Mexico) has introduced a new renewable energy bill--the Clean Energy Promotion Act. The proposed legislation will promote renewable energy projects on public lands.
By Nathanael Baker on June 3, 2009
Tags: Barack Obama, economic growth, geothermal development, geothermal energy, geothermal power, geothermal sector growth, Green Chip Stocks, investment, United States of America
Since Barack Obama has become President of the United States of America, the federal government has committed over $800 million to the U.S. geothermal sector.
By Nathanael Baker on May 19, 2009
Tags: automobile emissions, Barack Obama, carbon dioxide emissions, clean energy, fuel standard, greenhouse gas, United States of America
President Obama is set to announce a new set of stringent federal rules regulating automobile emissions and fuel standards in the United States.
