Feds Release $151 Million for Game-Changing Energy Research
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Timothy B. Hurst on
October 26th, 2009
The Department of Energy today announced major funding for 37 "transformational" energy research projects.
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What the Battle Over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Tells Us about Public Opinion and Climate Change Legislation
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Levi Novey on
September 17th, 2009
A study about attitudes toward drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and persuasion sheds some light on how conservationists might influence public opinion in favor of climate change legislation.
Obama’s Unprecedented Commitment to Science
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Timothy B. Hurst on
May 27th, 2009
President Barack Obama has reiterated his administration's focus on science by promising a new level of commitment—one with the same intensity and urgency as that which put Americans on the moon—and stressing that "the days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over."
Renewable Energy Has Created 90,000 Green Collar Jobs in Colorado
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Timothy B. Hurst on
October 27th, 2008
Speaking in Denver, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter said preliminary figures from a new report show that renewable energy has generated about 90,000 jobs directly and indirectly in Colorado. Addressing attendees of the second annual Colorado New Energy Economy Conference, Ritter said that Jefferson County alone has about 500 renewable energy companies. The Governor cited the wind [...]
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NREL Announces Wind Energy R&D Projects
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Timothy B. Hurst on
June 15th, 2008
[From my post originally published at CleanTechnica on 6.3.2008] Houston, TX – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab has just announced three research and development partnerships with Siemens and the University Houston. NREL Director Dan Arvizu made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday at the American Wind Energy Association’s annual [...]
DOE: Wind Can Provide 20% of Our Electricity by 2030
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Timothy B. Hurst on
May 12th, 2008
A report released on Monday by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) indicates that the U.S. could meet 20% of its electricity needs with wind energy by 2030. While achieving that goal is technically feasible, the report estimates it would require $197 billion in investments, especially in the infrastructure of interstate transmission. Unfortunately, the DOE [...]
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Did CSU Name Their New ‘Clean Energy Supercluster’ Biz After an Oilfield Logistics Company?
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Timothy B. Hurst on
March 20th, 2008
One of my almae matres, Colorado State University has finally launched the business-end of its long-awaited renewable energy “supercluster.” The supercluster will serve as a clean tech incubator, moving research and development of clean energy and energy efficiency from the lab to the marketplace. CSU President Larry Penley joined Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter and Colorado [...]
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Survey Finds Overwhelming Support for Wind
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LiveOAK Staff on
August 20th, 2007
New and Improved! Now with Even More Empirics! The political back-and-forth in the Cape Wind debate rolls on. Renewable Energy Access has just shed some light on a new iteration of a Massachusetts energy survey.The Opinion Research Corporation poll for the Civil Society Institute has found that Massachusetts citizens are, perhaps, not as divided over wind [...]
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Two-strokes to Get Worked Over by Envirofit
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LiveOAK Staff on
August 6th, 2007
One of the more influential green technologies coming out of Colorado State University was given some props by Treehugger today: Envirofit, an independent, non-profit company established at Colorado State University in 2003, is now working to develop and distribute affordable retrofit kits that will improve the fuel efficiency of two-stroke engines, commonly used in many [...]
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Call for Papers: Ecopolitics Online Journal
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LiveOAK Staff on
June 11th, 2007
Dr. Liam Leonard, a faculty member in the Dep’t of Political Science and Sociology refresh the demon.mp3 at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and editor at Ecopolitics Online has announced a call for papers [...]
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