Green Reader Jan.11.2011
January 11, 2011 – 7:18 PM | No Comment

China has 1 out of every 2 wind turbines in world; World to run out of oil 100 years before replacement; Silvr Lining launches solar powered clothing; Kenyan offgrid homes install solar; Pakistan calls …

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Pakistan calls for solar and wind energy
January 11, 2011 – 6:43 PM | No Comment
Pakistan calls for solar and wind energy

President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan calls for solar and wind energy for new rural housing and natural gas to be phased out of government buildings.

Republican victories in Congress to halt national alternative energy policy, …

White House to install solar panels
November 2, 2010 – 7:35 PM | No Comment
White House to install solar panels

Complaint filed by Japan against Canadian subsidies for solar power generation at the World Trade Organization.

Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition, led by Gov. of Iowa and Rhode Island, sent letter to Senate requesting the passage of …

California’s Prop 23 to challenge global warming legislation
September 13, 2010 – 9:07 PM | No Comment
California’s Prop 23 to challenge global warming legislation

Malaysian activist urges their government to implement tax incentives for importing, buying and installing green technology.

Gov. Strickland of Ohio signed a law to lower state tax rates on wind, solar and other renewable power sources.

US …

Iran increases R&D on nuclear fusion as alternative energy source
July 31, 2010 – 6:29 PM | No Comment
Iran increases R&D on nuclear fusion as alternative energy source

President Obama announced almost $2B in guaranteed loans to two solar companies: Abengoa Solar (Spanish company) & Abound Solar (Colorado-based).

Spanish government (world leader in renewable energy production) to cut wind energy subsidies by 35% in …

Cape Wind federal approval faces suit by environmentalists
July 3, 2010 – 1:22 PM | No Comment
Cape Wind federal approval faces suit by environmentalists

UK set to use North Sea wind and wave power to become the ‘Saudi Arabia’ of renewable energy.
President George Bush promoted wind energy at a Dallas conference; if Texas were a nation, it would be …

Homeowner associations block solar installations
May 18, 2010 – 2:08 PM | No Comment
Homeowner associations block solar installations

Columbia, Missouri is well ahead of its plans for 15% renewable energy by 2022; by December 2010 they will be at 5% renewables; their goal for the end of 2012.
Utahn’s may be eligible for up …

What would Reagan do about climate change?
April 20, 2010 – 10:04 PM | No Comment
What would Reagan do about climate change?

Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, announced plans for $37.5M in US funding for the US-China Clean Energy Research Center, to be located in both countries.
“Republicans for Environmental Protection” are asking on public ads what would Reagan …

China increases smart grid funding
March 19, 2010 – 4:34 PM | No Comment
China increases smart grid funding

Greenpeace leads campaign to get Facebook to use renewable energy for its data center in Prineville, Oregon.

San Francisco clean energy plan to buy solar, wind and other clean sources could increase power rates by up …

Arab states make aggressive renewable moves
February 20, 2010 – 11:26 AM | No Comment
Arab states make aggressive renewable moves

Oregon house votes to limit runaway incentives for wind and solar energy projects by reducing tax breaks and tightening rules; incentives could grow by $1B without any changes to current policy.

Property Assessed Clean Energy …

Climate legislation stalled on fears of energy price increases
February 9, 2010 – 9:47 AM | No Comment
Climate legislation stalled on fears of energy price increases

UK to develop 32 gigawatts of offshore wind power.

The Public Regulation Commission of New Mexico gave the state’s largest utility extra time to reach the 2011 goal of 10% renewable energy.

The Biomass Crop Assistance Program …