July 21,2010
By : William Lustgarten
Tallahassee — Today the Florida Legislature destroyed the last possibility of Florida embrassing Clean Renewable Energy.It took just two hours Tuesday to reject Gov. Charlie Crist’s proposal to give voters the chance to amend the state Constitution and ban offshore oil drilling. What goes thru the minds of our Republican leadership is [...]
Senator Introduces Solar Energy Legislation, Senate Democrats Hit Agency on Energy Plan, U.S. Department of Labor Awards Funds to Support Green Jobs and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Announces $100 Million in Innovative Research Projects
Students at Key West High School are learning about alternative energy firsthand — by making biodiesel to power a school bus and participating in a wind turbine pilot program.
Several U.S. Senators have introduced a bill to provide a tax incentive to solar energy equipment manufacturers in a bid to create new jobs
Standing in rural Florida amid 180 acres of solar panels, President Barack Obama announced $3.4 billion in federal stimulus grants to modernize America’s power grid and create jobs.
Demonstrating a commitment to lead by example, President Obama signed an Executive Order (attached) today that sets sustainability goals for Federal agencies and focuses on making improvements in their environmental, energy and economic performance.
President Obama stood in the middle of the nation’s largest solar power generating facility here on Tuesday and announced a government investment of $3.4 billion to modernize the power grid through a series of projects across the country.
I can remember years ago when I entered the green arena. In 2005, I was managing two real estate offices in Sarasota, Florida in the middle of the real estate boom. As the year progressed, I began to hear about green building and the challenges of our current built structure. When I began to understand that our homes and workspaces could be toxic, I was not happy.
Austin homeowners might soon have a new way to pay for energy-efficient solar panel installations if City Council approves a plan for a residential loan program on Thursday.
Biden’s program, known as Recovery Through Retrofit, creates a framework for cities, counties and states to set up tax districts that allow residential and business property owners to install solar panels and make other energy improvements, repaying the investment over a 20-year property tax assessment.
News from the blog
- FLORIDA LEGISLATURE DESTROYS SOLAR ENERGY FUTURE
- Updates in Regulatory and Legislative Policies
- Key West High School makes alternative energy
- Solar Water Heating Pays For Itself Five Times Over
- What Global Warming?
- Solar Industry Lobbies for Manufacturing Tax Credit, Cash Grant
- India to Boost Funding for Solar Power
