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The U.S. Navy and Biofuels – Part I

October 26, 2010 by Robert Rapier
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On Tuesday, October 19, 2010 I conducted an interview with Tom Hicks, who is the Deputy Assistant Secretary to the Navy (Energy). The idea for the interview originated from my recent essays on Solazyme (here and here) in which the Navy’s investments in biofuels were discussed. After the Solazyme essays were published, Consumer... [read more]

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Siemens' Craig Cavanaugh on Smart Grids and Changing Consumer Behavior (and More)

October 22, 2010 by Evan Cook
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Editor's note: Siemens is a primary sponsor of The Energy Collective.  On Wednesday, I caught up with Craig Cavanaugh, Director of Meter Services for Siemens Energy, at Gridweek 2010 in Washington, D.C. I asked Mr. Cavanaugh for his insights on the some of the challenges of building and managing a smarter electric grid, as well as... [read more]

Lindsey Graham says, “yeah,” there’s a chance for climate to move forward this year - On the bipartisan bill he wrote with Kerry and Lieberman: "I really believe in this product. I think it's a damn good solution."

April 29, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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WashPost’s Ezra Klein has posted an interview with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) about the immigration and climate bills.  Since my Monday post, it’s been hard to tell whether the Senator has been principled or petulant — or perhaps a bit of both. I’ll excerpt the parts of his interview with Klein about the climate bill and you can... [read more]

Rep. Inslee: “This is a moment for scientists to channel their inner Rambo.” - Tells Senators to "put away your fear" and unleash clean energy jobs

March 11, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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One of the Congress’s true leaders on clean energy and climate, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA), was speaking at the Center for American Progress last week.  Both Brad Johnson and I had a chance to interview him. The above video was actually the second half of my (F)lip-camera interview.  Here’s where Inslee explains the science... [read more]

e3bank Reorganizes; Plans New Equity Offering in 2010

December 21, 2009 by Scott Edward Anderson
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Last week, e3bank's Chairman Sandy Wiggins and President/CEO Frank Baldassarre announced tactical changes to their business plan in order to comply with the changing regulatory environment, which will have a direct effect on the bank’s current equity investment offering. In accordance with the bank's guiding principle of Transparency... [read more]

Clean Skies News Interviews Rod Adams About Nuclear Energy

August 21, 2009 by Rod Adams
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On August 21, 2009, Susan McGinnis of Clean Skies News invited me to come to the company's downtown Washington studio for an interview about nuclear energy. I enjoyed the opportunity to converse with some of the network's reporters - my car picked me up a few minutes earlier than absolutely needed - and then to sit down with Susan for a... [read more]

Community supports Westmills Wind Farm

August 9, 2009 by Vicky Portwain
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Westmills wind farm is officially popular with its local community according to a recent report by the BBC. Westmills is the first 100% community owned wind energy project in the south of England and provides for the needs of around 2500 homes. The five turbine wind farm is located within half a mile of the village of Westmills in... [read more]

TRIRIGA – “like a kitchen towel for stimulus funds!”

July 31, 2009 by Tom Raftery
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Photo credit renaissancechambara When I published my video interview of Hara’s CEO Amit Chatterjee, John Clarke, Director of Climate Change Solutions, TRIRIGA left the following comment: I agree with Amit’s ‘carbon diet’ analogy as it highlights the need for organization to move to a state of ‘carbon heath’. Achieving true carbon... [read more]

Americans waste $130 billion a year!

July 29, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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Our houses leak, our light bulds produce more heat than illumination, our big screen TV sets draw power when they are turned off, and that’s just the start of it. U.S. businesses and individuals could save money, curb emissions of global warming pollutants, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and cut energy consumption by 23% by 2020,... [read more]

An Extended Conversation with POET

July 17, 2009 by Robert Rapier
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Today (July 17th) I spent some time on the phone with POET's VP of Science and Technology Dr. Mark Stowers. (I was also invited up for a visit, but I couldn't swing that just now). Joining us on the call was Matt Merritt, POET's Media Relations Specialist. We covered a lot of ground on the call. Key interests of mine in assessing fuels... [read more]

Schelling on Copenhagen

July 14, 2009 by RyanAvent
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Let me recommend Conor Clarke’s interview with economist Thomas Schelling to you all. I don’t agree with everything he says, but he does make a couple of what I think are very valuable points. First, on Copenhagen: Well let me first respond about Copenhagen. I don’t think anything’s going to be accomplished at Copenhagen. But they might... [read more]