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A Culture in Recline: Cleantech vs. Social Media
“Ultimate Game Chair”Katie Fehrenbacher had a disturbing post on GigaOm's Earth2Tech this morning: "Companies that make online games, social networks, and web coupons seem to be able to raise a lot more money in IPOs right now than companies that...
What We Need: Moderation, Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Solutions
On a late September morning I walked into the FOX Business studio in New York to sit down with host Stuart Varney and former EPA head Christine Todd Whitman. We were talking about why environmentalists seemed to be increasingly disgruntled as 2010...
Applied Materials' "Dr. Solar" Does "Ask Me Anything" Reddit Chat
Dr. Charlie Gay, Applied Materials, on his computer.To celebrate the Summer Solstice, Dr. Charlie Gay, a veteran of the solar energy space and currently Applied Materials' president of solar, participated in a "live" chat on Reddit.com. "Dr....
Wall Street's Irrational, Dangerous Hatred of Solar Stocks
Garvin Jabusch, cofounder of Green Alpha Advisors, LLC and manager of The Sierra Club Green Alpha Portfolio, has an intriguing, if disturbing post on AltEnergyStocks.com over the weekend. Disturbing for those of us who are investors in solar stocks...
Time to Sell That Ocean Front Property? New Study on Sea Level Rise
Could Calvin Be Underwater?The rate of sea level rise along the U.S. Atlantic coast is greater now than at any time in the past 2,000 years, according to a new study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of...
China Leads in Cleantech, But Partnership Provides US Opportunties
Chris R. BrownThere are a number of credible voices on China and cleantech on Twitter. One you may have overlooked is Chris R. Brown (@chrisrbrown). He writes the China Solar Energy blog. I recently interviewed Chris for The...
Lighting, Sensors and Lumens, Oh My
From poor lighting in the Hilton's Trianon Room to the endless parade of LED products on display in the Exhibit Hall lighting was the word at Con Ed's Energy Efficiency Summit in New York on Wednesday. Mike Jackson, director of sales with VC-...
Is Green Regulation Hampering the Economy? Green Skeptic on FOX Business
This morning I sat down with Stuart Varney on FOX Business to talk about whether environmental regulations are hampering the economy. My argument for reasonable regulations and putting the "conserve" back in conservative did not fall on deaf...
Energy Efficiency Needs to Be the "New Normal"
Energy Efficiency has long been touted as the "low hanging fruit," both in terms of energy savings and potential impact on mitigating climate change. So why aren't energy efficiency measures being more rapidly adopted? "Energy Efficiency is...
Nissan Leaf Tries to Jolt Sales vs. Chevy Volt with TV Ad
Nissan Leaf is losing ground to its hybrid competitor the Chevy Volt. In fact, some report that Volt has been kicking Leaf's butt -- or at least blowing Leafs off of the lawn? So Nissan has decided to take on Volt the old-fashioned way: with a TV...
Meet BERT, Your Energy Control Freak
Will Ernie be next?Remember when your mom would shout at you to turn off the lights when you left a room? Well, now there's an electronic mom that does it for you without the yelling. They call it BERT, which stands for Best Energy Reduction...
Insights into the Philly Cleantech Market, Investing, and Best Industry Blogs
Chris Williams and The Green SkepticChris Williams of The Green Light Distrikt interviewed me last week about Philadelphia Cleantech scene, water, cleantech investing, and my favorite industry blogs. He's posted the results in byte-sized morsels...
