My organization, The Carbon War Room, has put together a consortium to tackle, as was reported this week: “one of the nation’s biggest energy problems — waste in older buildings —… Read more »
Carbon capture and sequestration is the only way to make coal-fired power environmentally responsible, and yet we’re so far from getting there. Last week’s decision by utility AEP to cancel its… Read more »
This morning brings lots of energy news from Japan, a country on the forefront of the energy challenges facing the world at large. Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor complex disaster has forced… Read more »
California’s carbon cap-and-trade program has been put on hold — not by wealthy polluters or right-wing ideologues, but by a judge upholding a lawsuit saying the law doesn’t go far enough… Read more »
California’s new greenhouse gas reduction law is rolling toward implementation, and that means big emitters — like utility Pacific Gas & Electric — have to start planning for it. Earlier this… Read more »
As the deployment of utility smart grid infrastructure gains scale and maturity, the industry’s focus is beginning to shift from standards, technology selection and architecture to the true purpose of the… Read more »
Let us mourn the shelving of a national climate change strategy this morning. Word from Washington D.C. is that Carol Browner, President Barack Obama’s handpicked coordinator of energy and climate policy,… Read more »
Happy New Year, everyone — welcome to a new year of efforts to obstruct policy progress on the greentech front. The state of Texas has kicked off 2011 with a fresh… Read more »
Contour Energy Systems — the Caltech battery spinout formerly known as CFX Battery — has launched an opportunistic attack on a niche consumer market right in time for Christmas. The Azusa,… Read more »
How deep can corporate carbon accounting software dive into a corporation’s individual data centers? San Francisco-based startup Sentilla and enterprise software giant SAP intend to find out. The two announced Monday… Read more »