The idea that America’s clean-energy push has become, first and foremost, a jobs push is now indisputable.
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Natural gas is often seen as the “bridge fuel” to a clean-energy future—it’s abundant, reliable, and has about half the emissions of coal. Today, a couple of reminders of just how tricky it can be to really make that gas-powered energy revolution a reality. In California, state regulators are concerned that new emissions rules from the Environmental Protection Agency could actually “retard” the state’s efforts to clean up its energy mix, The Wall Street Journal reports today A boom in Chinese wind investments helped Asia top the Americas in clean energy spending last year, but Europe-Africa-Middle East remained the top region, according to data out this morning from consultant New Energy Finance . Associated Press The Yumen Wind Farm in northwest Gansu province. Totalling up spending by venture capitalists, governments, asset financiers and so forth, the green eye shades at NEF found $37.3 billion invested in Asia-Oceania, versus $32 billion for the Americas BOISE, Idaho — Max Komar made a sliding 16-yard touchdown catch with 4 seconds left and Nathan Enderle passed to Preston Davis for the 2-point conversion, lifting Idaho to a dramatic 43-42… heave-ho.org | All the news that’s fit to click.™ HOUSTON — Green Bay Packers defensive end Johnny Jolly appeared briefly in a Houston courtroom Tuesday to answer refiled charges he illegally possessed at least 200 grams of codeine. Jolly, 26,.. Fuel cells are highly interesting bits of tech. Literally moon shot technology brought to earth, they’ve been the darling of some green energy types and certain car companies for awhile now…. heave-ho.org | All the news that’s fit to click.™ Senators John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, and Joe Lieberman outlined the very bare framework of their compromise climate bill, an effort to jumpstart the Senate’s stalled legislation on energy and global warming. The ailing biodiesel industry has been playing weeping violins for a while, but its latest plea for help has a decided Doomsday ring. If Congress lets a $1-a-gallon tax credit for blenders expire at the end of the year, biodiesel makers could end up curtailing all production, according to a report released this week by the National Biodiesel Board. Associated Press Blast stains after an explosion in early December at a Seattle-biodiesel plant. CLEVELAND — Former Seattle and Green Bay coach Mike Holmgren says he would be interested in working for the Cleveland Browns. Holmgren said on his weekly radio show on Seattle’s KJR that he has… heave-ho.org | All the news that’s fit to click.™ In San Clemente, a start-up company called Green Foam Blanks is out to change a half-century of surfboard-making tradition. Its founders, Joey Santley and Steve Cox, have created what is thought to… |
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