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Green jobs ‘to drive recovery’

Content Keyword RSS — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:13:07 +0000

Green jobs could ease the effect of spending cuts and drive the recovery, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has said.

Calling all radicals: unite for Kerry-Boxer

Content Keyword RSS — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:07:06 +0000

Cross-posted from Grist . As an activist who has been arrested for civil disobedience, organized national climate mobilizations, protested outside of coal plants and worked for Greenpeace, I am calling on my friends and colleagues to fight for the Kerry-Boxer “Clean Energy Jobs Act” and a strong global treaty in Copenhagen. On Monday Senator Barbara Boxer and Energy Secretary Steven Chu said there is a chance of passing a climate bill in Congress before the international talks in Copenhagen

Obama Energy Secretary Thinks American Public Isn’t Acting Properly

Technorati Search for: "go green" — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:23:04 +0000

I’m not liking Obama’s arrogant Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Via the WSJ : When it comes to greenhouse-gas emissions, Energy Secretary Steven Chu sees Americans as unruly teenagers and the Administration as the parent that will have to teach them a few lessons. Speaking on the sidelines of a smart grid conference in Washington, Dr. Chu said he didn’t think average folks had the know-how or will to to change their behavior enough to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. “The American public…ju

Recent Tweets from the BARN

Content Keyword RSS — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:50:50 +0000

July 20, 2009U.S. Department of Energy Secretary (DOE) Steven Chu today announced more than $162 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico. Under DOE’s State Energy Program, states and territories have proposed statewide plans that prioritize energy savings, create or retain jobs, increase the use of renewable energy, and redu

UK Announces Plan for 40% Low-carbon Energy by 2020

Content Keyword RSS — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:10:13 +0000

The Labour party government of the United Kingdom has announced plans to establish an aggressive overhaul of national energy markets, shifting to 40% low-carbon energy sourcing, across all industries, by 2020. The energy secretary, Ed Milliband, will be given control of allocation of electricity across the energy grid, in an effort to speed the green-energy revolution to allow the UK to meet its legally-binding agreed emissions cuts of 34% by 2020.