People Provide Missing Piece in Biodiversity Puzzle
Two of photographer Antonio Briceño’s diptych portraits from Rwanda. Photos via Art Works for Change.
The head of a cooperative of honey harvesters, a park guide, and a doctor who uses a garden of medicinal plants to treat asthma and other ailments are among the key “puzzle pieces” in preserving Rwanda’s biodiversity while providing its people with suffi…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Can ‘Ecological Exploitation’ Save Teghut Forest?
The Teghut Forest in northern Armenia. Photo via ArmeniaNow
Supporters of protecting the Teghut Forest in northern Armenia from a company’s plans to build an open-pit copper mine there have an uphill battle to fight against the percep…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Robots to the Rescue in the Battle for Affordable Solar
Credit: Reis Robotics
Can robots make a better, more affordable solar panel? Michigan-based silicones giant Dow Corning is betting on it, and has forged a partnership with Reis Robotics of Germany. The two companies say their alliance will result in “breakthrough solar encapsulation technology” to increase the production rate of solar panels and lower the cost per watt of solar power. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Field Guide to a Bipartisan Climate and Clean Energy Jobs Bill
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Recently, the United States Senate has had some trouble deciding on solutions to the big problems challenging the country. Things like health care reform, climate change, clean energy and now immigration policy need well-thought, bipartisan, legislation that provides meaningful change.
But what would such legislation actually look like?…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Cleantech Investing Predicted to Shoot Up 35% This Year
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In 2008, cleantech investing hit an all-time high, and investors insisted it wasn’t a bubble. However, there was still a failing economy to navigate. After a bit of a stall last year, we’ve heard that cleantech investing is expected to rise once again during 2010, by as much as 35% accor…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Details of New Kerry-Graham-Lieberman Energy Reform Bill Leaked
Photo via Senatus
Ever since clean energy reform legislation faded far, far into the background during the last months’ health care reform brouhaha, all we’ve had to go on have been the occasional reminder that Senators Kerry (D-MA), Graham (R-SC) and Lieberman (I-CT) were still indeed working on crafting a bipartisan effort to spur clean energy growth and create green jobs. Now, at long last, some concrete details of their bill has leaked. Here’s what bipartisan clean energy…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Is Creating Green Jobs a “Sensible Aspiration” for Governments?
Photo via A Green Living
That’s the topic of an ongoing online debate over at the Economist.com. In one corner, green jobs advocate Van Jones, who argues that governments should engage in the active practice of creating green jobs, by, for example, incentivizing clean energy projects. In the other, Andrew P. Morriss, a professor of business and law at the University of Illinois, who argues that green job creation should be left to the marketplace. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
What are the Top 5 Cities for Clean Energy Jobs?
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We talk a lot about the growing economic importance of the clean energy sector, the employment opportunities it will provide, etc–hell, so does pretty much everyone these days. But there still seems to be a bit of a perceived disconnect between the concept of clean energy jobs or green jobs and their actual existence: they seem like something that perpetually linger on the horizon,…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Higher National Renewable Energy Standard Means Hundreds of Thousands More Jobs by 2025
A new study is out on just how many new renewable energy industry jobs could be created in the United States by enacting a national renewable energy standard. The RES Jobs Study, conducted by Navigant Consulting, says that with a 25% renewable energy standard (one quarter of all electricity coming from renewable sources) the US could generate 274,000 additional jobs as compared to not enacting the national standard. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
“This is Our Moment” For Clean Energy Legislation (Video)
NRDC is pulling out all the stops on
pressuring the Senate to pass clean energy legislation and, as you can see above, has employed a healthy dose of celebrity endorsement to get everyone to pay attention. If you’re a regular TreeHugger reader the reasoning in the video is probably nothing ne…Read the full story on TreeHugger
