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04/25/2013

good news for renewable energy in North Carolina
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-24/north-carolina-rejects-cuts-to-renewable-energy-mandates.html

North Carolina lawmakers today rejected efforts to scale back the use of renewable energy.

03/28/2013

""Government subsidies of gasoline, electricity and other energy sources amount to about $1.9 trillion a year ""


I wonder what % of that is renewable???


http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/imf-citing-trillions-in-government-subsidies-calls-for-end-to-mispricing-of-energy/2013/03/27/09957d6e-96e1-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html

In a foray into the climate debate, fund calls for higher user prices to better reflect social costs of fossil fuel.

03/04/2013

good news for solar this morning:
Unsubsidized grid parity in India and Shell sees solar as the dominant energy source, with some caveats.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/03/03/1664481/solar-report-stunner-unsubsidized-grid-parity-has-been-reached-in-india-italy-with-more-countries-coming-in-2014/?mobile=nc

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/03/shell-scenario-solar-to-be-1-source-of-energy-but-dont-jump-yet/

Deutsche Bank just released new analyses concluding that global solar market will become sustainable on its own terms by the end of 2014, no longer needing subsidies to continue performing. The German-based bank said that rooftop solar is looking especially robust, and sees strong demand in solar ma...

01/31/2013

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/01/130130-water-demand-for-energy-to-double-by-2035/

Water consumption for power and transportation will soar due to expanding coal power and biofuel production, the International Energy Agency says.

12/11/2012

Why is the US still so soft on energy policy?

""The Chinese are realizing system-wide costs of burning coal are too high and may install 100 GW of solar by 2020 – more than the world has done to date.""

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dannykennedy/2012/12/10/saudis-invest-heavily-in-solar-just-as-the-us-tries-to-catch-up-to-saudis-in-oil/

There wasn’t much coverage earlier this month of the Saudi’s decision to invest $100 billion in solar power. Instead there was a lot of frothy coverage of an International Energy Agency report suggesting the USA could overtake Saudi Arabia as an oil producer by 2020 if a lot of dubious [...]

11/25/2012

I haven't seen anyone mention it yet, but imagine what the devastation and destruction would have been if this had been a powerful category 5 hurricane like Katrina or Andrew.

http://science.time.com/2012/11/20/after-sandy-why-we-cant-keep-rebuilding-on-the-waters-edge/

10/29/2012

""Global subsidies for oil, gas, and coal amounted to $409 billion in 2010—compared with $60 billion for renewable energy that year.""

http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2012-10-21/when-it-comes-to-government-subsidies-dirty-energy-still-cleans-up

Renewable energy is getting a bad rap on the campaign trail, but the promise of solar power has never been greater

08/24/2012

I'm not much for politics... but Energy Policy: always!!

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-23/romney-s-energy-plan-ignores-the-success-of-solar-and-wind-view.html

Mitt Romney sets an ambitious goal with his pledge to achieve U.S. energy independence by 2020. It’s just too bad his plan relies almost entirely on fossil fuels and largely ignores the solid promise of clean energy.

08/24/2012

Walmart may not be a country but it has a stated goal of becoming 100% renewable energy powered. With two million associates and 150 million shoppers, does this "nation" have an energy policy worth emulating?

08/06/2012

Green Homes are being redefined everyday.
This one incorporates a hothouse for year-round veggies in the design.
http://www.phototronicliving.com/

07/16/2012

""Reynolds said companies such as Duke Power were gobbling up America’s natural resources, overcharging for service and shifting the tax burden to the shoulders of the little people.""

Mr Reynolds ran for NC Senate in 1932.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/07/15/2198951/duke-money-mums-political-outrage.html =cpy

The state's political leaders - in both parties - have been quiet in the face of the Duke-Progress Energy merger blowup.