Clean Energy Direct :: Opinion & Commentary
07.16.2010 | Jackson Robinson
In our three decades of Green Investing®, never have the environmental challenges loomed so large, nor has the investment universe of sustainable solutions been this compelling. The BP catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico is the most recent in a rapidly... 06.08.2010 | BY PETER FOX-PENNER, JOHANNES PFEIFENBERGER and DELPHINE HOU
COMMENTARY When—not if—we pass climate legislation we will put the United States on a path towards a low-carbon electric generation sector. As part of this shift, we’ll need more transmission, including lines to wind and solar power plants... 04.07.2010
Eric Fornell and Mark G. Heesen Clean energy and energy efficiency technologies are—and will be—a cornerstone of economic growth and national security in the decades ahead. Intense competition to invent, develop and deploy these technologies is... 02.24.2010 | Andy Spielman, Hogan & Hartson LLP
Andy Spielman, Hogan & Hartson LLP Andy Spielman, Hogan & Hartson LLP Andy Spielma America’s landscapes are increasingly dotted, arrayed and lined with renewable energy facilities at a scale once only dreamed of, and it’s clear that the newest utility-scale energy facilities are renewables, not conventionals. Whether this trend... 02.13.2010 | Connie Lausten, P.E.
Not all biofuels are equal, but we need them all. Several tax credits crucial to the biofuels industry expired at the end of 2009—biodiesel, renewable diesel and alternative fuels. Although there have been a number of articles about the dire situation... 02.09.2010 | Johnathan Rickman
With cellulosic ethanol producers falling far short of ambitious production mandates set forth by Congress, chief executives of 11 leading cellulosic companies last week urged the Energy Department to relax its risk assessment rules for loan guarantees to... 01.26.2010 | Chris Holly
In what is seen in some quarters as a political tactic, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) last week introduced a resolution on the Senate floor that would block the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing Clean Air Act rules to limit emissions of the... 01.19.2010 | Chris Holly
Production costs for key vulnerable industries would increase under House-approved climate change legislation, but only modestly, the Environmental Protection Agency said last month in an analysis commissioned by five Senate Democrats and quietly put on the... 09.17.2009
Mr. Lindeman: Your opinion piece in today's edition of Clean Energy Daily (Sept. 16) regarding Growth Energy's labelmyfuel.com initiative cannot go unanswered. You raised many questions, all of which could have been answered for your readers with a minimum of... 09.16.2009 | Eric Lindeman
A federal legislative campaign initiated by Growth Energy ostensibly on behalf of the U.S. ethanol industry is, we think, misguided and ill-advised. It is a distraction from important issues the industry needs to be addressing, and it is, if you’ll...
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