Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles or tell us about other current items of interest in the comment thread below.
Green energy is making big money
The San Francisco Chronicle, 03.12.08
The alternative energy business is starting to make real money. Worldwide sales for companies specializing in biofuels, wind farms, solar panels and fuel cells grew 40 percent in 2007 to reach $77.3 billion, according to an annual report issued Tuesday by Clean Edge, a research firm that studies the green technology industry.
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Guess who hopes to help power new hybrid cars
The Wall Street Journal, 03.11.08
Exxon Mobil Corp., the world’s largest gasoline refiner, wants a piece of the hybrid-car market.
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Market man
Forbes, 03.11.08
As president of the Environmental Defense Fund, Fred Krupp helped establish a market-based cap-and-trade system to limit acid rain pollution in the late 1980s. In Earth: The Sequel, co-written by Miriam Horn and published by W.W. Norton & Co., he says this system is the most effective way to stop climate change in the 21st century.
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Winds of change off the Cape
The Boston Globe, 03.11.08
A series of four regional hearings on the environmental impact of the Cape Wind project began last night in West Yarmouth, just as another developer proposed a deepwater wind farm 23 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.
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Value of carbon credits jumped 80% last year – report
Greenwire, 03.11.08
The value of carbon credits traded in global markets rose 80 percent last year and will go up by more than half this coming year to $92 billion, according to a report released today.
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Ahead of the bell: Climate change
Business Week, 3.05.08
Lawmakers on Wednesday will hear from power and steel producers, environmentalists and lobbyists about the potential effect of a program designed to reduce domestic emissions of carbon dioxide on the competitiveness of American products overseas.
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Climate action in Annapolis
The legislature considers aggressive reductions in greenhouse gases.
The Washington Post, 03.05.08
Maryland’s efforts to slow global warming got a big boost late last month when Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) threw his support behind a bill in the state Senate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That was the right move. Climate change is upon us, and continuing to wait for leadership from Washington is no longer an option.
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Solar energy has bright future — if Senate acts
The Politico, 03.04.08
If you’ve ever traveled to my home state of Nevada, you know that the only thing brighter than the neon lights on the Las Vegas Strip is our hot desert sun. We have some of the best solar energy resources in the world, and I am excited about the large-scale commercialization of these resources.
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Why a Greenpeace co-founder went nuclear
The Politico, 03.04.08
When Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore first began second-guessing his opposition to nuclear power, he did what any good environmentalist would do: He buried it.
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