Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

1. Action needed to save climate, create jobs
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

Clean-energy technologies offer the promise of revitalizing a dwindling base of manufacturing jobs in the United States while also addressing the problems of climate change and energy security, said Democratic ...

2. 3 Questions: Hunt Alcott on behavioral economics and the energy crisis
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... a two-year appointment as the Energy and Society Fellow in MIT’s Department of Economics and the MIT Energy Initiative, wants to apply his field’s insights to the realm of energy use. In the latest issue ...

3. Shifting from the Economics of Obesity to Sustainable Energy
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

In the aftermath of the climate talks in Copenhagen, it is evident that fundamental change is needed in how we write energy and environmental policy. Even without much "light" at the end of the Copenhagen ...

4. A Primer on Energy and the Economy: Energy’s Large Share of the Economy Requires Caution in Determining Policies That Affect It
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Two of the biggest issues in national politics over the past few years have been health care policy and energy policy. The reason is simple—health care policy impacts us in very personal ways. When we ...

5. Eilat-Eilot International Renewable Energy Conference Set to Kickoff Tomorrow, Featuring Line-Up of World's Leading Renewable Energy Experts and Innovative CleanTech Companies from Around the Worl
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

The Eilat-Eilot International Renewable Energy Conference (www.eilatenergy.com), one of the world's most important renewable energy events, will begin tomorrow in Eilat, featuring the participation of ...

6. China serious about renewable energy
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

China plans to build a national renewable energy center to enhance the country's clean energy development, the China Daily reported, citing a government official. The center, still ...

7. Drill Gate: Obama Administration Ignores American People, Enacts De-Facto Ban on New Offshore Energy Exploration and Production
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

One of the most disappointing aspects of the Obama Administration’s domestic policy has been the way it has dealt with domestic energy production – in particular new offshore energy production. It took ...

8. A silver lining to the Copenhagen cloud?
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... a “success” at the time. The Copenhagen conference “has elicited some strong reactions, both positive and negative,” said MIT Energy Initiative Director Ernest J. Moniz as he introduced the panelists ...

9. CO2 Regulation in US Hits more speedbumps
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... the best bet is to encourage renewable energy production. ...

10. CO2 Regulation in US Hits more speedbumps
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... the best bet is to encourage renewable energy production. ...

11. Obama's energy policy: more corn ethanol, 'clean' coal (McClatchy Newspapers)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Wednesday announced plans to boost the use of biofuels — including more ethanol from corn — and speed up work on a plan to ...

12. Obama pushes energy plan that GOP may support (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - Looking for a political and policy victory, President Barack Obama on Wednesday pushed energy proposals designed to attract allies and opponents alike, calling for increased ethanol production and ...

13. Obama unveils new biofuels, carbon capture, initiatives (AFP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AFP - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled a new strategy to reinvigorate US production of biofuels, vowing he would not let nations like China race ahead in building new energy economies.  ...

14. Obama spells out differences with GOP on energy (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - President Barack Obama says he and congressional Republicans could agree better on a national energy policy if they would accept that greater efforts are needed on a transition to cleaner technol ...

15. REN-21 Launches Interactive Renewables Map
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The Renewable Energy Policy Network REN21 has launched its Renewables Interactive Map, which contains information on renewable energy, including support policies, expansion targets, current shares, installed ...

16. Prospects Fading for U.S. Climate Legislation in 2010
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Last summer, clean energy advocates were confident that the U.S. Congress would pass a comprehensive energy and climate bill by the time the Copenhagen conference rolled around. Now, as energy issues ...

17. Hidden Truths About Energy: Why One Source Just Won’t Cut It
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Energy involves many complex issues, from how it is sourced to where it is used. Crafting intelligent energy policy also means understanding how cultural, social, and political issues come into play. ...

18. Figuring out where to put the carbon
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

To meet our immediate energy needs without exacerbating climate change, most experts agree, we’ll need to find a way to store the carbon dioxide given off by the combustion of coal, oil and natural gas. ...

19. Hidden Truths About Energy: Why One Source Just Won’t Cut It
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Energy involves many complex issues, from how it is sourced to where it is used. Crafting intelligent energy policy also means understanding how cultural, social, and political issues come into play. ...

20. Climate bill, clean-energy industry key to Tennessee's economic revival
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

It's not often that East Tennessee Republicans and Democrats find common ground on important issues. However, comprehensive federal climate and energy policy as a means to boost our economy and create ...

21. Climate bill, clean-energy industry key to Tennessee's economic revival
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

It's not often that East Tennessee Republicans and Democrats find common ground on important issues. However, comprehensive federal climate and energy policy as a means to boost our economy and create ...

22. MIT goes to Copenhagen
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... are live-blogging from the event. Another student is attending with the support of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and will take part in a student-led collaborative project on climate change. On Dec. ...

23. MIT goes to Copenhagen
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... are live-blogging from the event. Another student is attending with the support of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and will take part in a student-led collaborative project on climate change. On Dec. ...

24. European Commission Projects 80% Renewable Energy by 2050
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

More than 550 high-level political decision makers at EU, national and regional level, representatives of the renewable energy industry, NGOs and scientists gathered in Brussels for the 3rd European Renewable ...

25. What President Obama (Should Have) Learned about Energy Policy during his Visit to China
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

CONTACT: Laura Henderson (202) 621-2947 Patrick Creighton (202) 621-2951 Washington, DC – In anticipation of President Barack Obama’s return from Asia, the free-market Institute for Energy ...

26. What Can the U.S. Learn from China’s Energy Policy?
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

PDF Version (1.1 MB) “The joke among China hands goes like this: If the Americans and the Chinese start talking about a major project today, in two years the Chinese will be done and the Americans will ...

27. A National Security Perspective on Climate Change
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

One key aspect of the discussion this week at the Transatlantic Media Dialog – part of the ongoing effort of climate and energy cooperation began earlier this years as the "Transatlantic Climate Bridge" ...

28. A National Security Perspective on Climate Change
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

One key aspect of the discussion this week at the Transatlantic Media Dialog – part of the ongoing effort of climate and energy cooperation began earlier this years as the "Transatlantic Climate Bridge" ...

29. Electric Cars Face Obstacles to Consumer Acceptance
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Nashville is one of a handful of cities in the U.S. targeted to become an early focal point for electric vehicles, as Nissan plans to start production of a battery-powered car in Smyrna by 2012 and a program ...

30. UK Energy Policy Under Examination (Again)
(Feed Articles / CGUK - Top News Feed)

Last week the government announced 10 potential sites for a (fast-tracked) new generation of Nuclear Power stations (which was reffered to by Ed Milliband as ‘New Nuclear’) – these are: Braystones, ...