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The Top 10 Women in Biofuels

By Lisa Ann Pinkerton on March 7, 2012 Comments Off on The Top 10 Women in Biofuels 3Com, alcohol fuels, algae, algae-based crude oil, Allied Waste, Amherst, Amoco, animal waste, B99, Becoming a Resonant Leader: Develop Your Emotional Intelligence, biobutanol, biodiesel, Biodiesel Coop, BioDiesel Task force, Biofuels Action and Awareness Network, biolipids, biophotonic imaging. Cygnet Biofuels, BP, CA, canola, Chula Vista, CJ Warner, Claire Kinlaw, clean technology, cleantech, Cobalt, Cobalt Biofuels, ConcentRX, corn, Cynthia Warner, Department of Energy, Dr. William Klausmeier, Elevance Renewable Sciences, fuel, green chemistry, Greenstart, high oil seed tree pongamia, IAC, IL, Industrial Assessment Center, Innovene, Jennifer Case, K’ Lynne Johnson, Kef Kasdin, Lead Product Development, Lissa Morgenthaler Jones, LiveFuels, Mountain View, New Leaf Biofuel, Nicole Kennard, nitrogen fixing tree, NJ, oil and gas, palm, Pamela R. Contag, plant-based oils, Pongamia pinnata, PortTechLA, Princeton, Proterro BioFuels, Proterro BioFuelsKef, Protose sugar, Qteros, Quercus Trust, rapeseed, renewable feedstock.Alameda, San Diego County, San Francisco, Sapphire Energy, Shawn Lesser, Silicon Valley LAUNCH, soybean, SunEthanol, Susan B. Leschine, sustainability, Sylvatex, SylvatexQuite, TerViva BioEnergy, U.S. Navy, University of Massachusetts, University of Oregon, USDA Institute of Forest Genetics, venture capital, Virginia Klausmeier, Watershed Capital, women, Women In Cleantech & Sustainability, Xenogen Corp

As the founder of the Bay Area networking group, Women In Cleantech & Sustainability, I am keenly interested in learning about who the media thinks as being the most influential women in the field. However, it feels like every top ten list for women in Cleantech always lists the same lovely ladies. This is not […]

DOE Promoting Energy Efficiency in the Information Economy

By Chris de Morsella on January 20, 2010 1 Comment advanced heat-sink, air conditioning, air-leakage measurement, Alcatel-Lucent, Alternating Current, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, BAE Systems, Bell Labs, CA, California, California Institute of Technology, carbon pollution, Central Processing Unit, cloud computing, computer network, Cornelius, CPU, Data Center, data center cooling, datacenter, DELC, Department of Energy, Direct Current, DOE, Dual Enclosure Liquid Cooling, Edison Materials Technology Center, electric grid, energy efficiency, Energy Secretary, Federspiel Controls, Hewlett-Packard, hot-spot management, Houston, IBM, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, information economy, information technology, integrated hardware and software, Ithaca, Lineage Power Corporation, Liquid Metal Thermal Interface, Lockport, Los Angeles, Manassas, Menlo Park, Mountain View, NC, networking devices, New York, North Carolina, NY, Palo Alto, Plano, Poughkeepsie, Power Assure, Power Supply Chain, Providence, Real-Time Optimal Control, real-time temperature, Recovery Act, rectifier, Research Triangle Park, Rhode Island, RI, router, RTOC, Santa Clara, SeaMicro, smart grid, Steven Chu, Telecommunications, Texas, Trustees of Columbia University, TX, VA, Very Dense Liquid Cooled Computer Platform, Virginia, Yahoo, Yorktown Heights

The Department of Energy is awarding $47 million to support the development of new technologies and knowhow aimed at improving energy efficiency in the information technology (IT) and communication technology sectors. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that 14 projects across the country will share in this award. Information technology and telecommunications are vital and rapidly growing sectors of our overall economy and will become even more central as the smart grid is deployed. As our country increasingly comes to rely on an information economy in sector after sector the underlying physical infrastructure that supports it, such as the data centers, networks, routers and so forth, is expected to continue to rapidly grow.

The Greenest Cities in America

By Tracey de Morsella on July 31, 2009 4 Comments 000 clean energy sector jobs by 2015. Sacramento Municipal Utility District, air quality, AL, AR, Arlington Heights, Austin, Austin Energy, AZ, battery-swapping, Bellingham, bike lanes, biodegradable, Boston, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Burnsville, CA, CA. Sacramento plans to add 20, California, canopy cover, carbon offset, Chicago, cities Madison, clean air, Clean Energy Incubator, CO, compostable disposable food service ware, conservation, CT, Denver, edible urban gardens, electric-car charging stations, energy audits, energy conservation, energy efficiency, energy production, environmental standards, EPA, EPA Smart Growth Program, Eugene OR, Fayetteville, FL, for the Environment, Fort Collins, Gavin Newsom, generate jobs, Geothermal Energy, GHG, global warming, green building; recycling, Green cities, green concrete, green jobs, Green Medium Cities, Green Small Cities, Green Town Challenge, greenest cities, greenhouse gas emissions, greenness, Greg Nickels, How Green is My Town, Huntsville, hydroelectric, hydrogen-powered, hydropower, ICLEI, IL, incentives, kyoto protocol, landfill, Laredo, large cities, LEED, light rail, Living Cities, Local Governments for Sustainability, MA, Madison, Mission Viejo, MN, Mountain View, Nanosolar, Nashua, Natural Resources Defense Council, NH, Norwalk, NRDC, Oakland, passive cooling, plug-in charging stations, polystyrene foam, protect the environment, Redmond, renewable energy, reuse, rooftop gardens, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Scottsdale, Seattle, Smarter Cities, SMUD, solar manufacturers, solar panels, solid waste, Solopower, Spokane, Springfield, SunPower, sustainability, Sustainable Business, Tallahassee, The Denver, transportation, trees, TX, U.S. Green Building Council, Underwriters Laboratory, urban rehabilitation, urban sprawl, US Conference of Mayors Climate Agreement, WA, Washington, wastewater, water quality, WI, wildlife refuge, wind turbines, Wisconsin, Yale, zero-waste

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently announced their list of the greenest cities in the United States and have released their findings on a new web site, called Smarter Cities. The survey includes all cities in the United States with populations larger than 50,000. Smarter Cities is considered to be one of the nation’s most comprehensive and robust database of U.S. urban progress toward sustainability. Seattle ranked number one and San Francisco ranked number 2 among the 67 large cities that were evaluated. Madison, Wisconsin placed firstand Santa Rosa, California came in second among the 176 medium cities that were surveyed. Among the 402 cities that were evaluated, Bellingham, Washington came in first place and Mountain View, California came in second.