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Sierra Magazine Names Top 20 Most Eco-Enlightened Cool Schools

By Tracey de Morsella on August 27, 2009 2 Comments academics, administration, America’s greenest universities, American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment-, Arizona, Arizona State University, Arizona State University at Tempe, Arizona State University-Tempe, Asheville, Avital Binshtock, AZ, Bal Harbor, Bates College, battery recycling, Berea College, Berkeley, Bike Emory", bike rental, biodegradable take-out containers, Boulder, Buff Energy Star program, CA, California, Cambridge, campus climate plan, campus sustainability, Cape Cod Community Colleg, car-sharing, carbon neutrality, carbon reduction, Carbondale, Carleton College, Carlisle, Carnegie Mellon University, carpool, Center for Environment and Sustainability Education, climate warming, CO, coal research center, College of the Atlantic, Colorado, Columbia University, Commission on the Environment, compostable waste, computer recycling/disposal, Connecticut, COTE, CT, Dean of Environmental Affairs, Department of Environmental Affairs, Department of Environmental Studies, DePaul University, desk-side recycling program, Dickinson College, Duke University, Durham, e-waste collection, Eco-Dawgs, EcoMug, Ecovillage, efficiency, emissions reductions, Emory College, Emory University, energy, energy conservation, Energy Management Team, Energy Star, Energy Star Policy, Environmental Alliance, environmental impacts, Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee, environmental studies program, Evergreen State College, Facebook, FL, fluorescent bulb recycling, food, food waste composting program, Free Store, Gainesville, George Jones Farm, Georgia Tech, global warming, Green Campus Loan Fund, Green Purchasing, Green SealTM cleaning products, Harvard University, Haverford College, hazardous waste pickups, hydrogen fueling station, Irvine, Jimmy Carter Solar Panels, Legacy Flooring, Les Purce, Lewiston, locally grown, Los Angeles, MA, Maine, market garden, Massachusetts, ME, Middlebury, Middlebury College, NC, NetZero, New Hampshire, New Haven, New York, New York University, NH, North Carolina, NU, Oberlin, Oberlin College, Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, Office of Environmental Stewardship, OH, Ohio, Olympia, OR, organic food, organic food waste, Pennsylvania. PA, pollution prevention, Pomona College, purchasing, rank, ranking, Retrofit, ride board, Salem, Santa Cruz, Seattle, Sierra Magazine, solar panels, Southern Illinois University, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Sustainability Coordinator, sustainable practices, sustainable transportation, Tempe, Texas Tech, transportation, Unity College, University of California, University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Los Angeles, University of California at Santa Cruz, University of Colorado, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Florida at Gainesville, University of Georgia, University of New Hampshire, University of Pennsylvania, University of Vermont Burlington, University of Washington, VA, Vermont, VT, WA, Warren Wilson College, Washington, Waste Management, waste minimization, waste removal, Waste Watchers, Willamette University, Yale Sustainable Food Project, Yale University, zero-waste facility, Zimride, Zipcar

Last week, Sierra Magazine named the nation’s top 20 “coolest” schools for their efforts to stop global warming and operate sustainably. The magazine’s September/October cover story spotlights the schools that they believe are making a true impact for the planet, and marks Sierra’s third annual listing of America’s greenest universities and colleges. The […]

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.

Princeton Review Rolls Out List of The Greenest Colleges

By Tracey de Morsella on July 28, 2009 1 Comment 2010 Green Rating Honor Roll, and ecological agriculture, Arizona State University, Atlanta, Bar Harbor, Bates College, Beech Hill Farm, beekeeping, Berkeley, Binghamton, Binghamton University, biodiesel, biomass gasification, Boston, buildings, CA, Cambridge, campus, campus sustainability, car-sharing, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon emissions, carbon neutral, carbon offsets, Carlisle, carpool, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education, Center for Sustainable Entrepreneurship, certification. organic landscaping, CO, co-generation power plant, College of the Atlantic, colleges, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, compost, compost. solar PV, compostable, compostable dishware, compostable paper cup, composting bins, composting toilets, compressed natural gas, CT, curriculum, Curriculum for the Bioregion, Dickinson College, Durham, ecoAmerica, EcoGastronomy, ecology, electric cars, energy conservation, energy consumption, energy use, environment, environmental issues, environmental studies, environmentally friendly, ethnobotany, Evergreen State College, facilities, fluorescent lamps, food, forest ecology, GA, Georgia Institute of Technology, green college, Green Majors, green products, Green Rating Honor Roll, Green Ratings, green university, greenhouse gas emission reductions, greenhouse gas emissions, Harvard College, human ecology, hydropower, International Village, Kroon Hall, landfill, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED Gold certification, LEED Platinum, LEED Silver, Lewiston ME, Local, MA, ME, Middlebury, Middlebury College, Nature Preserve, New Haven, NH, Northeastern University, NY, Olympia, organic agriculture, organic certification, organic garden, organic produce, PA, Project Clean Plate, recycle, recycling, renewable electricity, renewable wood pellets, Robert Franek, school of Forestry & Environmental Studies, School of Sustainability, Seattle, self-ventilated, socially responsible, socially responsible business program, soft drinks, solar panels, State University of New York at Binghamton, sustainability, Sustainable agriculture, sustainable commencement, sustainable dining program, sustainably produced wood, The Princeton Review, trails, Trans-Atlantic Food Systems, university, University of California Berkeley, University of New Hampshire, University of Washington, Used fryer oil, van pool, VT, WA, Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education, wetland, wind, Yale Sustainable Food Project, Yale University, zero-waste, Zipcar

The Princeton Review, today released its second annual Green Ratings of colleges. In this measure of how environmentally friendly the institutions are on a scale of 60 to 99, the company tallied its Green Ratings for 697 institutions based on data it collected from the colleges in 2008-09 concerning their environmentally related policies, practices, and academic offerings. The Princeton Review also named 15 colleges to its “2010 Green Rating Honor Roll” – a list that salutes the institutions that received the highest possible score – 99 – in this year’s rating tallies.

Report Says Cities are Going Green But are Falling Short

By Tracey de Morsella on July 28, 2009 2 Comments Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Ben Hecht, Boston, carbon footprint, Charlotte, Chicago, city governments, Cleveland, Columbus, D.C., Dallas, Denver, detroit, Don Chen, economic recovery, El Paso, energy costs, energy efficiency, energy retrofits, energy-efficient appliances, Ford Foundation, Fort Worth, going green, green, green building, Green cities, Green Cities: How Urban Sustainability Efforts Can and Must Drive America's Climate Change Policies, green economy, green workforce development, greenhouse gases, Greening, Houston, Indianapolis, insulation, Jacksonville, jobs, Las Vegas, Living Cities, Los Angeles, Louisville, low-income, mass transit, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York City, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, recession, retrofitting, Saint Paul, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, stimulus funds, subsidizing, sustainability, transit, Tucson, vehicle fleet, Washington, weatherization, working

A new report released recently assessed exactly how 40 of the country’s largest cities are trying to limit their carbon footprints and take the steps needed to raise these efforts to the next level. The report, initiated and conducted by Living Cities, a collaboration of 21 of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions is […]

Renewable Energy Finance Forum

By Chris de Morsella on June 24, 2009 1 Comment ACORE, American Council On Renewable Energy, biofuels, biomass, Brandon Keefe, California, capital market participation, Carbon Finance, Chris Knowland, Chris White, Clean Energy Technologies, energy efficiency, Euromoney Energy Events, government policy, green Buildings, private equity, project finance, REFF-Wall St, REFF-West, renewable energy, renewable energy finance, renewable energy investment, renewable power generation, San Francisco, Seattle, smart grid, solar;, The second Renewable Energy Finance Forum – West, Tom Weirich, transmission, venture capital, Washington, wind

The second Renewable Energy Finance Forum – West (REFF-West), will take place in San Francisco on September 29-30, 2009. It builds on the success of both REFF-Wall St and the inaugural REFF-West, which took place in Seattle in October 2008.

The conference focuses on finance and investment for clean energy technologies, with a particular emphasis on the Western US, and covers both large scale projects and the development and commercialization of new technologies. REFF-West is targeted at a senior level audience including investors, financiers, project developers and clean technology companies. Conference sessions will examine opportunities in a range of cleantech markets.

Five Offshore Wind Energy Startups Worth Watching

By Chris de Morsella on May 13, 2009 2 Comments Bay Windpower, co-generation, Donald L. Carcieri, Energias de Portugal, Federal Mineral Management Service, Force 5 hurricane, Galveston TX, Garden State Offshore Energy, Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Company, Great Lakes, GSOE, Gulf Coast environmentalist, Gulf of Mexico, Harold Schoeffler, Herman Schellstede, Hoboken NJ, Hydro Green Energy, jacket foundation, Mackinaw City, Mackinaw Power, Michigan, Mid Atlantic, mobile jack-up platform, monopole foundation, New England, New Jersey, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, offshore oil & gas industry, offshore oil and gas technology, offshore renewable energy, offshore wind energy sector, offshore wind farms, offshore wind power, Oscillating Water Column wave energy, Principle Power, PSEG Global, PSEG Renewable Generation, Quonset, renewable energy, Rhode Island, Seattle, Texas Gulf Coast West coast, Texas. Deepwater Wind, Washington, wave energy, wind energy sector, wind energy startup, Wind Energy Systems Technology Group, wind turbines, wind-hydrokinetic ocean current power, WindFloat

Recently there has been a lot of news about offshore wind power. The US government has released its long awaited federal regulations governing offshore wind farms, boosting the pace of activity in this sector and propelling it into the nations awareness and media spotlight (at least for a fortnight). As part of covering developments in this wind energy sector we are profiling some of the promising startups in the offshore wind energy sector.

Clean Technology Trade Alliance Launches on Earth Day

By Tracey de Morsella on April 22, 2009 Comments Off on Clean Technology Trade Alliance Launches on Earth Day Clean tech, clean technology, cleantech, CTTA, enterprise development, enterpriseSeattle, Greater Puget Sound, green jobs, Mark Frost, Puget Sound, Puget Sound Clean Technology Business Tour, Seattle, Steve Gerritson, The Clean Technology Trade Alliance

The Clean Technology Trade Alliance will create green jobs by helping identify and grow clean tech businesses. Headquartered in the Seattle area, CTTA will focus on identifying US clean technology companies, profiling their products and services and provide a global sales force to identify and qualify business opportunities for its member companies.

WIND ENERGY UPDATE: Offshore Wind Gets Major Boost, American Wind Energy Association Annual Wind Industry Report, Construction Begins on New South Texas Wind Farm, Seattle Company Proposes Floating Wind Farms

By Chris de Morsella on April 22, 2009 Comments Off on WIND ENERGY UPDATE: Offshore Wind Gets Major Boost, American Wind Energy Association Annual Wind Industry Report, Construction Begins on New South Texas Wind Farm, Seattle Company Proposes Floating Wind Farms American Wind Energy Association, AWEA, California, clean energy, CPS Energy, deep-water offshore wind energy, demonstration platform, Department of the Interior, E.ON, E.ON Climate & Renewables, Earth Day, easements, EC&R, Energy Policy Act of 2005, energy security, environmentally responsible, environmentally responsible renewable energy development, Federal Register, floating windmills, framework, German, grant leases, Iowa, ken salazar, Minerals Management Service, MMS, OCS, off-shore wind farms, offshore deep water wind, offshore energy sector, offshore wind energy, Paplote Creek wind farm, Portugal, President Barack Obama, president obama, Principle Power, renewable energy, renewable energy development, renewable energy production, rights-of-way, San Antonio, San Patricio County, Seattle, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary Salazar, Texas, U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, WA, wind, wind energy, wind power, wind turbine, wind turbine tower, wind turbine tower manufacturing plant

Offshore Wind Gets Major Boost with announcement by President Obama that the Department of the Interior has finalized a long-awaited framework for renewable energy production on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Wind energy continues rapid growth according to new report from the American Wind Energy Association. The US has surpassed 25 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind energy capacity in 2008. Construction of a new wind farm has begun in Texas. Seatle firm proposes floating offshore wind farms.