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Energy Policy by Crisis

By James Greenberger on August 30, 2011 Comments Off on Energy Policy by Crisis Energy and Economy, energy policy, energy security, foreign oil, Jim Greenberger, National Summit on Energy Security, oil, oil shock, Oil Shock Wave, Politics & Legislation, SAFE, Securing America’s Energy Future, Washington D.C.

Talks about a sobering scenario, called Oil Shock Wave played out at the National Summit on Energy Security that simulated a cabinet level crisis meeting following an oil supply disruption that illustrated the profound dependence of our society to imported crude oil and all the vulnerabilities that result from that unhealthy dependence.

U.S. High-Speed Rail: Time to Hop Aboard or Be Left Behind

By Yale Environment 360 on March 30, 2011 9 Comments airport congestion, Albuquerque, Andy Kunz, Argentina, Boston, Brazil, bullet train, carbon emission, China, Cleveland, Columbus, conservative governors reject federal funds, Dallas, energy efficiency, federal stimulus fund, Florida, foreign oil, High speed rail, high-speed rail line, highway congestion, imported oil, India, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Los Angeles, Madison, Milwaukee, Morocco, Obama administration, Ohio, Orlando, Reason Foundation, Rick Scott, Scott Walker, Seattle, Spain, sustainability, Tampa, Tea Party, TGV, transportation system, U.S. High Speed Rail Association, Washington D.C., Wisconsin, Yale Environment 360

In recent months, several conservative governors have rejected federal funds to begin constructing high-speed rail lines in their states. But a high-speed rail advocate argues that such ideologically driven actions are folly, as other U.S. states and countries around the world are moving swiftly to embrace a technology that is essential for competitive 21st-century economies.

Why Does Energy Efficiency’s Promise Remain Unfulfilled?

By Yale Environment 360 on March 4, 2011 2 Comments ACEEE, Al Gore, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, An Inconvenient Truth, Barack Obama, bottom line, Cambridge University, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon taxes, carbon trading programs, compact fluorescent light bulbs, demand shifting, Department of Energy, DOE, efficient lighting, energy alternatives, energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product, energy efficiency, energy efficiency measures, energy policy, energy savings, Energy Star, energy-saving mode, European Union, fossil fuel, General Motors, Google, greenhouse gas emissions, Harvard University, Hunt Allcott, hybrid diesel trucks, insulation, LED, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McKinsey & Co, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, negawatts, NRC, oil shock, Paul Rak, peak load shaving, price signals, R. Neal Elliott, ROI, Sendhil Mullainathan, Siemens, smart grid, smart meters, split incentives, Steven Chu, The Hidden Forest: Biography of an Ecosystem, triple-glazed windows, VeriForm Inc, Wal-Mart, Washington D.C.

Among the many measures the world can take to wean itself off fossil fuels, few match the benefits of making homes, business, and cars more energy-efficient. But financial and psychological barriers have kept individuals, businesses, and governments from realizing efficiency’s great potential.

Thinking About a Green MBA?

By Chris de Morsella on October 26, 2009 5 Comments Arizona, Arthur D. Little, AZ, CA, California, CareerBuilder, CO, Colorado, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability, CSR, CSR Jobs Report, CSR MBA, D.C., distribution, District of Colombia, Ellen Weinreb CSR Recruiting, energy efficiency, environmental practices, environmental professionals, FL, Florida, GA, Georgia, Green Dream Jobs, Green Economy Post, Green Marketing, Green MBA, Green MBA Program Directory, green packaging, green workforce development, greenbiz, Hawaii, HI, IA, Illinois IL, IN, Indiana, Iowa, Jim Cassio, MA, Maine, Massachusetts, Master of Business Administration, ME, MI, Michigan, Minnesota, MN, NC, Net Impact, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, NH, NJ, North Carolina, NY, OH, Ohio, Online Green MBA, OR, Oregon, PA, Pennsylvania, recent college graduate, reducing waste, sustainability professionals, sustainable business degree, sustainable practices, sustainable product development, sustainable production, sustainable supply chain, Tennessee, Texas, TN, triple bottom line, TX, UT, Utah, Vermont, VT, WA, Washington, Washington D.C., WI, Wisconsin

Are you a recent graduate discovering how difficult the current market is, unemployed, worried you might soon lose your job or just feel that your career seems stuck in place? Are you thinking that now may be the best time to re-tool your career? Going for a green MBA, now, while the job market is stagnant may be a smart move; both for recent graduates, currently unemployed (or underemployed) professionals as well as for those who want to forge a path into a career in corporate sustainability. But what is a Green MBA, why is it important and what schools are offering them? These are the questions this post delves into.

$750M in New Funding for Renewable Energy Projects from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

By Chris de Morsella on October 19, 2009 1 Comment American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, biofuel, biomass, clean energy, Department of Energy, DOE, Financial Institution Partnership Program, FIPP, Geothermal, hydropower, loan guarantees, power transmission, private sector, renewable energy, solar;, Steven Chu, U.S. Energy Secretary, Washington D.C., wind

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced in Washington that the Department of Energy (DOE) will provide up to $750 million in new funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help accelerate the development of renewable energy generation projects. This funding will be targeted to cover the cost of loan guarantees for renewable energy projects and could support as much as $4 to 8 billion in lending to eligible projects, and the Department will invite private sector participation to accelerate the financing of these renewable energy projects.

U.S. Department of Energy Announces Winners of the 2009 Solar Decathlon

By Chris de Morsella on October 17, 2009 Comments Off on U.S. Department of Energy Announces Winners of the 2009 Solar Decathlon 2009 Solar Decathlon, appliances, California, Canada, Cube House, Daniel Poneman, Darmstadt, energy-efficient solar powered house, Germany, home entertainment, hot water, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, net metering, Solar Decathlon, space heating and cooling, Spain, Team California, Team Germany, United States, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of Minnesota, US Department of Energy, Washington D.C., zero carbon home

The Solar Decathlon is a competition in which teams of college and university students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar powered house. The winners of the 2009 competition – the fourth to be held – were announced on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. by U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman. The contest is organized by DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and supported by event and team sponsors from the private sector.

The Top Green Job Titles and Top Cities for Green Employment During The Recession

By Tracey de Morsella on October 15, 2009 4 Comments architectural designer, Boston, Burlington, Chicago, Climate Change, construction manager, energy auditing, executive director, Green Dream Jobs, green employment, green NGOs, green non-profits, green positions, green workforce development, Houston, Jim Cassio green jobs, job titles, Los Angeles and San Diego in California, Madison, naturalist, New York, NGOs, Oregon, Philadelphia, Portland, renewable energy, Rona Fried, San Francisco Bay area, San Jose, Seattle, solar;, sustainability, SustainableBusiness.com, Vermont, Washington D.C., wind, Wisconsin

Green Dream Jobs and green workforce development consultant Jim Cassio, recently released data that shows the top green job titles posted by employers and in which cities over the past year – during the recession. Despite the fact that there are scores of studies that show the potential for green jobs going forward, many note the dearth of data on current green jobs in the U.S. economy. Green Dream Jobs has collected concrete historical and current data on the job titles employers are actually looking to fill.

Department of Energy Announces Grants To Establish 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

By Chris de Morsella on May 6, 2009 2 Comments Actinides, Adaptive Materials, advanced catalysis, advanced energy storage, advanced nuclear energy systems, advanced nuclear systems, Albuquerque, Alex Zunger, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Amherst, Ann Arbor, ANSER, Argonne IL, Argonne National Laboratory, Arizona, Arizona State University, Armstrong Neal, atomic scale, Atomic Scale Design, Atomic-Level Synthesis, Austin, Bartosz Grzybowski, Baton Rouge, Berend Smit, Berkeley, Berkeley CA, bio-polymers, biofuels, biomass, Brent Gunnoe, brookhaven National Laboratory, C3Bio, California, California Institute of Technology, Cambridge, carbon capture, carbon sequestration, carbon-neutral energy, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Chapel Hill, Charlottesville, Chas, Christopher Marshall, CIS:HSEM, CITFAM, Clare P. Grey, Clean Energy Technologies, coal, College Park, Colorado, Columbia, Columbia University, combustion Science, Computational Catalysis, Cornell University, Danforth Plant Science Center, Daniel Cosgrove, David Wesolowski, Deleware, Department of Energy, Dieter Wolf, Dionisios Vlachos, DOE, Donald DePaolo, Donald Morelli, East Lansing, efficient combustion, EFRC, Efree, electrical energy storage, electricity storage, electrode components, emergent Superconductivity, Emerging Materials, Energy Conversion, energy economy, energy efficiency, Energy Frontier Research Center, Evsnston, excitonics, fossil fuels, Fritz Prinz, Gang Chen, Gary A. Pope, Gary Rubloff, Gas Separations, General Electric Global Research, Geologic CO2, geological storage of carbon dioxide, Golden CO, greenhouse gases, Grigorii Soloveichik, Gust J. Devens, Harry Atwater, Hector Abruna, Ho-Kwang Mao, hung K. Law, hybrid inorganic-organic materials, Hybrid Solar-Electric Materials, hydrocarbon gases, hydrogen, IACT, Idaho, Idaho Falls ID, Idaho National Laboratory, Illanois, Indiana, Ithaca, J.C. Davis, James Spivey, James Yardley, Jerry Simmons, John Bowers, Kenneth Reifsnider, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Light-Material Interactions, lignocellulose Pennsylvania State University, Los Alamos, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Angeles, Louisiana State University, Malcolm Stocks, Marc Baldo, Maryland., Massachusets, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, materials sciences, Maureen McCann, Michael Nastasi, Michael Thackeray, Michael Wasielewski, Michigan, Michigan State University, Missouri, MIT, molecular catalysts, Molecularly Assembly, Morris Bullock, nanoparticles, Nanoscale, nanoscale architectures, nanoscale material architectures, Nanostructuring, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, natural photosynthesis, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newark DE, Niskayuna, NOCESC, North Carolina, Northwestern University Evanston IL, Nuclear Fuel, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Pasadena, Paul Barbara, Paul Daniel Dapkus, Peter C. Burns, Peter Green, Photovoltaics, plutonium, predictive combustion, predictive computational models, president obama, Princeton, Princeton University, Purdue University, renewable energy, Richard Sayre, Richland, Robert Blankenship, S3TEC CENTER, Sandia National Laboratories, Santa Barbara, Seamus, SECCM, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, self-assembled polymer materials, solar energy, Solar Fuel, solid state lighting, SOuth Carolina, St. Louis, Stanford CA, Stanford University, State University of New York, Steven Chu, Stony Brook, superconductivity, Tempe AZ, Tennessee, Texas, thin films, Thomas Meyer, Tuscon, UCLA, UCSB, United States, University of Arizona, University of California, University of Delaware, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina, University of Notre Dame, University of South Carolina, University of Southern California, University of Texas, University of Virginia, Upton NY, uranium, USC, Victor Klimov, Vidvuds Ozolins, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., Washington University, West Lafayette, White House

The White House announced that the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science will invest $777 million in Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) over the next five years. In a national effort to accelerate scientific advances in critical areas of the new energy economy the United States Department of Energy (DOE) will establish 46 new multi-million dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (or EFRCs) across the nation.

INTERNSHIP SPOTLIGHT: U.S. Green Building Council Green Building Fund Development Internship

By Tracey de Morsella on April 28, 2009 1 Comment corporate foundations, Fund Development, green building, green building internship, LEED, nonprofit fundraising, nonprofit organization, sustainability, sustainable building, U.S. Green Building Council, USGBC, Washington D.C.

The U.S. Green Building Council, a Washington, DC-based national nonprofit organization of over 18,000 corporate and organizational members from every sector of the building industry united to transform the building marketplace to sustainability, currently has an opening for an individual with an interest in learning about nonprofit fundraising and management to serve as intern with its Fund Development Department.

The intern will work closely with department staff to research prospective funders; draft proposals, reports, and department communications; assist in fundraising appeals; and support department administration. Training opportunities provided.