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FILTER RESULTS ►TODAY’S STUDY: THE NEW INTELLIGENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Intelligent Efficiency: Innovations Reshaping the Energy Efficiency Market Stephen Lacey, April 2013 (Greentech Efficiency) How energy efficiency is evolving into “intelligent efficiency” The last two major economic revolutions wereShow More Summary
EFFICIENCY CLEANS THE AIR
Was Efficiency Responsible for 75% of CO2 Reductions in 2012? Natural gas is touted as the driving force behind America’s declining emissions. But a new study concludes that efficiency is the primary reason. Stephen Lacey, May 1, 2013 (Greentech Media) “Ever since it was reported last year that U.S. Show More Summary
WHERE WORLD SOLAR IS GOING
Four Must-See Charts on the Future of the Global Solar Market; Who will be left standing when the dust settles? Stephen Lacey, April 23, 2013 (Greentech Media) “…[U]nexpected growth in global demand, particularly in European markets,...Show More Summary
Solar Companies Ripe To Add Energy Efficiency Focus?
Reposted from Greentech Media (with permission): By Stephen Lacey Residential solar companies have a unique opportunity to engage the energy efficiency market. Because a contractor is already talking to an energy-conscious consumer, a conversation about simple efficiency retrofits is a natural next step. Show More Summary
Chinese Companies Projected To Make Solar Panels for 42 Cents Per Watt In 2015
Future cost drops from Chinese crystalline silicon solar producers will not be as steep as recent years, but they will still be significant. Stephen Lacey, via GreenTechMedia The cost of producing a conventional crystalline silicon (c-si) solar panel continues to drop. Between 2009 and 2012, leading “best-in-class” Chinese c-Si solar manufacturers reduced module costs by [...]
Free Money At The Office
Stephen Lacey sees some: If you’ve ever walked into your office building on a weekend, you’ve probably experienced one of the most easily identifiable energy-efficiency problems. Chances are good that the empty building was as warm or cool as it normally is on the weekday when the building is at full occupancy — sucking all that [...]
GOP Lawmaker Laments [GOP-Led] ‘Congress Is Not a Reliable Partner’ To Cleantech
by Stephen Lacey via GreenTechMedia It’s nearly impossible to get Congress to agree on anything. But at a clean energy policy forum today, two congressmen — one Republican and one Democrat — agreed on three things: renewable energy is necessary, government should help leverage private investment in the sector, and the upcoming congressional showdown over [...]
Climate Progress Is Looking For A Deputy Editor
ClimateProgress is hiring a new Deputy Editor. The current Deputy Editor, Stephen Lacey, will become an editor at Greentech Media, where he’ll be covering the business of cleantech. Regular readers know what an awesome job Stephen has been doing and how tough it will be to fill his shoes. The full job description is here and below. Please [...]
JFK Asked for the Moon—Now It’s Time for Obama to Ask for the Earth
Will the President finally use his bully pulpit to stop global warming in its tracks? Reprinted from TakePart.com – By Stephen Lacey – January 3, 2013 After a long period of silence on the issue during the campaign, President Obama now says that climate change is one of the top priorities for his second term. Show More Summary
Open thread for night owls: U.S. solar installations headed for record quarter in a record year
The invaluable Stephen Lacey writes U.S. Installs Record Amount Of Solar So Far In 2012: Analyst Calls It The ‘Opening Act’ For 4th Quarter Boom:
Almost exactly a year ago, during the height of the Solyndra hysteria, Mitt Romney made a rather odd statement about solar. Show More Summary
Open thread for night owls: The sounds of climate silence in the debates
Stephen Lacey writes, The Sound of Climate Silence: Romney and Obama Spar Over Who Wants to Drill For More Fossil Fuels During Debate: Those concerned about climate change were sorely disappointed during Tuesday night’s town hall-style...Show More Summary
Dept. Of Commerce Slaps Tariffs On Chinese Solar Cells: Will It Impact China’s Domestic ‘Solar Shakeout?’
by Melanie Hart, with Stephen Lacey The Department of Commerce has issued a final decision in a year-long solar trade case. And it’s made the Chinese very upset. After investigating whether China is providing unfair subsidies to domestic solar manufacturers, thus allowing companies to dump product into the U.S. market below cost, the Commerce Department [...]
Markey/Waxman Report: Carbon Pollution Creating A ‘Cocktail Of Heat And Extreme Weather’
by Katie Valentine and Stephen Lacey Two House Democrats have released a report that aims to connect the dots on climate change and extreme weather events. The staff report, issued by Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), outlines the past year’s record-setting temperatures, storms, droughts, water levels and wildfires, and is being circulated in [...]
EU Official: Romney Could Make Climate Negotiations ‘More Of An Uphill Struggle’
by Nathaniel Niemann and Stephen Lacey Mitt Romney’s stance on avoiding action on global warming has been well established. Saying last year that he believes reducing CO2 emissions is “not the right course for us,” Romney falsely claimed that “we don’t know” what is causing climate change. Actually, we do know. Even a prominent scientist [...]
QUICK NEWS, September 24: EVERYBODY WANTS MORE WIND; BIG MONEY IN SOLAR SERVICING; BUSINESS FACES CLIMATE CHANGE
EVERYBODY WANTS MORE WIND 19 Companies, Including Starbucks And Levi Strauss, Urge Congress To Extend Wind Tax Credit Stephen Lacey, September 18, 2012 (Climate Progress) “A group of 19 leading companies has sent a letter to Congress asking lawmakers to immediately extend a key tax credit for wind that is set to expire at the end of the year. Show More Summary
The Hottest Stars of Genre TV Spill Secrets for Comic-Con 2012
Ginnifer Goodwin, Joshua Jackson, David Boreanaz, Jennifer Carpenter, Lucy Liu and Stephen Amell talk everything Comic-Con with THR's news director Matt Belloni and senior writer Lacey Rose.
As Disappointment Spreads At Rio+20, Will Public-Private Commitments Fill The Gap?
by Gwynne Taraska and Stephen Lacey The lack of ambition in the final draft text at the Rio+20 Earth Summit has made many people upset, even outraged. Although it acknowledges (and occasionally even underlines and stresses) that action on sustainable development is urgently needed, it imposes no timelines and provides few details on how to [...]
"Alarm and concern" at Rio
Stephen Lacey at Think Progress's climate blog notes that activist groups are dismayed at the direction the Rio negotiations have taken: After working through the night on Monday, international negotiators agreed on a framework for “sustainable...Show More Summary
Why The Rio+20 Earth Summit Is Another Step, Not An End Goal In Itself
Stephen Lacey is reporting from Rio this week. If the 1992 Rio Earth Summit was a symbol of political solidarity in a post Cold War world, then the 2012 Rio+20 Earth Summit is a symbol of the current fragmentation in the geopolitical landscape. As the world’s leading economies struggle with deep fiscal troubles, an emerging [...]
UK Researchers Find Kitchen-Related Indoor Air Pollution Can Exceed Outdoor Pollution By Factor Of Three
by Max Frankel and Stephen Lacey When we think about air pollution, we often picture busy roads with bumper to bumper car traffic or tall smokestacks releasing plumes of black, sooty smoke — not a roast turkey or a meatloaf. But a new study out of the UK has found that kitchen appliances, particularly the [...]
