by Derek Pugh | Apr 22, 2013 | Climate
The Pew Charitable Trust’s fourth annual report on "Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?" doesn’t give the United States much to celebrate on this Earth Day. The report, released last week, finds that the United States is no longer the global leader in renewable...
by Derek Pugh | Apr 16, 2013 | Climate
“Tell me I’m your national anthem.” That was the theme of the hundreds of environmentalists and labor union members gathered today at the BlueGreen Alliance’s annual conference in Washington. They wanted to remind President Obama and Congress that the middle class is...
by Derek Pugh | Apr 16, 2013 | Climate
Can something be equally beneficial for both the environment and the economy? Leaders of the nation’s largest environmental organizations and labor unions say yes. This week in Washington, the BlueGreen Alliance will be holding its annual conference, appropriately...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 29, 2013 | Climate, Making it in America
The Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative. This initiative is about both manufacturing clean energy products and manufacturing using advanced techniques to drive energy efficiency. Both will help make American companies...
by Bill Scher | Mar 27, 2013 | Climate
Republicans are always warning us of the scourge of federal power and glorifying the genius of the states – aka the laboratories of democracy. On clean energy standards, conservatives have been getting their way. While Republican obstructionism has prevented the...
by Derek Pugh | Feb 20, 2013 | Climate, The Sequester
The climate in Washington has been heating up as lawmakers brace for the automatic spending cuts come March 1 known as the sequester. However, the only real thing heating up is our climate, and that's where the House GOP prefers to remain silent and cold. In reality,...
