Jobs in California’s green economy increased by 36% from 1995 to 2008, beating the state’s 13% job growth, a study released last week reports.
The research, conducted by Silicon Valley-based research firm Collaborative Economics, underscores California’s lead in the green economy and may indicate where other states can expect green job growth.
California’s jobs in green businesses [...]
Filed under: News on December 18th, 2009 @ 12:05 pm
Tagged with: California, economy, green economy, green technology, jobs
I read a brief article in the dailygreen today regarding the prospect of converting municipal waste water into power which is both exciting and relatively hard to read. An Israeli based company, Applied Clean Tech, has partnered with Massachusetts based firm Qteros in an effort to make cellulosic ethanol. The process is two fold: ACT [...]
Filed under: Environment, Technology on October 19th, 2009 @ 10:09 am
Tagged with: ACT, alternative energy, cellulosic ethanol, clean fuel, ethanol, green technology, Qteros, suppy, sustainability, waste treatment, water
Spurred on by last week’s ambivalence at the climate summit in Thailand, mega-billionaire George Soros took it upon himself to invest $1 billion towards clean energy research. Soros, most known through his powerhouse hedge fund, Soros Fund Management L.L.C., said he was attempting to address the political problem of climate change by making this investment.
He [...]
Filed under: Business, Environment on October 16th, 2009 @ 11:28 am
Tagged with: carbon dioxide, clean energy, Climate Policy Initiative, environmental policy, George Soros, global warming, green business, green technology
As we attempt to curb our reliance on fossil fuels and move towards energy independence, I’m constantly on the lookout for new innovations in green technology that can open new opportunities, both for their environmental benefits and investment potential. So while the idea of offshore wind farms is nothing new, I was intrigued by the [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on September 9th, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
Tagged with: clean energy, energy, Green, Green Tech, green technology, Hywind, infrastructure, innovation, innovative, investing, investment, manufacturers, offshore, oil, opportunities, opportunity, success, Technology, turbine, wind farm
This Sunday’s landslide victory for the Democratic Party of Japan marked the first change in party power in half a century. Having watched as Barack Obama took the 2008 United States presidential election using change as the foundation of his campaign, this election paints a clear picture of what the Japanese people want: CHANGE.
The Democratic [...]
Filed under: News on September 1st, 2009 @ 11:21 am
Tagged with: Diet, DPJ, government, green technology, growth, infrastructure, Japan, LDP, leadership, lost decade, stimulus
The first forays into green energy cultivation typically happened on a smaller scale, adhering to a residential or small-community model, but nowadays the companies investing in these new technologies are increasing the size and centrality of their efforts.
Reading the New York Times got me excited because of the prospect of wind and solar farms becoming [...]
Filed under: Environment, Technology on August 28th, 2009 @ 12:48 pm
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, economy, energy, green energy, green technology, infrastructure, renewable, scale, Solar Energy, Technology, wind energy
In a report published today by the Pew Charitable Trusts, it is abundantly clear that the green revolution has picked up considerable momentum. Measuring the number of jobs created and sustained in each state, the report sets the rate of job growth for green jobs at 9.1% since 1998, numbering around 770,00 jobs nationwide. In [...]
Filed under: Business, Environment, News on July 15th, 2009 @ 12:43 pm
Tagged with: Business, economy, green economy, green jobs, green technology, growth, infrastructure, investment
Over the weekend, the New York Times profiled a start-up called GreenPrint Technologies, a small, Portland-based technology company with a big idea – software that eliminates printing needless paper – but little business know-how.
Four years after GreenPrint’s inception, the owners report a continuous struggle, as only about 25,000 people use the software daily. Some of the [...]
Filed under: Business, News, Technology on July 7th, 2009 @ 6:40 pm
Tagged with: flexibility, green technology, GreenPrint, innovation, software, startup, Xerox
Ever since the Academy Award-winning song “Jai Ho” made it to hit charts, the music world has been wondering if other South Asian talents can go global as well.
Envision Solar, a San Diego-based company known for its solar-powered carports, has announced a new product in line with the company’s goal to make use of solar energy in unconventional places.