Month April 2009

ACME Chu Maker

As we’re packing up, getting ready to leave the SF Bay area, we will definitely miss San Francisco, a city with a long history of nurturing and honoring its eccentrics (rather than, say, tasering them.) Frank Chu is well-known in…

FERC Chair: US may never need new coal or nuclear plants

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chair Jon Wellinghoff says forget about coal and nuclear power, they’re too expensive, renewable power is what we need. Wellinghoff said renewables like wind, solar and biomass will provide enough energy to meet baseload capacity and…

US on Sri Lanka: Both sides killing civilians

Via BBC: U.S. State Department image of the conflict area in Sri Lanka, taken this month after approximately 100,000 refugees were herded onto the beach near the so-called safe zone. Â  U.S. State Department spokesman Robert Wood said, “There continues to…

Coast Guard to test tidal power in Maine

The 6-knot currents and 20-foot tides in Eastport, Maine will be harnessed in a Coast Guard test to provide power for their station there. A major advantage of tidal power is that the power generation, unlike with wind or solar,…

Greentech creates jobs and saves energy

Van Jones, Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the Council on Environmental Quality, uses a green roof installation as an example of how greentech will also create jobs as well as lower costs and save energy. More.