The winners of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels for Transportation have been announced. The prize of $1 million is the largest awarded in this field. Oct. 6, 2014 National Fuel Alternatives Program Director, Eyal Rosner: “Israel has set itself an ambitious goal – to reduce the use of conventional fuel for … Read more
Townhall: Donald Lambro | Dec 27, 2012 WASHINGTON – Have you seen the latest development in President Obama’s waste-ridden, clean energy program that’s now under federal investigation at the U.S. Treasury Department? Three of the country’s biggest residential solar panel installers — SolarCity, SunRun and Sungevity — have been subpoenaed by Treasury’s Office of Inspector … Read more
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Forbes 1/13/2014 @ 4:18PM Three years after redefining what thermostats are capable of, Palo Alto-based Nest is being bought by Google GOOG -1.95% for $3.2 billion. “Google will help us fully realize our vision of the conscious home and allow us to change the world faster than we ever could if we continued to go … Read more
Texas Monthly October 21, 2013 By Trevor Quirk The Higgs boson, a particle that has shaped the theories of modern particle physics, was discovered at a super collider in Geneva. It was a hugely significant moment for Big Science, one that received a Nobel Prize earlier this year—and it should have been discovered in Texas. … Read more
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Dawn Stover | 11/22/2011 – 15:29 DAWN STOVER Stover is a science writer based in the Pacific Northwest and is a contributing editor at the Bulletin. “Clean.” “Green.” What do those words mean? When President Obama talks about “clean energy,” some people think of “clean coal” and low-carbon nuclear power, … Read more
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY GOALS PROCLAMATION 111TH CONGRESS MARCH 2009 We, the leaders of America’s engineering community, call on the new President and Congress to act quickly on establishing National Energy Policy Goals to help ensure the nation’s economic and national security and to guide the development of energy technology for the 21st Century. GUIDING PRINCIPLES … Read more
February 12, 2009 Mr. Eric Schmidt, Chairman & CEO 366 Walsh Road Atherton, CA 94027 Dear Mr. Schmidt: A series of recent articles, including a prominent one in the New York Times, shows your passion for energy conservation. Further, your family foundation addresses issues of sustainability and the responsible use of natural resources. I do … Read more
The Jewish Voice of the Sacramento Region By Kathleen Karl, Jan. 2008 Open the article as a full sized PDF
Metering.com 5 SEPTEMBER 2006 Sacramento, CA, U.S.A. — (METERING.COM) — September 5, 2006 – Consulting group Global Smart Energy says that spending on smart meter hardware totaled $800 million in the US in 2005, and this figure is expected to grow by 20 percent a year for the next decade as utilities move from electromechanical … Read more