From Green Right Now Reports
As the economy shows early signs of picking back up, commentators are abuzz about whether the revival will be a “job less” recovery.
Green advocates hope the recovery with come not just with jobs, but with new employment in clean energy, alternative power and other green industries.
Green jobs will be back atop the agenda at the Clean Energy Summit 2.0 next Monday in Las Vegas. The second annual summit, again hosted by US Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada) and the Center for American Progress Action Fund has attracted a long list of dignitaries and green leaders.
Summit leaders announced today that former President Bill Clinton will attend, along with Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Others already on the list of those expected:
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Natural gas, it’s green, but in what sense?
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Pity the American public trying to figure out where to stand on natural gas. There’s a cacophony of appeals to our patriotism, pocketbooks and desire to be eco-correct.
The latest twist comes from politicians in Congress, accompanied by oilman and clean energy trumpeter T. Boone Pickens, who are promoting big tax [...]
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Tags: · BarbaraKesslerBlog, carbon pollution, compressed natural gas, domestic fuel, Fossil Fuels, gas drilling, groundwater, Harry Reid, methane gas, natural gas, Orrin Hatch, pollution, Robert Menendez, Southern Methodist University, T.Boone Pickens, US gas
Energy conference: no time to wait on smart grid
By John DeFore
Green Right Now
A high-powered conference on the future of energy in America was held Monday in Washington; while it produced some consensus about the foundation necessary to meet future needs, it suggested there might be conflicts ahead in getting there.
Attendees, who ranged from former president Bill Clinton to officials at state utilities, heard plenty about the necessity of a new “smart grid” capable of shuttling electricity cross-country from renewable sources like wind and solar farms to the high-density cities that need the juice.
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Tags: · Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Electricity, Harry Reid, National Clean Energy Project, smart grid, Steven Chu, T.Boone Pickens
