Across America Clean Energy Is Stirring

“For the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as president,” Barack Obama declared in his acceptance speech last night in Denver. “In ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.” Read more

Gallon For Gallon

Steven P. Long, deputy director of the Energy Biosciences Institute at the University of Illinois, examines progress on a crop of miscanthus, a fast-growing plant at the center of the emerging American grass gas industry. Read more

Apollo Feedback: On Energy Pragmatism: Yes, No, But

“Communities across the country are crying out for answers to their energy concerns,” writes Joe White of Atlanta. “We need a national clean education program that includes public education, community organizations, local government and business involved.” Read more

Pushed by State, California Utilities Seek Clean Energy

Pacific Gas and Electric, the state’s largest utility, has reached agreement with suppliers of solar technology to build more plants like this. The utility says it will have 14 percent of its energy delivered from renewable sources by the end of this year. Read more

Apollo Feedback: Questions on Energy Sincerity, McCain, T. Boone, and Peak Oil

Apollo nation skeptical — about Obama too

We’re a tough nation to convince. Is T. Boone Pickens sincere about ending America’s oil addiction, or conveniently spending millions to leverage more billions. Some of us don’t like Jonh McCain’s energy ideas. Others think Barack Obama is foolish. And lurking in the background are concerns about peak oil, food crops used for fuel, and how utilities dominate state Legislatures. This week’s Apollo Feedback has all that and more. Read more

The New Green City

 A new American narrative is coming to the fore, and recognizable in the patterns of neighborhood development in Portland, Oregon that puts homes, businesses, and the other stations of American life in considerably closer proximity. Read more