October 14, 2008: Private Banks, Not Government Programs Created The Financial Crisis

Newspaper columnists and editorial boards respond to attempts by “apologists for Wall Street excesses” to blame the financial crisis on the poor and the laws meant to help them.

A new study produced by researchers at HSBC finds that global investment in clean-tech has pushed beyond $300 billion - more than software and biotech combined.

The Alliance For Renewbale Energy is a coalition promoting awareness of and support for renewable energy tariffs (or, feed-in tariffs).

Science Daily reported on efforts to make biofuel from agricultural and household waste.

CNET reviews the promise and hurdles facing tidal power.

Taking place in San Diego this week, Solar Power International ‘08 is being billed as “the largest solar energy industry event in the Americas.”

Wattbot is a new website that “acts as a sort of middle man for interested consumers and energy providers.”

Cleantechnia looks at 3TIERS’s new solar map of the Western Hemishpere.

Local Green: The San Francisco Solar Map won the Interstate Renewable Energy Council 2008 Innovation Award.

Florida will offer $15 million in renewable energy and energy efficiency grants.

–Christopher Greenspan

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