December 16, 2008: Obama Officially Announced His Energy Team
President-elect Obama officially announced his energy and environment team in Chicago yesterday.
According to Good Jobs First, many critics of the auto industry bailout have supported subsidies to foreign auto companies operating in the U.S.
About twice the number of U.S. labor union representatives attended this year’s U.N. global climate summit over the previous year.
The solar power industry currently employs 25,000 to 35,000 people and the Solar Energy Industries Association estimates that figure will increase 400 percent by 2016.
The recession may help small solar start-ups.
Domestic oil drilling dropped by 12 percent since September, a much quicker decline than expected.
A piece at Yale Environment 360 considers how to make federal stimulus money work to build America’s economy while greening the bottom line.
Local Green: Virginia Governor Tim M. Kaine announced the Renew Virginia Initiative, which aims to make the state more energy efficient and protect the environment.
California became the first state to legislate diesel truck emissions, hoping to reduce soot pollution by 85 percent.
Two new geothermal energy plants (65 megawatts) will begin operations early next year in Nevada.
–Christopher Greenspan
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