Archive for the ‘Government and Sustainability’ Category

EnergyStar: Who is going to certify our certification programs?

Recently EnergyStar was in the news, and obviously not for the right reasons. If you do not know what EnergyStar is, it is a brand built by the Government to help businesses label their products as energy efficient. The website with it’s ostentatious offers to help you improve the energy efficiency of your house among [...]

March 28, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Causes, Government and Sustainability, Renewable Energy Politics  3 Comments

Blog Brief: Off Topic – The EPA opens up…

…it’s website, that is.
It looks like the EPA is on it’s way for a prolonged overhaul of it’s website. And the first step, appears to be a new front page.В  I took a look at it, and though it has hints of 1969, the new looks are promising.
Apparently, the EPA website has a whopping 500,000 [...]

March 23, 2010   Posted in: EPA, Government and Sustainability  One Comment

The renewable energy industry decides to “renew and reuse”

I know, the title sounds cutesy, but I couldn’t resist myself. It appears that the renewable energy industry is here to stay, and as part of that, they need to ramp up manufacturing for their products. Setting up manufacturing plants from the ground up can be a tough task. The capital required is immense and [...]

October 18, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Government and Sustainability, Renewable Energy Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Politics  No Comments

Renewable Energy and Climate Change in India – a land of (missed) opportunities?

I knew India had power problems, but did not know that of our 1.1 billion folks, only 56% had access to electrical power. It still has a ring of unbelievability to it.  In any case, things will slowly, oh so slowly change.
The “National Solar Mission”
India is not only a land of elephants, monkey and insect [...]

August 2, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Climate Change in India, Energy Economics, Energy Reform in India, Government and Sustainability, India, Uncategorized  No Comments

It’s okay when we do it…on the machinations of the “new” EPA

Old habits die hard, even if you are new to the game. What with hope, change and all that free flowing juju, you might have figured that all’s well with the “new” changed, and hope-layered EPA. Not really, nothing’s changed over there. Apparently, a one Alan Carlin (learn about him here ) with degrees from [...]

June 28, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: EPA, Emission Control Policy, Government and Sustainability, Renewable Energy Politics, Science and the Environment  No Comments