Weekly Clean Energy Roundup February 20, 2008
New Builders Challenge Calls for 220,000 Efficient New Homes by 2012 Home Builders Launch New National Green Building Program Energy Star Commercial Buildings …
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Vestas Announces Orders and Return of Offshore Turbine to Market
Company receives 3 separate orders for turbines; 3 MW offshore turbine returns to market after redesign of
NYC Is First in Nation to Pass Electronics Recycling Law
Law requires computer, TV and MP3 manufacturers to take responsibility for the collection of their own electronic
Sony, Nike and Others Take on Climate Change
Business leaders sign tokyo declaration to tackle global warming and enact industry-wide
New Energy Bills Introduced
Separate House and Senate bills propose longer extensions of renewable energy tax
DOE Challenges U.S. Homebuilding Industry
Government calls on private sector to build 220,000 energy-efficient homes by
Gore Warns on 'Subprime Carbon' Industry
Al Gore advises Wall Street leaders and institutional investors to ditch businesses too reliant on carbon-intensive
As Nuclear Waste Languishes, Expense to U.S. Rises
The waste from more than 100 nuclear reactors that the federal government was supposed to start accepting for burial 10 years ago is still at the reactor
Ocean Dead Zones Likely Tied to Global Warming
Low-oxygen areas that show scant signs of sea life have