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Daniel Englander

Our Long, Tortured, Corn-Based History May 20, 2008 at 11:20 AM

In 40,000 years, after the last of the Himalayas have disappeared under the Indian Ocean, and future generations with webbed feet and gills rule the world from their outposts on rusted-out oil platforms, the memory of corn will have long been forgotten. Perhaps it will survive as a chapter in some elementary school history book [...]


Michael Kanellos

A novel large solar project takes flight in New Jersey May 12, 2008 at 3:23 PM

Drug maker Schering-Plough is getting a 1.7-megawatt solar system for its New Jersey facilities in a deal that, to some degree, forges new ground in solar.
The novelty in the deal is that Schering-Plough makes medicines. So far, the big solar installations have mostly been commissioned by companies directly or strongly interested in seeing solar power [...]


Scott Clavenna

The Killer Amp is You: So Hurry Up and Die March 7, 2008 at 9:40 PM

I talked a while ago about the elusiveness of the “Killer Amp,” and ended, perhaps in a cop out, saying there isn’t one for greentech, only the White House and Congress have the power to truly invigorate this market through policy, not a compelling new application at the consumer end.
But maybe I was going about [...]


Daniel Englander

A Pound of Carbon. No More, No Less. January 8, 2008 at 11:30 PM

Regulatory scrutiny is beginning to fall over the $100 million a year carbon offset market. On January 8th the FTC held its first public hearing to investigate advertising and deceptive practices in the sale of carbon offsets to consumers. These include “double counting” of emissions reductions and investing in projects with little or no mitigation [...]


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