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Green Business roundup: Green insurance, eco-development Today at 3:50 AM

California’s insurance commissioner has an idea to get more people out of their cars. Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is advocating a plan to tie the amount people pay for insurance to the number of miles they drive, the San Francisco Business Times reports. The South Florida Business Journal reports that a local developer has big plans [...]

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Green Roundup: Wind power and bats, Obama’s climate change stance August 27, 2008 at 7:26 AM

Scientists have found a new cost that comes with wind power. Turns out wind power devastates nearby bats. The wind turbines apparently create low pressure that blows up bats’ lungs. Foot dragging on climate change could come to an abrupt end if Barack Obama is elected, with or without help from Congress. The Wall Street Journal’s [...]

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Greenhouse gas bills just a bunch of hot air August 26, 2008 at 10:02 AM

Guest Commentary – In early summer, the U.S. Senate considered legislation introduced by Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and John Warner, R-Va., that would have established a cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 44% in an effort to prevent global warming. Thankfully, the bill was defeated. Because of the media hype generated by former Vice [...]

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Solar industry eyes utilities nervously August 26, 2008 at 9:04 AM

Plans like those of Southern California Edison to plant its own solar panels on acres of Los Angeles rooftops have some in the California solar industry nervous about the prospect of being cut out of the picture, the San Francisco Business Times reports. It’s not that they don’t want big utilities to get into the solar [...]

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Eco consulting firm gets rolling August 26, 2008 at 8:00 AM

When they found out it would be too expensive to get their own wind turbine company rolling, this group did the next best thing: They started a consulting company. Gregory Hering, Jayson Uppal and Jared Rodriguez — all undergraduates at Tufts University at the time — wanted to get into wind power, the Boston Business Journal [...]

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Green Business Roundup: States sue EPA August 26, 2008 at 6:42 AM

Twelve states led by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo are suing the Environmental Protection Agency to try and force the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from oil refineries. Reuters reports that the suit alleges the Bush Administration has violated the Clean Air Act by balking at regulating emissions of carbon dioxide and other [...]

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Biomass Gas & Electric sees splendor in the grass August 25, 2008 at 10:14 AM

It’s a blazing hot Columbia, S.C. afternoon, humid enough to drown an alligator. We’re out at a creek bank beside a city street, looking at grass. It’s not just any grass. This stuff’s at least eight feet tall, and the guys I’m with are hoping this grass can make them a lot of money. The grass is [...]

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Cleantech angel fund takes shape August 25, 2008 at 8:10 AM

A California fund is looking to bridge the gap between early and late-stage investments in cleantech companies. That’s what Sue Preston, who manages the relatively small CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund set up by the California Clean Energy Fund, tells the San Francisco Business Times. The angel fund was seeded with money from a $30 million [...]

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Tesla turns to new team of auto execs August 25, 2008 at 7:41 AM

Add a rock star designer and a former Ford executive to the Tesla team bringing new electric cars to market. The San Jose Business Journal reports the startup has hired Franz von Holzhausen from Mazda Motor Corp. to lead its design team. Deepak Ahuja, former chief financial officer at Ford Motor Co. of Southern Africa, will [...]

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Green roundup: Duke boss, polluted beaches August 22, 2008 at 6:29 AM

While his company does battle with consumer watchdogs over its keystone energy efficiency program, Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers is making news of his own. The utility chief told the World Affairs Council of Charlotte that China is outstripping the U.S. when it comes to energy technology. “They are living the balanced solution on energy,” he [...]