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[The Green Economy Post: Green Careers, Green Jobs, Sustainable Jobs] Pew Study: Green Jobs Growing More Than Twice as Fast as All Other ...: The private sector views the clean energy economy as a significant and expanding market opportunity.  Venture capital investment in clean technology crossed the $1 billion threshold in 2005 and continued to grow substantially, reaching a total of about $12.6 billion by the end of 2008.  In 2008 alone, investors directed $5.9 billion into American businesses in the clean energy economy, a figure that represents a 48 percent increase over 2007 investment totals and accounts for 15 percent of all global venture capital investments.

[Solar Feeds] The New Energy Economy Means Business | Solar Feeds News and ...: - From the Pew report: “Like all other sectors, the clean energy economy has been hit by the recession, but investments in clean technology have fared far better in the past year than venture capital overall. Looking forward, the clean energy economy has tremendous potential for growth, as investments continue to flow from both the government and private sector and federal and state policy makers increasingly push for reforms that will both spur economic renewal and sustain the environment.”

[New Energy World Network (NewNet)] NewNet News - Private equity-backed renewable energy company ...: ”˜Governor David A Paterson’s comprehensive energy policy has created one of the most attractive environments for the deployment of renewable energy in the country, which will reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, fight global climate change, and meet our future energy requirements through clean energy technologies,’ added Francis J Murray Jr, president and CEO of NYSERDA.

[It's Getting Hot In Here] Pew Report Counts Clean Energy Jobs « It's Getting Hot In Here: Released yesterday, the Pew Charitable Trusts released a report titled “The Clean Energy Economy: Repowering Jobs, Businesses and Investments Across America” defines and quantifies all the jobs in the every state in country and the District of Columbia that are ....

[Green technology investments] Green technology investments: China Begins Its Transition to a ...: The investment will be focused on increasing China's renewable energy capacity, excluding hydropower, to account for six per cent of its overall power supply by 2020. Despite rapidly emerging as a key player in the global clean tech market, currently just 1.5 per cent of China's energy comes from renewable sources.

[Colorado.gov:State News] Press Release - New Energy Economy Legislation Signed: SB09-039, Conserve Energy Tiered Rates Incentive, (Schwartz/Curry) -- Authorizes cooperative electric associations to charge graduated rates for high-consuming customers as an incentive to encourage big residential consumers to be more energy efficient. Also allows associations to establish a fund designed to reduce power demands by helping customers improve energy efficiency, conservation and weatherization, as well as install renewable energy.

[Climate Progress] Climate Progress » Blog Archive » Energy and Global Warming News ...: Indeed, the Pew report cites the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which President Obama signed in February, as a significant force driving the clean-energy economy. The stimulus includes nearly $85 billion in direct spending and tax incentives for energy- and transportation-related programs.

[POST SCRIPTS] America Has the Energy for Recovery - POST SCRIPTS: ..decided not to issue leases for gas well drilling on the Roan Plateau in Colorado *** ...used the endangered species act to impede exploration in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska...it holds more than anyone thought -- 1.6 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered gas, or 30% of the world's supply and 83 billion barrels of undiscovered oil, 4% of the global conventional resources.

[Community Blogs at ProgressOhio] Progress Ohio | Dennis Spisak's Blog: Solar Takes a Backseat in ...: The Solar Energy Industries Association spent the last six months urging Congress to add solar specific provisions to the draft RES bills, namely a distributed generation carve-out to support rooftop solar, inclusion of solar hot water among the qualifying technologies and accomodations for utility-scale solar. The solar set-aside is a policy mechanism in use today in fifteen states, and one that has proven effective in kick-starting robust new solar markets.

[Solve Climate: Daily Climate News and Opinion] Federal Green Bank Could Jump-Start Clean Energy Revolution ...: “I think if we have a green bank, then we’re going to be able to get the votes in Congress for a renewable electricity standard, because there will be a way for companies to meet an RES, to build new capacity without raising prices or going broke,” Hundt says.

[Pike Research » Blog] The Cleantech-Jobs Connection « Pike Research: Not surprisingly, clean energy is also more job intensive than fossil fuels. “Clean energy is more job intensive than our current energy mix, creates and retains more wealth inside our state, and reduces our vulnerability to volatile fossil fuel markets,”

[Technology Review RSS Feeds] Technology Review: Blogs: Clean Energy Generation Blog: The Clean ...: We need to financially enable our nation's research institutions to innovate in clean energy without relying mostly on funding from existing energy and oil companies that do not necessarily feel an immediate imperative to commercialize such innovations. Significantly increasing federal dollars for unencumbered research and development will attract increased entrepreneurial activity around commercializing clean energy solutions that are needed for the U.S. to lead the way to a secure and environmentally sustainable future.

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