Capps calls for wind energy support
The Central Coast’s fledgling wind energy business could be in big trouble if production tax incentives are allowed to expire at the end of the year. United Technologies is trying to sell or shut Clipper Windpower, once a shining star of the wind turbine business and the region’s fastest growing company. On May 15, wind Read More →
Read More →Williams: Green jobs key to Central Coast economy
The Central Coast has the potential to be a green-jobs leader, but the public sector must provide supportive policies. That was the view from 35th District Assembly Member Das Williams, D-Santa Barbara, who hosted the second annual Green Jobs Summit at Ventura City Hall on May 19. Government needs to “send the right signals,” he Read More →
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A blueprint for green business: Patagonia execs share lessons learned in new book
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Read More →Driving on Sunshine: Electric Ford Focus kicks off tour in Santa Barbara
A Santa Barbara-based environmental group plans to install electric car chargers up and down the Highway 101 corridor in the Tri-Counties.
Read More →Ceres loses $6.8M in Q1
Energy crop company Ceres lost $6.8 million in the first quarter, it said in its first earnings report after going public in a $65.3 million IPO in late February. The Thousand Oaks-based firm’s loss widened from $5.4 million a year earlier as revenue dropped from $1.6 million to $1.3 million. Despite a $100,000 increase in Read More →
Read More →Bill Gates: New nuclear could be “energy miracle”
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is placing his chips on nuclear technology these days.
Read More →Khosla: Wood chips could be part of U.S. energy future
Vinod Khosla has seen the United States’ energy future, and it is wood chips.
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