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A Cleantech Venture Capitalist Who is Unconvinced of Man-Made Climate Change

Go ahead — call me a hypocrite. I claim to be a cleantech venture capitalist yet I tell you here and now that I am not convinced of anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change (aka global warming). And I will audaciously tell you that my convictions on climate change in no way run contrary to my strong belief in the need for a cleantech revolution.

19Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Company Nixes Deal for Controversial
Natural Gas Assets

Legacy Reserves LP of Midland, Texas, said it will not buy the assets in the Pavillion area owned by Calgary, Alberta-based Encana Corp. The company had announced earlier this month its plans to buy the assets for $45 million in cash.

29Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Albany County Approves Wind Regulations
for Small Systems

The commissioners approved amendments to their small wind energy systems regulations that will change the height, setback distance and noise requirements for noncommercial wind turbines.

11Oct2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Energy Is Variable — But Not Completely Random and Unpredictable

Let’s be clear: I am not, repeat not, saying that wind power can serve as a source of electricity to meet peak demand in the same way as fueled power plants. At the same time, wind turbines should not be criticized for not operating all the time. No power plant operates all the time.

22Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Spotlight on the Home –Insulation:
It’s Not Just for Winter Anymore

A better way to think of attic insulation is like a barrier between your living spaces and the super-heated outside, rather than just a fleece layer you add to your house when the weather turns chilly.

27Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Key Environmental Impact Statement Released on Proposed Wind Project

Roughly half of of the planned 4 to 6 billion dollar Chokecheery and Sieraa Madre project sits on public land and it would be home to 1,000 wind turbines.

24Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Transmission Cost Blueprint for Renewables
on FERC Agenda

The potential impact for getting distributed renewable energy generation from remote locations to load is huge, of course. Boiled down to its basics, the FERC is considering who pays, how much, under what circumstances and in what geographic footprint — a tall order to be sure.

30Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Commentary — “It’s About Energy, Stupid”

During the 1992 presidential campaign, then-candidate Clinton hammered President Bush with the message, “It’s the economy, stupid”—which is credited with turning the election in his favor. Now, twenty years later, Republicans who hope to win the 2012 election need to resurrect a modified version of the ’92 message: “It’s about energy, stupid.”

23May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Viewpoint: Oil and Gas Pay Half of Taxes
in Big Horn Basin

Local governments, longtime residents, Wyoming natives and those employed by oil and gas, mining, ranching and any local or state-funded sector are largely against federal Secretarial Order 3310.
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22Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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China Illegally Plunders US Solar Industry
with Impunity

Even more alarming is that its share of the US market has grown nearly sixfold in the last two years. To accomplish this feat China is convincing U.S. solar panel producers to outsource manufacturing operations overseas by bribing them with government-subsidized loans that clearly violate international trade law.

18Jan2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Election Does Not Spell Cleantech Doom

I suspect that energy policy will be a topic where this Congress will get something done especially with the President’s increased desire to work across party lines. It won’t be exactly what the president wants and it won’t be exactly what the Republicans want. It will be an old-fashion compromise …

13Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Viewpoint: Wind Energy is ‘Positive Step’ for State

It allows for our state’s economy to become more diversified and to lessen the impacts of our traditional boom and bust cycles. In this recent recession, Wyoming wind energy has played a significant role in helping our company maintain a full employment roster with zero layoffs.

7Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Against the Wind?: Tax Policy May Be Hurting Industry

The completion of Top of the World and Dunlap I could mark a turning point for Wyoming’s fledgling wind energy industry. Both Duke Energy and Rocky Mountain Power say they have no further plans to plant wind turbines in Wyoming.

21Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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China’s Rigged Green Manufacturing
a Threat to United States

The report shows that almost all of China’s manufacturing businesses in the sector are breaking World Trade Organization laws — adopted and followed by most countries — by receiving giant government subsidies and dirt cheap land while still exporting the majority of their goods.

13Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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