In an August 31st ruling, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts voted 4-2 in favor of developing a wind farm in the Nantucket Sound. Despite the positive ruling, many obstacles remain in the establishment of 130 wind turbines off the coast of Cape Cod; the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound strongly opposes Cape Wind and vows to continue its court battle against the wind energy project.…

One possible step toward Climate Change mitigation, cap and trade is a prominent topic of discussion among government officials and environmentally-concerned citizens alike. This very short film (by the creators of “Story of Stuff”) offers a comprehensive look into the cap & trade system, and carefully questions its legitimacy.…

The idea of paying people not to do something is often met with unease and suspicion. However, sometimes it is the only realistic alternative when faced with the destruction of the environment.…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual climate report last week and for the first time, confirmed that “global warming is undeniable”. This statement affirming climate change is the first by a US government organization and comes three years after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announced in its Fourth Assessment that climate change is “unequivocal”.…

The Union of Concerned Scientists, a national non-profit of citizens and scientists for environmental solutions based in Harvard Square, have cleanly outlined several concrete actions for you to take to meet those ends.…

Alas, attention to the administration’s Home Star/Cash for Caulkers program has waxed and waned since it first appeared last fall, and this component of a stimulus package meant to address the nation’s energy issues, and aid the (then) ailing construction industry has languished in the shadows, until it finally passed the House in May.…

On Monday, the DOE announced a $18.5 million grant will be dispersed via the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) amongst various energy research labs and companies throughout New England.  The funds are part of the larger $349 million Recovery Act funding pool and will be used primarily for energy efficiency projects; specifically in this case, solid state lighting using gallium nitride, air conditioning efficiency, chemical flow batteries, and overall energy storage capacity research.…

A story from Greenwire in the New York Times summarizes the findings of the Energy Information Administration’s report on the costs of implementing the Kerry-Lieberman energy bill. It concludes that in a middle of the road scenario, adoption of the bill would result in a (basis point) reduction of GDP¹ by 2‰ (2 thousandths) over more than two decades of growth.…

The Gulf Oil Spill has been the event at the top of everyone’s mind for many weeks now, almost to the point of our adapting to the initially shocking concept. The images that have surfaced have been heartrending enough, though, that the shock factor hasn’t been allowed to completely fade.…

Speaking at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, President Obama issued new proposals for issuing tax credits to renewable energy companies as a means of stimulating job creation. The President urged increasing the current funds already approved by the Congress totaling some 2.3 billion dollars.…