]> http://www.greenedia.com/latest Green Politics Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/128891?rsstype=latest&cid=54 Mid July, we had the opportunity to meet Verenium Corp. (VRNM) executives during their last trip in Europe:Carlos A. Riva President & Chief Executive OfficerKelly Lindenboom VP Corporate CommunicationAfter a brief reminder of both integrat... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:21:21 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/128891?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/128892?rsstype=latest&cid=54 T. Boone Pickens is here [at the site of the Democratic Convention]. I saw him at The Big Tent, the venue sponsored by Google (GOOG) and Digg, and the base camp for many of the bloggers at the convention. The billionaire repeated the basics of his P... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:42:01 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/128892?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128866?rsstype=latest&cid=54 By Kate Sheppard Joe Biden. Photo: Ted S. Warren / AP After formally receiving the nomination as Barack Obama's running mate, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden took the stage. His speech focused on his middle-class roots and the lessons he learned fro... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:54:58 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128866?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/open-congress/128896?rsstype=latest&cid=54 Massachusetts' senators are nailing it at the DNC. Here's Senator John Kerry's speech from Wednesday night the sleeper hit of the convention:Be sure to check out the DNC's YouTube page for more video of Members of Congress and others speaking at... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:41:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/open-congress/128896?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128868?rsstype=latest&cid=54 By Kate SheppardFormer presidential candidate and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) on McCain's changing policies: Candidate McCain criticizes the climate change bill that Sen. McCain wrote ... talk about being for it before you're against it. Before he deb... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:40:49 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128868?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128869?rsstype=latest&cid=54 By Kate SheppardBill Clinton took the stage this evening to thunderous applause and chants of Bill, Bill, Bill. I'm here, first, to support Barack Obama, he began. And I'm here to warm up the crowd for Joe Biden. He then touched on the tough... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:24:27 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128869?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128870?rsstype=latest&cid=54 By David RobertsBill Clinton on the primary: That campaign created so much heat, it increased global warming. UPDATE: Clinton knocked it out of the park -- his speech was just as good, in its way, as Hillary's. Full-throated support for Obama, his... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:07:55 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128870?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128871?rsstype=latest&cid=54 By Kate SheppardI stopped by a press conference yesterday for Vestas, the wind energy company, where state leaders were hailing the company's recent investment in Colorado. Vestas has plans for four major manufacturing plants in Colorado where they w... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:45:05 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128871?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128804?rsstype=latest&cid=54 By David RobertsI'm here at an panel on the Pickens Plan, featuring Carl Pope of the Sierra Club, John Podesta of the Center for American Progress, and T. Boone himself. (And I have internet access!) Most interesting tidbit to come from the panel:... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:15:27 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128804?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128817?rsstype=latest&cid=54 Major ethanol producer, The American Corn Grower's Association, endorses Barack Obama.Green Packs gives the low-down on the seven endangered living species of sea turtles.Sustainablog exposes the ugly truth behind Hollywood's Bling bottled water.Trip... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:59:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128817?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128832?rsstype=latest&cid=54 The world's leading certification system for sustainable architecture is set to undergo its most sweeping changes in 2009. The proposed revisions encourage designs that would reduce a building's impact on global climate change. Leadership in Energy ... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:52:24 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128832?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128806?rsstype=latest&cid=54 By Kate SheppardAs David has noted, the thing to know about being in Denver right now is that it's a madhouse. There are more people and events here than one could possibly imagine. And things are spread out all over the city. I logged six miles on t... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:11:16 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128806?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128734?rsstype=latest&cid=54 Image source: Twinka TisonFortunately (or unfortunately) the surf was flat on Monday, which squashed our plans to paddle out, but did give me a chance to sit down with Vipe Desai, President and Founder of project BLUE. Now in its first full year of o... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:51:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128734?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128809?rsstype=latest&cid=54 By Joseph RommAndrew Jones -- former Rocky Mountain Institute colleague and systems-dynamic modeler extraordinaire at the Sustainability Institute -- asks if I could write something from a D.C. insider perspective about why we shouldn't be freaking... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:47:50 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128809?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128736?rsstype=latest&cid=54 When he still rode the Straight Talk Express it had a banner on the front: Get on Board the McCain Train and alas, that may be as close to a train as John McCain ever gets. He is not fond of trains; according to Derrick Jackson of the Boston Globe:... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:33:50 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128736?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/128771?rsstype=latest&cid=54 Denver -- What is making this week so intense that I literally didn't have time to post yesterday is not the formal work of the Convention -- there's not much suspense, and the real work is being done by the delegates and the campaign staff. But wh... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:12:56 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/128771?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128811?rsstype=latest&cid=54 By Kate SheppardMany people are familiar with the children's book Goodnight Moon. They might not be familiar with Goodnight Bush, the unauthorized parody hailing the coming end of the Bush presidency. In it, authors Erich Origen and Gan Golan, bot... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:43:22 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128811?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128812?rsstype=latest&cid=54 By Guest author The following is a guest essay from Bob Rose, executive director of the U.S. Fuel Cell Council. This essay responds to Joseph Romm's Gristmill post, Flush! Department of Energy flushes $15 million down the hydrogen toilet. ----- ... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:11:40 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128812?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128874?rsstype=latest&cid=54 Organic veggies on the honor system.Stephen Brooks is the co-founder of Kopali Organics and a correspondent for Planet Green's G Word . It absolutely blows my mind how cool it is to be green these days. Was it Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth? Or c... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:20:09 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128874?rsstype=latest&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/128724?rsstype=latest&cid=54 Federal tax incentives for wind, solar and other forms of alternative energy are set to expire at the end of the calendar year unless Congress votes to reauthorize them.Democrats are demanding the $1.7 billion in incentives be revenue-neutral and Rep... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:31:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/128724?rsstype=latest&cid=54