(The Root) — As African-American environmental-justice proponentsVan Jones and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins will tell you, environmental sustainability and climate change are, in addition to their general importance, also tremendously relevant to the overall health of America’s communities of color. Though clean energy is a less obvious racial issue than, say, education or criminal justice, it’s becoming increasingly […]
(Crain’s) — The Department of Energy awarded $1.05 million to a new Chicago non-profit headed by prominent local business leaders that aims to boost clean-energy businesses spun off from research at the region’s universities and labs. The Clean Energy Trust will use the grant and local matching funds to provide seed money, business training and […]
(Businessweek) — Racks of lime-green batteries awaited inspection on the factory floor when the well-connected investor swept through Smith Electric Vehicles in Kansas City, Mo., last month. A week later he broke ground on an advanced vehicle battery plant in Holland, Mich., the ninth battery facility his money has helped jump-start in the last year. […]
(Washington Post) — President Obama urged the nation Tuesday to rally behind legislation that would begin changing the way the country consumes and generates energy, saying the expanding oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is “the most painful and powerful reminder yet that the time to embrace a clean energy future is now.” In […]