Tag Archives: regulation
In Focus: Green Building Industry Regulation
With the green movement in full effect in the home improvement and building industries, many people are going green without fully understanding the environmentally friendly rules and regulations that are out there. With that in mind, let’s go over a few of the organizations (both government and private) that regulate the standards of what is [...]
EIA: Renewable Energy Growth Increasing Under President Obama
The latest data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) show that non-hydro renewable sources of electricity have grown significantly since Barack Obama took office. In the last year of the Bush administration, non-hydro renewable sources accounted for 3.06% of the nation’s electrical generation. This was equivalent to an average monthly output of 10,508 gigawatthours. [...]
EPA To Regulate Fracking
As we’ve discussed in previous blog posts including The Natural Gas Fracking Debate: What Is Fracking and Why Does It Matter? Part II, the potential benefits of natural gas fracking are at risk of being overshadowed by the various hazards that the fracking process may introduce to public health/safety and the environment. These hazards include [...]
Koch Industries War on Industry Oversight and Environmental Regulation
The Koch brothers are putting their immense resources to work in aclandestine push to realize their libertarian agenda. David Koch and his brother Charles are some of America’s wealthiest people and KochIndustries is the second-largest private company in the country, earning approximately 100 billion per year. This considerablefortune is being put to work to help [...]
Green Bubbles and Financial Regulation
Financial regulation can help us avert green bubbles.The green market is vulnerable to artificial inflation and the growth of green could be seriously undermined by a bursting bubble. Those whocare about the environment have a vested interest in protecting thegreen market from bubbles. The Securities and ExchangeCommission’s (SEC) civil lawsuitagainst Goldman-Sachs suggests they are serious [...]
Romney vs. Obama: Who is Better for Solar?
One of the anecdotes I’ve been hearing a lot about in the halls at Solar Power International in Orlando this week came from the opening day CEO panel addressing “Change in an Uncertain Market.” The moderator asked the CEOs whether they thought the solar industry would be better under a Romney or Obama administration. The [...]