Bloomberg is now reporting the next generation Apple TV, rumored to be renamed the iTV, will be unveiled at the annually anticipated Apple event next month. Apple is said to be in talks with networks to bring $0.99 rentals of television shows to the iTunes Store. Read More »
Policy
According to Vice President Joe Biden, the tens of billions of dollars from the stimulus package invested in research and innovation for clean power, the smart grid, and advanced automobiles are working. Read More »
Wondering how much good those tens of billions of dollars in stimulus package funding have done for clean power innovation, the smart grid, advanced green vehicles and energy efficiency? Yep, us too, given the date to allocate all this money is looming on Sept. 30, 2010. Read More »
Here’s the must read article of Monday. The New Yorker delves into the web of political funding from Koch Industries — nicknamed the “Kochtopus” by political insiders — over the past half a decade, particularly funding that has gone into disavowing the science behind climate change. Read More »
Venture capitalists focusing on greentech seem to have had an unprecedented influence on U.S. federal policy and allocations of the stimulus package. Read More »
If California’s climate change bill AB32, which was passed back in 2006 and creates a plan to reduce the state’s carbon emissions, is repealed, California’s greentech markets will be seriously jeopardized, say VC Vinod Khosla and Google’s Bill Weihl. Read More »
Moore’s Law and the fast pace of innovation in computing and the Internet has deeply spoiled and confused us in terms of how fast the pace of innovation should be for other sectors like energy according to Bill Gates, the Chairman and former CEO of Microsoft. Read More »
Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells me that he still stands behind Google’s energy plan that he announced two years ago, and that Google wants to be a model for companies. But, he says, Google’s main role in fighting climate change will be providing more information. Read More »
Baltimore Gas and Electric has been pitching a new proposal for its smart grid project this week and — we won’t sugar coat it — it’s a tough sell. Read More »
California regulators voted unanimously on Thursday that companies providing electric vehicle charging stations and services will not be regulated as public utilities in the state, which is expected to be one of the earliest and largest markets for plug-in vehicles. Read More »
Many of the initiatives detailed at this week’s Clean Energy Minsterial seem more like pledges to figure out how to reach green energy goals and gain access to necessary data than a definite road map with all the answers in place. Read More »
Take that, mortgage giants! California Attorney General (and gubernatorial candidate) Jerry Brown has filed a lawsuit against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for blocking clean power financing programs known as Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE). Read More »
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