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Daimler sells its stake in Tata Motors

Buyers of the 5.34 percent stake included Tata Sons and Citigroup, though the Indian electric vehicle maker’s stock took a hit today on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Friends of a pan-European supergrid launch project

Global corporations including Siemens and Areva sign on to design and install a supergrid energy network at sea by 2050.

The growth of cleantech M&A and IPOs

Will clean technology companies come to dominate the M&A and IPO markets in the same way they currently do in venture capital, wonders Cleantech Group’s Andrew Thomson.

Sentilla product aims to track data center energy use

Redwood City, Calif.-based company's non-invasive new software tracks power use of all a data center’s assets, including metered and unmetered equipment.

Microvi focuses on zero waste with biological water treatment

California-based startup is one of 35 new companies the Cleantech Group spotted in the past week looking to raise money. Details in the Pitch o’ the week.

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Book Review! Our Choice, By Al Gore

I have a core belief that one can not complain unless one provides a solution (that is certainly part of the reason for this blog). Perhaps a number of people went to...

AB 510 Signed By Governor Schwarzenegger! (Part 2)

Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 510 on February 26, 2010 (Click here for full text of AB 510) (Click here for press release and video). We covered the basic elements of the new law in...

Clean Tech Event – San Francisco March 17

My friends over at the Kellogg Alumni Club are at it again with another great clean tech event. On Wednesday, March 17 the group will host a panel discussion on two emerging...

AB 510 On The Way To Governor’s Signature! (Part 1)

AB 510 (full text here) passed both the Senate and Assembly, and Governor Schwarzenegger says he will sign the bill into law. The bill raises the cap set on the number of...

Clean Tech Event In San Jose

Some friends of mine are putting on a great event in San Jose, CA April 1 with a panel of speakers discussing innovations in sustainability. The subject-matter looks to focus on energy, so it’s not exclusivly...

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Obama and senators seek climate compromise

By Jim Tankersley President Barack Obama convened a meeting of more than a dozen Democratic and Republican senators this afternoon to discuss energy and climate legislation. Unlike some other recent White House bipartisan...

L.A. pushing green jobs from grass roots

There’s a lot of talk about green jobs being the savior for the country’s disturbingly high unemployment and underemployment rates. The city of Los Angeles says it is actively working to create some....

EPA: U.S. saw record decline in greenhouse gas emissions in 2008

High gasoline prices, a slow economy and – ironically enough – a cool summer caused U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to fall nearly 3% in 2008 from 2007 levels, the Environmental Protection Agency reported...

L.A.'s green schools: Propane buses, solar panels and environmental education

What with budget cuts, teacher layoffs and increasing class sizes, the situation at L.A. Unified School District is grim. But there’s yet another issue. With 14,000 buildings housing 700,000 students spread over 710...

Energy Secretary Steven Chu talks politics and nuclear power in Santa Barbara

From life in Washington to nuclear waste disposal and more, Energy Secretary Steven Chu navigated a slew of topics at a Santa Barbara conference Friday. Calling his job a sort of “multi-dimensional chess...