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April 2009 Archives

The American Public and Capitalism

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American business may be in more trouble than it presently thinks. I'm not talking about the economic collapse, which has manufacturers and other businesses on edge, wondering when we'll see a light at the end of the tunnel. And I'm...

No Time to Waste -- Smart Grid Makes Primetime in Florida

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A little federal stimulus money goes a long way: Miami, Fla., announced Monday plans to turn its electricity grid into a Smart Grid with $200 million worth of federal funds.  As a reminder, Smart Grid involves modernizing the grid with...

Cyberspies and the Electrical Grid

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Think the "Conficker" computer worm that scared everyone on April 1 was a big deal? It's a pimple on a gnat compared to information in a front-page article published last week in the Wall Street Journal.  The article announced that...

Mother of All Retrofit High Performance Buildings

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NEMA's promoted retrofitting standard buildings into high performance buildings for several years now, to create substantially better energy, environmental and economic performances. Now we have the mother of all retrofits -- the Empire State Building. The $20 million overhaul announced...

Zoi is No "Hoi Polloi"

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News is out that POTUS has tapped the person he wants to run the all-important (at least, to us) DOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy office: It's Cathy Zoi, CEO of Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection and former chief of...