By Jesse Jenkins and Devon Swezey, originally at the Breakthrough Institute
Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
Originally a the Breakthrough Institute
Originally Posted at the Breakthrough InstituteEuropean and Asian high-speed rail manufacturers are courting U.S. government officials in hopes of securing contracts for some of the $8 billion dollars of federal stimulus funds ear-marked for domestic high-speed rail (HSR) projects.
[Update, 12/7/09: Dave is on his way to Copenhagen! He's been selected by HuffingtonPost as their Hopenhagen ambassador. Thanks to any WattHead.org readers who helped put Dave across the finish line.]A friend of mine attending the Youth Clean Energy Forum tomorrow asked me to suggest some talking points (for the administration and fellow youth leaders) and pre-readings. Here’s what I wrote (cross-posted from LeadEnergy):
I. Any successful global climate treaty has to go beyond the traditional framework of [...]
Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
Last month, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), as well as Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI) introduced the Solar Manufacturing Jobs Creation Act, intended to boost the international competitiveness the U.S. solar manufacturing industry. After introducing the [...]
Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
After working tirelessly to push federal politicians to be accountable to the will of the people through Powershift regional summits, 350.org’s day of action, local events and direct actions, you’d think exhaustion would be setting in on the ranks of the US youth climate movement. Especially [...] 
Asian Nations Set to Dominate Clean Energy Race by Out-Investing the United States - New Breakthrough Institute and the Information Technology and Innovation Institute report.
By Teryn Norris & Devon Swezey
Breakthrough Institute founders Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus published a post today that finally calls out ClimateProgress' Joseph Romm for his repeated use of bullying and intimidation, ad hominem assaults and character assassination, and highly suspect efforts to prove guilt by association, arguing that' [...] 
By Yael Borofsky and Jesse Jenkins, originally at the Breakthrough Institute
From coast to coast, teams of young volunteers are organizing Clean Energy Forums. As part of Focus the Nation‘s campaign Community and the Road to Copenhagen, young organizers are engaging their communities for a day of climate dialogue [...]
OK, here's a Halloween-day climate treat for you via 350.org and the fine zombiefied folks at the Orlando Brewing Company:
I joined former Senator John Warner of Virginia on the KPFA Morning Show today to discuss Senate climate and energy legislation, the focus of hearings this week in the the Environment and Public Works Committee. (listen to the full interview below)
$15 billion. That is the figure at the heart of a growing consensus of energy innovation experts, all calling for dramatically larger U.S. investment in clean energy research and development. Writing at theEnergyCollective.com, WattHead.org's Jesse Jenkins highlights mounting calls to address what Google Director' [...] 
Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
An update from Coal River Mountain Watch and Appalachian Voices. You can take emergency action here.
Quick post with the text of President Obama's speech today at MIT, challenging Americans to lead the global economy in clean energy technology. 
Originally at the Breakthrough InstituteTwo for the globe...
Three for the future... keep it eco...So many reasons to attend 350's International Day of Climate Action this Saturday! What's yours?
ACE will be getting down at several events across the country, not just in SF... Find us, click HERE!
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Originally published at the Breakthrough Institute
[Updated with video from press event below]
Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
You're invited to join TheEnergyCollective.com for their latest Webcast:
Cross posted from Hot and Bothered - ACE BlogEnvironmentalists have been looking forward to the Copenhagen climate talks this December with a mixture of dread and expectation, as it may be the last opportunity to craft a global climate treaty as we barrel towards dangerous tipping points pointed out by leading scientists. Yet, as environmental organizations started to [...]
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, said she's ready to green light debate by month's end on the Senate climate bill she has co-authored with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair John Kerry (D-MA). According to Politico:
Originally at the Breakthrough Institute
Latest video from the Avaaz Action Factory:
Over at Grist.org, Dave Roberts ponders the merits of a deal to entice Republican votes for climate legislation, and discusses the right ways to go about it. I actually spent a chunk of time yesterday leafing through the Republican "alternative" energy bill introduced in [...] 
Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
By Yael Borofsky and Jesse Jenkins, originally at the Breakthrough Institute
Europe is planning to stage a grand entrance into the clean energy race by investing approximately $73 billion in clean energy research, according to Reuters, which has obtained an early draft of the European [...]
by Rinku Sen and Billy Parish
Last week, the Labor Department reported that youth unemployment stands at 18.2%, nearly twice the national average of 9.8%. The percentage of young people without a job is a staggering 53.4 percent, the highest figure since World War [...]
Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
As the Senate's climate and energy bill takes shape, it looks broadly similar to the House-passed Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act - with a few exceptions. Writing for theEnergyCollective.com, WattHead.org editor and Breakthrough Institute energy policy director Jesse Jenkins outlines the [...] 
This is the second post in a multi-part series on youth climate heroes from around the country.
Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
By Jesse Jenkins, Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
With just ten weeks until the world's nations meet in Copenhagen this December to try to hammer out a global consensus on efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build a global clean energy economy, WattHead.org's Jesse Jenkins returned to KPFA radio Monday to discuss [...] 
Written by Joshua Freed, Senior Policy Advisor for the Clean Energy Initiative at Third Way. Cross posted from The Huffington Post
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and leading DC-based think tank Third Way are the latest political figures to issue a call for significantly increased public investment to catalyze clean energy innovation. The Ohio Senator and the moderate progressive think tank joined the Breakthrough Institute [...] 
Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
As I reported last week, a moment of truth has arrived for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and President Barack Obama, who has promised “unprecedented steps” to rein in the devastating practice of mountaintop removal coal mining that is wrecking havoc across [...] 
The Breakthrough Institute and Third Way have prepared a new report detailing how the United States can jumpstart a clean energy revolution through investing in research and development and creating a National Institutes of Energy (akin to the NIH) to spur the development of innovative clean [...]
Originally posted at the Breakthrough InstituteA moment of truth has arrived for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and President Barack Obama, who has promised “unprecedented steps” to rein in the devastating practice of mountaintop removal coal mining that is wrecking havoc across wide swaths of Appalachian mountains, valleys [...] 
Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
By Yael Borofsky and Jesse Jenkins, originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
Originally posted at The Breakthrough Institute
By Kriss Bergethon
WattHead welcomes new contributor, Kriss Bergethon. An engineer by training now working to educate and empower people with clean energy, Kriss works with SolarSphere.com and will be reporting periodically on solar energy news for WattHead.
As I carried the rooftop down the grassy slope and stepped into the reflecting pool, committing civil disobedience, I felt an overwhelming sense of relief. ‘Today, right now, I’m doing everything I can [...]
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Greenpeace, through its alter ego, 
