cleantech Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:12:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Obama Hints at Gentler Climate Change Legislation https://www.greenoptimistic.com/obama-hints-at-gentler-climate-change-legislation-20130319/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/obama-hints-at-gentler-climate-change-legislation-20130319/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:12:44 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=35033 We were all surprised but happy to hear that President Obama was calling for stronger climate change legislation at the beginning of his second term, but its execution is going to be a little gentler. Of course, in his first term in office, Obama couldn’t push too hard or else alienate most of his supporters, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/obama-hints-at-gentler-climate-change-legislation-20130319/feed/ 0 35033 Cleantech Launches Best in Hawaii https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cleantech-launches-best-in-hawaii-20130112/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cleantech-launches-best-in-hawaii-20130112/#respond Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:03:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31256 With the threat of climate change right on our doorstep, we have some hard decisions to make. If we’re going to reduce our impact on the environment, then we have to start doing things differently. Obviously, doing things the same way as we have for the last 200 years isn’t going to change anything. Innovation, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cleantech-launches-best-in-hawaii-20130112/feed/ 0 31256 Research Shows Green Technology Favorable, Mostly https://www.greenoptimistic.com/research-shows-green-technology-favorable-mostly-20130103/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/research-shows-green-technology-favorable-mostly-20130103/#respond Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:42:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=30654 Some forms of green technology aren’t garnering a lot of support among the general population, such as a report by the SPEA last week regarding the weak favorability of electric vehicles. On the other hand, this leaves the way for other alternatives wide open, such as hybrid electric vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles. A recent […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/research-shows-green-technology-favorable-mostly-20130103/feed/ 0 30654 Cleantech Industry Falling Due to Reduced Government Incentives, Study Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cleantech-industry-fall-20120420/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cleantech-industry-fall-20120420/#respond Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:20:50 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=24095 Scholars at the Brookings Institution and the Oakland’s Breakthrough Institute are to release a report on Wednesday that warns that there is a sharp decline in finances set for federal spending on clean technologies. The study warns that more clean-tech companies are possibly on the road to bankruptcy or consolidation now that there seems to […]

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