http://greenlegals.com Green Law. Green Business. Green News & Views Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:35:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A joint maritime investigation by the Coast Guard and the Interior Department is looking into the possibility that the firefighting response by private boats triggered events that caused the Deepwater Horizon to sink and the oil to spew. The Coast Guard's actions are also part of this investigation. According to the ... http://greenlegals.com/2010/07/new-report-did-firefighting-effort-cause-deepwater-horizon-rig-to-sink/ http://greenlegals.com/2010/07/your-friday-relaxation-video-6/ If you're not watching the Tour de France, you're missing an exciting duel between Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck, you're missing the beautiful French countryside and incredible mountain climbs, and you're missing this new commercial from Nissan and Lance Armstrong.  Although Armstrong is not in the competition for the yellow ... http://greenlegals.com/2010/07/lance-armstrongs-nissan-leaf-commercial/ In Mr. Obama's weekly radio address at the beginning of July (that was Day 75 of the BP oil well disaster), he touted the country's transition to a "clean energy economy" and announced the Department of Energy's "award of nearly $2 billion in conditional commitments to two solar companies." One ... http://greenlegals.com/2010/07/solar-power-can-we-learn-from-old-europe/ Every time some new information comes out about clean energy technologies, it can be very exciting - seeing lower costs for solar panels - or depressing- realizing that clean coal is probably a pipe dream.  Popular Mechanics takes a look at clean energy technologies and sets about "Debunking the Top ... http://greenlegals.com/2010/07/myths-about-clean-energy/ The Solar Impulse took off early this morning for a 24-hour test flight from an airfield in Payerne, Switzerland, approximately 80 miles northeast of Geneva.  Andre Borschberg, the pilot, will fly the plane at 28,000 feet throughout the day. We reported on early test flights  of this solar plane here ... http://greenlegals.com/2010/07/solar-impulse-takes-off-for-24-hour-test-flight/ A debate between Stewart Brand and Mark Z. Jacobson. Video: http://www.ted.com/talks/debate_does_the_world_need_nuclear_energy.html http://greenlegals.com/2010/06/does-the-world-need-nuclear-energy/ Byron York at the Washington Examiner reports that a staffer working for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R. Iowa) found this little tidbit in a Bureau of Labor Statistics notice dated March 16 - there is "no widely accepted standard definition of ‘green jobs.'" The staffer then looked back at some of ... http://greenlegals.com/2010/06/labor-dept-doles-out-millions-for-green-jobs-without-knowing-what-a-green-job-is/ The resolution introduced by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to deny the EPA the power to regulate carbon and other greenhouse gases was defeated yesterday 47-53. Six Democratic senators, however, crossed over to support the Murkowski resolution - Evan Bayh (Ind.), Mary Landrieu (La.), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Ben Nelson (Neb.), ... http://greenlegals.com/2010/06/murkowski-resolution-fails-but-six-democrats-for-yea/ Another day, another let's-bomb-the-oil-leak idea. A civilian scientist working for the Marine Corps thinks we can seal the Gulf oil leak by using the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal. The Wall Street Journal reports that Franz Gayl has circulated a presentation showing how the "mother of all bombs," a ... http://greenlegals.com/2010/06/us-marine-scientist-use-mother-of-all-bombs-to-seal-gulf-oil-leak/