[…] “We don’t need anymore talk. We need a plan. And it’s got to be a top priority of the next president and the next Congress,” Pickens said in the ad. An estimate of U.S. annual foreign oil expenditures -- $ 700 billion a year -- appeared on the screen. Pickens has a plan, which he presented to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee July 22. He underscored the gravity of the issue and appealed to legislators to pave the way for long-term investment in renewable energy resources.

[…] We have come together to contribute to efforts under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, the global forum for climate negotiations. Our contribution and cooperation are rooted in the objective, provisions, and principles of the Convention.

[…] When IBM, known as “Big Blue,” launched in 2007 its “Big Green” initiative based on cutting-edge technologies, it got the corporate world’s attention. Under the initiative, IBM offered to build new data centers or redesign existing centers at companies and other large organizations to reduce their energy consumption and the carbon emissions caused by electricity production. An average data center could expect 42 percent energy savings, which would prevent 7,439 tons of carbon per year from being released into the atmosphere.

[…] Plants used or being considered for renewable energy sources are the featured celebrities at the U.S. National Arboretum, highlighted in a special exhibit during its Bioenergy Awareness Days launched June 21. “Power Plants” features flora from around the world: field crops, palms, trees and flowering annuals. The 0.4-hectare (one-acre) exhibit aims to educate visitors about the raw materials of biomass. “We have 21 plants on display here that are currently being used to produce ethanol and biodiesel or have the potential to do so.

[…] The United States and China have signed a framework for cooperation on energy and environmental issues and will launch negotiations on an investment treaty, says U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Paulson and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan completed two days of meetings at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, June 18, and signed a 10-year Energy and Environment Cooperation Framework.

[…] The United States has 123 Agreements with almost all countries with major nuclear energy programs, including China, Japan, and the European Atomic Energy Community, which permits cooperation with the 27 EU Member States. The Administration believes it is important to have a 123 Agreement with Russia both to build a closer relationship as well as to improve our ability to address major challenges we face in the 21st century, such as growing energy needs, nuclear nonproliferation, and combating nuclear terrorism.

[…] there are many forms of ethanol. Corn gets a lot of attention but there are many others like palm oil, Jatropha and sweet sorghum which have higher energy content than corn for example, they can grown on arid lands in many developing countries without fertilizer and pesticides.
We are also interested in second and third generation ethanol, which is cellulosic ehanol such as switch grass, woody biomass wood chips, landfills, and waste converted to biogas.

[…] High energy costs in the last five years have been a catalyst for energy-saving innovation in America. Innovation and energy-conserving habits of Americans have reversed the growth in U.S. energy consumption.

Lunedì 19 maggio 2008, sul sito dell’Ambasciata USA a Roma, si è svolta la videochat "Face2Face"sul tema delle energia rinnovabili.
Oltre al Dr. Arthur Nozik, Socio Ricercatore Senior del U.S. DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) e Professore Aggiunto presso il Dipartimento di Chimica dell'Università del Colorado a Boulder, sono intervenuti il Dott. Edoardo Zanchini, Direttore dell’Ufficio per l’Energia, il Trasporto e l’Urbanistica di Legambiente e l' Ing. Michele Appendino, socio fondatore della First Generation Network e Presidente di AME Ventures che, attraverso la controllata Solar Ventures, investe principalmente nel settore delle energie rinnovabili e del solare.

[…] At the close of the recent successful Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008), more than 100 pledges had been received from nations around the world to increase their use of renewables. In fact, interest was so strong that the deadline for accepting pledges was extended by a month. Since that time, nearly 30 additional pledges have been submitted to the Washington International Action Program.