My new post: Cleantech support in the US about to fall off a cliff. On new Brookings/Breakthrough/WRI report.

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My new post: Cleantech support in the US about to fall off a cliff. On new Brookings/Breakthrough/WRI report.

If you care about cleantech in the U.S., this graph should make your blood run cold: That’s from a new report — “Beyond Boom and Bust: Putting Clean Tech on a Path to Subsidy Independence ” — from folks at the Breakthrough Institute, Brookings Institution, and World Resources Institute. It’s a welcome and much-needed attempt to put some numbers behind the debate over federal cleantech support. It’s divided into three parts. The first tells the story of cleantech policy over the last five years. Early in his term, Obama unleashed a ton of support for cleantech, mainly via the stimulus bill, but also by funding some programs from the Bush era and earlier. At around $150 billion, federal cleantech spending from 2009-2014 will amount to over three times what was spent from 2002-2008. But that funding is dropping off a cliff: In the absence of legislative action to extend or re...

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@BardMBA » 30 Apr '12, 4pm
U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff [link] via @grist #sustymba
@MarinoffGroup » 21 Apr '12, 1am
#Data #Analytics U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff | Grist: [link] [link]
@SLEnergy » 19 Apr '12, 4pm
U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff [link] via @grist How will #Renewables get to subsidy independence?
@Luminalt » 19 Apr '12, 4pm
RT @ghanscom: U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff [link] Not to worry tho, we're still showering the oil biz in subsidies!
@ghanscom » 19 Apr '12, 4pm
U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff [link] Not to worry tho, we're still showering the oil biz in subsidies!
@laplacanancy » 19 Apr '12, 12pm
RT @grist Federal funding for clean tech is set to dry up by the end of 2014. [link] What investments should we keep? AZ=SOLAR
@grist » 19 Apr '12, 12pm
Federal funding for clean tech is set to dry up by the end of 2014. [link] What investment improvements should we make?
@matjhope » 19 Apr '12, 8am
Interesting @drgrist that RD&D spending is set to actually increase. Keep researching tech there's no money to deploy? [link]
@Camz99 » 19 Apr '12, 4am
"U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff" - [link] - shared from @TaptuGreen
@SeismoMedia » 19 Apr '12, 2am
"In the absence of legislative action to extend or replace current subsidies, America’s clean tech policy system... [link]
@HaggsBoson » 19 Apr '12, 1am
@SabzBrach It would be great to see what the fallout wld be. Btw, more good news (re: green energy) [link]
@scotthomasson » 19 Apr '12, 12am
+1 RT @alannogee: Lots of good recs in report, but large-scale deploymnt remains most imprtnt innov policy MT @drgrist: [link]
@alannogee » 19 Apr '12, 12am
Lots of good recs in report, but large-scale deploymnt remains most imprtnt innov policy MT @richardcaperton @drgrist: [link]
@alannogee » 19 Apr '12, 12am
Me3. MT @richardcaperton About the BTI/WRI/Brookings report making waves today, I basically concur with @drgrist: [link]
@ehsdirector » 18 Apr '12, 11pm
@drgrist U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff [link] It already fell...
@cw_env_i » 18 Apr '12, 10pm
RT @worldresources: Reading @grist - U.S. #cleantech support about to fall off a cliff (@drgrist) [link] #environmentnetwork
@worldresources » 18 Apr '12, 10pm
Reading @grist - U.S. #cleantech support about to fall off a cliff (@drgrist) [link] #environmentnetwork
@mwhittle73 » 18 Apr '12, 10pm
RT @grist: U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff, by @drgrist [link] Scary stuff.
@HeyAC » 18 Apr '12, 9pm
RT @derekmarkham: RT @greenbiztweets: U.S. cleantech support on a down trend - nay, falling off a cliff [link] via @drgrist
@derekmarkham » 18 Apr '12, 9pm
RT @greenbiztweets: U.S. cleantech support on a down trend - nay, falling off a cliff [link] via @drgrist
@sroza » 18 Apr '12, 9pm
Yikes. Cleantech Fed Funding headed south: [link]
@awoodbrookings » 18 Apr '12, 9pm
MT @drgrist: Cleantech support in the US about to fall off a cliff. [link] On new Brookings/Breakthrough/WRI report.
@richardcaperton » 18 Apr '12, 9pm
If you're curious how I feel about the BTI/WRI/Brookings report making waves today, I basically concur with @drgrist: [link]
@MarkMuro1 » 18 Apr '12, 9pm
.@drgrist gets to the heart of the #cleantech policy drama here; near-term deployment has to play role [link] @Stphn_Lacey
@JesseJenkins » 18 Apr '12, 8pm
RT @wfrick: great take on today's cleantech policy bust report by @drgrist [link] my take is here: [link]
@wfrick » 18 Apr '12, 8pm
great take on today's cleantech policy bust report by @drgrist [link] my take is here: [link]
@JesseJenkins » 18 Apr '12, 8pm
Reading @DRGrist: "US #cleantech support about to fall off a cliff" and what to do about it... [link] #energy #green #climate
@atrembath » 18 Apr '12, 8pm
My apologies to @drgrist for making the graphs that made his blood run cold. Good post on new subsidy reform report. [link]
@ThirdWayEnergy » 18 Apr '12, 8pm
Good write-up by @drgrist on @TheBTI @MarkMuro1 and WRI report on the coming clean tech funding cliff. [link]
@greenbiztweets » 18 Apr '12, 8pm
U.S. cleantech support on a down trend - nay, falling off a cliff [link] via @DRGrist
@TheSeedProject » 18 Apr '12, 8pm
RT @drgrist: My new post: Cleantech support in the US about to fall off a cliff. [link] On new Brookings/Breakthrough/WRI report.
@GroenWerkt » 18 Apr '12, 8pm
#grist U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff #mlfeeds: By David Roberts Federal funding for clean tec... [link]
@drgrist » 18 Apr '12, 8pm
My new post: Cleantech support in the US about to fall off a cliff. [link] On new Brookings/Breakthrough/WRI report.
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@DRGrist: 'U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff' - [link] #Energy #Climate
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@atrembath » 18 Apr '12, 9pm
RT @MarkMuro1: .@drgrist gets to the heart of the #cleantech policy drama here; near-term deployment has to play role [link]
@suzliz » 18 Apr '12, 9pm
U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff [link] via @grist
@cleantechvc » 18 Apr '12, 9pm
RT @wfrick: great take on today's cleantech policy bust report by @drgrist [link] my take is here: [link]
@farmpower » 18 Apr '12, 9pm
RT @drgrist: My new post: Cleantech support in the US about to fall off a cliff. [link] On new Brookings/Breakthrough/WRI report.
@michaeloko » 18 Apr '12, 8pm
"U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff" - @drgrist on new #cleantech report: [link]
@BTJournal » 18 Apr '12, 8pm
RT @drgrist: My new post: Cleantech support in the US about to fall off a cliff. [link] On new Brookings/Breakthrough/WRI report.