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E2 Partner Event: ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit March 13-15 (Washington DC)

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Energy Innovation Summit is the premier event of the year for energy innovators, investors, and influencers. Set for March 13-15, 2018 in Washington, D.C., this annual conference gathers more than 2,000 experts from government, academia, and business to advance cutting-edge energy technologies. The 3-day program features inspiring keynotes, practical seminars, a […]

E2 Partner Event: Solar Partner Mountain West, Mar 12-14 (Denver)

Join us at @COSEIA’s Solar Power Mountain West solar conference in March! For the second year in a row – the Solar Career Expo, Powered by Solar Ready Colorado – you will also have the chance to meet with Colorado-based solar energy companies for a unique professional networking and career exploration event! Agenda and Travel […]

CLC Post Conference Happy Hour & Sustainability Discussion

Join Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) and The Alliance Center (TAC) for a happy hour with casual and informed conversation, concluding with a tour TAC’s cutting edge work space, which is a leader in green building innovation.  We will be joined by speakers from the Climate Leadership Conference and local leaders in sustainability to provide a more intimate setting […]

Road to the Future: Driving Advancements for Clean Vehicles (National Webinar)

Over the past decade, the United States has made huge strides in increasing the efficiency of vehicles and reducing their emissions – thanks in part to federal fuel economy standards, tax advantages for electric vehicles and government support for research and innovation. Join E2 to learn how Trump administration policies are now threatening recent progress […]

The Trump Infrastructure Plan Is ‘a Big Nothing Burger’ for Clean Energy

Greentech Media quotes Grant Carlisle, E2 Advocacy director, in an article on Trump’s infrastructure plan and its lack of attention toward renewables and energy infrastructure. “Grant Carlisle, advocacy director of the national business group Environmental Entrepreneurs, characterized the shortcomings bluntly. “It is unfortunately just not a forward-looking document,” he said.”

Tell the EPA: The economic cost of repealing the Clean Power Plan is just too high

The Kansas City Star cites E2’s report, “Opportunity Lost: How Rolling Back the Clean Power Plan Hurt’s America’s Economy,” in an article amplifying the EPA’s “listening session” in Kansas City regarding its proposal to repeal the CPP. “Repealing the CPP would deny Americans the opportunity to create 560,000 jobs and add $52 billion in economic value. […]

E2 Partner Event: NREL’s Industry Growth Forum, May 3 – 4 (Denver)

E2 is pleased to be an in-kind sponsor for National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) Industry Growth Forum on Thursday, May 3-4, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.  For over twenty years, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) Industry Growth Forum has been the nation’s premier clean energy investment event. The Forum features presentations from 30 emerging clean energy companies, provocative […]

Why low-carbon advocates large and small should speak up

GreenBiz featured a story on the all E2 panel at GreenBiz 18. The 4-member panel focused on the increasing need for clean energy business leaders of all sizes to engage on advocacy matters and make their voices heard to lawmakers on federal and state policies. The panel included: Nicole Lederer, co-founder of E2 Jon Powers, […]

Trump’s Proposed Budget Slashes Funding for Clean Energy Programs

Greentech Media quotes Grant Carlisle, E2 Advocacy director, in an article on Trump’s budget cuts and its effects on clean energy programs. Grant Carlisle equates budget cuts to job loss, saying the budget puts “businesses and millions of clean energy workers at risk.” “This budget is cutting costs by refusing to invest in the future,” said […]

An American Industry Could Be Cut Adrift – And Our Jobs Are on the Line

E2 worked with these voices (Brooks, Lew, Griffin)  to amplify their message against the EPA’s actions on Pebble Mine to DC beltway audiences.

Cap-and-trade bill runs into headwinds

E&E News discusses the current status and issues facing Oregon’s effort to launch a California-style cap-and-trade system. “Those who are opposed just want to buy more time,” said Erik Wohlgemuth, chief operating officer of sustainability nonprofit Future 500, who is lobbying state lawmakers in Salem today with the group Environmental Entrepreneurs. “This has been studied, […]

Trump Budget Cuts Innovation And Jobs

WASHINGTON (Feb. 12, 2018) – The Trump Administration unveiled its draft for the FY19 budget, once again focusing on cutting or eliminating programs that drive investment into innovating technologies, that help American entrepreneurs building businesses across the country. The following is a statement from Grant Carlisle, advocacy director of the national, nonpartisan business group E2 […]