Jacob Cottingham

Member since January 2010

Jacob Cottingham is from Louisville, Kentucky but moved to Austin in 2007 after traveling the county for 10 months in a vintage Airstream. He writes about politics, the environment, music and culture for a variety of publications. Amongst other gigs he’s published a weekly crime newspaper, edited a regional lifestyle magazine and was ghost writer for a book about airlines. In 2007 he received an award for Best Series from the Magazine Association of the Southeast. A graduate of Bard College, Cottingham is currently a columnist for 303 Magazine in Denver and a reporter covering city and county government for In Fact Daily. He is in the midst of obtaining a Master in Public Affairs with the LBJ School, with a focus on resource management.

Website: http://jacobcottingham.blogspot.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jcottingham

Recent Campaign Entries:

Algae Patents: Protecting Investors or Promoting Growth?

Posted April 19, 2010
in Renewable Energy Campaign

With the growing interest in Algae fuel comes concerns that restrictive licensing and broad patent claims could slow the technological development of what could perhaps become the largest source of 'clean' oil.
A Smarter System

Posted April 11, 2010
in Renewable Energy Campaign

Electric consumers across the Northwest are about to get a much smarter product coursing through their wires as the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project begins to ramp up this year.
One Wave or Another

Posted April 2, 2010
in Renewable Energy Campaign

Ocean Power Technologies is building the first utility-scale, commercial wave park in North America, which aims to harness the motion of the ocean and convert it into green energy.