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Some banks and governments are issuing green bonds to fund renewable energy projects, but questions remain about this financing tool's effectiveness.
by Marc Gunther
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Faced with the prospect of a dwindling customer base, some power companies want to end public subsidies.
by Marc Gunther
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NRG Energy volunteers discover how solar energy may spur economic development in the earthquake-ravaged country.
by Marc Gunther
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The San Francisco-based company is selling 200,000 of its solar-powered lanterns and lighting systems a month.
by Marc Gunther
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Biotech company Novozymes has launched an energy-and-fuel company in Mozambique that makes ethanol from cassava for use as a cooking oil.
by Marc Gunther
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Germany -- once the world's leading solar power market, is cutting back on subsidies and installations, following a trend occurring worldwide. Although a grim sign, the shift also highlights the need to get serious about climate and energy party.
by Marc Gunther
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GRID Alternatives has found a way to bring solar roofs to low-income people using subsidies, donations and volunteers. It plans to install 1,000 solar roofs in California this year and has signed partnerships with SunPower and Yingli to bring solar to up to 600 roofs in Colorado -- and to provide hands-on work experience for thousands of green job seekers.
by Marc Gunther
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Last year, Google invested more than $900 million in clean energy projects. But does it have an energy policy? Does it need one?
by Marc Gunther
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Should we worry about Chinese government subsidies to its solar industry? Or send the Chinese a thank-you note?
by Marc Gunther
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A multi-billion-dollar 'superhighway' to connect offshore wind turbines to the US electric grid sounds like a can't-lose idea, but it's adrift without clearing some big financial, regulatory and technological hurdles.
by Marc Gunther
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The company's CEO is leading a drive to convince businesses and individuals that solar energy makes sense -- today.
by Marc Gunther
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A new organization formed out of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change aims to address climate change -- like so many others before them, with so little success. But their launch event raised one solid idea: It's time to tax carbon.
by Marc Gunther
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Two airlines are making big bets on biofuels, with United Airlines today launching the first U.S. commercial flight with an algae-based biofuel, and Alaska Air committing to purchase airplane fuel that partially uses old cooking oil.
by Marc Gunther
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The group's executive director, Mike Brune, explains how the nonprofit is putting Michael Bloomberg's $50 million gift to work, and how Occupy Wall Street and the Keystone XL protests tie in to the shift to clean energy.
by Marc Gunther
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The first prize from a challenged issued by the Environmental Defense Fund and InnoCentive proposes a simple solution to the problem of pollution from nitrogen-rich farm runoff. It's just one of many little challenges that could add up to big solutions.
by Marc Gunther
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The inquisition-like 'fact-finding exercise' about green jobs yesterday on Capitol Hill tells us a lot about the state of our political dialogue, but also about the role government should play in subsidizing energy of all kinds.
by Marc Gunther
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Lend Lease, a low-profile property development firm that has cornered the market on military housing, is in the midst of building two of the largest solar-powered communities in the nation.
by Marc Gunther
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In a bold and potentially politically risky move, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy organization has pledged $50 million to the Sierra Club to fight coal-fired power plants.
by Marc Gunther
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The words underpinning business sustainability -- as well as the ideas of triple bottom line, shared value and stakeholder engagement, among others -- are at best distractions and at worst a hindrance to making real change happen.
by Marc Gunther
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SolarReserve bids to make solar energy more competitive by storing heat until it's needed.
by Marc Gunther
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A study recently finished by enterprising Googlers found that investing in clean energy could offer big benefits to GDP, jobs, energy security, reducing carbon emissions and personal savings. But will it be enough to avert global warming?
by Marc Gunther
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What would happen if the government eliminated all subsidies for the energy industry?
by Marc Gunther
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No company approaches sustainability more comprehensively — or more creatively — than the British retailer Marks & Spencer.
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by Marc Gunther
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The Alliance for Green Heat wants the U.S. to take a hard look at wood, a low-cost and low-carbon way to heat homes.
by Marc Gunther