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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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The Supreme Court today reaffirmed that it is the Environmental Protection Agency's job to curb carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act. Now it's time for the EPA to act.
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Google's multimillion bid to help fund residential solar projects, Proterra's $30 million boost for electric bus development and a nextgen fuel cell that looks like a refrigerator are among the stories in the news that caught our eye today.
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In the aftermath of the Fukushima crisis, a majority of sustainability experts around the world now say that nuclear power isn't essential to a low-carbon energy future, research released today shows.
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At a breakfast in Seattle this week, the former chief of Microsoft and current global philanthropist talked about how to beat climate change, why nuclear is still an answer, and why we should still have hope that the worst can be averted.
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For the first time, Spain has outdistanced Germany as a producer of wind energy in Europe, although Germany still tops Spain for installed capacity, according to figures released by the Spanish Wind Energy Association.
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Kristina Johnson, former U.S. Undersecretary of Energy and now CEO of Enduring Energy, talks about what it will take to increase the numbers of women in clean energy technology.
by Ann Goodman
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If you're an entrepreneur with $1,000 and a strong business plan, the Obama Administration has a deal for you: A deep discount on the price for startups to license patents and patent applications held by the national labs for groundbreaking energy technology.
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The U.S. needs to change its game to accelerate EV adoption and infrastructure development. Automakers, lawmakers, capital investors and everyone else in the value chain could learn a lesson from true sports champions: It's rarely the best player who wins a tournament, but the team that executes the best.
by Brent Dewar
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On the occasion of a 10th annual assessment of the clean tech marketplace, a look back — and a look ahead.
by Joel Makower
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If there’s a common thread among the 170 premieres at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, it’s sustainable mobility -- as a press preview to the international event that opens Wednesday shows.
by Ted Grozier
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Arun Majumdar, the director of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, lays out the audacious goals and the tough budgetary realities of the U.S. Department of Energy unit that's best known by its acronym ARPA-E.
by Adam Aston
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As the World Economic Forum convenes in Davos, Switzerland, the president of Akamai offers a look at the first day and his takeaways from the results of Edelman's 2011 Trust Barometer -- the annual survey of attitudes about business, government, NGOs and media in 23 countries.
by David Kenny
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Can climate change supporters and policymakers find common ground in this new Congress? A cleaner environment should not be a partisan issue, but there are two changes that must take place in order for climate change advocates and policymakers to find common ground in this new Congress.
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A startup company has developed technology to take CO2 from the air and put it to productive work in factories and greenhouses -- a potentially less-risky geoengineering solution to the climate crisis.
by Marc Gunther
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Fireman's Fund Insurance Company will soon join eBay, Coca-Cola, Walmart and Google as early adopters of Bloom Energy technology with the installation of six of the company's high-tech fuel cells, the insurance firm announced today.
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A recent conference worked to reframe the national conversation about energy, to move away from how to make dirty fuels more expensive, and instead talk about ways to make clean energy cheaper, largely by driving innovation.
by Marc Gunther
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Blaming "Washington" for America's failing clean-energy leadership is easy, but the fact is much of the nation’s energy policy happens at the state level. Two new reports shine a light on how the states are doing.
by Joel Makower
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu explained in clear and forceful terms how China's leadership in energy technologies keeps growing, and is a second "Sputnik Moment" for the United States.
by Adam Aston
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New research from the Center for Public Integrity finds that nearly 200,000 stimulus projects were granted complete or conditional waivers from environmental regulations, in the name of funding "shovel-ready" projects.
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Businesses can play a key role in driving government policy action on climate change. It's clear that carbon is increasingly becoming a strategic management priority, and governments across the globe now need to support industry in realizing these carbon-related economic opportunities.
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The world's first hybrid electric tugboat, Foss Maritime's Carolyn Dorothy which plies Southern California's San Pedro Bay, emits 73 percent less soot, 51 percent fewer oxides of nitrogen and 27 percent less carbon dioxide than a standard tug of comparable size, according to a study by the University of California, Riverside.<br />
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The question is no longer whether electric vehicles are coming, but "How fast?" and "Where first?" In a recently published report, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and RMI's Project Get Ready looked at the 50 largest metro areas in the U.S. to see how they stack up in terms of EV readiness.
by Kelly Vaughn
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Starting next month, the droppings from thousands of chickens will add their might to a biogas power station serving this Cotsworld market town.
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The smart grid has broadly been touted as a critical opportunity for ushering in a cleaner energy economy. Perhaps less understood is the amazing business and investment opportunity smart grid enables for both well-established technology companies and entrepreneurs.