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New Yorkers who only skim their electric bills probably don't notice that it contains a charge for something called SBC/RPS. And why would they? The Systems Benefits Charge only averages out to $1.08 per month for most New York City residents.
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In a move that has angered environmental activists, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has ceased issuing fines against Indiana state agencies that violate environmental permits. Instead, the agency is using legal settlements, or 'agreed orders', to take care of issues.
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In what could almost be considered a pre-emptive bailout request, the fuel cell industry asked Congress and the incumbent Obama Administration last week for a staggering $1.2 billion in the upcoming planned stimulus package.
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As if visitors to London didn't already have enough to see, the London Transportation Department has just unveiled a sleek zero-emissions double decker bus design.
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In an effort to save both money and energy, the Salt Lake City Police Department is planning to add four or five hybrid vehicles to its 450 car fleet.
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Many companies are only now discovering the wonders of solar energy, but New Mexico radio station KTAO has been broadcasting with help from the sun since 1991.
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In a major win for LEDs, New York City has announced the bulbs may soon be used to power standard streetlights across the city.
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San Francisco gets all the credit in California for being sustainable, but Burbank has something up its sleeve: the West Coast's first hydrogen fuel cell bus.
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I've become so jaded from hearing the phrase 'clean coal' bandied about that Laurent Energy's claim that it actually has developed a source of clean coal leaves me a little skeptical.
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The Apollo Alliance's extensive plan for America's future includes clean energy, energy efficiency, green building and green jobs investments.
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Last night, Exelon CEO John Rowe outlined what he believes are the top five most important elements for United States energy policy.
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Golf courses: centers of work, play, and...carbon sequestration? Golf courses covered in turfgrass sequester carbon more quickly than any other urban landscape, and one enterprising company wants to take advantage of that fact.
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It seems like you can't make a move without bumping into a news story about the electric transportation company 'Better Place'. The innovative organization, which recently brought electric car charging stations to San Francisco, is placing charging stations across the entire state of Hawaii.
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The electric transportation company Better Place will enter the U.S. market in a bid to make the San Francisco Bay Area the 'Electric Vehicle Capital of the U.S.' Meanwhile, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has partnered with the state of Oregon to establish a charging infrastructure.
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We use enough gas getting from place to place, so it's good news to hear that petrochemical-filled tires may soon be a thing of the past. Sumimoto Rubber Industries, Japan's second largest tire maker, will start selling oil-free tires by 2013.
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Startups ranging from a firm that helps data centers operate with greater energy efficiency to a maker of "high performance, consumer friendly diapers" are among the six winners of the 2008 California Clean Tech Open.
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Barack Obama handily won the presidency, giving an overall boost to hopes for a greener U.S. economy, while some of the biggest renewable energy proposals on state ballots went down to defeat yesterday.
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There are compelling reasons to believe that the U.S. is on the verge of a dramatic shift toward cleaner, greener, more efficient ways of doing business, and Obama's victory is one of the most compelling reasons.
by Marc Gunther
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After years of research and hype coming in fits and starts, it looks like some companies are seeing sales of their fuel cells take off; but surprisingly, they're not going into automobiles.
by Marc Gunther
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California-based Better Place is partnering with AGL Energy and financial advisory firm Macquarie Capital Group to bring its concept of an electric vehicle recharge grid powered by renewables to Australia.
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I had the opportunity recently to chat with Stephen Brand, COP's chief technology officer, about how the company is quietly repositioning itself around a global energy strategy -- not just oil.
by Neal Dikeman
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In a bright spot against the somber backdrop of a slowing economy, sales of General Electric's ecomagination products and services will top $17 billion this year, the company said Tuesday.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has pledged 400 million euros in state support for development of hybrid cars and electric vehicles, while Renault, its partner Nissan and Peugeot have struck deals to work with Europe’s biggest electricity producer.
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Lockheed Martin has been chosen to help commercialize a process that uses the difference in heat between shallow and deep water to provide energy.
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Cleantech stands to make the Pacific Northwest a leader in a low-carbon economy and deliver thousands of local green collar jobs by 2025, according to a new study.