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Was 2011 good or bad for sustainability and green technology -- and what does last year's news portend for the future?
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The oil giant insists it remains committed to its alternative energy division, and is on track to invest $8 billion in green technology by 2015; the company says solar is too much of a commodity to make a profit.
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The new project, which is critical to delivering smart, sustainable growth to the European Union by 2020, seeks to help businesses to deliver green growth and environmental benefits.
by Frank Came
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The still-unproven carbon capture and storage technology is one of the most controversial topics among the business community at COP17. Will the ability to sequester emissions from fossil fuels save us, or doom us to rapid climate change?
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The indexes, which will track clean energy stocks in three regions globally, will soon be joined by industry-specific indexes; in the U.S., new sources of investment must be found to maintain the growth spurred by stimulus funds.
by Robert Kropp
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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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The Internet, shale gas technologies and Google search engine all had their origins in research funded by the U.S. government. These are just a few examples, and show why now is exactly the wrong time to stop supporting cleantech innovation.
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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 last throes of Solyndra mark not the end of green energy but the beginning of the industry's shift from technological innovation to market and brand innovation. Will today's cleantech darlings survive?
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As many businesses wrap up their budget-planning for next year, our research into 20 different industries shows how five key sustainabliity priorities are going to define spending in 2012.
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Despite much punditry decrying the president's green jobs funding as wasted effort and money, there are three good reasons why renewables are the key to a new boom in green jobs.
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Johnson Controls' plan to build a $100M factory for stop-start auto batteries and a new natural gas-powered turbine from GE hold promise for energy efficient and emissions-busting power solutions.
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Increasing capacity per dollar in computer technology has driven exponential growth for 50 years. With a similar organizing principle, the same could happen in the energy industry.
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The two top-tier environmentalists, who have taken very different paths to addressing our environmental woes, sat down last week to talk about the growth of renewables, the need to break the power of the fossil fuel industries, and more.
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The president last night laid out a balanced and pragmatic program to boost the economy through creating green jobs. But -- even if it is approved by Congress -- is it going to be enough?
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Nothing anyone has tried has accomplished anything meaningful to prevent climate change. That's why now is the only time to start seriously working on geoengineering.
by Marc Gunther
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On the heels of Solyndra's collapse, the U.S. signals its ongoing commitment with a $145-million infusion for projects to develop low-cost solar power, China's jonesing for GM's Volt technology, Germany reaches a green power milestone, and more.
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The State Department makes a trans-continental oil pipeline closer to reality, genetically modified crops lose their effects on bugs, and old car batteries get put to use in smart grids in today's mostly-bad-news roundup.
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The EU's attempt to remedy the deadlock over extending the Kyoto Protocol, the Friends of the Earth's call for taking green scissors to the U.S. budget and a new report on smart grid cyber security are in the news today.
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The electric vehicle manufacturing capacity springing up across the United States are serving as a multipler for creating new jobs -- but public perception hasn't caught up to reality. Here's how to make the sale on EVs' benefits.
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Later this month, environmental activists will launch the broadest climate protest in history, against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. There are plenty of compelling reasons why cleantech and energy companies should get on board.
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Peter Byck, writer and director of the documentary "Carbon Nation," talks about what he's learned about business and climate, and why he's still an optimist.
by Joel Makower
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Johnson Controls Inc. opens a supersized hub for developing advanced batteries, the technology at the heart of hybrid electric and plug-in vehicles.
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Conservatives in the current Congress are pushing hard against environmental laws -- and the fact that they're gaining ground is a testament as much to hard-liners in one party as it is to a failure to send compelling messages on climate change.
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General Electric's second entry in the race for EV charger marketshare is scheduled to hit the shelves of five Lowe's stores in California next month, with a broader rollout to 60 of the chain's retail sites in September.