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VC investment in green technologies totaled $4.85 billion in 356 deals in 2009, down from 2008's $7.6 billion, though the number of deals in 2009 exceeded the previous year.
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As the sun began to set on 2009, we asked some of our readers and partners to share their innovations, commitments, and passions for the coming year.
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Proven, existing efficiency technologies -- in everything from lighting to climate control and more -- can unlock the untapped reserves of efficiency gains buried in many real estate holdings, according to a new report.
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Though the final accord in Copenhagen didn’t solve the world’s political or environmental mess as far as the climate is concerned, the two-week meeting was proof that money is in the air. In one presentation after another during “side events” that take place concurrently with the official negotiations, companies and business groups described how they are profiting from dealing with the climate crisis, and how a hefty international agreement, and a corollary in the US, would help them do so even more.
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Critics of George Bush say he has led us into a quagmire in Iraq during the last decade from which we will never emerge. They say his way of doing business led to all the disagreements visible in the Copenhagen climate talks. They're wrong.<br />
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Work is set to begin in the new year on the 48-megawatt expansion of Sempra Generation’s 10-megawatt El Dorado site in Nevada with the approval last week of the Pacific Gas and Electric’s plan to purchase power the new facility.
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While serious discussion has taken place at the U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen, the lack of any concrete policy so far shouldn't stop us from making real progress when it comes to providing cleaner, smarter, more efficient energy options.
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Despite an increasing sense of frustration and disappointment among delegates at COP15, the "big beasts" arrive today, and will hopefully address the final five obstacles to hammering out a meaningful agreement in Denmark.
by Peter Lacy
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Energy efficiency giant Johnson Controls has joined The Climate Group, the international nonprofit focused on finding smart policies and technologies to cut global emissions and advance development of a low-carbon economy.
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Climate delegates should recognize the challenges and opportunities COP15 presents to business by pressing industry to step up with more concrete policy proposals -- but they also to give business official standing in the negotiating process.
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The trumped-up "Climate Gate" scandal has drawn an inordinate amount of attention during the Copenhagen meetings, with climate change deniers using fairly innocuous evidence of a few researchers squabbling to question the integrity of all climate science.
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Better Place CEO Shai Agassi is aiming high in his goals to bring affordable, zero-emission, plug-in electric vehicles to the masses; although skeptics think it's more talk than action, there seems to be plenty of action taking place.
by Marc Gunther
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The fact that the U.S. has yet to create a single offshore wind farm (while Denmark generates 20 percent of its energy from wind) represents a huge missed opportunity, but one that could easily be changed.
by Marc Gunther
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Although the overall scene in Denmark was somewhat subdued as everyone reflected on the first week of negotiations, a panel highlighting business solutions to climate change yielded a sense of a different kind of progress.
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Independent power producer Caithness Energy has awarded GE a $1.4 billion contract for 338 of the company’s most advanced wind turbines to build a 845-megawatt wind farm in Oregon -- a size that outstrips all others currently operating worldwide. <br />
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In both Europe and North America, the discussion about solar power is very quickly going from “Is this possible?” to “What's coming next?”
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Home improvement retailer Lowe's will add Energy Centers to 21 California stores, providing one-stop locations for information and products related to measuring, reducing and generating energy.<br />
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With an annual increase of 2.4 percent per year, jobs in a wide number of green areas have far outpaced employment rates in other industries, according to a new study by Next 10.
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The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen periodically gets its head decapitated, with the location of the missing heads being part of Danish folk lore. In a similar spirit the Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board made a recent decision that metaphorically chopped the top off a number of Chinese windmills. Applications for the windmills were rejected so they won't receive carbon credits.
by Miles Austin
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After a decade of operation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program for commercial buildings has helped prevent almost 120 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
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Telehouse West data center in east London will pipe waste heat to nearby homes and businesses.
by Tom Young
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Kohl's Department Stores has set it sights for its U.S. stores, distribution centers and corporate offices to operate with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the close of 2010.
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AT&T has established a corporate post for a director of energy to take the reins of the firm's energy management drive -- and named its first appointee to the job.
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With world leaders poised to begin climate talks, it's time to apply lessons learned locally to the global playing field. We need critical thinking and action by leaders who are willing to apply those local solutions to drive change at a global scale.<br />
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Last year, Green-e saw huge jumps in sales of renewable energy it has certified along with many other increases, from the number of utilities and states involved with its programs to the number of customers buying renewable energy credits.<br />