Category: Green Jobs
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Attacking the Plastic Waste Epidemic Head On
We were very pleased to discover this organization called the Plastic Bank. It’s predicated on the idea that waste plastic, which is one of the world’s most daunting environmental challenges, possesses what they believe to be an “abundance of opportunity”. Their site, www.plasticbank.org, lays out the argument in very lucid terms and you come away…
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Are Biofuels Becoming Commercially Viable?
The argument for and against biofuels in the United States has raged back and forth for years. On the one hand, there are people who shout that one should never turn food (typically corn) into fuel. On the other hand are people shouting back that oil won’t go on forever, and they need to find…
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U.S. Solar Energy Installations Reach Record High in First Quarter
This quarter’s report finds that the U.S. installed 723 megawatts (MW) in Q1 2013, which accounted for more than 48 percent of all new electric capacity installed in the U.S. last quarter. Overall, these installations …
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Rebuild the Dream: A Conversation with Van Jones
“Your successes give you your confidence and your setbacks give you your character … It’s very hard to do better tomorrow if you don’t claim your victories of yesterday and today.”
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Growing the green economy
Kevin Danaher Major U.S. cities all have emerging green economic sectors says activist and author Kevin Danaher, and the opportunities fo…