Tag: business
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Largest Solar Array for Department of Defense Coming to Arizona Army Base
A U.S. Army base near the Mexican border will soon be home to the U.S. Department of Defense’s largest solar array on a military installation. The U.S. Army announced Monday that Fort Huachuca, in Southeast Arizona’s Cochise County, on April 25 will break ground on a solar array with panels that collectively will provide one quarter…
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Senator’s Powerful Statement Puts Wind PTC in Perspective
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) spoke up about the “intellectually dishonest argument” that bubbled to the surface at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on April 3rd. His remarks were in response to an amendment introduced by Sen. Toomey (R-PA), under the short title “Eliminate crony capitalist energy tax credits,” which proposed to eliminate the renewable energy…
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Do You Live in One of the 25 Greenest Cities?
When a website creates a list with the title, “Greenest Cities in America,” it’s easy to think you know which ones will be included and why. NerdWallet’s list of that name does contain a couple overlapping municipalities with lists on the top solar cities or the most bike-friendly communities, for example, but it’s mostly comprised…
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Realities of Shifting to a Sustainable Economy
“The true nature of the international system under which we were living was not realized until it failed.” —Karl Polanyi A transition to a sustainable economy requires not only population stabilization, breakthroughs in resource productivity and checks on material consumption, but also constraints on aggregate investment. Built into the DNA of finance is the goal…
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How Green Investing Improves the Environment and Your Pocketbook
If you’re putting your money toward companies that specialize in clean energy or green technologies, you’re clearly doing your part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve our resources and treat the planet with the care it deserves. You’re also clearly trying to make money. And who could fault you for that? Especially if it means…