Tag: business
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National Consortium Eyes 20,000 Solar School Installations by 2020
A group you may have never heard of before has big plans for our education system. They won’t have anything to do with curriculum, but their ideas will keep renewable power flowing at schools across the country for years to come. The three-day National Science Teachers Association conference began Thursday with the announcement of a newly…
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Revamped Federal Loan Program Will Produce Cleaner Cars and Create Green Jobs
Clean energy got a boost this week when Secretary Ernest Moniz announced the Department of Energy (DOE) will jumpstart its stalled auto retooling loan program. This is good news for drivers who want cleaner cars, faster and cheaper. A successful restart of the retooling loan program can help clear bottlenecks in the supply chain and ensure…
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Pew Report Reveals Which Country is Winning the Clean Energy Race
The Pew Charitable Trusts’ latest report gives data on clean energy investment and deployment the feel of movie box office rankings or mid-season baseball stats. The organization considers a variety of categories and measurable figures, pitting nations against one another to answer one question—Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race? With so many categories, it’s not the…
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Which Companies Are Greening the Internet?
When reading or opining online about the energy consumed by homes, cars and power providers, it’s easy to overlook the amount of electricity the Internet itself requires. According to a new Greenpeace report, the Web would rank sixth in energy demand if it were a country. The amount of Internet data out there is expected to…
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Green Car Guide: Understanding the History and Future of Hybrids and EVs
Without fanfare or an exact date, a collective automotive epiphany took place a decade ago. Nearly every major carmaker was in on it, except for Toyota. The Japanese manufacturer had its own environmental awakening 17 years ago when it introduced its first hybrid car. Toyota unveiled its gas-electric engine in Japan in 1997, and then…