Tag: business
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Climate Change Caucus Shows Youth That Green Jobs Are Good Jobs
By Rocky Kistner As the Arctic melts, oceans acidify, storms intensify and crops wither in drought-stricken areas of the globe, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the dire consequences of climate change. Faced with the onslaught of polluter cash that line the pockets of politicians and smear the findings of climate scientists, who can we turn…
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Big Win for EVs: Consumer Reports Names Tesla Model S Best Overall Car For 2014
About nine months after a Consumer Reports called it “the best car we’ve ever tested,” Tesla’s luxury electric car, the Model S, has received the publication’s prestigious “Best Overall Car” honor. [caption id="attachment_323500" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Consumer Reports[/caption] The award comes just weeks after Tesla Motors publicized the journey of two Model S cars from…
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How a Solar Incubator Aims to Make Oakland the Industry’s ‘Epicenter’
Danny Kennedy couldn’t stop after seeing his own company, Sungevity, add more than 200 employees since 2009. He has since created SfunCube, an incubator and accelerator that he believes could make Oakland, CA “the world’s epicenter for solar entrepreneurship.” In a New York Times feature, the incubator’s founders, inhabitants and even a California energy commissioner…
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Mexico to Replace Oil Power Plant With Latin America’s Largest Solar Farm
By Ari Phillips Last week President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Mexico for what’s traditionally called the “Three Amigos” meeting. In the daylong rendezvous, energy issues were slated to play a major role, with Obama and Harper jockeying for room when it comes to the impending decision on the controversial Keystone XL…
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Levi’s Makes 100,000 Pairs of Jeans With 100% Recycled Water
Denim might be the most well-known component of jeans, but it takes a good amount of water to give a pair the type of color and shape that make consumers want to reach into their pockets. Since drinking and bathing will always be infinitely more important uses for water, Levi Strauss & Co. is attempting…