Tag: business
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Top 11 Stories in 2013 on Powering the Internet With Renewables
By David Pomerantz 2013 has been a whirlwind of exciting developments for the growing idea that the Internet should be powered with clean energy, and it couldn’t happen at a better time. As access spreads around the world and people watch more streaming videos and share more photos, the Internet has the potential to become…
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Feds Provide $150 Million in Clean Energy Tax Credits
[caption id="attachment_315220" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] The transition to renewable energy that everybody from college professors to the president speaks about won’t happen without manufacturing more of the technology needed to make it possible. That’s why the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that it would provide $150 million in tax credits to companies that…
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65 Percent of Americans Say EVs Essential to Future, Just 1 Percent Drive Them
Though fewer than 1 percent of the U.S. population drives an electric vehicle (EV) or plug-in hybrid, four out of ever 10 households could begin doing so with little or no change to their driving habits and vehicle needs. That data comes from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and Consumers Union, which issued a report Wednesday based on…
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230 Businesses and Politicians Call on Obama to Harness Offshore Wind
A massive coalition of nonprofit organizations, businesses and General Assembly members banded together today for a single cause—pushing the Obama Administration for offshore wind development in the U.S. The 230-plus-member group wrote a letter to the president arguing that he should “redouble” support for offshore wind projects. The group says offshore wind is in line…
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Which Financial Funds Actually Consider Climate Change Risks?
[caption id="attachment_315012" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] Is your pension fund or insurance company a leader or laggard when it comes to avoiding risky bets on the future impacts of climate change? A new survey released today finds that many major institutional investors, like retirement funds and insurance companies, are putting their investments…