Tag: business
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Tesla Planning Electric Pickup to Rival F-150
[caption id="attachment_312177" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo credit: @TeslaMotors on Twitter[/caption] Tesla’s latest idea might be bigger than any discussed in the company’s decade-long existence. CEO Elon Musk told Business Insider that his brand would release an electric pickup truck to rival the popular, far less efficient Ford F-150. Musk didn’t make a formal announcement about the truck.…
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We Have the Renewable Energy We Need to Power the World—So What’s Stopping Us?
By Tara Lohan [caption id="attachment_312150" align="alignright" width="450"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] The environment is one bad news story after another. The Pacific Ocean is warming at a rate faster than anything seen in the last 10,000 years and we may have the warmest Arctic in the last 120,000 years. We’re told to brace for more and worse…
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414 Cities Take Action Against Climate Change
It’s no secret that tackling the global climate change issue will take lots of dedication at the local level in nations all over the planet. It’s a long haul, but a November report discussed at the ongoing United Nations Warsaw 19th Conference of the Parties (COP 19) on climate shows that 414 cities made 4,000 actions to do…
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EV Drivers Want More Public Chargers, Fear Getting Stranded
With an automaker incentivizing businesses with $15,000 to build charging stations and a coalition of governors plotting to reduce emissions and strengthen infrastructure, it’s safe to say the adoption of electric vehicles (EV) around the U.S. is trending upward. Sales tripled from 2011 to 2012, people are making EV-based documentaries and small businesses are developing technologies around…
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Colombian Community Builds Renewable Technologies for a Sustainable Future
By Laurie Guevara-Stone The plains of eastern Colombia are a tough land—the haunt of drug trafficking, guerilla warfare, and paramilitary groups; a place where the soil is so poor everyone said nothing could grow. Paolo Lugari, the founder of the 200-person community of Gaviotas, believed otherwise. In the face of adversity, he built a thriving, self-sustaining…