Tag: business
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7 Energy Facts About U.S. Defense on Veteran’s Day
By Alex Straub and Michael Timberlake With the excitement of a long weekend it’s easy to lose sight of what this extra vacation day is really about. Today, Veteran’s Day, offers a specific opportunity to express our gratitude for the sacrifices military men and women make every day across the country. As one of our…
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Watershed Moment Needed at Global Climate Talks
By Rhone Resch Next week’s global climate talks in Warsaw, Poland need to be guided by a new sense of urgency. After more than 20 years of talking about climate change, it’s time for the nations of the world to start putting a meaningful plan in place to fight it. [caption id="attachment_311549" align="alignnone" width="500"] This is a…
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Top 10 Countries With LEED-Certified Projects
A new report from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) contains all the numbers and rankings a green building advocate could want to know regarding Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) projects in the U.S. and beyond. LEED in Motion: Places and Policies highlights projects around the globe and the impact the green building set…
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11 Governors Ask Congress to Extend Wind PTC
[caption id="attachment_311489" align="alignright" width="400"] Photo credit: Fresh Energy[/caption] A bipartisan group of governors is pushing for a multi-year extension of the soon-to-expire production tax credit (PTC) to provide more certainty to the wind industry. The governors of Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Washington each signed a letter…
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Apple Imagines You Charging Your iPhone, iPad or MacBook Directly From a Solar Panel
Recent moves by Apple Inc. show the company might be on the verge of offering customers a way to charge their iPhones, iPad, MacBooks and other devices by plugging in directly to solar panels. Apple filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Oct. 31, Power Management Systems for Accepting Adapter and Solar Power in Electronic Devices. The…