Tag: business
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What Is Your State’s Renewable Energy Grade?
Vote Solar and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) recently published report cards grading each state on policies related to net metering and interconnection—two measures that are critical in utilities allowing people to generate their own power. California, Massachusetts, Oregon and Utah each received “A” grades in both categories of the seventh annual Freeing the Grid report. Only…
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Why ALEC’s Attacks on Renewable Energy Failed Nationwide
Though nonprofit organizations and educators have recently touted clean energy as an alternative to carbon-polluting fossil fuels, a new report shows the lengths others have gone to prevent the growth of renewables. The latest report from ProgressNow details how the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) attempted to curtail renewable portfolio standards (RPS) in states across the country…
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Rethinking the Role of Business in Solving Environmental Problems
By Mindy Lubber [caption id="attachment_310193" align="alignright" width="300"]Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] In 2012, when the Obama Administration sought to raise average fuel economy standards, something unexpected happened. The “Big Three” automakers—General Motors, Chrysler and Ford—backed the effort. For decades, every attempt to raise fuel economy standards had been met with stiff opposition from automakers who argued…
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America’s First All-Electric School Bus Coming to California
The first all-electric school bus could be picking up California students by 2014. Trans Tech Bus and Motiv Power Systems debuted the bus at the recent 2013 National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) Annual Summit in Grand Rapids, MI. The two companies collaborated on the bus for the Kings Canyon Unified School District in the San Joaquin Valley of California. “An electric bus can save a…
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UPS Launches Navigation System to Reduce Emissions
UPS announced a plan this week to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and save fuel during the busy holiday season and beyond. The company will roll out the On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation (ORION) software with hopes of optimizing 10,000 delivery routes by the end of the year, reducing miles driven and reinforcing the Atlanta, GA-based firm’s…