Tag: Featured Business
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4 Ways The Industry Can Help Lower Cost of Going Solar
For each year the industry continues without universal standards, powering every U.S. home and business with solar energy becomes more difficult. The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on Monday agreed the industry needed to “double down” on a unified effort to lower the cost of residential and small commercial installations.…
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Solar Light Improves Lives of India’s Urban Poor
One of the major consequences of industrial agriculture is the steady flight of rural populations to urban centers. Economists have widely encouraged this mass movement of people as a sign of a developing economies “specializing.” We are seeing this trend in all majors cities in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Young men and women leave…
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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…