Tag: Renewables
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From Nukes to Renewables: Japan on Track to be World’s Largest Solar Market
Japan could be on course to become the world’s largest market for solar energy, just two years after the Fukushima power station melt down took virtually all of its nuclear fleet offline …
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New Yorkers to Rally Against Fracking and In Support of Renewable Energy June 17
The oil and gas industry has poured millions of dollars into New York to lobby, influence elected officials and saturate the state with pro-fracking propaganda, but grassroots opponents remain more passionate than supporters. Although the gas industry’s spokespeople and propaganda campaign …
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U.S. Solar Energy Installations Reach Record High in First Quarter
This quarter’s report finds that the U.S. installed 723 megawatts (MW) in Q1 2013, which accounted for more than 48 percent of all new electric capacity installed in the U.S. last quarter. Overall, these installations …
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New IEA Report Calls for Energy Revolution to Avoid Climate Catastrophe
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has today released a major new report warning that nothing short of an “energy sector revolution is required to protect the world from runaway climate change and …
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A Simple $hift Could Save Our Planet
If it is wrong to wreck the climate, then it is wrong to profit from that wreckage. We believe that educational and religious institutions, city and state governments, and other institutions that serve the public good …