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There are two basic flavors to choose from – photovoltaic and concentrating solar thermal. The second might guzzle large amounts of water and disturb desert ecosystems, but mega-projects are nevertheless breaking ground. People sending PV energy back into the grid are finding resistance from utilities. Here comes the sun.
The CUNY Energy Institute is launching a startup to commercialize an advanced nickel-zinc technology for renewable energy battery storage.
It's no secret that wind farms and solar plants have a reliability problem, and that a clear way to...
May 24, 2012
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Long Island, N.Y., becomes one of the first places in the U.S. to adopt the newly made-over CLEAN model to promote solar energy.
Officials in Long Island, N.Y., are rebranding a promising yet largely overlooked policy instrument...
May 14, 2012
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This Week in Clean Economy: Five states fail to pass anti-Agenda 21 laws, with Arizona being the most high profile. Bills remain alive in three states.
A high-profile bill in Arizona to abolish sustainability efforts died last week, yet its defeat isn...
May 11, 2012
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Modifications to the city's century-old zoning law to promote energy efficient and solar-powered buildings will save residents $800 million a year.
The New York City Council this week adopted the country's most sweeping green building plan,...
May 4, 2012
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A judge forces the federal agency that squashed the PACE home energy program to draft rules and start over.
At Rod Stevenson's sprawling country home in Santa Rosa, Calif., in Sonoma County, once-leaky walls...
Apr 24, 2012
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Study finds that cap-and-trade and other clean energy policies have helped Northeastern states cut CO2 emissions faster than the rest of the nation.
America's greenhouse gas emissions are headed up again, driven by a recovering economy, federal...
Apr 20, 2012
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Report finds that America spends a lot less than China in clean energy sectors that have the most job-creation potential.
The United States is winning the global clean energy race—at least in terms of luring investment in...
Apr 13, 2012
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To help spur its clean economy, a Texas city is turning to a federal program that grants foreigners visas to invest in U.S. projects—and it's not alone.
A federal government program that gives foreign investors green cards to invest in business...
Mar 30, 2012
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Canada's clean economy has so far been spared the damaging effects of 'Dutch disease' caused by oil sands exports. How long can it last?
Canada's oil sands boom is pitting two Goliaths of its economy against each other—the oil sands...
Mar 22, 2012
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New report finds that California, Oregon, Washington and B.C. could triple the number of clean economy jobs to 1.5 million, with synchronized policies.
A group of West Coast leaders has made its first attempt to quantify how many jobs have been...
Mar 16, 2012
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