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Why Renewable Energy Subsidies Are the Most Transparent Kind

Why Renewable Energy Subsidies Are the Most Transparent Kind

From direct government support to tax breaks and the cost of negative externalities like pollution, subsidies to the power sector take many different—and often hidden—forms. In fact, the exact definition of a subsidy was the crux of an at times heated debate, “subsidies to the power sector: Europe’s best kept secret?” hosted by the European […]

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    Why There Is No Better Time For Wind and Solar Energy Than Now

    Why There Is No Better Time For Wind and Solar Energy Than Now

    The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report, which explores ways to cut carbon emissions, put the world on notice. Despite efforts in the United States, Europe and developing countries such as China to ramp up energy efficiency and renewable energy, global carbon emissions have been increasing at a much faster clip than they […]

    Why UK Solar Industry’s Swift Start to 2014 Will Only Improve

    Why UK Solar Industry’s Swift Start to 2014 Will Only Improve

    The United Kingdom’s solar industry burst out of the gate this year, according to a new study. Collectively, the industry installed 1.1 gigawatts (GW) from January through March, according to NPD Solarbuzz. The research and analysis firm’s vice president, Finlay Colville, says the increase was paced by late 2013, when the European Union began imposing anti-dumping […]

    Why Solar Cooperatives Are on the Rise

    Why Solar Cooperatives Are on the Rise

    While many people associate cooperatives with a place for hippies to buy organic food, the cooperative movement has actually grown far and wide, creating sustainable enterprises that generate jobs and strengthen local economies. Today, there are nearly 30,000 cooperatives in the U.S., with more than 100 million members. From day care centers to hardware stores, cooperatives seem […]

    Will Microsoft Follow Apple and Google’s Lead on Iowa Wind Energy?

    Will Microsoft Follow Apple and Google’s Lead on Iowa Wind Energy?

    As the movement to power the Internet (and the rest of the world) with renewable energy grows, some technology companies are responding in big ways: Apple launched an Earth Day campaign yesterday highlighting how it is powering its data centers with 100-percent renewable energy. Not to be outdone, Google announced today that it is partnering with its […]

    Obama Supports Solar Energy With $15 Million

    Obama Supports Solar Energy With $15 Million

    Under the president’s instruction, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) provided funding to boost the country’s solar energy Thursday, while encouraging business leaders to deploy solar energy in their communities. As part of the Solar Summit at the White House, the DOE announced $15 million to help communities across the nation develop multi-year solar energy plans to […]

    Largest Solar Array for Department of Defense Coming to Arizona Army Base

    Largest Solar Array for Department of Defense Coming to Arizona Army Base

    A U.S. Army base near the Mexican border will soon be home to the U.S. Department of Defense’s largest solar array on a military installation. The U.S. Army announced Monday that Fort Huachuca, in Southeast Arizona’s Cochise County, on April 25 will break ground on a solar array with panels that collectively will provide one quarter […]

    Realities of Shifting to a Sustainable Economy

    Realities of Shifting to a Sustainable Economy

    “The true nature of the international system under which we were living was not realized until it failed.” —Karl Polanyi A transition to a sustainable economy requires not only population stabilization, breakthroughs in resource productivity and checks on material consumption, but also constraints on aggregate investment. Built into the DNA of finance is the goal […]

    How Green Investing Improves the Environment and Your Pocketbook

    How Green Investing Improves the Environment and Your Pocketbook

    If you’re putting your money toward companies that specialize in clean energy or green technologies, you’re clearly doing your part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve our resources and treat the planet with the care it deserves. You’re also clearly trying to make money. And who could fault you for that? Especially if it means […]