green economy
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China widens gap with U.S. in green energy race
Energy Secretary Steven Chu warned China was investing billions in renewables while our politicians fought over the stimulus. A Ernst & Young report confirmed Asia's ascendancy.
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Kentucky cancels coal plant, new power movement electrifies grassroot alliance
An alliance of Kentucky activists sent a message today: A just transition to clean energy, even in the heartland of coal country Kentucky, is possible
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: My future as a green activist
What will outgoing Calif. governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's next role be in the global fight against climate change?
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A cleantech revolution in four easy steps
Armond Cohen outlines the best ways to ease our transition into renewable power.
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The other good thing about fighting climate change
Best fringe benefit of curbing emissions? A stronger economy says Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune.
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Environmentalists need a new president
I initially thought Bill McKibben's drive to return solar panels to the White House was essentially a waste of time: of all the things to ask the president, it seemed like the smallest, most insignificant, and easiest. I realize now that its very simplicity made the solar panels a masterstroke that clearly exposed, more than any big policy ask ever would, Obama's unwillingness or inability to confront our great planetary crisis.
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Creating 625,000 jobs and saving $64 billion through energy efficiency
A major new report finds that a straightforward set of policies aimed at upgrading just 40 percent of the residential and commercial building stock in the United States would create 625,000 sustained full-time jobs over a decade and spark $500 billion in
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Green tech investment surges even as economy lags
In the midst of an otherwise anemic economic recovery, investment in renewable energy continues to surge.
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Underground green economy employing millions
UPDATE: Thousands more people are now being employed in the “restoration economy” to clean up the oil spill. Jobs are just one more reason why we need a national effort to restore the Gulf ecosystem. There’s a new economy springing up around the country — but it’s operating almost entirely in secret. It’s called “the […]