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Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?

January 27th, 2012 | by Guest Contributor

I spend much of my time studying carbon pollution trends, analyzing growing evidence of global warming, and assessing the impacts of a warmer climate. Thus, I recently found myself in agreement with scientists when they moved the symbolic doomsday clock closer to midnight (planetary catastrophe) in part because of global inaction on climate change. At the same time, I remain optimistic about our collective ability to face the crisis. Why? Because even as we’re racing against time to combat climate change, we’re also moving forward in the clean energy race


Private Sector Players Stepping Up Pace of Clean Energy Investments

January 27th, 2012 | by Andrew

Good news on the clean energy finance front---private sector investors are stepping up the pace of their investments across the renewable energy landscape, from wind and solar to geothermal and hydropower. With a Congress hopelessly divided on the direction energy and environmental policy should take and threatening lapses of key clean energy incentives imminent, private sector capital is going to be critical in order for the fast pace of renewable energy systems deployment and technological innovation to continue



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