With Donald Trump calling for “clean coal” and Hillary Clinton boasting of a clean energy superpower, Ken Bone’s desire for answers on climate change, energy policy, and the future of coal-miners is looking a little cloudy. Recent polling from Pew Research has only clarified what many of us had suspected, … [continued]
A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts has shown that investment in and deployment of clean and renewable energies is shifting towards developing nations. The report, Power Shifts—Emerging Clean Energy Markets, shows that investment and deployment of electricity infrastructure is shifting from the industrialized economies of the Northern Hemisphere towards … [continued]
Reposted from Greenpeace International (only the image changed): In the big picture, renewable energy is doing pretty well. It’s our continued addiction to dirty energy that is the problem, and lack of interest towards energy efficiency. This can be concluded from the many reports published today, on the first day … [continued]
New research on clean energy financing in the Group of Twenty (G-20) nations released by The Pew Charitable Trusts shows that investment grew to a record $263 billion in 2011, a 6.5 percent increase over the previous year, with the United States beating out China in the race to secure … [continued]
Energy has turned into a contentious campaign issue in 2012, pitting “drill-baby-drill” against “clean energy now.” But multiple polls now make clear that the clean energy issue is a winning one for progressives. The way the media and cable TV frame the national debate may make it seem like … [continued]
A recent NRDC analysis of a Pew study found that the ten nations leading the world in government investment in renewable power have now passed the US by. The US had the 8th fastest growth over the last 5 years, trailing South Korea, China, Australia, France, India, the UK, and … [continued]
In what could be very good news for the nascent electric vehicle industry, a survey by the Shelton Group – which polled 1,312 consumers across the US – found that 20.1 percent of Americans say they will “reduce their gas consumption in response” to the news about the oil gushing … [continued]
