This New Finance Policy Tweak Boosts India Solar Energy
A finance policy tweak in Karnataka could unlock the India solar energy market, help the country decarbonize, and cut energy poverty for millions.
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Solar Job Help (+ Other Solar News)
In case you were getting bored, here’s a massive list of solar energy stories that I think are worth a read. For more, see our own solar news. Top Pick: Hey, Hippie — Get A Job! (In The Solar Energy Industry) General Solar Stories Choosing Solar Power Influenced By Neighbors More … [continued]
Relief, Some Disappointment After EU Climate Pact (VIDEO)
In Friday’s wee hours, the 28-nation European Union committed itself to fight climate change by rolling back dangerous carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 to at least 40% less than their benchmark 1990 levels. The EU has already almost met its existing goal of a 20% cut by 2020. The unanimous move … [continued]
Win-Win This Fall: Business Climate & Climate Business
If we can credit a spate of reports this fall, the climate change discussion has begun to move toward common—and more mutually profitable—ground. Decisionmakers have begun to think about climate business: economic and climate action together. Treehuggers, this isn’t just something the Fortune 100 has cooked up to distract gullible … [continued]
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Help US Economy
A new report from the World Resources Institute has found that reducing greenhouse gas emissions could benefit the US economy by saving businesses and consumers money, as well as improving public health. The report, Seeing is Believing, builds on the Institute’s recently released New Climate Economy report, and analyses real … [continued]
Fracking Boom Hits Water Wall
A new report that lays out the potential for water scarcity to put the brakes on fracking among the world’s top 20 shale countries, including US and Russia.
Tens Of Billions Of Dollars Could Be Saved By Clean Energy
Two new reports show that clean energy such as solar and wind power could save consumers tens of billions of dollars a year in coming decades.
Watching For Signs Of Climate Action In The State Of The Union Address
Seven months have passed since the president announced the Climate Action Plan. Now it’s time to implement the plan. Simply put, this year is when the rubber hits the road.
2014 Zayed Future Energy Prize Winners (+ Exclusive Interview With ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer)
I attended the amazing Zayed Future Energy Prize Awards Ceremony tonight (for the second year in a row). The Zayed Future Energy Prize Awards Ceremony is sort of like the Academy Awards of cleantech — quite a show. This year, the event actually included a performance from The Human Orchestra, which has … [continued]
World’s Carbon Budget To Be Spent In Three Decades
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) has delivered an overwhelming consensus that climate change impacts are accelerating, fueled by human-caused emissions. We may have just about 30 years left until the world’s carbon budget is spent if we want a likely chance of limiting warming to 2 degrees C. Breaching this limit would put the world at increased risk of forest fires, coral bleaching, higher sea level rise, and other dangerous impacts.
