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New York Senate Passes Sweeping Solar Legislation in Unanimous Vote
The New York State Senate this week passed legislation that solidifies the state's long-term commitment to solar energy. The New York Solar Bill, which received unanimous senatorial support, extends for ten years the NY-Sun Initiative, a public-private partnership designed to encourage growth in New York's solar industry by investing in solar technology and reducing the cost of installing solar panels. Announced during Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2012 State of the State Address, the NY-Sun Initiative was established to quadruple the amount of customer-sited solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity added between 2011 and 2013. To support the program...
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Citi Breaks Energy CSR Promises
When a major corporation lays out new policies on social and environmental responsibility, it is truly time to cele...
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Can Energy Subsidies Be Simplified?
President Obama's 2011 State of The Union Address included a call for 80% of the United States' electricity to come fro...
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Vestas Set To Ride the Romanian Winds and Install 450 MW by 2011
Vestas, one of the worldwide leaders in the development of wind based renewable energy technology, have recently been t...
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WWF Presents Its Clean Energy Vision
A report released yesterday by international conservation group World Wide Fund (WWF) said the world could be powere...
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Better Buildings Initiative Should be Win-Win for Business
As part of an effort to reduce US dependence on fossil fuels and power 80% of the economy with lower-carbon energy by 2...
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Carbon-eating Algae Pilots in Australia
A California-based company called OriginOil this week announced that it has received the first commercial order to depl...
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End the Oil Subsidies, for Common Sense's Sake!
As President Barack Obama prepares to release his proposal for the next year's budget this month, he is expected to cal...
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Amazon Dam Goes Ahead Despite Opposition
An Avatar-style battle is being fought out over the future of the Amazon region in Brazil and the prospect of turning t...
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Greece Seeks a New Partner to Build a Massive Solar Power Park
With ambitious renewable energy goals being set all across Europe, it seems that there are precious few European nation...
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Time to Make Coal Companies Pay Up
Part of doing business better is making companies pay and account for the environmental and social impacts of their pro...
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What Kind of "Clean" Energy Will Repower the US Economy?
While running for office in 2008, now-President Barack Obama made much of his plans to re-power the US economy with cle...
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France Dives Into Offshore Wind
France will soon join other European countries like England, Scotland, and Denmark in generating electricity from offsh...
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The United Arab Emirates Looks Into Solar Energy Desalination
That state of solar energy in the Middle East is always an interesting one to consider, especially for an oil-rich nati...
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Australia Brightens Up with New Solar Energy Plants
With as much potential for the development of solar energy that exists all around Australia it is no surprise that the...
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Algerian City to Slash Carbon Energy and Emissions
According to a popular and pernicious myth, you can't fight poverty in the developing world without fossil fuel energy...
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India Prepares to Become the King of Tidal Power in Asia
As a country with enormous potential for both wind power and solar energy, India has been steadily working towards buil...
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EPA Takes Historic Stand for Sustainable Business
In a historic move spelling hope for the triumph of sustainable business over dirty and outdated means of energy produc...
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Will the Japanese Wind Tower Be the Future of Wind Power?
The mention of wind power today generally conjures up images of rows upon rows of wind turbines lazily spinning in the...
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Siemens Aims to Reach the Top of the Wind Power Market
Siemens AG, a Germany based conglomerate with a history spanning over 150 years, has its hands in a wide variety of bot...
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Mexico Makes Plans to Build A Renewable Energy Storage Facility
While renewable energy is openly embraced by many in the world there are plenty who are willing to heap criticisms upon...
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