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10 Things to Know About Obama’s Clean Power Plan

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President Obama is about to make the environmental agenda as his #1 priority. That is why his clean power plan is right on target. It will make the atmosphere healthy, reduce costs and create new...

Leonardo DiCaprio Teams Up With Mark Ruffalo for a New Clean Energy Campaign

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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and his “Shutter Island” co-star Mark Ruffalo are teamed up for a new initiative and that is to make renewable energy affordable and accessible to everyone.Both the Hollywood...

Apple to invest $1.93 Billion to build Two European Data Centers powered by 100% Renewable Energy

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Apple is looking to invest big bucks in Europe. Two state of the art facilities were made in Ireland and Denmark. The American company announced that they will invest in these two countries as both...

Why The Digital Revolution Is Really Just Getting Started

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Has digital technology really made us better off?  While there are lots of impressive gadgets, the impact on our actual well-being is surprisingly mild.  In fact, by many measures, we’ve...

5 Things America Needs To Do To Compete For The Future

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Success used to be simple.  You got a good education, found a job with a good firm, worked hard and saved.  Then you raised your kids to to the same.  If you did the right things, you...

Insurers Have Huge Role As Clean Energy Investors

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Conversations about climate change and the insurance industry usually focus on catastrophic storms and their damaging financial ripples for insurance providers. Given skyrocketing extreme-weather...

How Geothermal Heat Pumps Can Soar Like Solar

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Geothermal Heat Pumps (GHP) are a niche market.  They shouldn’t be. A Better Mousetrap? Ralph Waldo Emerson never said “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.”...

Richard Branson Launches A Green Energy Plan For The Caribbean

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In 1979, when Richard Branson bought the 74-acre Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, he paid less than $300,000. It was untouched, undeveloped, inhabited only by birds and jungle critters....

What Does ‘The Equivalent of Taking Cars Off The Road’ Really Mean?

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I saw a press release the other day heralding a new energy technology, which – if fully adopted – would take the equivalent of taking 10,000 cars off the road. It reminded me of a fictional...