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Cleantech: Still The Next Big Thing For American Venture Capitalists?

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Is so-called cleantech (alternative energy and related sectors) still the next big thing for American venture capitalists?

Money Matters

Udall Calls for Clean Energy Victory Bonds in Senate Energy Bill

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Earlier this week, Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) introduced an amendment to the Senate Energy Bill calling for the inclusion of Clean Energy Victory Bonds. These bonds would allow regular people across the country to do their part to invest in our nation’s clean energy future. Modeled after war bonds, which raised billions of dollars during World War […]

Warming World

South Africa’s Fossil Fuel Folly

Blake Wilkins China, coal, energy, fossil fuel, hydro, National Research Institute for Rural Electrification, Practical Action, renewable, Schumacher Centre for Technology and Development, SHP, small hydro power, South Africa, Water Research Commission

South Africa’s slow uptake of sustainable, renewable energy resources, underlined by its dependency on poorly maintained, fossil-fueled power stations and protracted delays in commissioning two new coal-fired stations, has plunged the country in a series of nationwide blackouts. The move to renewable power, as the government struggled with the principle of loosening its grip on […]