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We Need to Reevaluate Our Relationship With Oil

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Given rising prices, dwindling supply and environmental hazards, the United States desperately needs to reevaluate its relationship with oil…

Solar Aesthetics Done Right by Sistine Solar

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Solar Aesthetics: Rooftop Panels Never Looked So Good

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Rooftop solar has never looked so good, given new technology from Tesla, Solar Window, Dyaqua, Sistine Solar, Sunflare & others to improve solar aesthetics.

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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?

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Solar and Wind: How Low Can They Go?

Jeremy Deaton affordable, alternative energy, energy, power, renewable, renewables, solar, wind

For the second year in a row, wind and solar accounted for roughly two-thirds of new U.S. generating capacity, while natural gas and nuclear made up most of the rest.

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Virginians Join Sierra Club’s “Ready for 100” Campaign

Ethan Goffman Arlington, clean energy, climate change, global warming, green, Ready for 100, renewable, renewables, Sierra Club, Virginia

Arlington County and Alexandria, Virginia recently joined 16 other U.S. cities in the Sierra Club’s “Ready for 100 Campaign” whereby cities commit to 100% clean, renewable energy within the next two decades.

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Wave Power Could Meet 1/4 of U.S. Electricity Needs

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Aguçadoura Wave Park, electricity, energy, farm, Hawaii, Lockheed Martin, Oahu, ocean, Ocean Power Technologies, OPT, Pelamis, power, renewable, renewables, tidal, U.S. Navy, wave

Wave power could account for a quarter or more of U.S. electricity needs if we work to develop its potential around our coastlines, and could also provide other countries with a readily available renewable and free energy source.

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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 […]