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1st World Ranking of Clean Energy Technology (CET) Sales — CET to Become 3rd...
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) just released a comprehensive global report, and the first country by country ranking, of clean energy technology sales. [social_buttons] The clean energy sector is on the...
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High-Speed Rail to Improve Social Cohesion and Economic Competitiveness
High-Speed Rail (HSR) attracts a lot of positive attention because of its speed, of course. But is this speed only about saving time and having fun? No. It is about expanding economic competitiveness...
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We're No. 11! USA! USA! USA!
A recent NRDC analysis of a Pew study found that the ten nations leading the world in government investment in renewable power have now passed the US by. The US had the 8th fastest growth over the last...
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2.5 to 3.6 Million Jobs Created or Saved by Recovery Act, Many in Clean Energy
A new report out by the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), analyzing the economic and job creation impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), finds that the ARRA saved or created...
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Installed Wind Power Capacity per GDP
We make a big deal of how much total wind power capacity is installed in different countries, but perhaps a better way to look at wind power capacity is compared to GDP or population. At the least, it...
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Over 1 Million Jobs on West Coast from Clean Economy Transition
The governors of Washington, Oregon, and California, as well as the British Columbia premier released a report this week showing that, with a transition to a clean economy, the region would add over...
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That Light at the End of the Tunnel Might Not be a Train
Here’s a follow-up post from the CleanTechnica reader who supplied us with “Not Crashing Our Boat — Finding Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis” (be sure to read that first post before proceeding): As I...
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Running It All On Clean Energy: “A Question Of Social And Political Will”
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Senior Fellow Mark Jacobson says the United States has the technology and logistical ability to convert to all-renewable energy sources by 2050—if we can...
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The Low Carbon Economy Index: Ambition And Reality
Leading world professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers released its sixth annual Low Carbon Economy Index report (Two Degrees Of Separation: Ambition and Reality), an analysis of economic...
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Catalyzing Action At The September 2014 UN Climate Summit
Almost everyone in the media has taken a stab at summarizing, if not snap-judging, the results of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s one-day UN climate summit last week. The meeting had a real name, but...
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China’s 21st Century Dilemma: Development and Carbon Emissions
“Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.” That’s the paradox gripping China, the world’s most populous nation. A new seven-year study by researchers from the University of East Anglia relates China’s...
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Transition To A Green Economy In Africa
Responding to a strong perceived demand from governments for current information about a green economy Africa, the United Nations Environment Program reported Thursday from Nairobi on the power of...
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The False Promise Of Decoupling GDP Growth From Resource Consumption
Originally published on SameFacts.org. By James Wimberley At the end of the great midwinter potlatch, who does not feel a little sympathy with Pope Francis’ diatribe against consumerism, even with...
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Increasing Global Renewable Energy Would Increase Global GDP By $1.3 Trillion
A new analysis has concluded that by increasing the global share of renewable energy to 36% would increase global GDP by up to $1.3 trillion. According to a new report published by the International...
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20+ Nations Have Decoupled GDP From Emissions
Since 2000, more than 20 countries have successfully decoupled (both curbed their greenhouse gas emissions and boosted their gross domestic product), says World Resources Institute analyst Nate Aden....
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Economic Growth Has Decoupled From Carbon For Good
Economic advancement goes through stages: agriculturally dominated societies to industrially dominated societies to consumer and information worker societies. It’s typically only as the shift to the...
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First-Ever IEA & IRENA Report: Global Energy Transition To Generate...
Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions could be reduced by as much as 70% by 2050, and completely phased out by 2060, all while providing a net positive economic outlook that could benefit up...
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“A toast to the end of the Bush Era…” That was the first sentence of an amazing presentation held by Sir Nicholas Stern in São Paulo at the Federation of the Industries of the State of São Paulo...
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Sea-Level Rise Is A Major Urban Economic Risk
One projection has a price tag of $14 trillion USD by 2100. Another has a trillion USD of property value loss in the United States alone. These are big numbers. The global GDP is only 78 trillion
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