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Wind And Solar Power Are Saving Americans An Astounding Amount Of Money

Wind And Solar Power Are Saving Americans An Astounding Amount Of Money

VOX — Wind and solar power are subsidized by just about every major country in the world, either directly or indirectly through tax breaks, mandates, and regulations. The main rationale for these subsidies is that wind and solar produce, to use the economic term of art, “positive externalities” — benefits to society that are not captured in their market price. Specifically, wind and solar power reduce pollution, which reduces sickness, missed work days, and early deaths. Ever

Australia Produces Enough Renewable Energy To Power 70% of Homes

Australia Produces Enough Renewable Energy To Power 70% of Homes

FUTURISM — Between July 2016 and July 2017, Australia generated enough energy from renewable sources to provide electricity to 7.1 million homes, roughly 70 percent of the country’s total households, according to a newly released report produced by Green Energy Markets. The Australian Renewable Energy Index is a country-wide report that analyzes the impact of renewables on the nation’s overall electricity and energy landscape. August marked the first time the report was relea

100% Renewable Energy & Job Growth for 139 Nations Detailed In New Stanford Report

100% Renewable Energy & Job Growth for 139 Nations Detailed In New Stanford Report

CLEANTECHNICA — In fact, they contend that the changeover would actually spur job growth while dramatically reducing carbon emissions. Charting the Pathway to 100% Renewable Energy The new report is an outgrowth of a similar project from 2015 that laid out the steps all 50 states in the US would need to take in order to transition to 100% renewable energy. Why 139 countries? Because that group is responsible for 99% of all global carbon emissions. The report was published Aug

Dirty Energy's Quiet War on Solar Panels

Dirty Energy's Quiet War on Solar Panels

THE HILL — Let's say you're thinking about switching to solar at home, but you're concerned about the start-up costs. What if you received generous federal and state tax credits? That could help! Better still, what if you discover that during those hot, sunny afternoons — when you're at work and hardly using any energy at home — you can sell the excess energy your solar panels generate back to the grid at the full residential retail rate? This practice, called “net metering

Orlando Becomes 40th City to Commit to 100% Renewable Energy

Orlando Becomes 40th City to Commit to 100% Renewable Energy

ECOWATCH — Orlando is now the largest city in Florida to make such a commitment and joins a growing movement of more than three dozen cities nationwide that have committed to a 100 percent clean energy future. Council chambers were filled with elated members of the First 50 Coalition, a broad-based alliance led by the League of Women Voters of Orange County that is pushing for sustainability in Central Florida. "Today, Orlando takes its place on the regional, state and nati

The Death of 'Alternative Energy'

The Death of 'Alternative Energy'

GREENTECH MEDIA — Fifteen years ago, when I joined the early ranks of clean energy entrepreneurs, we were nearly dead in the water on climate. Oil was $15 per barrel, Al Gore’s groundbreaking movie 'An Inconvenient Truth' hadn’t come out, and a solar panel was something that powered a calculator. In 2005, I went to my first "alternative energy conference” in Aspen, Colorado. I was asked to speak at the event, and hadn’t paid much attention to the agenda. Upon arrival I foun

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