Richard Kauffman
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Richard L. Kauffman, the Chairman of the Board of Levi Strauss & Co., is an Observer of the Board and a Supporting Participant of the Coalition for Green Capital. He teaches renewable energy finance at the Yale School of Management. He recently stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer of Good Energies, after having built it as one of the largest investors in renewable energy. He is a member of the board of The Brookings Institution and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Clean Energy Markets: We've Got the Innovation and Deployment Cart and Horse Backwards

3 Comments | Posted October 19, 2011 | 16:16:26 (EST)

Energy.gov will be hosting a live video chat with Richard Kauffman this Thursday at 2:00 PM ET.

China has become the world's largest producer of solar modules. But did you know that these Chinese manufacturers are using technology breakthroughs developed in the United States?

And it's...

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Has China Won the U.S. Solar War?

Posted January 19, 2011 | 14:46:17 (EST)

On the eve of Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit to Washington, Evergreen Solar announced that it is closing its Massachusetts factory and moving its manufacturing to China. While President Obama is travelling to Schenectady later this week to a GE plant to talk about the importance of...

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An Open Door to Global Warming

Posted July 7, 2008 | 18:04:31 (EST)

At a time when energy prices are at record levels, when scientists have concluded that global warming is a fact not a debate, it is surprising to find that a large number of retail stores and restaurants across the country leave their doors open in 90+ degree heat. My own...

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