National Clean Energy Summit

Clean Energy's Future Hinges on New Business Models

Lesa Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lesa Mitchell

Clean energy innovations often fall victim to the so-called "Valley of Death" caused by outdated and capital-intensive business models and a supply chain that is not friendly to new technology.

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Scale, Scale, Scale

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carl Pope

When you hear a good clean-energy idea suggested, and someone else recommends doing half of it, be suspicious. When building a new energy economy, getting to scale requires efficiency, not moderation.

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Put the Unemployed First

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carl Pope

Although still speculative, all the economic analyses of the economic crisis tend toward the same view: that growth might recover but employment won't.

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Cities Will Play a Role in America's New Green Economy

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Antonio Villaraigosa

Today at the National Clean Energy Summit, I described the key role that Los Angeles and other cities around the country can play in the emerging green economy.

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It's Not About Political Parties

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 05.25.2011

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T. Boone Pickens

Ending our country's addiction to foreign oil isn't about being a Republican or about the Democratic Party. It's about America.

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Reversing Churchill's Blunder

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carl Pope

It's getting hard to follow the proposals for a clean energy future without a scorecard, so here's my summary of the big ideas I've heard brought to the table.

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National Clean Energy Summit: Business Leaders Encourage Cheap, Renewable Energy

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Las Vegas: Representatives from Google Inc. and General Electric Co. said Tuesday that widespread use of renewable energy in United States would be po...

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Google Throws $10 Million At Geothermal

DotEarth | Tom Zeller, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Google.org, the public-spirited division of Google.com, charged with addressing "climate change, poverty and emerging disease," is using the backdrop ...

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