RENEWABLE ENERGY

A polar bear tentatively steps from snow covered ice onto thin sea ice
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IMPACT
By 2030, We Will Pass The Point Where We Can Stop Runaway Climate Change
By Arthur Neslen
But a big economic transformation now could bring 65 million jobs and save 700,000 from early death linked to air pollution, says a new report.
Burlington, Vermont, USA at Church Street Marketplace.
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IMPACT
These 5 U.S. Towns Are Powered Entirely By Renewable Energy
By Alison Moodie, On Assignment For HuffPost
“For too long, dirty fuels have jeopardized the health of our communities and put our children’s future at risk."
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ENVIRONMENT
For States That Have Already Met Their Renewable Energy Goals, A New Question: Now What?
By Stateline, Editorial Partner
As renewable energy targets are met, states must decide whether to expand them.
BUSINESS
Crude Oil Prices, Climate Change, and Global Welfare
By Robert Stavins, Contributor
Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program
With gasoline prices relatively low — and natural gas supplies holding down electricity prices, at least in the United States — there has never been a better time to introduce progressive climate policies in the form of carbon pricing. Unfortunately, none of us should hold our breath waiting for that to happen.
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GREEN
Why Renewable Energy Will Replace Fossil Fuels
By Steven Cohen, Contributor
Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs, Columbia Universi...
I am often a little amazed when I find renewable energy skeptics pointing out that without government incentives, renewable
TECHNOLOGY
How Solar Energy Is Changing the World Using New Technologies
By Laiza King , Contributor
Entrepreneur, Fashion Enthusiast, Freelance Writer, Startup Gu...
A tipi is seen at sunrise at an encampment during a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S. November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
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ENVIRONMENT
After Fighting The Dakota Access Pipeline, Standing Rock Activists Want To Green The Rez
By Michael Sainato
“People tend to think that #NoDAPL really shed a light on Standing Rock, but there are so many more issues.”
TEHAPACHI, CA - SEPTEMBER 11: Under the desert's heat, Cullen Curarelli, a recently laid-off Ohio plumber enrolled in the Cerro Coso Community College Wind Turbine Technician Class, here he performs his maiden climb on a wind turbine, on September 11, 2009 in Tehapachi, California. Curarelli packed his car and drove to California after seeing a story about the college's green jobs classes on his local news. The students, often laid off auto workers or contruction workers from different states, have enrolled in the Cerro Cose community College Wind Turbine Technician Class hoping to be a part of the new green economy. The concept of green job programs was invented by Van Jones (who until recently was the White House's green jobs adviser) at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, one of the U.S. most violent city, with high levels of pollution, poverty and unemployement. The green jobs programs goal is to prepare inner city inhabitants (where jobs prospects are few) or recently laid off workers to compete for the estimated hundred of thousands green jobs that will be created in the next ten years. (Photo Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images)
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ENVIRONMENT
Democrats’ 'Jobs For All' Proposal Is More Popular When The Jobs Are Green
By Alexander C. Kaufman
Particularly among Trump voters.
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GOOD NEWS
Tiles That Generate Energy When People Walk Over Them Are Totally Lit
By Elyse Wanshel
Is this the next step kinetic power?
IMPACT
The Economics of Renewable Energy: Falling Costs and Rising Employment
By Adnan Z. Amin, Contributor
IRENA Director-General
In a world recovering from an economic crisis and stressed by high unemployment rates, this job creation potential is an important consideration for policy-makers
GREEN
The Role of Government in the Transition to a Sustainable Economy
By Steven Cohen, Contributor
Executive Director, Columbia University's Earth Institute
The private sector cannot make the transition from a waste-based economy to a renewable one by itself. This transition can only happen if we can create a public-private partnership.