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Buyers ‘Consistently Willing to Pay More’ for Solar Homes
U.S. homebuyers are willing to spend an extra $15,000 for a home with a typical photovoltaic system, according to a research team led by ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyCoalFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands
Fossil Investments Depend on ‘How Long They Can Fool People’ [Video]
Fossil fuel companies “will do everything in their power to get their reserves above ground,” but investing in their stock means “placing a bet ... -
Low Oil Prices, Western Tensions Turn Russian Debt to Junk
Plummeting oil prices were one of two factors in the decision by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s to downgrade Russia’s sovereign debt to junk ... -
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Home Solar Delivers Lower Power Bills, Better Investment Return
Solar is a better investment than the Standard & Poor’s 500 in 46 out of 50 U.S. cities, states a Natural Resources Defense Council ... -
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Canadian Oil Companies Cut Investment, Slash Production Forecast
Canadian oil companies will cut investment by one-third this year, to $46 billion, and increase production more modestly due to falling oil prices, the ... -
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Oil Price Crash Won’t Hurt Renewables, Analysts Say
Plummeting oil prices will have little effect on global renewable energy markets, analysts from Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank told Bloomberg earlier this week. -
UNEP Calls for Greater Global Investment in Climate Action
More aggressive global investment is the missing ingredient if countries and businesses are to avoid a “crippling burden on the world economy” from the ... -
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U.S. Solar Completes An Installation Every 2.5 Minutes in 2014
The U.S. solar industry completed a new installation every 2.5 minutes in 2014, up from 4.0 minutes in 2013, according to an update from ... -
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Oil for Keystone Pipeline ‘Obsolete Before It Can Be Extracted’
In a sharp-edged review of energy and pipeline economics, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) Chief Scientist Amory Lovins says low oil prices and the plummeting ... -
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Solar Will Reach Grid Parity in 67-80% of Countries by 2017
Deutsche Bank investment analyst Vishal Shah is now predicting that solar energy will be at grid parity across most of the world by 2017. -
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Clean Energy Investment Grew 16% in 2014: Bloomberg
Global clean energy investment grew 16% to $310 billion in 2014, according to annual data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, falling just short of ... -
SunEdison Announces Gigawatt-Scale Installations, Manufacturing in India
Global solar company SunEdison has announced plans to develop five gigawatts of renewable energy in India by 2020 and build a $4-billion, 7.5-gigawatt-per-year solar ... -
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‘Infrastructure is Destiny’ as U.S. Plans New Pipelines, Power Plants
New energy infrastructure in the United States and elsewhere could lock in higher levels of carbon pollution for decades, just as nearly 200 countries ... -
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Most Tar Sands/Oil Sands, All Arctic Oil and Gas Declared Unburnable
More than 80% of the world’s coal reserves, half of the gas, one-third of the oil, all Arctic oil and gas, and most Canadian ... -
BP Faces Investment Risk in Russia as Ruble Crashes, Sanctions Bite
With $16 billion in investments in Russia, BP is in a precarious position as the ruble crashes due to falling oil prices and international ...