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    1,000-Sq-Ft Passivhaus Shows University Students What’s Possible

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    A 1,000-square-foot Passivhaus in Amherst, Maine has become a living example of highly-efficient solar construction for students in a renewable energy course at Mount ...
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    Wind Saved U.S. $1 Billion in Two Days During Polar Vortex

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    When the polar vortex hit the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes states January 6-7, 2014, wind energy saved electricity users at least $1 billion in ...
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    Four Questions That Will Shape Carbon Markets in 2015

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    With cap-and-trade systems or carbon taxes in place in more than 40 national and regional jurisdictions by the end of 2014, 2015 “is sizing ...
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    ‘Nuclear Isn’t Winning’ as Vermont Yankee Plant Shuts Down

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    The closure of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant December 29 underscored the challenges the U.S. industry faces with “a dwindling fleet of aging reactors, ...
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    Advanced Biofuels in North America Top 800 Million Gallons in 2014

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    Advanced biofuel production in North America topped 800 million gallons in 2014, an increase over 2013 and almost double the output in 2011, Environmental ...
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    Millennials Want Home Solar. Boomers Do, Too.

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    Retail customers of all ages are eager to buy residential solar panels, and one installation and maintenance company is talking about two main audience ...
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    Texas ‘Economic Miracle’ Giving Way to Regional Recession

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    Texas may be moving into a rapid decline from economic miracle to regional recession as a result of plummeting oil prices, according to JPMorgan ...
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    Financing, Construction Delay Jeopardizes Cape Wind Development

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    The $2.5-billion Cape Wind project off Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts may be in jeopardy after two utilities terminated their power purchase agreements with the ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsUnited States

    Cheap Oil Makes ‘Overwhelming’ Case for Carbon Tax: Summers

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    The latest argument for a carbon tax is coming from Lawrence Summers, former U.S. treasury secretary and past president of Harvard University.
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States

    Citizens Must ‘Push Nations Hard’ Against Age of Fossil Fuels: Solnit

    January 7, 2015
     
    January 7, 2015
    In a year-end essay in The Guardian, bestselling author Rebecca Solnit describes 2014 as Year One of the climate revolution, comparing the apparent inevitability ...
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  • CitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States

    Enviros Push Riverside Development to Block New Oil Terminal

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    January 7, 2015
    Environmentalists in Vancouver, Washington are quietly encouraging a local developer to speed ahead with the Waterfront, a $1.3-billion real estate project on the Columbia ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsUnited States

    Sustainable Businesses Must Fight for Legislative Gains

    January 7, 2015
     
    January 7, 2015
    2015 is the year when sustainable businesses in the U.S. will have to fight to protect legislative gains on issues like climate change, the ...
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  • BuildingsDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyUnited States

    U.S. DOE Considers Zero-Energy Building Standards

    January 7, 2015
     
    January 7, 2015
    The U.S. Department of Energy is inviting public comment on standards for zero-energy buildings.
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  • Climate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States

    Obama Vows to Veto Keystone Bill

    January 7, 2015
     
    January 7, 2015
    If the U.S. Congress passes legislation authorizing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, President Barack Obama will not sign it, White House Press Secretary ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsUnited States

    U.S. Grid Needs $2.1 Trillion in Investment Through 2035: IEA

    January 5, 2015
     
    January 5, 2015
    The United States will need $2.1 trillion in electricity grid investment over the next 20 years to meet its carbon reduction and energy independence ...
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