• Plugging into a renewable tomorrow – Sentinel & Enterprise
  Plugging into a renewable tomorrow  Sentinel & Enterprise

  FITCHBURG — Millennial lawmakers from Central Massachusetts see the potential for savings, adoption of more energy-efficient technology, and jobs in the …

• Hendrickson: Why not Weatherization For All? – vtdigger.org
  Hendrickson: Why not Weatherization For All?  vtdigger.org

  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Arthur Hendrickson, of Moretown, who is a retired concerned citizen. Recently during the national shutdown of government it …

• Doug Ford eyes clean energy but commits little to fighting climate change – National Observer
  Doug Ford eyes clean energy but commits little to fighting climate change  National Observer

  The Doug Ford government is quietly signalling to industry that it may be open to clean energy, while committing no *fresh* funds to fighting climate change …

• One Man vs. McKinsey: A Billionaire Says the Consultancy Has Rigged the Bankruptcy System – The New York Times
  One Man vs. McKinsey: A Billionaire Says the Consultancy Has Rigged the Bankruptcy System  The New York Times

  Jay Alix is waging a court battle against powerful advisory firm. McKinsey says he’s just a disgruntled competitor.

• How Big Business Is Hedging Against the Apocalypse – New York Times
  How Big Business Is Hedging Against the Apocalypse  New York Times

  Investors are finally paying attention to climate change — though not in the way you might hope.

• Delgado-Polanco speaks, says little – Politico
  Delgado-Polanco speaks, says little  Politico

  Good Thursday morning! Yesterday, for the first time since The Record began writing about the Schools Development Authority patronage scandal, state …

• How Wall Street Is Hedging Against the Apocalypse – New York Times
  How Wall Street Is Hedging Against the Apocalypse  New York Times

  Investors are finally paying attention to climate change — though not in the way you might hope.

• £16m Solar Competition Launched To Fund Businesses In Ghana, Nigeria Et Al – Modern Ghana
  £16m Solar Competition Launched To Fund Businesses In Ghana, Nigeria Et Al  Modern Ghana

  Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) in partnership with United Kingdom government has launched the Household Solar Round 2 competition worth � 16 …

• Public Banking Can Fund the Zero-Carbon Economy – In These Times
  Public Banking Can Fund the Zero-Carbon Economy  In These Times

  Private banks have been underwriting the expansion of the fossil fuel industry for years. It’s time for a public model.

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• Throne Speech 2019: Growth By Empowerment for a Better Future – Loop News St. Lucia
  Throne Speech 2019: Growth By Empowerment for a Better Future  Loop News St. Lucia

  Madam President, Mr. Speaker, Honourable Prime Minister Honourable Leader of the Opposition, Members of the House and Senate, Your Grace, Fellow Saint …

• Election 2019: Week 3: Environment – Sherwood Park News
  Election 2019: Week 3: Environment  Sherwood Park News

  As part of the 2019 provincial election coverage, the Sherwood Park News will ask five questions concerning a variety of issues to all candidates in both …

• Maryland Legislature Passes Clean Energy Bill With Offshore Provisions – North American Windpower
  Maryland Legislature Passes Clean Energy Bill With Offshore Provisions  North American Windpower

  Maryland state lawmakers have passed the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA), which would raise the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) to 50% by 2030 …

• Vegan protests: Whistleblowers expose a dirty, hidden truth – The Age
  Vegan protests: Whistleblowers expose a dirty, hidden truth  The Age

  To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. Animal activists are whistleblowers …

• Electric cars are the future so let’s get ready for them – Sydney Morning Herald
  Electric cars are the future so let’s get ready for them  Sydney Morning Herald

  This makes me angry (”Electric car surge puts grid at risk”, April 9). I’m on holidays in Scandinavia where electric cars abound. In March more than half of car …

• SA will be hit by the worst blackouts as Eskom shuts ageing plants – eNCA
  SA will be hit by the worst blackouts as Eskom shuts ageing plants  eNCA

  JOHANNESBURG – An electricity-supply crisis is looming in South Africa that could make intermittent outages in the past few months seem trivial by comparison.

• Rays of solar: An answer to load shedding – News24
  Rays of solar: An answer to load shedding  News24

  The grid still has insufficient supply to meet the country’s demand for electrical power. The shift towards solar geysers will ease the demand on the grid induced …

• A Critical Poverty Eradication Experiment in Kenya – Basic Income News
  A Critical Poverty Eradication Experiment in Kenya  Basic Income News

  Written by: Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy and Mônica Dallari. This January, we discovered an extraordinary pioneer effort towards poverty eradication in poor rural …

• Why two former Beto O'Rourke staffers now say they're with Bernie Sanders – The Texas Tribune
  Why two former Beto O’Rourke staffers now say they’re with Bernie Sanders  The Texas Tribune

  Their journey reveals a major fault line for O’Rourke as he transitions from a statewide campaign in which occasional votes with the Republicans can be an …

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• What Buhari Did and What He Will Still Do for Nigerians – The News
  What Buhari Did and What He Will Still Do for Nigerians  The News

  In his 50th convocation lecture at the University of Lagos on Monday, 1 April 2019, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo lists what the Buhari government has done and …

• Two solar mysteries link to unexpected rain on sun – Devdiscourse
  Two solar mysteries link to unexpected rain on sun  Devdiscourse

  Two solar mysteries link to unexpected rain on sun For five months in mid-2017, Emily Mason did the same thing every day. Arriving at her office at NA..

• NextEra Energy – Energy and Policy Institute
  NextEra Energy  Energy and Policy Institute

  “They acted like thugs,” said former Florida Public *Service* Commission Chairman Nancy Argenziano of NextEra, “and growing up in Brooklyn, I know what a …

• 'Place-Making,' Mixed-Use Development Revitalizes Cleveland Community – Novogradac
  ‘Place-Making,’ Mixed-Use Development Revitalizes Cleveland Community  Novogradac

  Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood is a diverse and vibrant community that experienced a steady increase in investment activity in recent years.

• Iolite Partners 1Q19 Commentary: Thoughts On Jumbo Interactive – ValueWalk
  Iolite Partners 1Q19 Commentary: Thoughts On Jumbo Interactive  ValueWalk

  Iolite Partners commentary for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019. Discussing their thoughts on Jumbo Interactive, fossil fuels and global warming.

• 1st Friday Focus On The Environment: A Conversation With Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer – WEMU
  1st Friday Focus On The Environment: A Conversation With Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer  WEMU

  In her first few months in office, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has made infrastructure and clean water among her top priorities. Whitmer outlines her.

• Friends of St. Annes Girls School changes lives of children in Kenya – Leavenworth Times
  Friends of St. Annes Girls School changes lives of children in Kenya  Leavenworth Times

  When Linda Schukman was invited to a dinner by her sister-in-law and her husband 10 years ago and met Father Anthony, a priest from western Kenya, her life …

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• You’re out of prison. Now you have to get your driver’s license back. – The Washington Post
  You’re out of prison. Now you have to get your driver’s license back.  The Washington Post

  George Henry, a fast-talking man in his early 40s, takes two buses and a subway each day to attend an intensive Baltimore job-training program catering to …

• Ghana's Vice President had a Town Hall on the state of the country's economy; here's everything to know – Pulse.com.gh
  Ghana’s Vice President had a Town Hall on the state of the country’s economy; here’s everything to know  Pulse.com.gh

  The Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, met the general public to tell them what he and his government have done …

• Full Speech: Uhuru’s 2019 State of Nation address – Standard Digital
  Full Speech: Uhuru’s 2019 State of Nation address  Standard Digital

  The full speech of President Uhuru Kenyatta during the State of Nation address at Parliament.

• North Carolina Zoo vet speaks to Rotary – Mount Airy News
  North Carolina Zoo vet speaks to Rotary  Mount Airy News

  Dr. Mike Loomis, chief veterinarian for the North Carolina Zoo, left, reconnects with his former colleague, Dr. Jack Snow, a retired Mount Airy veterinarian who …

• 'I was building rockets all over the house: living room, dining room …' – The Guardian
  ‘I was building rockets all over the house: living room, dining room …’  The Guardian

  Self-taught rocket scientist Steve Bennett is on a mission to make space travel safe and affordable for all – from an industrial estate in Greater Manchester.

• New report on residential solar finds plenty of problems – CHOICE
  New report on residential solar finds plenty of problems  CHOICE

  A new residential solar report by CALC paints a grim picture of the solar industry in Australia.

• Why Markey calls the unpassed Green New Deal a victory – The Boston Globe
  Why Markey calls the unpassed Green New Deal a victory  The Boston Globe

  The Green New Deal has had a rough start. But that hasn’t stopped Ed Markey, one of its chief architects, from declaring victory.

• Rep. Rooney's carbon tax plan will raise temperatures of his constituents – The News-Press
  Rep. Rooney’s carbon tax plan will raise temperatures of his constituents  The News-Press

  Congressman Rooney’s largely conservative constituents clearly didn’t have a massive new energy tax in mind when they voted for him.

• Renewable Energy in Nigeria – Lexology
  Renewable Energy in Nigeria  Lexology

  Use the Lexology Getting The Deal Through tool to compare the answers in this article with those from other jurisdictions. Market framework. Government …

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• Solar energy investors may pivot away from high-cost projects – Moneyweb.co.za
  Solar energy investors may pivot away from high-cost projects  Moneyweb.co.za

  When officials cut the ribbon on the R12 billion Kathu Solar Park near Sishen in the sun-baked Northern Cape on April 4, they will officially open the most …

• Mozambique: president Nyusi launches Ignite Power Project to supply energy to 1.8 million people – EIN News
  Mozambique: president Nyusi launches Ignite Power Project to supply energy to 1.8 million people  EIN News

  Inauguration of the First Solar System in ZAMBÉZIA, Integrating the Government’s Program ‘ENERGY FOR ALL’.

• Purpose At Work: How Interloop Activates Purpose To Drive B2B Growth – Forbes
  Purpose At Work: How Interloop Activates Purpose To Drive B2B Growth  Forbes

  Today, corporate leaders go beyond profitability to champion the triple bottom line. An excellent example of a B2B manufacturing company leading with purpose …

• Mayor Miro Weinberger declares that State of the City is strong – Vermont Biz
  Mayor Miro Weinberger declares that State of the City is strong  Vermont Biz

  Vermont Business Magazine Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger today delivered the State of the City Address in City Hall’s Contois Auditorium, during which he …

• Sustainable: Green zones offer energy-efficiency incentives – Finance and Commerce
  Sustainable: Green zones offer energy-efficiency incentives  Finance and Commerce

  Mushroom grower Ian Silver-Ramp’s “farm” inside a warehouse near the Mississippi River is part of a sprawling territory defined by the city of Minneapolis as the …

• How Millennials Are Changing The Future Of Investment – Forbes
  How Millennials Are Changing The Future Of Investment  Forbes

  Millennials are changing the investment market — and quickly. Over the years, there have been major shifts in wages, job markets and the way we do business, …

• Bangladesh, World Bank Team Up to Double Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Capacity – Solar Magazine
  Bangladesh, World Bank Team Up to Double Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Capacity  Solar Magazine

  Bangladesh, World Bank team up and leverage solar deployment to provide reliable energy to rural areas and increase renewable energy capacity.

• The Green New Deal Can Work – Here's How – The Bullet – Socialist Project
  The Green New Deal Can Work – Here’s How – The Bullet  Socialist Project

  18 concrete ways to make the urgently needed climate mobilization #GND a reality by Jeremy Brecher.

• Trump's Budget Could Have Chilling Effect on U.S. Clean Energy Leadership – InsideClimate News
  Trump’s Budget Could Have Chilling Effect on U.S. Clean Energy Leadership  InsideClimate News

  The national labs are the country’s cradle of innovation for renewable energy and efficiency. Trump’s proposal for deep budget cuts sends a message.

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• 'That's what happens when a big plant shuts down in a small town' – messenger-inquirer
  ‘That’s what happens when a big plant shuts down in a small town’  messenger-inquirer

  ADAMS COUNTY, Ohio – The barges floating down the Ohio River no longer deliver coal to the two power plants that have stood here for decades, twin sentinels …

• Exclusive: PG&E's future rests on board picks, CPUC president says – Utility Dive
  Exclusive: PG&E’s future rests on board picks, CPUC president says  Utility Dive

  California’s governor and head utility regulator turned up the pressure on bankrupt utility Pacific Gas and Electric this week over upcoming changes to its board …

• How Sovereign Citizens Helped Swindle $1 Billion From the Government They Disavow – New York Times
  How Sovereign Citizens Helped Swindle $1 Billion From the Government They Disavow  New York Times

  One day in 2015, Barbara Lavender’s husband returned from a U.F.O. conference and handed her a business card. It bore a red theater-curtain background, …

• Analysis | The Energy 202: Senate Democrat blasts ethics of Trump Interior secretary nominee – The Washington Post
  Analysis | The Energy 202: Senate Democrat blasts ethics of Trump Interior secretary nominee  The Washington Post

  THE LIGHTBULB. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) (Al Drago/Bloomberg). It was a remarkable moment at the hearing for President Trump’s choice to run the Interior …

• Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for Mar. 29 – ImpactAlpha
  Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for Mar. 29  ImpactAlpha

  Greetings, Agents of Impact! Welcome to ImpactAlpha’s weekly “follow the talent” roundup of impact investing career moves, job openings, events and …

• The art of management: people, places and machines – TG Daily
  The art of management: people, places and machines  TG Daily

  We’ve all had that watercooler discussion comparing the management styles and foibles of our employers and managers. We’ve all, at some time or another, …

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• Texas City Leaders Face Wrath of Residents Over Green Energy Deal – U.S. News & World Report
  Texas City Leaders Face Wrath of Residents Over Green Energy Deal  U.S. News & World Report

  GEORGETOWN, Texas — A few years ago, this Central Texas city was basking in the media spotlight after announcing it was one of just a handful of U.S. cities …

• In small towns across the nation, the death of a coal plant leaves an unmistakable void – Washington Post
  In small towns across the nation, the death of a coal plant leaves an unmistakable void  Washington Post

  Nearly half the nation’s coal plants have been shuttered in the past decade. That profound shift has moved the U.S. toward cleaner forms of energy but left some …

• No surprises in Mount Shasta's budget – News – Mount Shasta Herald
  No surprises in Mount Shasta’s budget – News  Mount Shasta Herald

  Finance Director Muriel Howarth-Terrell, who is in her ninth year on the job, said a $137093 increase in planned revenues was offset by a $141724 jump in …

• Puerto Rico Passes 100% Clean Energy Bill. Will Natural Gas Imports Get in the Way? – InsideClimate News
  Puerto Rico Passes 100% Clean Energy Bill. Will Natural Gas Imports Get in the Way?  InsideClimate News

  A rapid remake of the hurricane-torn territory’s power supply won’t be easy, and a utility’s natural gas infrastructure plans could make the goal hard to meet.

• Cheaper electricity, dirtier air? Black communities navigate a tricky relationship with their polluters – Grist
  Cheaper electricity, dirtier air? Black communities navigate a tricky relationship with their polluters  Grist

  On a chilly Saturday morning, a large group of mostly black and brown teens and college students streamed into a New York University gymnasium — not to …

• What's your number? 3 ways to calculate how much you need to retire at any age – Fin24
  What’s your number? 3 ways to calculate how much you need to retire at any age  Fin24

  You know what I’m talking about. It’s the number you think about more than you care to admit. No, it’s not your weight. It’s the amount of money you think you will …

• Perquimans community supports Hunter-Daugherty fund – The Daily Advance
  Perquimans community supports Hunter-Daugherty fund  The Daily Advance

  From staff reports. Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Kim Hunter Daugherty left a legacy of passion, love and life-changing work. A natural gift that she demonstrated …

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• More than $18 million from carbon tax approved for local green projects – Fort McMurray Today
  More than $18 million from carbon tax approved for local green projects  Fort McMurray Today

  More than $18 million in funding from the provincial carbon tax has been approved for local green projects in the Wood Buffalo region since it was introduced …

• Brain Drain Responsible For Declining Service Delivery In UCH – Ex-CMD – Independent Newspapers Limited
  Brain Drain Responsible For Declining Service Delivery In UCH – Ex-CMD  Independent Newspapers Limited

  Prof. Emitope Alonge, the former Chief Medical Officer of the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital, UCH, has identified the brain drain that hit the health sector …

• Column: Zach Whiting – State Senator: In the Legislature (3/26/19) – Dickinson County News
  Column: Zach Whiting – State Senator: In the Legislature (3/26/19)  Dickinson County News

  Floor debate took up most of our time as we finished week 10 of the 2019 legislative session. We are already over halfway through the session and while we’ve …

• CityLab Daily: Congestion Pricing, For Real This Time? – CityLab
  CityLab Daily: Congestion Pricing, For Real This Time?  CityLab

  Don’t sneeze: It looks like New York may finally become the first city in the United States to introduce congestion pricing on its streets. The New York Times …

• OPINION: France is committed to African start-ups – IOL
  OPINION: France is committed to African start-ups  IOL

  Start-up of the Year is an initiative to support start-ups in the countries where Total has a presence writes Kizito Okechukwu.

• Neil Mackay: Scotland can lead the way in green energy industry – HeraldScotland
  Neil Mackay: Scotland can lead the way in green energy industry  HeraldScotland

  IT’S too easy in these times of political crisis, hate, terror and division to think of humanity as somehow inherently failed; that the society…

• Solar Bay inks deal to install solar on nine major shopping centres – One Step Off The Grid
  Solar Bay inks deal to install solar on nine major shopping centres  One Step Off The Grid

  Commercial renewables installer and financier Solar Bay has inked a deal with shopping centre landlord Real Asset Management to lease the rooftops of nine …

• Indigenous community Jumbun's quest to be self-sufficient and create tourism, farming jobs – ABC News
  Indigenous community Jumbun’s quest to be self-sufficient and create tourism, farming jobs  ABC News

  Nestled among rolling hills, under misty skies, the north Queensland Indigenous community of Jumbun is determined to return to its prosperous past with a future …

• Analysis | The Energy 202: Rick Perry calls expanding nuclear energy “the real” Green New Deal – The Washington Post
  Analysis | The Energy 202: Rick Perry calls expanding nuclear energy “the real” Green New Deal  The Washington Post

  THE LIGHTBULB. The site of construction in 2017 for two new nuclear reactors at the Vogtle power station in eastern Georgia. (Georgia Power/Handout via …

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• Watervliet Mayor Manning says he's not seeking re-election – Troy Record
  Watervliet Mayor Manning says he’s not seeking re-election  Troy Record

  WATERVLIET, N.Y. — After serving more than a decade as a public servant, Watervliet Mayor Michael Manning said he will not seek a fourth four-year term this …

• New faces; new places: About 500 new businesses opened in Berkshire County last year. Why? Here are some of the reasons – Berkshire Eagle
  New faces; new places: About 500 new businesses opened in Berkshire County last year. Why? Here are some of the reasons  Berkshire Eagle

  A couple fleeing Hurricane Irma. A green initiatives developer who saw an opportunity. Young people who want to be their own bosses. Women who recognized …

• IIG invites EOIs for solar O&M job in Australia – Renewables Now
  IIG invites EOIs for solar O&M job in Australia  Renewables Now

  March 22 (Renewables Now) – Impact Investment Group (IIG) is seeking to award an operation and maintenance (O&M) contract for the 14.4-MW Swan Hill solar …

• Analysis | The Energy 202: Senate Democrats look for unity on eve of Green New Deal vote – The Washington Post
  Analysis | The Energy 202: Senate Democrats look for unity on eve of Green New Deal vote  The Washington Post

  THE LIGHTBULB. Charles E. Schumer. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images). Faced with the choice of voting up or down on their Green New Deal, Democrats look …

• 2019 Triangle Tweeners: Investor Scot Wingo adds 31 firms to emerging stars list – WRAL Tech Wire
  2019 Triangle Tweeners: Investor Scot Wingo adds 31 firms to emerging stars list  WRAL Tech Wire

  Thirty-one new companies have been added to the “Triangle Tweener List” started by serial entrepreneur Scot Wingo in 2016 to highlight what he calls …

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• The UFO community still believes — and science is starting to listen – Philly.com
  The UFO community still believes — and science is starting to listen  Philly.com

  In the last two years, scientists, politicians, and professionals have increasingly been willing to touch the taboo subject of UFOs and perhaps lend a little …

• Legislative Roundup – Week 10 – Fallon County Extra
  Legislative Roundup – Week 10  Fallon County Extra

  By Shaylee Ragar and Tim Pierce,. UM Legislative News *Service*, University of Montana School of Journalism. People filled the Montana Capitol Saturday to …

• Trump: Tariffs Will Remain Even With Deal – The Waterways Journal – The Waterways Journal
  Trump: Tariffs Will Remain Even With Deal – The Waterways Journal  The Waterways Journal

  Washington, D.C.—After days of sharing positive reviews of the trade talks with China, President Donald Trump said tariffs on Chinese goods will not be lifted …

• Trump Again Seeks Sweeping Budget Cuts to Science – FYI: Science Policy News
  Trump Again Seeks Sweeping Budget Cuts to Science  FYI: Science Policy News

  President Trump’s latest budget proposes to roll back large increases Congress recently provided for several science agencies and again targets environmental …

• – How Can We Make Renewable Energy Less Divisive? – Renewable Energy Magazine
  – How Can We Make Renewable Energy Less Divisive?  Renewable Energy Magazine

  Renewable energy is gaining increased support, but it can still be something of a divisive issue, especially when you get into the details of energy policy.

• Nunes, Costa, Cox collide on climate change, yet they represent the same Fresno County region – Modesto Bee
  Nunes, Costa, Cox collide on climate change, yet they represent the same Fresno County region  Modesto Bee

  California Republican Congressman Devin Nunes sides with President Donald Trump on global warming and Green New Deal legislation while Democrats TJ …

• Few Winchendon residents attend fiscal 2020 school budget hearing – The Gardner News
  Few Winchendon residents attend fiscal 2020 school budget hearing  The Gardner News

  WINCHENDON — A public hearing was held on the school district’s budget for taxpayer input Tuesday, March 19, and one person came to hear how much was …

• Work to turn Bigg Market toilets into trendy wine bar to begin next week – Chronicle Live
  Work to turn Bigg Market toilets into trendy wine bar to begin next week  Chronicle Live

  It is expected the new wine bar will be opened by the end of the year.

• Can Kate Gallego Fix Phoenix as the New Mayor? – Phoenix New Times
  Can Kate Gallego Fix Phoenix as the New Mayor?  Phoenix New Times

  Before she was elected mayor of Phoenix, Kate Gallego was responsible for the demise of Lake Buchanan. Buchanan Street, located one block south of Talking …

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