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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Money Well Spent?’ : Reporter Travels the Nation to See if the … – HNN Huntingtonnews.net HNN Huntingtonnews.net BOOK REVIEW: 'Money Well Spent?' : Reporter Travels the Nation to See if the …HNN Huntingtonnews.netFor example, education funds went to saving the jobs of teachers whose jobs were going to be cut by states. … Continue reading »

Reality Check: What happened to Obama’s 2011 State of the Union promises – NBC17.com New York Times Reality Check: What happened to Obama's 2011 State of the Union promisesNBC17.comThat would help fund innovations in “clean energy sources” like wind, solar, nuclear, clean coal and natural gas. He set a goal of having 80 percent of … Continue reading »

EDF’s Utility Proposal Could Scale Up Distributed Solar, EE – Energy Collective EDF's Utility Proposal Could Scale Up Distributed Solar, EEEnergy CollectiveThis effort also stands to create a robust marketplace for energy efficiency lending, create new efficiency jobs throughout the country, lower financing costs for distributed solar projects and save consumers money even with the … Continue reading »

KIUC and HCDC Award Contract to REC Solar for a 12MW Solar Project – MarketWatch (press release) KIUC and HCDC Award Contract to REC Solar for a 12MW Solar ProjectMarketWatch (press release)The funds originally were approved for a 10 MW combustion turbine generator often referred to as Gen X or CT2. "The benefits are significant," … Continue reading »

Lunch With Bill Clinton – OilPrice.com Lunch With Bill ClintonOilPrice.comSome $1 billion of new spending would create only 870 jobs in a conventional coal fired power plant, but 2000 jobs for a solar plant, 3300 for a wind facility, and 6000 from improved building efficiencies. So creating a new job engine is a matter of … Continue reading »

Development That Works: OPIC Earns Money for the Treasury While Funding … – Huffington Post (blog) Development That Works: OPIC Earns Money for the Treasury While Funding …Huffington Post (blog)During the upheavals of the Arab Spring, OPIC targeted up to $3 billion in financial support for investment and job creation to help spawn dozens of … Continue reading »

To Frack or Not to Frack: An Indecisive Cuomo – Global Warming (blog) Global Warming (blog) To Frack or Not to Frack: An Indecisive CuomoGlobal Warming (blog)Investment in solar with the launch of the NY-Sun Initiative to expand solar energy production in the state while keeping costs under control to protect the ratepayer. NY-Sun will … Continue reading »

A Billionaire Lends Haiti a Hand – New York Times New York Times A Billionaire Lends Haiti a HandNew York TimesThen there are commitments from the 60-odd members of the Haiti Action Network of the Clinton Global Initiative, or CGI, which include installing solar panels, increasing energy supplies, refurbishing homes and providing job training. … … Continue reading »

State of the City address transcript by Millville Mayor Tim Shannon – The Bridgeton News – NJ.com State of the City address transcript by Millville Mayor Tim ShannonThe Bridgeton News – NJ.comOn the public services front, with the upgrades to the waste water treatment plant, and the solar project, these two items will have a … Continue reading »

New tech trend for 2012 and beyond – Reuters New tech trend for 2012 and beyondReutersIn Rifkin's master plan, anyone can produce energy through solar, wind, geothermal or biomass and it could be distributed widely along a collaborative Internet — like super-grid. Commercial building owners could sell the power they produce. … and more » Ontario … Continue reading »