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Boulder Evaluates Climate Plan
Getting people to agree and sign on to climate goals might be the easy part of creating a climate action program. The real challenge comes when a city tackles ambitious goals—and evaluates the effectiveness of the programs it has developed.
The World’s Energy Disparity Is Reaching a Critical Stage to Spawn Innovation
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about innovation, especially about how it might spread through the global energy system. I’m especially interested in how entrepreneurs and new technologies may create disruptive innovation within the system and what that’s likely to look like.
Saudis Won’t Settle for Energy Status Quo; Why Should U.S.?
The Saudis, who are both oil- and sunshine-rich, plan to develop 41,000 megawatts of solar projects to support a third of electricity production by 2032. The energy will directly replace oil used for desalination plants—freeing up more oil for export.
The Way Forward for Solar After Disappointing Tariff Ruling
The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday levied hefty tariffs on Chinese solar panels imported to the United States, raising concern that resulting higher costs will stunt strong growth in the U.S. solar market.
A Farewell to Fossil Fuels: Answering the Energy Challenge
Green Footstep is an online assessment tool for reducing carbon emissions from building construction projects and is publicly available at greenfootstep.org. The Green Footstep tool…
