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Feebates: A Key to Breaking U.S. Oil Addiction
Guest authors Bennett Cohen and Cory Lowe are RMI alumni. Oil addiction, in particular, is a habit RMI would like to help the U.S. kick.
Making Solar Technology a Competitive Force in the U.S.
In an effort to reframe the renewable energy conversation in the U.S., many pundits have resorted to good old-fashioned competition. And who better to serve as antagonist? The one country that seems to make everything these days: China.
Ten Possibilities for Green Building Over the Next Decade
Victor Olgyay is a principal architect with the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Built Environment Team. He sees future buildings as “Green Machines,” factories for the production of ecological infrastructures.
Freeing America from its Addiction to Oil
This article was originally published on CNN.com in 2010 and expands on Amory Lovins’ TED talk from 2005. In the article, Lovins describes the progress…
Keeping the Lights On while Transforming Electric Utilities
Electric utilities operate now much as they did a century ago—but the environment in which they operate is changing dramatically. Now more than ever before,…