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Follow The Money
Jun 09 2014 01:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Government action on fossil fuels in the . . . . . . US, . . . . . . China, . . . . . . South Korea, and maybe . . . . . . India, . . . combined with: . . . . . . investment in renewables, . . . . . . distributed solar and . . . . . . energy efficiency...
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Follow The Money: Warren Buffett
Mar 09 2015 08:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Buffett disclosed he has dumped his holdings in energy giants, . . . . . . Exxon Mobil, as well as . . . . . . ConocoPhillips. 03-09-2015 Source: Follow the Money: Warren Buffett Dumped
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Follow The Money: Farm Food Spoilage
Mar 11 2015 03:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
In Vermont, Farmer Johnson, . . . lost 20 tons of potatoes, worth $25,000, a couple of years ago, . . . when the temperature in his warehouse dropped. Now, he has a system, that creates data points every 5 minutes, and . . . sends him alerts. to h...
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$19 Billion: Unnecessary Nuclear Plant
Sep 01 2016 01:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
North Anna 3, . . . would be the most expensive power plant ever built in the United States, and . . . could raise customers' rates by 26% or more, . . . according to the Virginia attorney general. While Dominion, . . . claims that it is needed for...
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Maine: Solar Array At Landfill
Sep 08 2016 12:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Portland, Maine, to build solar array at landfill. Cost to the city of . . . $25,000 a year, over 6 years, for installation costs. The project would reduce the city’s reliance, . . . on fossil fuel-based electricity by generating . . . 660 kW per...
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India Plans Renewable Energy
Dec 07 2016 12:50 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
India plans to have installed by 2022, . . . 60 GW Wind energy capacity, and . . . 100 GW Solar power capacity. 12-6-2016 Source: India plans Renewable Energy
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Coal Not Bedrock Of Economy, Jobs
Jun 12 2014 09:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Australia The report, Seeing through the dust: Coal in the Hunter Valley economy, . . . launched by the Australia Institute on Friday, . . . finds that Hunter Valley residents, believe the local coal industry employs . . . 4 times more people than it d...
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Angry Chinese Customer Smashes Ev
Jul 07 2014 04:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Only one person will ever be able to claim that, . . . he was the first ever Tesla customer in China. . . . Mr. Yu’s chance to be that person is gone for all eternity. . . . What could possibly assuage such an insult? The answer, apparently, is to bec...
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Fdic Bank Closings
Feb 16 2013 07:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in Feb State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- IL . . . Covenant Bank FDIC BANK Closings . . . 2007 . . . .3 . . . 2008 . . . 25 . . . 2009 . . .140 . . . 2010 . . .157 . . . 2011 . . . 92 . . . 2012 . . . 49 . . . 2013...
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Planning For Superstorm's
Nov 14 2013 08:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Superstorm Sandy led to . . . one of 11 outages in 2012 that caused over . . . $1,000,000,000 (Billion) in damages. Outages caused by these storms and other emergency events, . . . are exposing limitations in current outage management processes...
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Elon Musk Vs Grid?
Aug 06 2014 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Investment bank Morgan Stanley says the global electricity utility industry, . . . is still underestimating the potential of EV maker Tesla, [and Solar City] . . . to achieve a dramatic reduction in battery storage costs, [and Solar Panels Costs] . . ....
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New England's Energy Problem
Oct 10 2016 01:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
One of the key issues for New England Energy is, . . . keeping the lights on in the Winter. The winter months, are when the region's power grid is put to the test. . . . On the coldest days of 2013, . . . when temperatures barely rose above zero,...
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Fema: "waffle House Index" Rates Storms
Nov 16 2013 07:30 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Waffle House Inc. has 1,600 restaurants, . . . stretching from the mid-Atlantic to Florida and . . . across the Gulf Coast, leaving it particularly vulnerable to hurricanes, . . . built a marketing strategy around the goodwill gained, . . . from being...
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Off-Grid Renewable Energy, Changes Everything
Jun 17 2014 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Off-grid renewable energy and storage, promises speedy electrification, for . . . 1.3 billion of the world citizens, with sketchy or no electric power, over . . . 95% live in Africa or Asia. They play an important role in improving access to: . . . . ....
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Fdic Bank Closings
Jun 08 2014 11:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in May State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- IL . . . AztecAmerica Bank En Espanol MD . . . Slavie Federal Savings Bank OH . . . Columbia Savings Bank FDIC Bank Closings . . . 2007 . . . 003 . . . 2008 . . . 025 . . ....
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Jeremy Rifkin: Zero Marginal Cost
Apr 16 2015 02:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Jeremy Rifkin: Zero Marginal Cost
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13 Largest Power Outages In History
Aug 14 2013 08:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Take a look at the 13 major power outages over many years, and . . . see that the problems we face are . . . not because we aren’t building enough power plants. Yet in North America and Europe, every year the regulators and . . . the utility industry...
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500 Million Us Solar Panels By 2020?
Jul 27 2015 11:40 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Hilary Clinton has said, . . . she wants the US to install 500 million solar panels, . . . within 4 years of her taking office, . . . as the US presidential candidate outlined details, . . . about her energy and climate plan. 07-27-2015 Source: 500 m...
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Oil & Gas Companies Failing Society
Jan 21 2015 11:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Oil & Gas Companies Failing Society
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Mahatma Gandhi
Sep 26 2016 01:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, . . . will ratify the Paris Climate Change Agreement on, . . . Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary on October 2. The pact will come into force, after it is ratified by at least . . . 55 countries that account f...
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Australians Love Solar, Utilities Hate Solar
Jul 24 2013 03:30 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Australians love solar because it lowers their energy costs. . . . Despite the removal of generous feed-in-tariffs, . . . in nearly all state jurisdictions over the last 2 years, . . . rooftop solar continues to grow because it offers households, . . ....
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Follow The Money: Global Divestment Day
Feb 17 2015 03:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
$50 billion, has been divested from fossil fuels to date. . . . Over 181 cities, universities, and other institutions, . . . have committed to divestment. 02-17-2015 Source: Global Divestment Day
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Follow The Money: $700 Million For Energy...
Jan 20 2015 02:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI): . . . 93 billion yen ($779 million) for energy efficiency, and . . . 81 billion yen ($700 million) for energy storage. Solar power adoption has soared in Japan in recent years, with ar...
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