Feb
27
Is clean energy being set up to fail?
It’s not completely in tinfoil hat territory to question whether there are forces out there that would like to
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Feb
27
Energy efficiency: Green economy's neglected stepchild?
Is efficiency becoming like the weather, in that everyone talks about it but nobody does anything about it?
Europe has
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Feb
24
Secrets of the world's top 'green-transport' cities
What transportation lessons can we learn from some of the world’s top-ranking cities? Siemens’ series of “Green City Index”
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Feb
24
'Smart' cities aim to predict -- and manage -- traffic future
The “internet of things,” as the smart grid is often called, entails making our lives, homes and cities more efficient
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Feb
24
Is there such a thing as 'energy security'?
Who could argue with the goal of achieving an “energy-secure” future? It’s a worthy-sounding ambition from any angle.
Step
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Feb
24
Why are oil prices going up?
In the good-versus-evil, broad-brush-strokes world of modern politics, it’s always someone’s fault when the price of oil — and,
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Feb
23
Among Energy Stars, schools outnumber businesses 5:1
Businesses will lead the way to a sustainable tomorrow, we’re often told. And corporations — not governments — know best how
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Feb
23
Efficiency or sustainability? Devil's in the details
There are lots of ways to measure how efficient a thing or process is: miles per gallon, GDP per barrel
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Feb
22
UK officials fight for the right to cut solar subsidies
British officials are taking their fight for the right to reduce solar-energy incentives all the way to the country’s
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Feb
22
US power blackouts leave record numbers in the dark
We’ve heard over and over again in recent years that a smarter, more technologically advanced energy grid will help
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