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IMAGE - A Big Audacious Goal: Turning on the Lights for 1.4 Billion People

A Big Audacious Goal: Turning on the Lights for 1.4 Billion People

At the recent Fortune Brainstorm Green conference which I attended in Laguna Niguel, California, there was a host of U.S.-focused presentations and conversations. The ongoing themes and dialogue provi...
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Clean Energy and the Challenge of Low-Cost Natural Gas

There is a strong case for an energy future that moves beyond highly polluting coal and extremely volatile nuclear power, and towards a marriage of efficiency/smart grid, renewables, and natural gas. ...
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The Future of Clean Tech and Why I Can't Stop Thinking About China

When Clint Wilder and I wrote our first book, The Clean Tech Revolution, we knew we needed to travel to China if we wanted to understand the future of clean tech. Mind you, our trip took place more th...
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Rebuilding America: Why We Need a Smart Infrastructure Bank

By Ron Pernick, Managing Director, Clean Edge
September 9, 2011   |   1 Comment
It wasn't exactly a quiet or peaceful summer. Congress and President Obama battled it out over the debt ceiling, Standard & Poor's downgraded America's credit rating, Italy and Spain became the latest...
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Reassessing the Chinese Clean-Tech Juggernaut (or Why the U.S. Shouldn't be Written off Quite Yet)

By Ron Pernick, Clean Edge
May 4, 2011   |   6 Comments
China is clearly a clean-tech force to be reckoned with. It installed more wind power, manufactured more solar PV and solar hot water heaters, and spent more money overall on clean-energy investments ...
IMAGE - It's All in the Count: The Vexing but Critical Challenge of Green Jobs Accounting

It's All in the Count: The Vexing but Critical Challenge of Green Jobs Accounting

By Ron Pernick, Clean Edge
March 11, 2011   |   Post Your Comment
Getting an accurate accounting of clean-tech jobs in the U.S. is nearly impossible but it's not for a lack of trying. There have been dozens of projects at the national, state, and metro level designe...
IMAGE - In an Age of Compromise, Will Clean Energy Become Dirty?

In an Age of Compromise, Will Clean Energy Become Dirty?

By Ron Pernick, Clean Edge
January 6, 2011   |   7 Comments
Based on the actions of a very active lame duck Congress last month, we could be moving into a new age of compromise. By crossing both sides of the aisle, President Barack Obama was able to pass compr...

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