Trump’s Plans Sabotage America’s Sustainable Businesses- U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce Endorses Clinton

The U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce (USGCC), a non-partisan sustainable business organization, has taken a unprecedented step in endorsing a candidate for the presidency this election cycle. “The stakes were just getting to high — Mr. Trump’s words, actions and proposed policies are not in alignment with our mission or vision at the chamber and…

Solar Energy Is Ready. The U.S. Isn’t

Clean energy has become a dirty word in presidential politics. In their second debate, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama each tried to outdo the other’s love of fossil fuels: Obama extolling his record on oil and natural gas production, Romney vowing to take “advantage of the oil and coal we have here.” The Republican candidate…

Chinese Solar Panels Face Big Tariffs

New York Times – The United States on Thursday announced the imposition of antidumping tariffs of more than 31 percent on solar panels from China. The move by the Commerce Department is certain to infuriate Chinese officials already upset after recent bilateral frictions over China’s human rights policies and its increasingly confrontational approach toward American…

A Slant Piece Without a Steep Incline

Bravo Peter Byck. What so many others have attempted has finally been realized; a documentary about one of society’s most pressing issues sans rhetoric. Carbon Nation is a fun, easy to digest documentary created to enlighten and motivate the masses. However, unlike most independent, educational films this one is a call to action without the…

Bangladesh Powers One Million Homes With Solar Energy

Published on June 18, 2011 by the Environmental News Network The number of households powered by solar energy in Bangladesh has passed the one million mark — the fastest expansion of solar power in the world, according to Bangladeshi officials. Aided by non-governmental organizations that provide low-cost loans to install solar panels, Bangladesh’s rural households…

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