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How Sungevity Could Be A Solar Survivor
Solar skepticism is easy. To start with, solar power is a temperamental technology. It works, after all, only when the sun shines. It provides less than 1% of America’s…
Your Next Nuke Will Be Small And Modular
For at least two decades, nuclear engineers have been talking about new reactor designs, but few have progressed to become important components of the industry. Naturally, as with any new…
An Update On U.S. Natural Gas Production
The is now easily the largest natural gas producer, passing Russia in 2009 and producing about 80 Bcf/day, or nearly 25% of the world’s total. Although gas prices have been…
Why Did Walmart Take The Unusual Step To Tackle Chemicals?
FILE – In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, file photo, reusable shopping bags are offered for sale at a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles. (AP…
Yak Dung Is Helping Melt Tibetan Glaciers
Glaciers in the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau are rapidly melting. Black carbon soot from power plants and fires that falls on the snow and ice there is one…
How To Build A Social Good Company From The Start
Startup founders face many decisions in the early days – how to price their products and services, who to hire, when to launch. When you’re focused on fundamental choices like…
Energy Providers Must Engage Millennials Today Or Risk Losing Them As Customers
Conventional wisdom might suggest there’s no need for energy providers to rush to embrace millennials as a priority demographic. After all, many of them live with their parents who largely…
Flaring In The Eagle Ford Shale And Rule 32
The Eagle Ford shale has provided an economic boom to South Texas. It is the source rock for the storied East Texas Field and also for the Austin Chalk formation,…
Dig Deeply To Find The Distressed Opportunities In Coal
Energy continues to be a major area of focus for those of us who are interested in distressed investing. Although the oil and gas industries garner most of the attention,…
Agricultural Innovation in a Water-Scarce World
Katie Jackson is the Vice President of Sustainability and External Affairs for Jackson Family Wines. In her role, Jackson co-manages the Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs Department and leads the…