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Last month, Greenpeace launched a series of coordinated protests at Amazon, Apple and Microsoft locations to draw attention to the companies’ use of GHG intensive fuels in powering their data centers.  The protests were a follow up to their recently released report, “How Clean is Your Cloud,” which criticized the companies fo

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Are IT Data Centers Emerging as a ‘Killer App’ for Green Power? Part 1

Construction has begun on what will become Chile’s largest wind farm, a 115-megawatt development in the Antofagasta region in the northern part of the country.

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Latin America Report: Work Starts on Chile’s Largest Wind Farm

Last week I had the privilege to participate in Environmental Entrepreneurs’ (E2) annual advocacy trip to Washington, D.C., joining a small delegation of E2 members to voice the economic benefits of clean energy directly to our nation’s leadership, from Senators and Representatives in Congress to key Administration offices and Department officials. After nearly 20 meetings in less than 48 hours — and many more meetings for the delegation as a whole — I left the Capitol inspired as ever that clean tech can and will be a true engine for the U.S

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Message to Congress: Not Picking Energy Winners Should Not Mean Disadvantaging Clean Tech

Renewable energy projects on tribal lands are fast becoming a reality.

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Tribal Lands: An Emerging Market for Renewable Energy Development

It’s been a year of slow, deliberate debate as Japan plots its future without nuclear power. That future will gain some clarity later this month when a panel charged with recommending Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) for solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and hydropower sends those rate proposals for approval.

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Asia Report: Japan Solar FiT Likely In Line With Industry Request