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[Living Off Grid: Free Yourself] The map””which is searchable by county, state legislative district and industry sector””shows that Los Angeles (489), Orange (275) and Santa Clara (265) counties have the most businesses and other work places specializing in five key sectors: low-carbon energy, energy efficiency, transportation, green buildings and carbon markets. Examples of business types in the green practices listing include: hospitality, food services, printing and media, vehicle repair and business services.

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[SBWire - Latest Press Releases] Renewable Energy in the US: Policy, Investment, Capacity, Growth ...: Existing hydropower has low operating costs and new hydropower is among the least expensive forms of low-carbon electricity. Legislation as well as licensing and financing rules are changing the hydropower landscape in the US Energy Policy Act of 2005 .

[Building - Breaking news] Councils to sell electricity to national grid | Online News | Building: However, Huhne has overturned the law which was put in place at the time of electricity privatisation. He said for too long, Whitehall’s dogmatic reliance on “big” energy has stood in the way of the vast potential role of local authorities in the UK’s green energy revolution. “This is a vital step to making community renewable projects commercially viable, to bring in long-term income to benefit local areas, and to secure local acceptance for low carbon energy projects.”

[Green Thoughts] Natural Gas: “False Friend” of Energy Consumers, Policymakers and ...: Because false friends are difficult to avoid, many of us can’t decide today or tomorrow to only deal with people who have our best interests at heart.  As natural gas is currently ubiquitous and has gotten a pass by regulators and parts of the climate action community, it is going to be a tough slog to re-design buildings, lifestyles, and industrial processes so that natural gas usage is reduced or eliminated within the next decades.  This doesn’t mean that plans can’t be made now to radically reduce natural gas use but this would require a new orientation towards energy and towards energy planning.

[GreenMonk: the blog] Friday Green Numbers round-up 07/16/2010 - GreenMonk: the blog: The financing round was led by two highly-respected financial investors, Investor Growth Capital (the wholly-owned venture arm of Investor AB of Sweden) and VantagePoint Venture Partners and two leading global grid-related equipment companies, ABB and GE. The financing, which was coordinated by Deutsche Bank, also includes a significant credit facility from a major venture credit provider as well as continuing financial support from existing investors MissionPoint Capital Partners and zouk ventures.

[Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News] Lloyds and Chatham House: Green Energy No Longer Just Nice but ...: To achieve the 2°C target (by the IEA’s calculation) countries and markets must stimulate opportunities in low-carbon and energy-efficient investments across the globe and generate $30 trillion of investment in the next two decades. This requires a massive increase of investment in both efficiency and the renewable and clean energy sector.

[Wind Turbines & Rating] Wind Turbines Jobs Uk | Wind Turbines & Rating: The British government said owners green power products will receive £ 900 tax-free income a year. The preparation of the budget report said the British Government not only invest departments such as low carbon energy sector wind and electricity sectors, but would also strengthen the promise of CCS and provide financial assistance to the four exemplary CCS projects.

[Climate Progress] Energy and Global Warming News for August 2nd: MA lawmakers agree ...: For instance, loss of sea ice in the Arctic could accelerate because ice-less sea is darker and absorbs more heat. Melting permafrost in Siberia could release vast quantities of methane, a greenhouse gas many times more potent than carbon dioxide, which in turn would increase the warming effect.

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[Search RSS | Smartplanet.com] Ernst & Young: 'Radical greening' less risky to business, but CSR ...: Heather Clancy Writing publicly about what the high-tech industry is actually doing to help itself and the world get greener or more sustainable is one way I figure I can contribute more meaningfully to said effort. I'm also a big OMG-kind-of-fan of smart leadership, which is why the goodly folks who publish this blog let me go on about this topic and why I am always on the hunt for forward-looking business management ideas.

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