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Perilous Times Call for Transformational Thinking, and Action
by Clint Wilder
For three late September days in a traffic-clogged New York City, the famous and the powerful gather at the Clinton Global Initiative annual conference to share charismatic thoughts and large-scale commitments to address issues in global health care, education, poverty alleviation, and energy and climate change..
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October 1, 2008 12:30PM PDT |
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9/30 RGGI States' Holds First CO2 Auction, Clearing Price of $3.07 Per Allowance
The states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) recently announced that the auctioning of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions allowances in North America is off to a strong start.
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9/29 House Passes PTC/ITC But Final Approval Unlikely
With time running out, hopes for extending the US Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit before the November elections took a serious hit Friday after the House of Representatives passed an "extenders" bill unacceptable to Senate Republicans and the White House.
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9/24 GridPoint Announces Acquisition of V2Green, Electric Vehicle Grid Integrator
GridPoint Inc., a clean tech company specializing in smart grid technologies, announced at GridWeek 2008 that it has acquired V2Green, a Seattle company that provides plug-in electric vehicle grid integration technology – including on-board vehicle communication devices – to enable utilities to "smart charge" electric vehicles anywhere within a service territory.
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9/23 Semi-annual Changes to the NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. announced recently the results of the semi- annual evaluation of the NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index, which will became effective with the market open on Monday, September 22, 2008.
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9/22 $1.63 Billion in Funding Approved For Edison SmartConnect
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved $1.63 billion in funding for Southern California Edison's (SCE) smart metering program, Edison SmartConnect.
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9/22 Tesla Motors to Build a $250 Million Manufacturing Facility in Silicon Valley
Tesla Motors Inc. plans to build a $250 million facility to manufacture a zero-emission luxury sedan in the heart of Silicon Valley.
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9/18 TPI Composites Opens Wind Turbine Blade Production Facility in Iowa
TPI Composites, a provider of blades to the wind energy movement, recently held the grand opening ceremony of its 316,000-square-foot Newton production facility.
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9/8 U.S. Wind Industry's Installed Capacity Has Doubled Since 2006
The U.S. wind industry has raced past the 20,000-megawatt installed capacity milestone, achieving in two years what had previously taken more than two decades.
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Videos from the Clinton Global Initiative: Poverty Alleviation , Clean Energy, and Health
For those of us that were not as fortunate as Clean Edge contributing editor, Clint Wilder, to attend the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), the CGI website provides videos of all of the major speeches and roundtable discussions. In reviewing these sessions it is immediately apparent that poverty alleviation, clean energy, and health dominated the event. It should come as no surprise as the world’s greatest challenges also provide the world’s greatest opportunities. Below is a selection of some of the most interesting:
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