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Solar Creating Jobs Nearly 20 Times Faster Than Overall U.S. Economy

2015-01-15 15:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: All those senators currently debating in Washington D.C., calling the Keystone XL pipeline approval bill an urgent jobs creation bill, are looking for jobs in all the wrong places. They should be perusing the National Solar Jobs Census 2014, the fifth annual such report compiled by the nonprofit Solar Foundation. What theyd find there puts the pipeline project to shame. Despite attacks on clean, renewable energy around the country, creating uncertainty in the sector, job creation grew dramatically....

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Report: renewables to grow faster than fossil fuels in 2015

2015-01-15 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Growth in renewable energy consumption is set to significantly outpace the growth seen in fossil fuels this year, according to a report. However, it also warns that non-fossil fuels lack the policy needed to progress fast globally. The report Industries in 2015 is from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and notes that as governments around the world seek to limit global warming and emissions by implementing policies, renewables are likely to benefit. The report states, Cheap, relatively...

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Musk urges automakers to move faster on EVs

2015-01-14 10:07:39| Automakers - Topix.net

Tesla CEO Elon Musk: "We can't rely on scarcity to drive the price of oil and gas and rely on that to be an adequate forcing function." Photo credit: GLENN TRIEST DETROIT -- Established car companies must accelerate the development and sale of electric vehicles, despite a drastic decline in oil prices, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said today during a speech to auto executives at the Automotive News World Congress.

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