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Could Solar Power The Next Industrial Revolution?

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, in the UK, dozens of energy companies face bankruptcy as the long-term contracts they have signed with customers on low prices render their business model unviable in a world in which the price of liquefied natural gas rose by two-thirds in less than a month. The green economy. It’s estimated that around 3.5

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A Business-Friendly Climate Agenda for Obama's Second Term

Harvard Business Review

After 2010, climate all but disappeared from the national conversation. Since January, we have seen record drought, rising commodities prices, the lowest Arctic ice levels in recorded history, and a rash of costly extreme weather events. Put a price on carbon. Hurricane Sandy put it back on the map.

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