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Nations Urged to Accelerate Clean Energy, Efficiency to Avoid Devastating Climate Impacts

Posted on May 1, 2012 | Comments Off

The global community must take urgent action to speed deployment of clean-energy technologies and ramp up energy efficiency if the planet is to avoid the worst effects of climate change, says a new report from the Paris-based International Energy Agency. Continue reading →

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Amid Rising Challenges to State Clean-Energy Mandates, Delaware Lawmakers Reject Effort to Freeze RPS

Posted on April 5, 2012 | Comments Off

Last week, Delaware became the latest state to consider legislation challenging its clean-energy mandate, but a House panel overwhelmingly voted to let the bill die after hearing testimony on March 29.

Delaware’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requires that electricity suppliers obtain 25 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025, but the legislation, HB 247, would have frozen that mandate at its current level of 8.5 percent. Continue reading →

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Energy Efficiency: On-Bill Programs Making Inroads

Posted on December 20, 2011

An innovative energy-efficiency financing tool that enables homeowners and businesses to pay for retrofits via their utility bills is reaching customers in historically underserved markets, says a new report from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The … Continue reading →

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