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What cheap solar and battery storage mean for energy's future
BP publishes its outlook for the world's energy future: Renewables and battery storage play an important role, but so do oil and gas with new extraction techniques. Read More
Banks shift billions and billions into clean energy
Clean energy financing to the tune of $150 billion by Goldman Sachs, $100 billion by Citi, $62 billion by Wells Fargo — is starting to add up to real money. Read More
What's fundamentally reshaping business? Look to high school chemistry
More than the planetary climate is shifting. Here's how we're reaching a transformational point when it comes to sustainability. Read More
The best climate policy is also the most business-friendly
Long a boogeyman of the right, carbon taxes are getting a closer look as the urgency of climate change becomes clearer. Read More
Solar and the circular economy: A recipe for climate optimism?
Ecological crises are piling up, but Swedish scientist Johan Rockström says the next few decades offer an unparalleled opportunity to undo the damage. Read More
Episode 3: Tech meets sustainability: Ev Williams, Tom Steyer, Robin Chase
From clean energy to shared cars to open data and online platforms, this week's podcast brings you the best of VERGE 2015 from Silicon Valley. Read More
SunPower targets commercial market with new solar play
SunPower hopes its turnkey commercial solar product will reduce installation bottlenecks. Bed Bath & Beyond is an early customer. Read More
For climate progress, NGOs are in a league of their own
Since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, nonprofits have made more progress than other groups. What's their secret, and what does this mean for COP21? Read More
Building a Microgrid in a day to power VERGE
Engineers from SunPower, PrimoWind, All Power Labs, PG&E and Spirae built a renewably-powered microgrid to supply all the electricity the VERGE 2015 conference will need. Read More
Pulp fiction: Why wood is a dirty secret of clean energy
Across Europe, wood has become the renewable of choice, with forests razed to feed surging demand. Yet burning wood is worse than burning coal. Read More
