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Electric vehicle infrastructure provider Better Place recently announced that it has signed an agreement with an HSBC-led investor consortium for new equity financing of US$350 million.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced three steps to support communities’ efforts to provide their citizens with economic opportunity while reducing impacts on the environment. The actions will encourage and provide assistance for state and local governments to make their communities more sustainable.

U.S. President Barack Obama recently announced three actions that the federal government is taking to boost biofuel production in the United States.

A Climate Change Scorecard issued by the David Suzuki Foundation awards "bronze" to Vancouver's climate change efforts for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

General Motors Corporation (GM) recently manufactured the first battery pack for its upcoming extended-range electric vehicle: the Chevy Volt.

T. Boone Pickens: sounds like a name for a cartoon character from Looney Tunes. But the man has made a fortune for himself in the world of energy, and at one time appeared to be looking to the renewable sector as well.

The Green Revolution is on and it will be televised. Simply put, green jobs are not just hot, they’re on fire.

An Atlanta-based startup company is turning human waste into biofuel at the first commercial biosolids-to-energy facility in the United States, offering a cheaper alternative to coal and a solution to managing municipal sewage sludge.

A new interactive graphic from the McKinsey Global Institute explores the influence of renewed economic growth on the global demand for oil and energy.  McKinsey predicts that another oil shock is “inevitable” without a rapid transition to alternative energy. 

Springer Science has come out with a series of articles on the importance of energy efficiency in climate mitigation.