18 August 2010 - The job of following renewables trends and numbers grows more difficult with each passing year. When the first edition of the REN21 Renewables Global Status Report was released in 2005, the job was collectively less than one person-year of effort, including all contributors and researchers. Renewables markets were strong and growing, and many policies were in place, but still the job was manageable by mostly one person (Eric Martinot). By early 2010, however, the level of renewables activity had become truly global and increased many-fold relative to 2005, by virtually all measu ...
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17 June 2010 - For decades, we have known the days of cheap and easily accessible oil were numbered. For decades, we’ve talked and talked about the need to end America’s century-long addiction to fossil fuels. And for decades, we have failed to act with the sense of urgency that this challenge requires. Time and again, the path forward has been blocked - not only by oil industry lobbyists, but also by a lack of political courage and candor.
The consequences of our inaction are now in plain sight. Countries like China are investing in clean energy jobs and industries that should be right here ...
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