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    Business biodiversity electric grid environmental democracy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 20, 2021

    6 Ways Large Energy Buyers  Can Transform the US Electrical Grid 

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • COP26
    Dillon Wind Power Project
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • COP26
    Insights
    January 15, 2020

    8 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in the New Make-or-Break Decade

    • stories to watch
    • biodiversity
    • Business
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    climate march
    • stories to watch
    • biodiversity
    • Business
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    June 17, 2019

    Besides Buying Renewables, How Can Companies and Cities Create a Greener Grid?

    • electric grid
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Power transmission lines seen from below.
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    North America
    Data
    May 1, 2017

    U.S. Renewable Energy Map: A Guide for Corporate Buyers

    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • Business
    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • Business
    • Clean Energy
    Energy
    Data
    April 21, 2017

    Grid Transformation: Green Tariff Deals

    • electric grid
    • Business
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    February 3, 2017

    States Use Renewable Energy to Win Corporate Business

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    U.S. solar farm
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    Insights
    October 3, 2016

    Kentucky Can Shape A Clean Energy Future

    • electric grid
    • fossil fuels
    • Business
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Field in Kentucky
    • electric grid
    • fossil fuels
    • Business
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    March 29, 2016

    Microsoft and Local Utility Partner to Green Virginia’s Grid

    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    Potomac River power plant
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 21, 2015

    Corporations Can Drive Down Renewable Energy’s Cost

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    The electricity system will have to be decarbonized, probably more quickly than many in the sector are comfortable with. Working with large buyers that want to move quickly could lead to decarbonizing in an orderly way that drives down the cost for everyone. Photo by Windwärts Energie/Flickr
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    May 13, 2015

    Extending Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium Is a Win for Business

    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • biodiversity
    • Business
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • biodiversity
    • Business
    • Forests
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    April 15, 2015

    An Opportunity for Cooperative Clean Energy Solutions for Utilities and Companies

    • electric grid
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    A solar array in California. Photo by Steve Jurvetson/Flickr.
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    June 23, 2014

    UNEP’s New Access to Information Policy Falls Short of True Transparency

    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    UNEP describes itself as “the voice for the environment within the United Nations system…acting as a catalyst, advocate, educator and facilitator to promote the wise use and sustainable development of the global environment.” Photo Credit: UN/Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    Finance
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    July 12, 2013

    Helping Clean Energy Entrepreneurs Turn on the Lights in Poor Countries

    • Energy
    • Business
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • Energy
    • Business
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Business
    Data
    November 10, 2009

    Comparing the Economic and Social Value of Mangroves and Shrimp Farms

    • agriculture
    • biodiversity
    • Economics
    • natural infrastructure
    • natural resources
    • low carbon development
    • Freshwater
    • wetlands
    • agriculture
    • biodiversity
    • Economics
    • natural infrastructure
    • natural resources
    • low carbon development
    • Freshwater
    • wetlands
    North America
    Data
    June 5, 2008

    Map of eGRID Subregions

    • Business
    • electric grid
    • regulation
    • Business
    • electric grid
    • regulation

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