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Solairedirect has closed a 20 million-euro round of equity financing with its existing shareholders (Demeter Partners, Schneider Electric Ventures, TechFund) and mutual insurance companies: MACIF, AGP

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Cross-posted from WattHead - Energy News and Commentary and the Breakthrough InstituteThe UK Government auctioned the first four million allowances to emit greenhouse gases under their portion of the

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Nike, Starbucks, Levi Strauss, Sun Microsystems and Timberland Challenge Lawmakers to Raise the Bar for U.S.Climate and Energy Policy; Call for CO2 Emission Cuts, Clean Energy Investments, Coal Plant

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Cross-posted from WattHead - Energy News and CommentaryIn a prepared video address delivered today at the Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, CA, President-elect Barack Obama pledged to turn over a

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Cross-posted from WattHead - Energy News and CommentaryBREAKING NEWS: The Sierra Club just won a HUGE legal victory in a coal permitting case at the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental App

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Cross-posted from the Breakthrough Institute and WattHead - Energy News and CommentaryThis week, we've been writing about President-elect Barack Obama's powerful mandate to build a new, clean energy e

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Part 2: Dos and Don'tsCross-posted from the Breakthrough Institute and WattHead - Energy News and CommentaryThis is the second post in a continuing series delving into Barack Obama's opportunity to ca

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Building a New Energy EconomyCross-posted from the Breakthrough Blog and WattHead - Energy News and CommentaryEnergy policy has never featured more prominently in a presidential election. Both candid

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Cross-posted from the Breakthrough Institute Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) plans to challenge venerable Representative John Dingell (D-MI) for chairmanship of the influential House Energy and Com

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News of a significant new UK-based cleantech investment fund, largely bankrolled from the Middle East. From the Carbon Trust announcement -The Prime Minister has today announced a long-term strategic

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