On Monday, President Obama released an ambitious $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2013 that seeks to pump billions of dollars into the economy through clean energy and infrastructure improvements, while seeking to eliminate existing incentives for …
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Can the Private Sector Play a Bigger Part at COP17?
Cross-posted from GreenBiz.com
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres summed up this weekend the hope and frustration that the climate change negotiations — also known as COP 17 — uniquely embody.
Speaking this weekend to jet-lagged executive…
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“Green Jobs” Versus “Jobs”? – It’s Not a Competition; They’re One in the Same
On Oct. 26, USGBC participated in a salon on green jobs and economic growth, hosted by Planet Forward. The high-level discussion included U.S. government representatives from several agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Department o…
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The Solar Decathlon Begins!
Today, the Department of Energy kicked off the Solar Decathlon 2011, an exciting event that challenges students from around the world to design and build energy-efficient and solar-powered homes. The event also educates the general public about the be…
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USGBC Lends Support to get PACE Programs Moving
USGBC has thrown its support behind the latest legislation effort to revive Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE.
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USGBC’s Roger Platt, Vice President Joe Biden to Speak at National Clean Energy Summit
Roger Platt, USGBC’s Senior Vice President of Global Policy and Law, is to speak at the National Clean Energy Summit 4.0: The Future of Energy on Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
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