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Cost is the perennial barrier to green corporate investments in energy efficiency, but a new approach from economist Jerry Jackson, the author of "Energy Budgets at Risk," can help companies evaluate these expenditures using tools created by the financial industry.

Senator John Ensign (R-NV) speaks at a press conference supporting tax credits aimed at incentivizing investment in renewable energy projects, touting the growing number of bipartisan cosponsors.

US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez talks about the economic opportunities from deploying low-carbon energy technologies, including the growth potential from unleashing the economy from energy constraints.

Matthew Simmons, investment banker and author of "Twilight in the Desert", discusses ways to motivate people to take action and avoid the worst societal effects of peak oil.

Panelists describe challenges and opportunities for development of affordable renewable energy sources from energy security, climate, and other perspectives. Inparticular, Katrina Landis describes BP's overall business plans in the suite of renewable energy options and John Cavalier of Credit Suisse outlines what the investment community is thinking about renewable energy.

Search giant Google is to invest hundreds of millions in to green energy. The search giant has announced funds to accelerate the development of renewable sources.

Eight major utilities have agreed to implement energy efficiency measures in order to meet the growing demand for electricity.

Not everyone is sold on environmentalism, but it's hard to argue with the returns of some mutual funds that invest in "green" companies. This article states the recent performance of one particular fund should convert skeptics faster than a code-red air-quality alert.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat presents their report on investment and financial flows to address global warming.

Encouraging more cyclists on to Britain's roads could save the taxpayer more than £520m and fight climate change, according to a government-backed cycling group.

A leading clean energy venture capitalist, Khosla describes steps that should be taken to address global climate change.

Investments in renewable energy hit a record $30 billion last year (20-25% of the total investment in the energy industry worldwide); meanwhile the organic food industry just keeps growing. The clean technology era we are entering is often compared in scale to the rise of the telecommunications industry in the early 1980s and has been called the "mother of all markets."

Last week BP Alternative Energy, a subsidiary of oil-giant BP (BP), announced two renewable energy deals that some say proves the company's continued investment in cleantech. Even better if BP's competitors follow...