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Energy News Roundup: VW Cite Privacy Protection, Vermont Receives Renewable Grant & Alaskan Job Losses

By Conor O'Sullivan

Volkswagen TDI

Citing German privacy laws, Volkswagen has refused to provide emails or other communications among its executives to attorneys general in the United States, impeding American investigations into the company’s emissions-cheating scandal. [The NY Times] Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today awarded $46 million in assistance to the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation to support energy efficiency and… Keep reading →

 /  Published January 8, 2016 at 3:00 PM

Uh Oh: Clean Energy Investment Dropping Again

By Earth Techling

Storm Eases Over Windfarms

On the heels of a hope-inspiring report that patents for wind and solar technologies are way up, comes this downer: Global investment in clean energy is plunging. Again. Bloomberg New Energy Finance, which has been tracking these numbers for nearly a decade now, toted up $45.9 billion in clean energy investment in the third quarter of 2013,… Keep reading →

 /  Published October 15, 2013 at 4:30 PM