healthcare is actually poised to become one of the most innovative fields because of its considerable capacity for growth and change, and young job seekers looking to make an impact in a transforming field need look no further.
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The past year has brought about a boom of wind energy project completions in the U.S. as developers have rushed to take advantage of the Production Tax Credit (PTC). Meanwhile, Latin American and Canada have also seen tremendous growth, signs that wind energy in other parts of the Americas is healthy and growing, despite what may happen near-term in the ...
A group that represents Vermont's renewable energy businesses wants the state to get 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020.
On Tuesday, the board of directors of Renewable Energy Vermont laid out the goal of "20 by 2020" at the organization's annual conference in South Burlington.
Vermont currently gets about 11 percent of its total energy from ...
Hydropower has a dowdy, low tech image that conjures visions of concrete and degraded ecosystems. It is mostly shut out of the incentives driving solar, wind and other newer forms of renewable energy. InsideClimate News just dubbed it the “Unloved Renewable.” How wrong this image is according to a first-of-its-kind comprehensive study of the U.S. hydropower industry released by the ...
On January 1, 2013, Congress passed legislation that included the long-sought extension of wind energy tax credits in a bill to avert the "fiscal cliff" that now moves to President Obama for his expected signature.
The extension of the production tax credit (PTC) and Investment Tax Credit (ITC) is expected to save up to 37,000 jobs and create far more ...
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Phillips 66 hopes it can usher in a new generation of fuels by working with Sapphire Energy Inc. to convert algae into "green" crude oil, the Houston-based refining and research giant announced Tuesday. The work may take several years to complete.
The agreement between Phillips 66 and Sapphire is designed to take production ...
A group of researchers at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, led by Stanford’s Mark Jacobson and Mark Delucchi, says that the United States can get 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources, using existing technologies, by 2050. And they lay out a state-by-state plan for doing so. Jacobson and Delucchi had previously calculated that the world ...
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Hiring to meet the demand for the holiday season is already underway. Learn what jobs are most in-demand ahead of the holiday rush.
Perhaps you have heard or read discussion of the “Gig Economy” lately. The terminology has been increasingly en vogue in recent years, though the concept itself isn’t new. How it works has changed, however.
Getting into the green economy doesn’t necessarily mean trading in business casual for hiking boots and cargo shorts. Some great green-job opportunities allow workers to transition into a future wave without abandoning their current industries.
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Moving and starting a new job are both highly stressful on their own. Moving for a new job can be doubly so. Prepare yourself when interviewing for a job that requires relocation.
When you look back at how work was done a decade ago, the processes are almost unrecognizable. Thanks to new ...
Don't let a promotion pass you by. Here are five methods to make yourself more viable for that step up in your career.