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Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, has released a study that delves into the impact of clean-energy innovation on both the nation’s financial health and its job sector.

A new report by the Urban Land Institute (ULI), a nonprofit land use and urban planning think tank, and Ernst & Young (an accounting and professional services firm) suggests that the U.S. is falling behind other industrialized nations in its infrastructure planning as a result of crippling federal, state and regional economic conditions – a condition exacerbated by failure at both the national and local levels to achieve a political consensus on what is actually needed.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, released its national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory on Monday, April 18, 2011 showing that overall emissions during 2009 decreased by 6.1 percent.

A new study released by United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative reveals startling numbers in their assessment of the cost of global environment damage.

Wind and solar power dominate the renewable energy headlines.  But, behind them, lurking in their shadows, energy efficiency continues to blossom by offering practical solutions to reduce energy consumption.