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California’s Place in Global Climate Policy

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Cap-and-Trade programs, Electric Vehicles (EV) incentives, and the United States backing out of the Paris Climate Agreement were hot topics at WCS’s recent California Climate Policy panel discussion, hosted at Sandbox Suites in San Francisco. Electric Vehicles. Photo by Marcela Cabrera Luna. California is at the forefront of the U.S.

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Start Small: How I Went from Junior Analyst to Startup CEO in One Year

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

I started there with the expectation that real-world finance experience would be useful and that I could navigate to an area of the company that was closer to my interest in renewable energy It was important for me to have an impact and to be hands-on with renewables. It was a powerful experience. I read it through in two sittings.

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Making Connections and Finding Inspiration at WCS Talks 2016

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Google, the largest corporate non-utility buyer of renewable energy in the world, is well positioned to lead the way. Words on a page can’t capture the energy and charisma she emanated. Moving clean energy and efficiency forward. But most consumers aren’t aware of this, just as they don’t think much about energy efficiency.