September, 2013

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Forget Eagle Deaths, Wind Turbines Kill Humans

Jim Conca

If human life is worth $129,000 per year, and coal kills 15,000 people a year in the U.S., that means the industry gets about $37 billion in death tax credits per year.Wind's death subsidy is only a few million dollars and nuclear doesn't get any of this particular subsidy.

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Secrets of Solar Jobs Revealed

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Posted by Rosana Francescato. What’s the main qualification for a job in solar? You must enjoy change. That was the consensus at the recent Women in Cleantech and Sustainability meetup “Getting a Job in Solar … and Keeping It!” A full house of WCS members at the SolarCity office had a lively discussion with the excellent panelists from a range of solar areas: Christie Cruz and Raya Zion of SolarCity , Acenia Farrand of Qbotix , and Melissa Zucker of Solaria.

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