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Who We Are
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) is a national community of business leaders who promote sound environmental policy that builds economic prosperity. E2 is the independent business voice for the environment.
What We Do
We provide a non-partisan resource for understanding the business perspective on environmental issues. Working with our public and private partners, E2 shapes state and national policy that’s good for the economy and for the environment.
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What Clean Energy Jobs? THESE Clean Energy Jobs
E2’s newest initiative is a weekly clean energy jobs newsletter directed to members of Congress. We’re delivering to each Congressional office a weekly update of job announcements and project developments in the clean energy sector, compiled from news sources around the country. The information is organized by Congressional district, bringing the message close to home.
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USGBC: Better Buildings Through Executive Action
"For the second time in two years, the U.S. Green Building Council has convened a diverse group of 15 businesses and organizations to help develop a series of green building policy recommendations that could be achieved via executive action." http://usgbcblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-usgbc-report-better-buildings.html
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ACEE: The Long Term Energy Efficiency Potential
"The U.S. economy has tripled in size since 1970 and three-quarters of the new demand for energy comes from an amazing variety of advances in energy efficiency—not from other energy supplies. Going forward, the current economic recovery, and our future economic prosperity, will depend much more on energy-efficient behaviors and investments than we’ve seen in the last 40 years. In this report we outline three scenarios under which the U.S. could either continue along its current path, or by which we might encourage a greater level of productive investments in energy efficiency so that by the year 2050, we can reduce overall energy consumption by 40 to 60 percent."
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E2 Clean Energy Jobs Report
A couple of months ago, E2 noticed an outpouring of stories questioning the health and growth of the clean energy economy. This just didn't agree with the reality we're seeing in our daily work. All across America, we're witnessing clean energy jobs being created almost every day - helping to rebuild our economy, address our energy problems, and improve our national security. So E2 set out to document this growth with weekly newsletters that compile job announcements from news sources around the country. This report summarizes our findings so far. You can find each newsletter at www.e2.org/cleanjobs.
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Several States Using Little-Known Fund to Jump-Start the Clean Economy
Report finds that 22 states are tapping "CEFs" to build renewable energy projects. Some are going further by using the money to build entire industries.
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US Army's Net Zero Program: Sustainability and Security
The Army's Net Zero Program shows how sustainability and national security go hand in hand.
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Businesses, Utilities Support California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard
December 14, 2011 - Environmental Entrepreneurs, along with a diverse group of business leaders from across California, released an advertisement in the Sacramento Bee supporting California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard. The group represents tens of thousands of California workers - including the state's largest electricity and natural gas providers and two of the world's leading car makers.
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Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Letter to White House
December 5, 2011 - E2, along with a diverse array of business interests, supports the timely finalization and implementation of EPA’s proposed Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants, scheduled for December 16, 2011. The rule would establish long overdue controls of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from coal-fired power plants, and we encourage businesses to consider signing on in support.
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Linking People to the World's Oceans
E2 San Diego Chapter Co-Director Carl Nettleton has launched a new web site, OpenOceans Global, for the non-profit he founded. The site is an ever-expanding set of links to ocean information. OpenOceans Global’s long-term goal is to aggregate and creatively present the world’s ocean data. For more information go to www.openoceans.org. The organization’s latest E-Newsletter can be found at http://tinyurl.com/42vowgz.
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E2 Advanced Biofuel Market Report
A new E2 report finds evidence that it is possible to deliver enough advanced biofuel to meet LCFS needs. It notes that investment, not technology, is the biggest market barrier and that regulatory certainty would help ensure market stability. It also describes additional policies to improve the likelihood of meeting the standards.
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Energy Efficiency Financing Could Create Jobs
Despite the negative effect that Solyndra has had on the eco-friendly finance world, these investments can play a major role in helping the nation’s economy bounce back. A new report prepared by Capital E for the Energy Foundation reveals that energy efficiency investments could create more than 1 million jobs in the next decade alone.
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Two Clean Edge Reports Highlight State Leadership
Clean Edge, an E2 partner, has just released two new custom reports looking at state-level clean-energy activity. The key finding: in the midst of continued U.S. and global economic uncertainty, a number of states are playing a central role in the development of the clean-energy sector. The Texas Solar PV Market: A Competitive Analysis paints the picture of what is happening in the Texas solar market versus five other leading solar states: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Jersey, and New Mexico. Oregon's Clean Energy Economy evaluates Oregon’s standing within the U.S. clean-energy economy against five other leading states: California, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Texas.
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