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Nancy Pfund is a San Francisco-based venture capitalist who focuses on socially minded investments. After 25 years at Hambrecht & Quist, a boutique investment bank that was acquired by Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan…

Company Receives Distinction for Leading the Way in HR Innovation, Helping Businesses Recruit and Retain Top Talent NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – May 10, 2016) – The Muse, the most trusted career brand for Millennials and…

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. — In a cavernous manufacturing plant about 20 miles from Memphis, a vision of the future is humming away. A California start-up called View, which has raised a whopping $500 million from investors…

Venture capitalists are pouring more money into marketplaces for used clothes. Just a week after Poshmark, a mobile clothing marketplace raised $25 million, rival TheRealReal is also announcing a new $40 million cash infusion. TheRealReal,…

By Nancy Pfund – Since taking office, President Obama has affirmed his commitment to America’s public lands by using his authority under the Antiquities Act to create 23 national monuments, including Basin and Range in…

NEW YORK — It’s one thing to get people to care about the price of energy. It’s quite another challenge to get them to care about the source of energy and its environmental impact. But…

UrbanSitter Launches in Portland! Sign Up & Get a $50 Credit You make it a point to stay on top of Portland’s latest and greatest. It’s time to get jazzed: the Rose City just debuted a…

MOUNTAIN VIEW — The next big thing in space exploration might not come from a shiny NASA research facility. Instead, it may spring from an abandoned gas station or a converted McDonald’s in the heart…

The Tesla and SolarCity head hosted state lawmakers and government officials in response to the Public Utilities Commission’s recent ruling to end green energy funding. By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun:  (TNS) — Elon Musk…

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office March 8, 2016 “Everything is tied to energy systems,” said Kandeh Yumkella, former U.N. undersecretary general for sustainable energy for all, in a keynote address Saturday at the…

By Mark Golden Women in technology face a gender gap much wider than that faced by women in other U.S. sectors, and that is no different for female entrepreneurs in sustainable technology. While the situation…