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AOL-owned MapQuest has confirmed a big product and brand overhaul for its mapping product, including a partnership with developer mapping platform Mapbox to improve the product’s performance. We reported these updates were incoming last month. (AOL also…

By Nancy E. Pfund, Managing Partner of DBL Investors, and Anand Chhabra, former Summer Associate at DBL Investors and current JD/MBA Candidate at Stanford University Does more renewable energy mean more expensive electricity? In the…

By Nancy E. Pfund: Making charging stations available to drivers at home will be key to moving electrical vehicles beyond a niche market, and utility companies are in the unique position to make this happen….

Get valuable insight on jump-starting your solar career from top solar companies and solar training organizations Panelists were: Kristin Anzaldo-Bohi, Regional Operations Recruiter, SolarCity; Melanie Curtis, Vice President of Global Talent Management, SunEdison; Jess Finnigan, Workshop Coordinator, Solar…

By Alastair GoldFisher:  Those derned kids these days. They’re everywhere. If you’ve checked yourself complaining recently about all the young entrepreneurs, chances are good you’re probably a baby boomer. At best, you’re a Gen Xer….

By Elias Hinckley: For more than a decade, fossil fuel supporters have insisted that new clean energy technologies like wind and solar are far “too expensive” to replace our traditional fossil fuel dominated energy industries….

For the women who have championed Maiyet on principle, today was a banner day. Declan Kearney, the label’s new creative director, has made it possible to endorse this ethical brand in practice, i.e., by wearing it. Until his appointment earlier this year, Kearney was the design director at Alexander Wang, and he brought that streetwise sensibility to bear on his debut Maiyet collection.

By Katie Fehrenbacher: In California’s emerging energy storage industry, a new player is making a big impression. A three-year-old, well-connected San Francisco startup has signed a contract to buy and install a whopping 500 megawatt…

By KELLI BALLARD 72 employees donate day of labor to PACC  There are more ways to help those suffering from the drought than donating water and money. Offering time and services is another option, and…

June 2, 2015 – New York State Governor’s Press Office: Leading National Trade Publication Declares Buffalo Billion-Funded Project as 2014 Economic Development Project of the Year Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Area Development,…

Do you live to work or work to live? We spend most of our waking hours on the clock. So landing a job that makes you jump out of bed (rather than burying your head under…

Meet a young startup with a huge utility deal and a lot of promise. Tesla is only the most well-known company that’s usinglow-cost batteries and software to potentially change how the power grid operates. There are a…