The Hill | By: Michael DeLaGarza | GPE – September 05, 2017: In January, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson announced: “Given the vital role elections play in this country, it is clear that certain systems and assets of election infrastructure meet the definition of critical infrastructure, in fact and Read more…
Clean Technica | By: Tobias Engelmeier | GPE – September 05, 2017: The global microgrid market is ready for significant private investment. While there remain some challenges – especially around the regulatory framework and aggregation of projects – there are now enough businesses with viable business models to provide early Read more…
Clean Technica | By: Geoffrey Styles | GPE – September 05, 2017: Bloomberg’s renewable energy affiliate forecasts that wind and solar power will make major inroads into the global market share of natural gas within a decade. This is a crucially important question for major oil companies who are betting Read more…
Project Syndicate | By: Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng | August 30, 2017: Financial markets today are thriving. The Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq composite index have all reached record highs lately, with emerging-economy financial markets also performing strongly, as investors search for stability amid Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Chao Deng | September 04, 2017: Prices for bitcoin and ethereum tumble after ban announced. Chinese authorities banned a type of fundraising using cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, dealing a blow to startups and other businesses that seized on the relatively new method of raising capital. Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Kenneth Bossong | GPE – September 04, 2017: The latest issue of the U.S. Energy Information’s (EIA) “Electric Power Monthly,” with data through June 30, reveals that renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar — including small-scale PV — and wind) remain in a Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Alyssa Abkowitz and Liza Lin | September 04, 2017: Alphabet unit is seeking engineers to fill jobs related to AI, cloud computing in country seen as having certain advantages over U.S. Alphabet Inc.’s GOOGL -0.34% Google is ramping up its presence in China, hiring Read more…
The Guardian | By: Oliver Milman | Updated September 04, 2017: Communities face surging toxic fumes and possible water contamination, as refineries and plants report more than 2,700 tons of extra pollution Hurricane Harvey has resulted in Houston’s petrochemical industry leaking thousands of tons of pollutants, with communities living near Read more…
Reuters | GPE – September 03, 2017: Launches of new digital currencies, known as initial coin offerings (ICOs), have shaken up social and economic order, created hidden financial risks, and in some cases may amount to fraud, China’s National Internet Finance Association said. Originally published August 31, 2017: ICO investors Read more…
Reuters | By: Swati Pandey | GPE – September 03, 2017: Australia said on Thursday it would strengthen its money laundering laws, including bringing bitcoin providers under the government’s financial intelligence unit, days after a fresh scandal at one of the country’s biggest banks. Originally published August 17, 2017: The Read more…