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Electrifying Villages in India
Wednesday, May 9 2012 | by jkay
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The reality for some 80% of India's population - there is no running water or electricity. But for 2008 Switzer Fellow Dipti Vaghela this presents a significant opportunity.
About one-third of the homes in California are multi-family units and saving energy in these units has significant potential. Beckie Menten, Switzer Fellow and Research Fellow with the California Public Utilities Commission, offers a perspective on this issue.
The EIA takes big risks because illegal logging decimates the world’s forests, releases massive carbon dioxide reserves, and destroys the lives of animals and communities. Switzer Fellow Andrea Johnson takes us inside EIA’s successful work with forests and international legislation and shares the powerful role consumers play in global forest conservation.
Where has California's renewable energy policy been, and where it is going? What role have California's utilities played in promoting the development of clean electricity? What must utilities and state policy makers do to ensure California continues to lead on clean energy policies? Switzer Fellow Laura Wisland works on these issues every day in her role as Senior Energy Analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists.