Gas Up the DeLorean: 5 Innovators Prove the Future of Clean Energy is Here
Adding gigawatts to the power grid sounds like something out of Back to the Future. But it’s happening—now. Gas up the DeLorean. The future of clean energy is here.Wind power became the number one...
View ArticleShootout in Austin: Startups are Raring to Take on Major Challenges
The Texas sun is dipping below the horizon, setting the 16th floor of this Austin skyscraper ablaze.Twenty-eight startups from all over the region have been working on their quick-draw one-minute...
View ArticleIs Your State One of America's Energy Leaders? (Infographic)
Thanks to surging production in the country’s oil and gas shale regions, the U.S. is importing significantly less oil and bolstering its energy independence. The Energy Information Agency expects U.S....
View ArticleThe Businessman Behind the Monuments Men
In the movie The Monuments Men, a Hollywood “A List” of actors including George Clooney, Matt Damon, John Goodman, and Bill Murray don the roles of soldiers racing across Europe searching for art...
View Article5 Technologies That Will Change the World
Creative destruction: it's what drives the economy and remakes the world in unpredictable ways. Often it's the result of a technological breakthrough, such as the telegraph. Sometimes it's a more...
View ArticleGreening Appalachia, One Fridge at a Time
“It’s gold in those hills,” says Gregg Wingo, gesturing toward the Appalachian foothills surrounding his wood-paneled office in southeastern West Virginia.A modern-day prospector of sorts, Wingo is...
View Article5 Companies Changing the Energy Landscape
It used to be that energy was the domain of the big guys: state companies or large multinational corporations. Think huge build outs of infrastructure and plants, massive amounts of capital, and long,...
View ArticleFrom Finance to Fracking: One Man’s Journey
When he graduated from college, Ryan Renzi figured he would spend his days in an office, probably wearing a suit, managing other people’s money.He figured wrong.After realizing his young career in...
View ArticleEphesus Wants to Turn the Sporting World Bright Green
“At Ephesus, you feel good about what you’re doing. It’s a socially responsible company with a socially responsible product,” says Mike Lorenz, president of Ephesus Lighting. “There’s a lot of interest...
View ArticlePittsburgh International Airport Bets on Fracking to Help Reverse Years of...
Over the past year, we’ve covered Pennsylvania a lot on Free Enterprise. So when we saw that the U.S. Chamber Blog recently did a story on the Keystone State, we were especially interested....
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