QSTec (Qatar Solar Technologies) just signed a memorandum of understanding with Qatar Electricity and Water Company today in a move to ramp up future solar power generation.

According to a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, Americans are willing to pay for slightly higher electricity bills for clean energy.

While Peru, Brazil and Mexico are developing ambitious sustainability agendas, Argentina and Cristina Kirchner are falling far behind.

Saudi Arabia says it will install enough solar technologies to generate a capacity of 41 gigawatts of power by 2032 at a cost of $109 billion.

The German government is close to slashing subsidies for solar energy by 20 to 40 percent despite solar’s success in reaching up to 25 GW in capacity.

According to the CEO of a massive solar startup in Qatar, 8000 metric tons of solar modules manufactured at this new plant could produce enough to generate over 6.5 gigawatts of electricity worldwide annually.

The “End Polluter Welfare Act” would put an end to as much as $113 billion in taxpayer subsidies from which oil, gas and coal companies would otherwise benefit in the coming decade.

This week Kohl’s issued its first annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, which discusses the company’s energy efficiency and green building efforts.