The only silver lining in a bleak global economic outlook today has been the technology industry. Within it, the many triumphs – such as Apple, Workday and Amazon – have been peppered with sporadic financial letdowns. Whispers of a second ‘dot com bubble’ – referring back to the sharp decline in the performance of technology companies in the late 90s, following a number of consistently lucrative quarters – have been rampant due to many entrepreneurial ventures that simply fizzled out. Whatever the case maybe, the picture is indicative of a larger, more alarming scenario; the failure of conventional…

When it comes to renewable energy, solar is often considered the easiest to acquire. The sun is a source of so much energy and the potential to collect it is almost limitless. There are both financial and logistical challenges surrounding solar, but in tough economic times any industry that has been proven to create jobs should be incentivized over others. Yet, 37 states do not offer incentives to bring in solar jobs. This infographic breaks down the statistics about the states the do and do not have incentives, the states that are most “ripe” for a solar job boom, and ways that people can act. Click…