A 15-year look at how energy changed in the US, state by state

(credit: Craig Sunter / Flickr) This week, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) released a report on the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of each state between 2000 and 2015. The good news? CO2 emissions dropped in 41 states, with Maine taking home the prize for the greatest percentage decrease in emissions (by 25 percent). Ohio, meanwhile, […]

Evan Spiegel’s 15-year roadmap for Snapchat is so good, it convinced an early employee to ignore his family’s advice and take the job

During an interview at Business Insider’s IGNITION conference in New York Nick Bell, Snapchat’s VP of Content, explains how Evan Spiegel sold him on Snapchat. The following is a transcript of the video. Alyson Shontell: You know him better than anyone in this room. Evan Spiegel has been compared to Steve Jobs, Picasso…people wonder if he is the next […]

Microsoft inks 15-year deal to buy energy from GE’s new wind farm in Ireland

Microsoft has inked a 15-year agreement with General Electric (GE) to purchase the entirety of all wind energy produced from a new 37-megawatt wind farm in County Kerry, on the southwestern corner of Ireland. The tie-up will also see the duo delve into energy storage solutions that will look at ways to harness excess energy […]

Goldie Hawn reveals the REAL reason she returned to movies after 15-year retirement

The actress is currently promoting a role in Snatched, in which she stars with Amy Schumer. Promoting the much-discussed film ahead of its release this weekend, the 71-year-old opened up to the Chicago Sun Times about her reasons for getting back in front of the camera. “It was time to come back, but the hook […]