Last week, NPR took a deeper look at the natural gas boom in the U.S. The special series, “The Fracking Boom: Missing Answers,” questions what the gas boom is doing to the air and water in communities where fracking has become a household name…
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Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer, announced plans to launch an ambitious solar energy program capable of generating 41,000 megawatts of power over the next two decades to support one-third of electricity production by 2032…
Cincinnati is a trendsetter: it is the first city in Ohio, and the first of its size in the nation, to go 100 percent green…
The common wisdom is wrong—There is no political “fault line” that divides Americans along party lines when it comes to clean energy issues and solutions. Majorities of Republicans, Independents and Democrats agree that the U.S. should…
Ambitious Solar Program in India Driving Prices to Impressive Lows
Natural Resources Defense Council
04-25-2012
India’s ambitious national solar program has catalyzed rapid growth in the solar market, driving prices for solar energy to impressive lows and demonstrating how government policy can stimulate clean energy markets…
Oklahoma has significant clean energy potential, which could power the state while protecting public health. Oklahoma’s wind resources rank ninth in the U.S., with more than 50,000 megawatts of wind power potential…
In lieu of federal action, states are adopting energy policies that create jobs and attract private investment. These activities are as varied as the states themselves, but they all have common goals—spurring economic and job growth while improving…
As Arkansas State University-Newport’s program continues to develop, we strive to work toward solutions to the energy crisis. Join us as we prepare this new age workforce—the workforce of the future…
New York has shown over the last decade that economic growth and tackling global warming emissions are compatible. We can meet our goals for reducing carbon pollution if we continue to implement strong policies that limit carbon emissions and promote renewable energy…
Controversial Wind Project Endangers California Condors and Golden Eagles
Defenders of Wildlife
04-13-2012
This project is right in the pathway of California condors moving back into their historic range in California. There is a better way—we need to locate these projects where they will pose fewer risks and have a better chance for success…
And yet, the yo-yo effect of U.S. clean energy policy hurts the ability of the United States to consistently compete and turn U.S.-led innovation into manufacturing, deployment and export opportunities. Creative, stable and transparent policies remain a critical signal to…
Offshore wind is coming and the question is whether or not we decide to be a leader or be left out…
In a country where wind resources could power the entire economy, there is still great potential to be realized. Four states in northern Germany have set the mark, with each getting more than 40 percent of their electricity from the wind…
Wind and solar energy aren’t just the future—they are the growing, vibrant “right now” of our energy economy, and their success will breed even more success—if we let it…
Harvey speaks with Matt Zawisky from the Center for Study of Responsive Law and Stefanie Penn Spear from EcoWatch on this week’s Green Power & Wellness Radio Show…
Will the oil curse become as familiar on this continent in the wake of a new American energy rush as it is in Africa and elsewhere? Will North America, that is, become not just the next boom continent for energy bonanzas, but a new energy Third World?…
Cleveland Indians Unveil Wind Turbine atop Progressive Field
Natural Resources Defense Council
03-28-2012
After three years of work planning, designing and building the innovative corkscrew-shaped turbine in partnership with Cleveland State University’s Fenn College of Engineering, the Indians secured the turbine on top of the southeast corner of Progressive Field…
Tug-of-War between Carrying Capacity and Rising Demand—Can We Keep This Up?
Worldwatch Institute
03-27-2012
Population growth combined with rising resource use, heavily tilted toward the world’s wealthy on a per capita basis but growing rapidly among the expanding global middle class, is reflected in rising worldwide resource consumption…
In the real world, anything we do that encourages and prolongs our national addiction to fossil fuels comes at a cost to the health and safety of the American people…
The Complexities of the U.S. Decision on Chinese Solar Panel Imports
Center for American Progress
03-15-2012
But it is important to understand the dynamics of the U.S. solar-panel market—where our labor skills and ability to innovate are strong but where demand for solar panels is low due to the lack of any national commitment to lower carbon emissions or to diversify…
But here we are, yet again facing the challenge of high summer gas prices, battling pollution from fossil fuel emissions and being forced to divert resources to address our energy security….
Wind energy developers installed a record 41,000 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity in 2011, bringing the world total to 238,000 megawatts. With more than 80 countries now harnessing the wind, there is enough…
I’ve been following the Cape Wind project for years, but this film provided an inside glimpse of what this community has been going through for more than a decade…
Right now, 40 percent of the energy used in America goes to heat, cool, and power our buildings. And because much of this energy comes from dirty and dangerous sources like coal, oil, and natural gas, this accounts for…
“Turning up the heat and increasing our solar market twelve-fold in the next eight years, as envisioned by Governor Brown, will bring twelve times the economic and environmental benefits to Californians across the state…
Two years into the implementation of the state’s clean energy law, which sets standards for both renewable energy and energy efficiency, Ohio saved enough electricity each year to power 82,000 homes, among other significant benefits…
Frustrations are running high as our country continues to run our energy policy as business as usual. Sooner or later, push will come to shove. I just hope that when it does, our country will have taken the right steps forward to truly embrace the sustainable energy future we are capable of creating…
If carbon emissions continue unabated for the next three to five decades, the planet will likely warm an average of 3.8 degree Fahrenheit, a threshold that scientists and the international community have identified as resulting in…
Green Budget Outlines Ideas for Federal Environmental Investments
Natural Resources Defense Council
02-10-2012
“It’s critically important to continue investing wisely in conservation, environmental protection and clean energy programs. That’s precisely what the Green Budget does. It recommends adequate funding to continue enforcing…
ACTION: Help Extend the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit
American Wind Energy Association
02-08-2012
At the end of last year, we fought hard to extend the renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) as part of the payroll tax extension bill. Our federal legislators heard us loud and clear—and we were included on the short…
On the heels of President Obama’s State of the Union remarks to expand clean energy development, the Interior Department is moving to finalize the nation’s first solar energy program for public lands with…
