In many poor, largely Black Southern towns, residents say polluting wood pellet mills foul their air and forests.
As wind energy and other cleantech projects create jobs, they meet labor shortages and community opposition.
‘Here’s the core of it. There ain’t going to be any jobs on a dead planet.’
23 California legislators who failed to support clean energy bills have taken a combined $1.58 million from the oil and gas industry.
New York City consumes massive amounts of natural gas to stay warm and run stoves. Energy experts say there is a greener way forward.
From Covering Climate Now and WNYC/Gothamist
A utility commissioner backs both Trump and solar energy, but his maverick reputation may not win him reelection. Georgia is changing.
Why climate advocates say funding the unproven technology is a costly mistake.
So why is the opposition using the solar industry to defeat it?
Advances in technology have politicians on both sides of the aisle rethinking nuclear power.
Green energy investment comes with a steep price tag. So too does business as usual.
Energy experts have their doubts about East Bay Community Energy’s ability to immediately deliver power that does not involve a hydroelectric dam — or even a smokestack.
U.S. power plants rank among the highest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. Dialing back their emissions would at least have marked a decisive step toward a national clean-energy economy.