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Utility Agrees: (Their) Solar Should Supplant Natural Gas
Five months ago, one of the country’s ten largest electric utilities told regulators in Minnesota that it needed three new natural gas power plants to handle peak energy demand. This […]
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Digging deep to uncover biocarbon’s advantages for farmers
Filed under: Northwest Biocarbon Initiative, NBI, biocarbon, carbon, home, agriculture Soaking carbon from the atmosphere into farm soils is a widely advocated climate solution. A new Australian study kicks dirt […]
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A “No Deniers Rule” for Solutions Companies
Is it possible for environmentally conscious companies to operate in Washington, D.C., without selling their clean energy souls? Customers asked this question earlier this year when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s […]
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Why would Kiewit want the risk of an expanded coal mine?
That’s the question at the heart of a letter sent today to the CEO of Kiewit and the President of its mining subsidiary as this major construction company considers whether […]
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Is this a La Niña or El Niño year? Try La Nada
For more than a year now, the Pacific Ocean has been without La Niña or El Niño. In its place is La Nada, which could be a lot more extreme than it sounds.
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Kentucky’s Coal Challenges – Public Health, Clean Water, and Clean Air
Guest column by Heather Moyer, Sierra Club This week’s column focuses on some big coal-related news items out of the Bluegrass State, where some inspiring Beyond Coal activists are making […]
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U.S. Nuclear Power in Decline
By J. Matthew Roney Nuclear power generation in the United States is falling. After increasing rapidly since the 1970s, electricity generation at U.S. nuclear plants began to grow more slowly […]
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Europe says its own biofuels policies increase food costs 50%, drive deforestation
Two new studies that came out in Europe during the last couple of days show that biofuel mandates are causing consumers far more pocketbook pain – and contributing more to […]
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5 Barriers to and Solutions for Community Renewable Energy
Community renewable energy has significant political and economic benefits, but is often hindered by five major barriers. Read on for a summary of the five barriers, watch them in a […]
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Climate change exacerbated half of recent extreme weather events, study says
A new study links 2012's extreme heatwaves, Hurricane Sandy, and ice melt to climate change.
