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Big Utilities Scheme to Make Solar Customers Pay More
When homeowners install rooftop solar panels, their electricity bills go down. That's a threat to the profit margins of big utility companies, and in response they are scheming to undermine the...
California Is Years Ahead of Schedule on Cutting Global Warming-Causing Pollution
Twelve years ago, California set a goal many energy experts thought was too ambitious: reduce climate-disrupting air pollution to 1990 levels by 2020. Last week, the state announced it had not only...
As World Shifts to Renewables, Methane Leaks from Oil and Gas Production 60 Percent Greater than EPA Estimate
Sixty percent more methane escapes from U.S. oil and gas operations than the Environmental Protection Agency currently estimates, according to a study led by the Environmental Defense Fund.
Solar and Wind Subsidies Are a Clear Success. The Coal and Nuclear Industries Just Aren’t Ready to Admit It.
The coal and nuclear industries criticize subsidies for solar and wind power based on their belief that the subsidies distort the market.
Despite Federal Roadblocks, States and Cities Lead on Solar Power
The Trump administration is not only trying to revive the dying coal industry, but is working to slow the rapid growth of solar power. But at the state and local levels, governments and citizens...
Absent Federal Action, Communities and Corporations Commit to Renewables
While the Trump administration is promoting coal, a dirty and dangerous fossil fuel headed for the scrap heap of history, a growing number of communities and companies across the nation are embracing...
Clean Air Regulations Protect Health and Benefit the Economy
The Trump administration is waging war on the laws meant to protect Americans from air pollution, arguing that rolling back regulations on coal-fired power plants, cars and trucks, and other sources...
Renewables, Not Natural Gas, Should Replace Shuttered Nuclear Plants
Across the nation, utilities continue to announce the planned shutdown of nuclear power plants. Early retirement of these crumbling, outrageously expensive and dangerous plants is long overdue. But...
Report: Boosting Energy Efficiency Would Bring Vast Health Benefits
A new report estimated the sweeping public health benefits that a 15 percent reduction in energy demand would yield in one year.
Like Coal, Natural Gas Losing Ground to Renewables
As expensive, dirty coal power staggers toward its inevitable demise, natural gas has come to dominate the electricity market.
Wind Power, Not Oil Drilling, Is Future of Offshore Energy
In an era of bitterly divisive politics, there's one thing that unites Democrats and Republicans across the nation: They oppose Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's proposal to allow offshore drilling for...
