Majorities See Government Efforts to Protect the Environment as Insufficient
Pockets of partisan agreement over renewables despite wide divides over increasing fossil fuels and effects of climate change (Brian van...
Governor Cuomo Advances 'Save Our Waters' Bill to Prohibit Offshore Drilling Infrastructure
New York Moves to Protect Coastal Communities and $23 Billion Marine Economy from Environmental Disasters 'Save Our Waters' Bill...
Wind, solar deliver stunning 98 percent of new U.S. power capacity in January, February
Renewables to provide 69 percent of new capacity by March 2021, as dozens of coal plants are retired WIND TURBINES AND SOLAR PANELS IN...
Governor Cuomo Announces Formal Request for New York Exclusion from Federal Offshore Drilling Progra
Announces $1.4 Billion in Awards for 26 Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects, the Largest Single Commitment to Renewable Energy by a...
NASA Study Underscores Urgency Of Solving The Global Methane Problem
A new NASA study suggests methane emissions from fossil fuels may be responsible for half of the recent rise in global atmospheric...
Almost all power plants that retired in the past decade were powered by fossil fuels
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory Note: Includes reported...
CUOMO PUSHES TO DIVEST FOSSIL FUELS FROM PENSION FUND
Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to divest the state's $200 billion pension fund from fossil fuel companies -- a provision he plans to push in...
Renewable Energy Is Now Unstoppable
Solar farm with wind turbines in the background. Image source: Getty Images. Utilities that need to build new power generation facilities...
Two-thirds of world's new energy capacity in 2016 was renewable: IEA
Tesla Kauai solar-energy generation and storage project [photo: The Verge] For years, renewable energy has been cast as the most...
Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report
The coal-burning Plant Scherer in Juliette, Ga., is one of the top emitters of carbon dioxide in the United States. A draft report by...