Balancing the development of abundant solar energy with the protection of some of the Mojave desert’s most iconic species is not easy—but it can be done.
DispatchVirginia, West Virginia, North CarolinaRobynne Boyd
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline—and the Mountain Valley Pipeline, with a similar path—could tear up land and negatively impact people throughout Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina.
At McDonalds, even incremental progress towards achieving sustainability goals can be significant. Today, the restaurant giant announced a new commitment to up its recycling game. Under the new goals, McDonalds says it will encourage and enable recycling in every one…
In the face of threatened rollbacks and inaction on national appliance energy efficiency standards by the Trump administration, the states are stepping up to protect their citizens and climate. Driven by their desire for climate leadership as part of the…
Wind and solar projects in the western U.S. have reached price levels that few would have predicted even a few years ago. These prices should have every policymaker, utility, and energy investor in the region reconsidering their thinking about how…
Companies are pumping oil out of the ground every day in Los Angeles, exposing nearby residents to a toxic cocktail of health-threatening emissions. Safeguards for communities at the city, state, and federal levels have lagged far behind where they should…
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt might have hoped he could get by with one hearing on repealing the Clean Power Plan in coal country, that he'd get an outpouring of public support for rolling back climate protections, and that he could…
The California Public Utilities Commission has unanimously approved 15 utility pilot programs with a collective budget of $43 million to “accelerate widespread transportation electrification,” as required by a landmark clean energy bill adopted in 2015.
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