In an effort to boost fossil fuel production on federal lands, the Interior Secretary will reduce permitting wait time and hold more frequent lease sales.
WASHINGTON —Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke indicated today he will order his agency to expedite permits for oil and gas extraction on public lands.
On the eve of the G20 Summit in Germany, California is once again making international waves by announcing plans to host a major global climate summit in fall 2018.
President Trump recklessly announced that he's pulling the United States out of the Paris Agreement. Leaders everywhere responded resolutely with strong signals that they are going to continue to move forward.
WASHINGTON – A federal court today struck down an Environmental Protection Agency attempt to suspend critical protections against leaks of methane and other dangerous air pollution from oil and gas operations. The 2-1 ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of…
After the recession, the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank (RIIB), a quasi-public state entity, sought to bring much-needed clean-energy finance into the state market. This case study describes how this bank set up the Efficient Buildings Fund (EBF) and is iteratively…
The Coalition for Green Capital (CGC), with support from the Hewlett Foundation, published this July 2017 paper exploring how the Green Bank model can be implemented in emerging markets to help achieve national climate goals. The paper examines how Green…
As the Connecticut Green Bank works to design high-impact programs for the solar market, it has supported the design and adoption of legislation that expanded the Residential Solar Investment Program (RSIP) by creating the Solar Home Renewable Energy Credit (SHREC)…
