Today, a pre-eminent think tank in the United Kingdom, Chatham House, issued a seminal report challenging a fundamental assumption underlying European renewable energy policy: that burning forest biomass to produce electricity is “carbon neutral.” The report Woody Biomass for Power…
NEW YORK – Electricity generation from the aging and problem-plagued Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) nuclear plant north of New York City can be replaced with increased amounts of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources coupled with transmission system upgrades…
A new report finds that clean energy—including energy efficiency, renewable power sources like solar and wind, and related transmission solutions—can fully and economically replace the Indian Point nuclear power plant after it closes in 2021.
WASHINGTON – The Oklahoma state attorney general’s office released emails this week, as required by a state court, shedding light on the relationship between industry and Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, while he served…
WASHINGTON – The Natural Resources Defense Council today filed a Freedom of Information Act request for materials and communications related to the creation of a press release announcing Scott Pruitt as the new Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
These animals are so sensitive to disruptions in their habitats that it can take half a century for the species to return to an area that's been logged, mined, or otherwise affected by human activity.
SACRAMENTO — Governor Jerry Brown today appointed longtime progressive advocate Donne Brownsey and reappointed Effie Turnbull Sanders to the California Coastal Commission. Legislators voted this past fall to require inclusion of at least one commissioner who represents and works with…
Energy efficiency standards are one of the most cost-effective, straightforward ways to address the greenhouse gas emissions that stoke climate change.