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Petroleum coke, typically stored outdoors in big open piles, can blow right into nearby homes and cause serious health problems. Unsurprisingly, communities are fighting Big Oil to keep this noxious material out of their backyards.
In California and all across America, fracking for oil and gas has left a toxic legacy that is contaminating lands, polluting groundwater and harming the health of people who live in nearby communities. Measure Z, which is on the ballot…
The New York Department of Public Service has proposed to change the way distributed energy resources (like community solar and small wind projects) are rewarded for the benefits that they provide to the electricity system. The Department released a landmark…
Want to save a lot of money as you prepare to move your clock back one hour for the end of Daylight Savings Time (on Sunday, Nov. 6)? Head over to your hardware store and buy some energy-saving LED light…
WASHINGTON – An international Antarctic commission has agreed to declare 1.1 million square kilometers of the Ross Sea in the Southern Ocean as a fully protected marine reserve. The move to conserve the area comes after extensive international negotiation. It…
In the latest development in a watershed year for offshore wind power, the U.S. Department of the Interior will auction leasing rights to a 79,000-acre wind energy area 11 miles off of Long Island, New York.
