UK-based National Grid, already under scrutiny at home, is now tangling with New York's governor over plans for a new pipeline under Lower New York Bay.
Both advocates and critics of solar and renewable energy have pounced on a Duke Energy request to North Carolina regulators to modify air-quality permits for natural gas power plants. The issue: Does solar power make air pollution worse?
Soleil Lofts is on the front lines of low-pollution housing: 12,000 solar panels will eventually cover the roofs, delivering most of the community's energy needs and feeding power to batteries in each home that can be used as a backup source in case the power goes out.
Germany's Cabinet has approved a plan to spend up to 40 billion euros ($44.4 billion) by 2038 to cushion the impact on coal-mining regions of abandoning the fossil fuel.
If we are going to use a stick to punish industrial and commercial businesses into reducing their energy consumption, we must make certain to provide the support necessary so those companies don't simply move outside Denver city limits.
A new study found that global energy demand could rise by as much as 58 percent in the next 30 years due to climate change. But Texas’ electric grid doesn’t exactly account for this climate impact.
The gains came so heavily from the electricity, environmental policy experts say, that the sector is making up for more lackluster areas of the economy, such as transportation and industry.
Kristina Marusic is the recipient of a Michelle Madoff Award of Environmental Excellence for her reporting on environmental health and justice in Western Pennsylvania
It's often our duty to report bleak news on climate and the environment. But let's not skimp on the good news—like the continued momentum of clean energy
Nearly 20 percent of people in Philadelphia are food insecure. We visited the researchers, restaurateurs, and entrepreneurs changing this by rethinking food waste.
