Nevada Energy and the coal hard truth
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now NV Energy has postponed plans to build a coal-fired power plant in eastern Nevada due to “increasing environmental and economic uncertainties surrounding its...
View ArticleGreenpeace says clean energy future is possible with the right policy
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now More fossil fuel heartache or a clean energy future? That’s the question on many minds as the the BP oil spill spirals out of control in the Gulf of Mexico. Wind...
View ArticleWinds of support for renewable energy
(This post by Andrew Winston, green business strategist and author of ‘Green Recovery‘, first ran on his blog on Nov. 8.) Andrew Winston A cover story in the NY Times today declares, “Cost of Green...
View ArticleDOE backs large PV solar project in Yuma
From Green Right Now Reports The U.S. Department of Energy smiled upon another big solar project this week, announcing conditional loan guarantees of nearly $1 billion for the Agua Caliente Solar LLC...
View ArticleNatural gas: Bridge or detour?
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Natural gas is portrayed as the “bridge fuel” that will save the US from uneven electricity supply and prices as we transition off coal and oil on our way toward...
View ArticleMichigan residents will get to vote on raising green energy goals
Green Right Now Reports Clean energy advocates in Michigan today won the right to put a more ambitious renewable energy standard before the voters in November, a plan they hope will bring jobs as well...
View ArticleWind lay-offs rising as industry faces the end of tax subsidies
From Green Right Now Reports U.S. wind energy workers are losing their jobs as factories pare back, partly in response to the potential loss of a tax credit that has bolstered wind development....
View ArticleBig-box retail stores lead surge of solar installations in U.S.
From Yale Environment 360 A Kohl's store in Laguna sports a solar roof (Photo: Kohl's) A growing number of major U.S. companies, led by the nation’s largest big-box retailers, are installing rooftop...
View ArticleSan Francisco residents could get 100 percent green power plans
From Green Right Now Reports San Francisco residents may soon be able to buy a 100 percent green power plan, for about $9 a month more on average, under a public power program approved by the Board of...
View ArticleStates where wind power grew fastest in 2012
Wind energy enjoyed a record year of installations in the US in 2012, adding 13,124 megawatts of capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association. That new capacity — the most added ever in...
View ArticleThese U.S. businesses are demanding climate action, to save the American...
From Green Right Now Reports The Climate Declaration was issued this week to coincide with the release of President Obama’s proposed budget. Major American businesses are making a pitch for climate...
View ArticleAnd now for the good news…tigers, wind turbines and green-powered cities
From Green Right Now Reports Tired of dead zones, calving ice sheets, warming permafrost and coal pollution? Yeah, we are too. So we’re starting a periodic feature: And now for the good news! Here are...
View ArticleHere’s why you may soon move to rooftop solar
GRN Reports Solar prices are dropping so fast, many Americans may not have to wait much longer to consider that rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installation. A recent report from the National Renewable...
View ArticleGreenpeace says clean energy future is possible with the right policy
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now More fossil fuel heartache or a clean energy future? That’s the question on many minds as the the BP oil spill spirals out of control in the Gulf of Mexico. Wind...
View ArticleDOE backs large PV solar project in Yuma
From Green Right Now Reports The U.S. Department of Energy smiled upon another big solar project this week, announcing conditional loan guarantees of nearly $1 billion for the Agua Caliente Solar LLC...
View ArticleNatural gas: Bridge or detour?
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Natural gas is portrayed as the “bridge fuel” that will save the US from uneven electricity supply and prices as we transition off coal and oil on our way toward...
View ArticleMichigan residents will get to vote on raising green energy goals
Green Right Now Reports Clean energy advocates in Michigan today won the right to put a more ambitious renewable energy standard before the voters in November, a plan they hope will bring jobs as well...
View ArticleWind lay-offs rising as industry faces the end of tax subsidies
From Green Right Now Reports U.S. wind energy workers are losing their jobs as factories pare back, partly in response to the potential loss of a tax credit that has bolstered wind development....
View ArticleSan Francisco residents could get 100 percent green power plans
From Green Right Now Reports San Francisco residents may soon be able to buy a 100 percent green power plan, for about $9 a month more on average, under a public power program approved by the Board of...
View ArticleStates where wind power grew fastest in 2012
Wind energy enjoyed a record year of installations in the US in 2012, adding 13,124 megawatts of capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association. That new capacity — the most added ever in...
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