Researchers injected a silver lining around the looming black cloud of climate change Wednesday: Even if temperatures climb and sea levels rise as most models forecast, many European countries will be able to keep the lights on thanks to their extensive networks of renewable energy sources.
Read moreKeeping in mind local and state mandates to combat climate change, San Diego city and county officials approved measures to explore entering the clean energy market as providers.
Read moreIn a step toward fulfilling the renewable energy goals of the city and county of Los Angeles, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti said Tuesday the city will abandon plans to spend billions of dollars to rebuild three existing coastal power plants.
Read moreDemocrats including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York are calling for a Green New Deal intended to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy.
Read moreWith U.S. oil production on the upswing, the Senate focused Tuesday on how to do the same with minerals while also improving electric-battery technology to secure America’s role in the future energy industry.
Read moreIn a move expected to increase overseas exports, the European Union approved the use of U.S. soybeans Tuesday in the production of biofuel.
Read moreArizona voters handily struck down a renewable energy initiative Tuesday and re-elected a Republican governor once seen as vulnerable.
Read moreYou might think there’s nothing to argue about in sunny Arizona when it comes to solar power. You’d be wrong.
Read moreArizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is suing a group promoting Proposition 127, a clean energy ballot measure, claiming that the organization has defamed him in its attack ads.
Read moreThe European Commission on Monday signed off on a French scheme to spend nearly $229.4 million to encourage individuals and small businesses to produce renewable energy for their own consumption.
Read moreThe European Court of Justice signed off Thursday on the certification scheme by which Italy regulates companies that use bioliquids for thermal energy plants.
Read moreEurope could see an increase in greenhouse gas levels over the next several decades due to a new directive that classifies wood as a renewable fuel – giant steps backward from the mandates of the Paris Climate Agreement – according to a scientific paper published Wednesday.
Read moreCountering the Trump administration’s call for more coal and oil, California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday inked legislation that requires utilities to obtain 100 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2045.
Read moreCalifornia State Senate leader Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, said Friday night that a closely watched bill seeking to merge the state into a regional energy market with other Western states won’t be brought up for a vote in this legislative session.
Read moreFor more than a year, California lawmakers have debated Senate Bill 100, an ambitious plan that sets the goal of 100 percent clean, reliable and sustainable energy statewide by 2045. The measure passed Tuesday after overcoming a four-vote shortfall on the Assembly floor.
Read moreA California Senate panel advanced a bill Tuesday that would merge California into a regional energy market, despite environmental groups remaining split on the measure and labor groups in opposition.
Read moreIn an effort to transform California’s relationship to energy markets in the western region of the country, lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would merge California into a regional energy market.
Read moreWorldwide investments in renewable energy need to dramatically overtake investments in fossil fuels as early as 2025 to meet United Nations climate-change goals, according to new research.
Read moreMass unemployment, public disenchantment with institutions, a restless body politic – these are some of the features of a brave new world that could come about if prices of fossil fuels suddenly crater due to the rapid development of renewable energy technology.
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