Renewable-energy advocates filed a lawsuit against a Wisconsin state regulatory agency Thursday, claiming it is shorting utility customers producing energy from renewable sources for the juice they sell back to the state’s major utility company and giving preferential pricing to that monopoly for its own power.
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California officials are quick to tout the Golden State’s action on climate change and evidence points to dramatic reductions in emissions in the past decade, but a report issued Monday casts doubt on whether the state’s policies are primarily responsible.
Read moreThe SEC says Robert A. Karmann, of Clayton, Calif., a CPA, played an “important role” in a $910 million Ponzi scheme involving mobile solar generators, in federal court.
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The Securities Exchange Commission filed an emergency action against solar panel company Nanotech Engineering and its lead executives over an alleged ongoing securities fraud against more than a hundred investors.
Read moreThe SEC said Tuesday it obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against California-based solar panel company Nanotech and three of its directors who allegedly defrauded more than 100 investors and diverted more than $2.4 million to themselves.
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As world leaders gather in Spain to discuss how to slow the warming of the planet, a spotlight falls on China — the top emitter of greenhouse gases.
Read moreWhile the White House began the United States’ formal withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement this week, the city of Los Angeles on Wednesday approved the construction of the largest solar plant in the country.
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Increasing energy output from solar and wind power could result in less groundwater usage and more drought-resistant environments, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature Communications.
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While renewable energy helps to cut down on harmful greenhouse gas emissions, a Harvard study released Tuesday finds that installing wind turbines and solar power in the Upper Midwest and mid-Atlantic regions can help maximize improvements in both public health and the economy.
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Two California men who helped devise a scheme that federal investigators claim siphoned nearly $1 billion from investors and catapulted an auto mechanic to a life of extreme luxury pleaded guilty Tuesday to investment fraud.
Read moreVirginia Governor Ralph Northam announced a new contract Friday to power state government buildings using solar and wind farms, making it the largest renewable energy agreement in the nation.
Read moreSeen from above, the sprawling landscape of West Texas can look something like a checkerboard.
Read moreWhen the nation’s largest utility warned customers that it would cut power to nearly 2 million people across Northern California, many rushed out to buy portable generators, knowing the investment could help sustain them during blackouts.
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Ending an earlier stalemate, Los Angeles utility directors approved a contract Tuesday to bring solar power to the city for the next 25 years.
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As global superpowers grapple with ditching fossil fuels many nations have flipped the switch on solar power and other renewable forms of energy in the last decade, with investments into those technologies expected to top $2.6 trillion by 2020.
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Lower costs and improved technology in wind and solar energy have helped the United States produce almost five times more electricity from renewable sources than it did a decade ago, according to a new analysis from an environmental advocacy group.
Read moreEleven people sued Farmington, New Mexico in federal court, claiming it violates the Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act by charging people whose residential systems generate solar power.
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A team of scientists announced Tuesday that they have discovered a way to purify water and generate electricity at the same time using a solar-powered device, making it possible to transform electricity power plants into fresh water producers.
Read moreIn their rush to go green, U.S. cities relish statistics showing they are leading in renewable energy. Even Houston, the oil industry’s epicenter, has claimed a title in this tournament.
Read moreFacebook is building a massive solar farm in West Texas that’s believed to be one of the largest solar projects in the nation and the social media giant’s first direct investment in renewable energy.
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