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Every year, roughly 5% of U.S. homeowners gaze forlornly up at their aging and weathered shingles, sigh, and take the financial plunge to get a new roof. Martin DeBono, President of GAF Energy, sees…
This is an excerpt from "Changing Tides: An Ecologist's Journey to Make Peace with the Anthropocene" by Alejandro Frid. Reproduced with permission from New Society Publishers. The book releases Oct.…
As more states and companies want to use renewable energy, where does it come from? And how does that demand impact the communities that produce it?
Renewable energy production in the United States…
Manufacturers seeking to decarbonize have a long row to hoe. They can order up a package of renewable energy and carbon offsets to power their factories and offices, but that’s just for starters. To…
With a focus on minimizing the cost of electricity, California's renewable portfolio (standard) is largely unbalanced. This is why geothermal energy is an important element for the State as it…
The debate over how to best marshal the country's alternative energy sources may affect a new independence referendum.
EDINBURGH, Scotland—Five years ago, when Scotland voted in a landmark…
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New York - President Donald Trump's mission to revive America's coal industry is failing.
US power plants are expected to consume less coal next year than at any point since President Jimmy Carter…
Ambitious plans have not been matched by progress, but there may finally be signs of change.
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A seismic shift is under way. According to author and futurist, Jeremy Rifkin(The Third Industrial Revolution, The Zero Marginal Cost Society), we are in the final phases of the fossil fuel era. In…
As Switzerland’s glaciers melt, dangerous rockfalls become more likely and towns are forced to live under an existential threat
The thunderous roar that resounded through Bregaglia in Switzerland …
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With the rising share of renewable energy, questions are being raised regarding the future of coal-based power plants.
Kevin Cogo, who leads GE Steam Power’s rotating equipment product line globally…
Over a dozen rows of blue solar panels stand in a grassy lot. This is the new solar field opened by Clif Bar. The panels will produce about a third of the energy needs for the company’s manufacturing…
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Mpumalanga is not alone in facing a dicey future: Coal regions around the world are in a similar predicament and some governments have already taken steps to compensate coal workers where mines are…
Green technology has come a long way. The next challenge for the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory is to develop ways to recycle the recycling infrastructure.
The clean energy sector faces a…