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This article was updated from a feature written on the occasion of Liberia’s ratification of the Paris Agreement, in August 2018. As of 4 February 2019, the countries yet to formally ratify the…

President Donald Trump used Tuesday’s State of the Union as a platform to double down on the unfounded argument that undocumented immigrants are pouring into the country and harming Americans. But…

Governor Cuomo’s 100 percent carbon-free plan has galvanized state actors. New York state is going all-out to boost its green energy credentials in 2019. Just a few weeks into the New Year, Governor…

What will the U.S. grid mix look like in 2050? It depends on which models you follow. The future according to the Energy Information Administration's latest report: Wind will stop growing, coal will…

Signed PPAs hit new heights in 2018 in cutthroat power market, says American Wind Energy Association. US wind developers built 7.6GW of new capacity in 2018 as the industry gears up for the boom…

A record number of Americans understand that climate change is real,according to a new survey, and they are increasingly worried about its effects in their lives today. Some 73 percent of Americans…

Two years in, the presidency of Donald Trump has been a possibly fatal disaster for our livable climate, a number of climate and clean energy experts told ThinkProgress.

With 1.9 GW coming online, China is expected to overtake the United States to have the second-largest CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) installed capacity by 2023, as global deployment nearly doubles…

HANOI, Vietnam — Coal, the fuel that powered the industrial age, has led the planet to the brink of catastrophic climate change. Scientists have repeatedly warned of its looming dangers, most…

New York State is supplying free access to community solar to 7,000 low-income households across the state, and plans to extend the program to a total of 10,000 homes by the end of this year.

After three years of decline, carbon emissions in the United States have risen in the last year, finds new analysis. The analysis, undertaken by the economic firm Rhodium Group, estimates that…

New EGP-NA CEO Georgios Papadimitriou on the company's latest projects and why the US corporate market still stands out. Enel Green Power is muscling into new wind markets in the US, as it rolls…

In a windsurfers’ paradise, turbines capture gusts that pick up at exactly the right time - or the wrong time, if you're trying to sell natural gas. As attractive a renewable-energy concept as wind…

For the first time in American history, a major utility company declared to dive fully into clean energy. Xcel Energy, a major utility company based out of Minneapolis, just pledged to go completely…

The University of Virginia says it’s leading in higher education when it comes to sustainability. The school’s efforts to go green have resulted in nearly a million dollars saved in utilities per…