By ENEL Foundation Contributor Prof. Robert Stavins chairing the Enel Foundation – Harvard Environmental Economics program official Side event at COP 25Last year the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP24) closed in Poland with a climate package that lay out some important guidelines for the implementation of the Paris Agreement, and a…
By National Wind Watch CLEVELAND, Ohio – Two bird conservation groups sued the Energy Department and Army Corps of Engineers in an attempt to stop the development of a Lake Erie wind turbine farm about eight miles off the coast of Cleveland named “Icebreaker.” The American Bird Conservancy of Washington, D.C. and the Black Swamp…
By National Wind Watch The Marion County Commission met on Monday, Nov. 4, where they heard from the Planning, Zoning and Environmental Health Director Sharon Omstead, as well as Russ Ewy, a county consultant for Planning and Zoning. In addition to a packed room full of citizens both for and against the wind farm, there…
By National Wind Watch The Tobacco Valley project was initially opposed in 2016 by both the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and this state’s Department of Agriculture because of the potential loss of farmland. The only reason the huge solar array was eventually approved was that it had the support of Massachusetts and…
By ENN Contributor The U.P. Energy Task Force, chaired by Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy Director Liesl Eichler Clark, met Tuesday at Northern Michigan University in Marquette.The Upper Peninsula’s dependence on propane is a factor in the state’s debate over the future of the Line 5 natural gas pipeline.MARQUETTE, Mich. — A…
By EDF Energy Exchange By Jon GoldsteinOver the last few months the Environmental Protection Agency has accepted comments on its proposal to deregulate methane from the oil and gas industry. And based upon the volume and content of comments they have received, the agency should realize opposition to this proposal is both widespread and strong.It…
By David Leitch If the grid valued environmental outcomes there wouldn’t need to be so many different scenarios in AEMO’s Integrated System Plan. The post The missing pieces from AEMO’s big energy transition plan appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By WPED Staff American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) today filed suit in federal court against the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failure to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Clean Water Act, respectively, during their evaluation of environmental impacts and alternatives…
By Billy Ludt New Hampshire’s first LEED Platinum office building has transitioned to solar power. ReVision Energy recently installed an 80-panel rooftop solar array at Sullivan Construction in Bedford. The 25.2-kW array will generate nearly 28,000-kW hours of solar electricity. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard is the current benchmark for the…
By Katharine Murphy Political editor Rooftop solar capacity to double or even triple to replace existing thermal generation, new assessment by the energy market operator predicts Australia’s ageing coal-fired power plants could be shuttered earlier than expected if competition from renewable generators and carbon budgets render them uneconomic, according to a new assessment by the…
By [email protected] Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren dropped yet another environmental proposal on Tuesday, pitching a variety of ocean-related conservation and energy plans under the banner of what she terms a “Blue New Deal.” “While the ocean is severely threatened, it can also be a major part of the climate solution — from providing new…
By Energy in Depth Over the weekend, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an article detailing a Carnegie Mellon University study that claims to have calculated cumulative environmental and employment impacts of the shale revolution that has positively transformed Pennsylvania and surrounding states in the Marcellus and Utica Shale basins. The research focuses on finding negative consequences;…
By [email protected] Britain goes to the polls again on Thursday, and the latest U.K. election campaign has been nothing if not unorthodox. The leaders of the two major parties are both unloved by large swathes of their own party’s traditional base. Brexit has created divides within both tribes as well. And the question of a…
By chowan Its been a long time and I still want to be part of a community rather than the lone wolf. NE Nevada is beautiful and rugged with huge natural resource if you are smart, strong and independent enough to make it here. I tried years ago to get a community started in a…
By Kelsey Misbrener Fairfax County government officials announced contracts with multiple solar power purchase agreement (PPA) service providers. The contracts will allow for the installation of solar photovoltaic arrays at Fairfax County government, school, and park sites, providing the potential for both substantial cost avoidance and environmental benefits over time. The PPA will potentially expand…