Could trade dispute with China bring an end to US solar boom?
Cheap Chinese solar cells have powered a boom in the U.S. solar industry. They have helped drive down the cost of making electricity from...
A fair EU carbon market: but for whom?
Amid calls from heavy industry to get more free pollution permits in the name of a ‘fair’ EU carbon market, Europe’s workers, taxpayers, and...
US mayors back 100% renewable energy, vow to fill climate leadership void.
As the nation's mayors closed their annual meeting on Monday in Miami Beach, they sent a clear signal that cities are looking for action...
When wind is the firmest thing.
A NaturEner wind farm in Shelby, Mont. Adele Scholl/GravityShots.com
The peak season for electricity at the Rim Rock Wind Farm in northern Montana is in...
Renewable energy at a 'tipping point.'
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—Should the world promote economic growth or fight climate change? That model of “either/or” thinking may be losing its validity faster than...
U.S. rice farmers turn sustainability into carbon credits & Microsoft is first to buy.
The world's largest software maker made a novel purchase recently—from a handful of rice farmers.
Microsoft bought carbon offsets from rice farmers in Arkansas, Mississippi...
Meet the people on the front lines of America’s coal wars.
In today’s America, coal is a dirty word.
Advocates for clean energy point out that coal-fired power plants are the single largest source of the...
Fix the setback to end a setback.
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China breaks ground on first “Forest City” that fights air pollution.
A pollution-fighting green city unlike any before is springing to life in China. Designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, the first “Forest City” is now...
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