Tag: renewable energy
Renewables are a global economic engine, not a culture war threat
While oil is a cyclical commodity, and prices rise and fall over time, this time the decline is structural.
Report warns governments plan double fossil fuel extraction allowed under 1.5°C
New analysis shows major producers moving further away from Paris climate goals as experts decry “reckless” policies and warn of climate chaos.
America may have invaded Iraq for its oil, but solar power...
The vogue for solar is sweeping other areas of Iraq, too, such as Kurdistan, where the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is also increasingly committed to solar.
Renewables helped prevent blackouts on New England’s hottest day this summer
As much as 22 percent of power usage in New England on June 24 came from behind-the-meter solar.
Ireland becomes sixth European country to end use of coal ahead...
Ireland became the sixth country in Europe to end its use of coal with an additional 23 European countries committing to a cleaner energy future.
Wind and solar power grows along side fossil fuel to help...
All major energy sources hit a record high in 2024 making renewable energy, oil, gas, coal, nuclear and hydropower responsible for the worldwide energy demand.
New report predicts abandoned coal mines turned into solar farms could...
These solar projects could equal 15 percent of the solar that's already been built globally and help triple renewables before the end of the decade.
Billions in clean energy projects canceled amid Republican tax bill and...
Clean energy investments are vanishing as the Trump administration’s tax plan and rollback of Biden-era climate policies threaten America’s transition to renewables.
22 young Americans sue Trump administration to block executive orders pushing...
In Lighthiser v. Trump, the youth plaintiffs say the administration’s actions violate their constitutional rights to life, health and safety and breach congressional mandates to safeguard public health and ecosystems.
Renewables generated 43% of electricity used by Australia’s main power grid...
It was the highest first-quarter share of renewables in the 25-year history of the National Energy Market.
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White House plan would erase age from Social Security disability decisions
Sources say the administration may raise the age threshold from 50 to 60 or remove it entirely, a move that could cut benefits for 750,000 people and reduce payouts by $82 billion.
Organizers plan massive Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ protests as Trump escalates attacks on dissent
Organizers say more than 2,110 protests across all 50 states will build on June’s nationwide actions, as Trump expands National Guard deployments, ICE raids, and rhetoric about cities as “training grounds.”
Video claim challenges DHS account of Border Patrol shooting in Chicago
Attorney says body camera shows agent saying “Do something, b––” before firing; prosecutors charge two drivers as officials expand Operation Midway Blitz.
Nuclear power plants pre-deployed weapons of mass destruction
The global crisis it now embodies was foreseen 45 years ago by Bennett Ramberg, in his book “Nuclear Power Plants as Weapons for the Enemy: An Unrecognized Military Peril.”
Will teachers save our democracy?
A new book by teachers’ union president Randi Weingarten explains “why fascists fear teachers.”