Tag: renewables

With fewer than one third of Paris Agreement signatories submitting updated climate plans, the UN’s new synthesis report shows global pledges would cut emissions by only 10 percent by 2035 as world leaders admit “overshooting is now inevitable.”

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.

Renewable energy doesn’t matter if we can’t distribute it.

The United States’ increasing use of renewable energy has improved air quality and reduced the country’s greenhouse gas emissions while producing monetary benefits in the hundreds of billions of dollars.

“Wind farms—especially those on land—made the largest contribution.”

Tribes across the country are embarking on renewable energy projects of varying scales, with differing ambitions.

As the island rebuilds after Hurricane Maria, a century-old federal shipping law known as the Jones Act stands in the way of the oil and gas industry flooding the island with liquefied natural gas, or LNG.

"Those who wait for the best commercials all year expect Budweiser to show up big, and we felt there was no better way to show up this year than to talk about our commitment to Renewable Electricity."

“The climate system is not stopping you [hitting the target], global society is stopping you.”

For the first time in recent memory, there is a growing clarion call for a response that goes beyond the limits imposed by our economic system.