Tag: solar power
Thanks to IRA tax credits, it’s now cheaper to make solar...
“This report shows that the Inflation Reduction Act successfully creates an air-tight business case for supporting U.S. workers and manufacturers."
‘Clean energy is moving fast’: Investments in renewables will overtake fossil...
The global energy crisis that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as the growing affordability of renewables, has given rise to more sustainable alternatives.
Red states lead U.S. in wind and solar power production, study...
Despite climate action often being frustrated by Republican leaders in Congress and at the local level, states with Republican governors and a majority of Republican state legislators are leading the nation in solar and wind.
54% of new electric-generating capacity in U.S. will be solar in...
Texas will be home to the highest amount of new solar capacity at 7.7 gigawatts, followed by California at 4.2 gigawatts.
These anti-solar policies are threatening U.S. clean energy goals
Here are some policies that in recent months have threatened to hold up or halt the solar sector’s rise.
Solar, wind surge in 2021 ‘another testament of renewable energy’s resilience’
"Despite the encouraging global trend," said IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera, a new publication "shows that the energy transition is far from being fast or widespread enough to avert the dire consequences of climate change."
Cheap wind and solar should prompt ‘rethink’ on role of CCS,...
“Now that renewable electricity is so cheap, this should cause us to seriously rethink the role of CCS.”
The race to build solar power in the desert—and protect rare...
As development of large solar projects speeds up, researchers race against the clock to study the ecosystem implications.
‘We have the Power’ finds US has resources and technology...
The study confirmed the U.S. has enough wind and solar resources to meet the country's energy needs.
South Australia first to be 100% solar-powered, as solar becomes cheapest...
On Oct. 11, all of its electricity was generated by solar power, the first time this feat was achieved by any major jurisdiction in the world.
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Trump’s Ebola response cuts face renewed scrutiny as deadly outbreak spreads through Central Africa
WHO warns the outbreak in Congo and Uganda is “deeply concerning” as former health officials and aid experts say Trump administration cuts weakened the systems designed to detect and contain Ebola before it spread.
Woman forced to give birth in Brooklyn courtroom sparks outrage over conditions inside New...
Legal advocates and public defenders say a detained woman spent more than 24 hours in custody before giving birth on a courtroom bench in handcuffs, exposing what protesters describe as dangerous and degrading conditions in Brooklyn Criminal Court.
Automatic draft registration undoes a victory decades in the making
Quiet mass resistance led Congress to end compulsory draft registration, but a plan for “automatic” registration threatens that victory.
Trump EPA moves to dismantle key PFAS drinking water protections despite warnings over cancer...
Environmental advocates and public health groups say the Trump administration’s plan to weaken federal limits on “forever chemicals” in tap water could leave millions exposed to contaminants linked to cancer, liver damage, and other serious illnesses.
How Earth-centered education helps children learn through nature, play, and relationship
An ecological approach to learning uses outdoor play, storytelling, and shared experience to help children develop a kinship worldview—a deep recognition that living and nonliving parts of the Earth are fundamentally connected.