Tag: wind power
Denmark produced enough wind energy in one day to power 10...
Denmark previously produced 140 percent of its country's electricity needs from wind power.
Wind power sets new record: Briefly provides majority of electricity for...
In 2016, wind power was the largest U.S. source of renewable electric capacity and is now the country’s fourth-largest energy source.
Oklahoma governor seeks to set nation’s highest tax on wind
“Creating a less competitive energy environment via taxation only hurts consumers.”
Huge win for renewables in Maryland as lawmakers override governor’s veto
“In the current face of fear, uncertainty, and at times outright denial of environmental problems at the federal level, the Clean Energy Jobs Act proves that states like Maryland will not remain quiet on our country's toughest challenges like climate change.”
Nation’s largest offshore wind farm gets green light
In this new era, we'll need this state leadership more than ever.
Employment report: Solar employs more than coal, oil, and natural gas...
Solar specifically employs the largest share of workers in the Electric Power generation sector.
Dutch trains are world’s first to run on 100% wind power
The Dutch government is looking to ramp up the nation's share of renewable energy from 4 percent to 16 percent.
The Obama administration just made it easier to put solar and...
The new policy has bipartisan support and will drive revenue for the federal government.
States Repped By Energy Science-Denying Republicans Leading Way on Wind Power
These Republicans have supported legislation that has helped finance wind investments, but have also adopted Republican dogma on climate science.
This Labor Day, Let’s Look at Ways Green Energy Is Helping...
The fuel for solar and wind is free. At some point in the next 50 years, installation will be done or inexpensive, and the fuel will be gratis. The average worker will likely experience the equivalent of a 6% raise as a result.
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Trump seizes control of DC police, threatens military deployment despite record-low crime
President Donald Trump invokes the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploy the National Guard, citing a “crime emergency” that officials say does not exist. Critics call the move an unlawful power grab with authoritarian overtones.
Cults, cults, everywhere—raring to bash majority rule, pluralism, justice, science and rationality. Isn’t that...
Thanks to its own greed, egotism, buffoonery, incompetence, and ruthlessness, the MAGA cult is already splitting apart, squandering its overweening power.
Community organizer slams ‘fascist ICE agents’ after arrest of US citizen documenting raids
ICE has faced widespread backlash over the arrest of community advocates swept up while documenting raids across the country, many of them U.S. citizens.
The FDA let substandard factories ship these medications to the US
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013.
Pentagon plan reveals standing military force for rapid deployment in US cities
Leaked documents show Trump administration proposal to create a permanent National Guard “quick reaction force” to quell domestic unrest, raising concerns over legality, militarization, and civil liberties.