renewable energy

Are You Ready to Drive on Solar Roadways?

Are You Ready to Drive on Solar Roadways?

By Bruce Lieberman Anyone who’s taken a road trip knows how intensely the sun can beat down on the roadway. Could all those rays be converted to solar power? Scott and Julie Brusaw said yes. This husband and wife team are the founders of Idaho-based company Solar Roadways. They created a system of solar panels […]

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    From Fracking Enthusiast to Exxon CEO: Trump’s Latest Picks

    From Fracking Enthusiast to Exxon CEO: Trump’s Latest Picks

    The Donald Trump camp added fracking enthusiast, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) critic and ALEC-linked Amy Oliver Cooke to the EPA landing team on Thursday. Cooke once co-authored an op-ed titled Clean Energy’s Dirty Secret: Cancer. Trump Tower is President-elect Trump’s transition hub.Wikipedia NBC’s Joe Scarborough tweeted that Trump is considering ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson […]

    World’s Largest Solar Farm Leapfrogs India to Third in Utility-Scale Solar

    World’s Largest Solar Farm Leapfrogs India to Third in Utility-Scale Solar

    The Kamuthi solar plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has vastly expanded the country’s solar capacity. Based on Wiki-Solar‘s calculations, thanks to the new plant, India now claims the number three spot in terms of utility-scale solar, behind China and the U.S. World’s largest single location power project was commissioned by Adani […]

    Finland Set to Become First Country in the World to Ban Coal

    Finland Set to Become First Country in the World to Ban Coal

    The Finnish government has announced plans to stop using coal, one of the the dirtiest fuels on the planet, by 2030. “Finland is well positioned to be among the first countries in the world to enact a law to ban coal … This will be my proposal,” Minister of Economic Affairs Olli Rehn told Reuters. […]

    Saint Petersburg Becomes First Florida City to Commit to 100% Renewables

    Saint Petersburg Becomes First Florida City to Commit to 100% Renewables

    The Saint Petersburg City Council formally approved on Monday the city’s commitment to transitioning to 100 percent clean, renewable energy. Saint Petersburg represents the first city in Florida and the 20th city in the country to make such a commitment. In a unanimous vote, the City Council Committee of the Whole allocated $250K of BP […]

    Trump Touts Clean Coal as Canada Phases Out the Dirty Energy

    Trump Touts Clean Coal as Canada Phases Out the Dirty Energy

    In a brief video message outlining goals for the first 100 days of his presidency, Donald Trump stated he would cancel “job-killing restrictions on the production of American energy, including shale energy and clean coal.” “This plan would put America 100 days further behind where we need to be to address climate change and 100 […]

    This Photographer Has Amassed the World’s Largest Collection of Climate Change Images

    This Photographer Has Amassed the World’s Largest Collection of Climate Change Images

    For the past 13 years, award-winning environmental photographer Ashley Cooper has traveled across seven continents, amassing the world’s largest collection of climate change images. [facebook https://www.facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1357334770946123/ expand=1] His work can be viewed on Global Warming Images as well as his new 416-page photo book, Images From a Warming Planet, featuring 500 of his best images. […]

    Tesla, SolarCity Merger Approved by Shareholders

    Tesla, SolarCity Merger Approved by Shareholders

    Shareholders approved the $2.6 billion bid by Tesla Motors to buy SolarCity, paving the way for the clean energy giant to become a one-stop shop for electric vehicles, rooftop solar and energy storage. Vote tally shows ~85% of unaffiliated shareholders in favor of the Tesla/SolarCity merger! Thanks for believing. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 17, […]

    Microsoft to Power Data Center With 100% Wind Energy

    Microsoft to Power Data Center With 100% Wind Energy

    Microsoft announced Monday two new contracts for 237 megawatts of wind energy capacity to run its Wyoming data center entirely on wind power. Microsoft’s data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming.Microsoft With the latest deal, the company now purchases more than 500 megawatts of wind energy in the country. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the top […]