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    Fate of U.S. Solar Industry in Trump’s Hands After ITC Ruling

    Fate of U.S. Solar Industry in Trump’s Hands After ITC Ruling

    The fate of the U.S. solar industry now lies in President Trump’s hands after the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled Friday that two bankrupt solar companies, Georgia-based Suniva and Oregon-based SolarWorld, were harmed economically by cheap imports of panels and cells. According to POLITICO, Trump is likely to impose tariffs on foreign solar panels […]

    How Trump Could Undermine the U.S. Solar Boom

    How Trump Could Undermine the U.S. Solar Boom

    By Llewelyn Hughes and Jonas Meckling Tumbling prices for solar energy have helped stoke demand among U.S. homeowners, businesses and utilities for electricity powered by the sun. But that could soon change. President Donald Trump—whose proposed 2018 budget would slash support for alternative energy—may get a new opportunity to undermine the solar power market by […]

    Huge Win for Renewables in Maryland as Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto

    Huge Win for Renewables in Maryland as Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto

    Lawmakers in the Maryland Senate voted 32-13 Thursday to expand the state’s renewable energy target restoring the Clean Energy Jobs Act and overriding Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of the measure in May of last year. The bill is now in effect. The bill increases requirements to use energy sources like wind and solar power […]

    8 States That Made 2016 a Huge Year for Clean Energy

    8 States That Made 2016 a Huge Year for Clean Energy

    By Jessica Collingsworth With the Clean Power Plan’s future up in the air and concerns about how science might fare given the recent election results, some may think 2016 wasn’t a great year for clean energy. However, lots of great state level policies were passed—some with bipartisan support—and there’s even some good news on the […]

    U.S. Solar Surges in Record-Breaking Quarter

    U.S. Solar Surges in Record-Breaking Quarter

    One megawatt of solar power was installed every 32 minutes in the U.S. from July to September, for a record total of 4,143 megawatts of new, clean energy, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research’s U.S. Solar Market Insight report. That brings total installed solar capacity in the U.S. to 35.8 […]

    Mark Ruffalo Delivers Solar Panels to Camp Where Thousands Are Fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline

    Mark Ruffalo Delivers Solar Panels to Camp Where Thousands Are Fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline

    [Click here for the latest on the Dakota Access Pipeline: 141 Arrested During Police Raid of Camp Halting Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.] [facebook https://www.facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1333980263281574/ expand=1] Actor Mark Ruffalo and Native Renewables founder Wahleah Johns presented Standing Rock Sioux tribal elders with mobile solar panels on trailers, bringing clean power to the protest encampment […]

    Obama Administration Drastically Restricts Renewables in Southern California Desert

    Obama Administration Drastically Restricts Renewables in Southern California Desert

    After eight years of work, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) will effectively foreclose development of renewable energy resources on millions of acres of federally managed lands in Southern California, said a coalition of renewable energy and labor groups in response to the federal government’s release of the plan. […]