Hart Van Denburg/CPR News The Suncor oil refinery in Denver, June 2, 2020. As Colorado sets to tackle climate change, there are already worries the …
California’s Shift From Natural Gas to Solar Is Playing a Role in Rolling Blackouts
California was beset by its first rolling blackouts since the 2001 energy … increasing shift to solar power and away from natural-gas-fired generators, …
Regulators issue fines to Eversource and UI over shared solar program
Panels at the state’s only shared solar array in Bloomfield, pictured in 2019. The opaque world of energy policy continues to roil the surface of state …
The world’s biggest waves: How climate change could trigger large landslides and ‘mega-tsunamis
This is critically important, since climate change could contribute to increasing the number and size of these events. Recent giant wave events. Triggered …
The State of Corporate Board Performance and Accountability (Part I of IV)
In many cases, the corporate board bears responsibility. The degree of responsibility can range from direct involvement or knowledge of the …
Defying Trump, 4 Automakers Lock In a Deal on Greenhouse Gas Pollution
… it’s enforceable,” said Spencer Reeder, director of government affairs and sustainability at Audi of America, who helped to negotiate the agreement …
Podcast Corner: New show offers chats about food sustainability issues
Journalist Ellie O’Byrne, who writes regularly on these pages, has just wrapped up the first six episodes of her food-sustainability podcast Green Bites.
Talking Point: Councils push sustainability as higher governments fail to act
State governments have been more responsive — and more responsible — but they too are inclined to treat the climate challenge as something of a …
400000 solar panels, 800 acres, 1000 sheep. A preview of NJ’s largest solar project.
Roughly 1,000 ewes — as well as 50 rams during breeding season — will be living at the solar farm to manage vegetation growing under the panels.
‘Ocean-in-a-lab’ shows the power of tiny climate change fighters
To examine the effect of the five ocean basins on the climate, however, researchers had to shrink the seas — allowing for the study of some of the tiniest …