Curtailing clean energy threatens innovation and national security Returning from his first energy summit with fellow G7 nations, Energy Secretary Rick Perry issued a memo expressing concern about the United States’ diminishing use of antiquated “baseload” power plants, the centralized and often polluting system of power generation that had been used to deliver electricity to … Continue reading Curtailing clean energy threatens innovation and national security→
Pittsburgh’s Transformation Is a Model for Clean Energy Innovation A subscription to Harvard Business Review would’ve spared President Trump his embarrassing “Pittsburgh, not Paris” punchline, delivered as he pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord. Abandoning the treaty was predicated on preserving American jobs, but if he’d tuned into our HBR webinar, Delivering … Continue reading #Pittsburgh ’s Transformation Is a Model for Clean Energy Innovation→
AEP CEO: We’re Moving to a Clean Energy Economy, Regardless of Trump’s Paris Accord Withdrawal President Trump said he’s pulling America out of the Paris climate accords because the deal was bad for business. Business leaders have other ideas. Over the weekend, American Electric Power — a utility that produces more coal electricity than any … Continue reading #AEP CEO: We’re Moving to a Clean Energy Economy, Regardless of Trump’s Paris Accord Withdrawal→
Report: Clean Energy Growing in States and Cities Nationwide California continues to lead the way on clean energy, but energy efficiency and renewables are gaining major ground across the country, a new ranking of states and cities shows. Six states now get at least a fifth of their power from non-hydro renewable sources such as … Continue reading Report: Clean Energy Growing in States and Cities Nationwide→
China Looks to Capitalize on Clean Energy as U.S. Retreats LIULONG, China — China’s devastating pollution problems began here, in coal country, where legions of workers toiled and often died to exhume the rich deposits that fueled the country’s sooty rise to economic power. Today, these muddy plains are home to a potent symbol of … Continue reading China Looks to Capitalize on Clean Energy as U.S. Retreats→
New York will sink $1.5B into renewable energy projects to spur clean energy jobs Cuomo last week signed an executive order committing New York to uphold Paris accord standards, echoing the defiant tone of dozens of states and cities. Large business interests also opposed the White House’s decision to exit the agreement, which was signed … Continue reading New York will sink $1.5B into renewable energy projects to spur clean energy jobs→
Amazon’s Clean Energy Procurements Should Include Nuclear, Say Advocates A coalition of scientists, clean energy advocates, business leaders and Ohio political leaders is asking Amazon to expand its renewable energy procurement policy to include nuclear power, in the hopes of saving two plants in Ohio that might go out of business. Amazon is a major … Continue reading #Amazon ’s Clean Energy Procurements Should Include Nuclear, Say Advocates→
Slump in Clean Energy Patents Causes Concern As of late, the spike of clean energy technology innovation is slowing down in the United States, during a time that the Trump administration is aiming to drastically cut government research spending in the industry. In fact, according to a recent report by Brookings Institution, the number of … Continue reading Slump in Clean Energy Patents Causes Concern→
Electricity customers pay for groups that lobby against clean energy, report says Successful oversight of trade group membership dues has faded away in many states, report says. Few political organizations have the “luxury of subsidization” enjoyed by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and other trade groups that represent the utility industry, according to a new … Continue reading Electricity customers pay for groups that lobby against clean energy, report says→
Dem senator pushes bill to overhaul clean energy tax credits Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has introduced a bill to create a new system of federal tax credits for clean energy projects. The bill, dubbed the “Clean Energy for America Act,” would overhaul the existing tax structure for energy development, which today consists of 44 different … Continue reading Dem senator pushes bill to overhaul clean energy tax credits→
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