Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By, Mark Specht, Senior Energy Analyst Two years ago, I went on a tour of the Russell City Energy Center, a natural gas power plant in California. Two months ago, the power plant exploded, raining hunks of metal down on the surrounding neighborhood. How … [continued]
There’s no doubt about it: Governor Newsom’s climate policy executive order issued last week was groundbreaking in many respects.
In this webinar, Institute for Local Self-Reliance Energy Democracy Initiative director John Farrell is joined by Karl Rábago of the Pace Energy and Climate Center to discuss city-level strategies to reduce gas use.
Herman Trabish of Greentech Media has happened across a pretty interesting find — 97% of new electricity generation capacity in line to be added to the California grid in the second half (2H) of 2012 is from solar power projects. This is according to the California Independent System Operator (the ISO), as … [continued]
