El Paso Electric Powers Up State’s Largest Community Solar Grid
El Paso Electric has begun operating the largest community solar power grid in Texas. The 33,000 panel facility covers 21 acres and generates 3 megawatt or clean renewable power.
Author: Steve Hanley
California & China To Cooperate On Carbon Emissions Reduction
California governor Jerry Brown has signed cooperative agreements with the government of China and two provinces to pursue zero carbon emissions research and atragegy.
States Form United States Climate Alliance, Give Trump The Finger
“States rights” is a simple term fraught with grave political overtones in America. It’s not a stretch to say the Civil War was about states rights. The Jim Crow laws that followed were about states rights. Now, as a result of the decision by the putative president to abrogate the country’s commitment to the Paris climate accords, states rights is once again a rallying cry in American politics.
Arcadia Power Secures $6 Million In New Funding
Arcadia Power, which concentrates on making clean renewable energy available to everyone, has raised an additional $6 million in its latest funding round.
Utility CEO Says Paris Pullout Changes Nothing, Clean Energy Still The Future
The head of American Electric Power says Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate accords does nothing to change the fact that clean energy is cheaper than coal and is the wave of the future.
Paris Climate Accords Withdrawal Bought And Paid For By Koch Brothers
In the past 9 years, the US Congress had become a place where representatives are afraid to talk about climate change. How did that happen? Money, and lots of it, thanks to Citizens United.
Congressman Says God Will Take Care Of Climate Change — If It Becomes A “Real…
Tim Walberg, Republican congressman from Michigan, says if climate change becomes real, God will intervene. Is that a rational approach to a serious problem?
New York Attorney General Accuses Exxon, Rex Tillerson Of Misleading Investors
Eric Schneiderman, Attorney General for the state of New York, has filed a statement with a New York court alleging that Exxon has materially misrepresented key information to investors since 2010. The company vigorously denies the claim.
Trump Dumps Paris Climate Accords, Musk Dumps Trump
Donald Trump has decided to abrogate the US commitment to the Paris climate accords. In response, Elon Musk has withdrawn his membership on two advisory panels.
Musk Will Quit Advisory Panels If Trump Reneges On Paris Climate Accords
Elon Musk may have finally had enough of Donald Trump’s shenanigans. He tweeted on May 31 that if Trump actually does pull the US out of the Paris climate accords, he will have no choice to resign from Trump’s advisory boards.
