New Hampshire’s newly elected veto-proof Republican majority is swiftly consolidating the pro-pollution agenda provided by oil billionaires Charles and David Koch, the heads of Koch Industries. The New Hampshire House passed HB 519 by 246-104 on Wednesday, repealing its membership in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), after a successful … [continued]
In the 20-state area that participates in a cap-and-trade program to reduce emissions of nitric oxide (NOx) from power plants, NOx emissions have declined dramatically. The reduction is visible even from space, scientists reported as long ago as in 2006, in satellite images of the Northeastern United States. The hard … [continued]
Second-time Governor Jerry Brown will have another chance to sign into law a second burst of renewable energy in California. By a vote of 26-11 on party lines, the California Senate has just passed the legislation that would require private and public utilities in the state to get 33% of … [continued]
I wrote last year about MainHousing Director Dale McCormick, who came up with the innovative idea of selling weatherization carbon credits at the RGGI cap and trade auction to create the funds to get homes and businesses in Maine weatherized. He just got his first $1 million from carbon credits … [continued]
There’s more than climate change triggering the collapse of the world’s glaciers. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake in New Zealand’s South Island on Tuesday apparently caused a massive iceberg, estimated at 30 – 40 million tonnes, to shear off from Tasman Glacier and drop in Tasman Glacier Terminal Lake, at Aoraki … [continued]
I have a mental block about the upfront cost of LEDs, that is like the block most people have about solar. (To me it seems so obvious that solar electricity is cheaper than utility electricity in my state that I get frustrated that every roof doesn’t sport solar. It’s as … [continued]
The new Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was just one of many Tea Party/GOP candidates inserted into office by the Koch Brothers, under our new Supreme Court ruling allowing corporate bribery. Now their puppet Governor is trying to bust the remnants of unions in this country. But the Koch brothers are … [continued]
In order to delay adding any new fossil-fuel generation until at least 2020, an Oklahoma utility is trying a pilot program; pricing electricity based on Time of Use (TOU). Oklahoma is very dependent on fossil fuels, (as you might deduce from its Senator, Jim “global warming is a hoax” Inhofe). … [continued]
Reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to safe levels is not only achieved by switching to nice clean new sources of electricity like solar and wind, but also by cleaning up after a nasty legacy of dirty old energy sources like coal. Methane emitted from abandoned coal mines accounts for … [continued]
Although we cover solar breakthroughs in the lab here at Cleantechnica, solar is actually already at or below grid parity for consumers in some states through leases and power purchase agreements (PPAs). Solar is cheaper because the cost can be spread out over a number of years, and solar panels, … [continued]
