The UK government has, over the years 2010–2014, provided support totaling £1.76 billion (via Export Credit Guarantees) to fossil fuel industries abroad, according to a recent analysis from the EnergyDesk. Worth noting is the fact that these credit guarantees are, of course, backed by taxpayer money. Were you asked if … [continued]
It looks as though opposition to the practice of fracking has finally started to coalesce even in the political world, based on recent statements and positions taken in places not known for their environmental boldness and leadership. In particular, recent statements from one of Florida’s state representative stand out (to … [continued]
Seismologists find the fracking earthquake smoking gun, with solid evidence that links fracking to a series of quakes in Ohio last spring.
Electricity generation across the whole US doesn’t change a ton from month to month, but the seasons and slow changes in power capacity do bring some shifts. For example, electricity generation from renewable energy sources rose from 10.5% in September to 12.7% in October, according to the US Energy Information … [continued]
Two Canadian pension funds have announced an agreement with Spanish banking giant Banco Santander to jointly acquire a portfolio of renewable energy and water infrastructure assets which is valued at over $2 billion. The pension funds, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) will … [continued]
Editor’s Note: Upon repeated reader request and my own interest in seeing more accurate numbers, I have included an estimate of non-utility-scale solar (i.e., residential and commercial solar) in the numbers below. I will do this from here on out. Assumptions* and sources for these estimates are at the end of this … [continued]
XTO, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, just got caught in the “Al Capone” trap: EPA nails it for ordinary construction violations at fracking sites.
I’ve been saving up a number of Elon Musk interviews for awhile but haven’t been able to get to them. So, now I’m getting to them all at one time. Below are links to the full interviews, or videos of the interviews when they were videotaped, but I’ve also gone ahead … [continued]
Yesterday (Wednesday, December 17, 2014), at a year-end cabinet meeting in Albany called by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New York’s acting commissioner of health stated that he could not support high-volume New York fracking (technically, hydraulic fracturing) because the health issues of the practice outweigh the benefits. [If there is anyone … [continued]
Originally published on ilsr.org. In August 2013, Minneapolis (MN) was in the news for considering a take-over of its energy utilities. Today, they’re back in the news for supporting a first-in-the-nation clean energy partnership with those same utilities and a pioneering effort to bring more local input into the city’s … [continued]
