Groups challenge EPA’s decision on smog that flouts the law and hands polluters a free pass CLEVELAND — A coalition of environmental and public health organizations filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to let Cleveland off the hook from having to clean up its smog-choked air. … [continued]
MIDDLETOWN, OH — Cleveland-Cliffs and the Department of Energy announced plans to continue the use of coal at Cleveland-Cliffs’ Middletown Works steel mill today, abandoning previously announced plans to transition toward clean energy. The company was originally selected in March 2024 for up to $500 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) … [continued]
Despite the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy, the smart money is steering over to landfills, derelict coal mines, and other industrial sites for conversion into solar power plants.
The good EV charging news keeps coming — this time it’s about NEVI funding combined with private investment. The new NEVI funding for Ohio chargers is $51 million and it will be paired with at least another $26 million from the private sector. In total, there could be 64 new … [continued]
A bill proposed by ALEC attempts to prevent utilities in Ohio from choosing renewables, but it accidentally affects coal as well.
Aside from denying that long established climate science is real, and the threats to humanity from global heating are great, the Trump administration is intent on doing all kinds of absurd things to pretend that fossil fuels are better than they are, and to line the pockets of fossil billionaires … [continued]
The CdTe thin film solar manufacturing industry has an opportunity to grow to 100 gigawatts per year in the US as soon as 2030, according to an US industry-academic research team.
The US has issued a new “emergency” plan to force data centers to pay for the electricity they need but it undercuts renewables,
Analysis Shows Clean Energy Investments Dropped from $4.7 Billion Peak to Stagnation Under Trump Administration, Threatening Over 61,000 Good-Paying Jobs View a recording of the release webinar here. APPALACHIA — A new report released this month by ReImagine Appalachia reveals that 67% of the region’s 92,282 projected clean energy jobs … [continued]
The demand for new electricity to serve data centers is exploding and no one seems to care about how much pollution that will cause.
