Government Clown Can’t (Or Won’t) Tell Solar Panels & Buildings Apart From Each Other
A new USDA rule targets solar panels instead of addressing the real estate developers who are swallowing up US farms at an alarming pace.
US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Trump Administration’s Reckless Reorganization of USDA
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration has announced a controversial reorganization of a critical federal agency. In an announcement, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the administration would move around 2,600 employees out of the department’s Washington, D.C. headquarters and into five regional hubs located in Fort Collins, Colorado; Kansas City, … [continued]
Tesla CEO Heads Back Home, Leaving A Potential Honeybee Crisis Behind
Having trashed the Tesla brand with his activities as head of “DOGE,” CEO Elon Musk has added a potential honeybee crisis to his list of accomplishments.
US Geothermal Energy Startup Pre-Qualified By US Air Force, Eyes Scaleup
The geothermal energy innovator XGS Energy is stepping into commercial production following laboratory and field tests, with an endorsement from the US Air Force to boot.
USDA Strikes Again: $6 Billion For Rural Clean Energy Projects
A new $6 billion round of clean energy funding will benefit rural communities in about two dozen US states, unless the incoming Trump administration figures out a way to stop it.
Study Reveals Benefits Of Agrivoltaics In East Africa
More research shows that agrivoltaics — the combination of solar and agriculture — can pay big dividends for communities and farmers.
Green Hydrogen & Long Duration Energy Storage Makeover Planned For Colossal Superfund Site
The massive Chevron Questa molybdenum mine in New Mexico was an environmental disaster of epic proportions until it closed in 2014, and now an intricate, decades-long remediation effort is under way. In the latest development, plans are in the works to produce green hydrogen at the site, with the ultimate … [continued]
Cow Farts And Belches Targeted For High Tech Methane Removal
An innovative Danish startup has developed a solution to the serious problem of methane emissions from belching, farting cows, using a farm in Indiana as a test site.
Small Wind Power Projects Expanding into New Markets
The distributed wind market is growing both in size and variety, according to a new PNNL-led report An electric vehicle manufacturer, two schools and two Alaskan villages: these are just some of the organizations using wind turbines to help meet their energy needs. For the last eight months, researchers from … [continued]
16 Rural Electric Cooperatives Will Leverage $7.3 Billion in Federal Funding to Deliver More Affordable,…
Projects represent historic investments of $29 billion in clean energy that will benefit 1 in 5 rural Americans The first wave of 16 rural electric cooperatives (co-ops) selected to receive the USDA’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) funding plan to leverage their awards to deploy carbon-free energy to help power … [continued]
