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Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarUnited States
Google Invests $300 Million to Cover Solar Panel Installation Costs
Google is contributing $300 million to a $750 million SolarCity fund that will help users in 14 states and the District of Columbia cover ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Leverage Keystone for U.S.-Canada Climate Deal, Bloomberg Urges
In an op ed published last week in the New York Times, the National Post, and iPolitics, among other outlets, ex-New York mayor Michael ... -
Toyota Unveils New Hydrogen Vehicle
Toyota has unveiled a new hydrogen fuel cell vehicle that has a range of 300 miles (482 kilometres), takes less than five minutes to ... -
Two-Thirds of Americans See Moral Duty to Act on Climate
Two-thirds of Americans believe world leaders are morally obligated to act on climate change, and 72% believe they are “personally morally obligated,” according to ... -
Whitehouse Fact-Checks the ‘Senator with the Snowball’
After James Inhofe (R-OK), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, tossed a snowball in the Senate chamber to question the science of ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
Keystone Rejection Could Trigger NAFTA Claim by TransCanada
A decision by U.S. President Barack Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline could lead to a claim for damages under the North American ... -
Ice Loss May Force Alaskan Iñupiat Town to Relocate
The 400 Iñupiat residents of Kivalina, Alaska may soon have to make the wrenching decision to relocate inland or down the coast, as declining ... -
NE North America Saw Five Inches of Sea Level Rise in Two Years
Sea levels in northeastern North America rose five inches in two years through 2009 and 2010, resulting in coastal flooding and beach erosion along ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
The Keystone Veto: (At Least) Five Ways it Could End
In what iPolitics.ca described as “the day's least surprising, most expected, widely predicted, and downright pre-threatened development,” U.S. President Barack Obama vetoed a Congressional ... -
SolarCity Leases Former Solyndra Facility
In what Think Progress calls a “major step forward for both the solar company and the optics of the entire domestic industry,” San Mateo, ... -
Batteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarUnited StatesWind
U.S. Won’t Need Energy Storage to Expand Renewables
While energy storage is “an important solution with big market potential,” available energy supply technologies are sufficient to “achieve much more renewables penetration than ... -
BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
The End of Miami: Sea Levels Rise 3.7 Inches in 19 Years
Sea levels around the Miami coast have gone up 3.7 inches (9.4 centimetres) in 19 years, Grist reported last week, meaning that “you don’t ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionRenewable EnergySolarUnited States
Cleantech Marketer Calls for Climate-Solar Mobilization
Climate activists and the solar industry are “natural allies” that “could mobilize politicians and citizens across the aisle to make clean energy even more ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
Canada’s New Rail Safety Standards Won’t Prevent Spills: TSB
Canada’s new rail safety standards are inadequate to prevent oil spills, according to the Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary assessment of a February 14 derailment ... -
CoalDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergyUnited States
Coal Plant Retirements Open the Door to Energy Efficiency Gains
A three-billion-watt (3-GW) reserve power shortfall due to the elimination of “ancient”, high-emitting coal plants serving Michigan’s Lower Peninsula could “present opportunities for the ...
