This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Public Utility Commission has accepted PG&E’s plan to close Diablo Canyon, the state’s single largest power plant and the last of its nuclear reactors, once their federal operating licenses…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sometimes the best way to communicate with the public and win points on authenticity is to turn conventional wisdom on its head. And the oil and gas sector should begin owning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to new data analyzed by the firm IHS Markit, we now have evidence that the growing use of LED bulbs is having a distinct, positive effect on emissions. LEDs throw…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In what’s regarded as one of the standout conservation achievements of the last year, Alopecoenas erythropterus — the Polynesian ground dove — has been rescued from extinction at the hands of invasive mammalian…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The bottom line is driving some big new bets on renewables. As technologies improve and scale up, electricity generated from solar and wind power is becoming less costly than that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the beef lifecycle, cattle spend the first half to two thirds of their lives on small ranches and farms (cow-calf and stocker/backgrounder operations). When poorly managed, these grazing operations can cause extensive pollution,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The biggest banks in Europe, North America and Asia are in a global race to provide the $12 trillion in financing needed by 2030 for the historic global transition to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With clean energy policies facing a more uncertain future, here’s something that might tip the scale: better estimates about just what it’s saving us in economic terms. According to a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The first 2.5 gigawatts of foreign-imported solar cells will be excluded from the tariff, giving unprepared companies relying on foreign imported solar cells more breathing room than expected. To give…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Buried under the headlines of tax reform and of course, holiday distractions, came some big news from the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA): after years of power generation emitting the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How big is the U.S. solar industry, and what is its growth trajectory? The U.S. solar industry generated US$154 billion in economic activity in 2016, including direct sales, wages, salaries,…
Below are a few key findings from the study that compared the crop yields between the United States and Europe where genetically modified technology is banned. Genetically modified (GM) crops…