by Beth Holmes | Mar 20, 2023 | Climate Change, Conservation, Green Energy, Sustainability
Decarbonization projects are getting $6 billion in federal funding as the Biden Administration offers grants to pollution-heavy industries. On Wednesday, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced the creation of the Industrial Demonstrations Program, a grant program...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 30, 2023 | Green Energy
The Fukushima water release will follow international safety standards, attests a United Nations nuclear agency. The plan is to release treated radioactive cooling water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, probably beginning this spring or summer....
by Beth Holmes | Sep 5, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
Ten counties in Ohio have passed laws banning the development of new infrastructure-scale wind and solar projects, in the past year. In October last year, Ohio passed a state law granting the veto power over renewable energy sites to local voters. Worth noting, voters...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 15, 2022 | Conservation, Green Energy, Sustainability
A solar equity program has launched in Delaware, to provide solar panels for the homes of low-income residents. Low income households spend more on energy, as a percentage of their income, than high-income households. According to the American Council for an...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 18, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
Wind and solar sources generated more power than nuclear plants in the U.S. for the first time this April, according to the US Energy Information Administration. In April, clean energy sources, which include hydro, geothermal, wind and solar sources, accounted for...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 11, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
Gutting the EPA, the latest Supreme Court ruling dictates that only Congress can regulate emissions coming from existing power plants. In 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a directive to all standing coal power plants in the U.S. to either reduce...