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...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 4, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
An offshore wind farm and three environmental organizations have entered an agreement to protect right whales while developing green infrastructure. South Fork Wind is a large wind farm currently being built offshore from Rhode Island and Long Island. When it’s...
by Beth Holmes | May 9, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
Lake Mead is reaching record lows as Las Vegas and the western U.S. suffer under massive drought. The last time Lake Mead, the massive reservoir behind the Hoover Dam which provides water to 25 million people in three states and Mexico was considered full was 2000....
by Beth Holmes | Apr 11, 2022 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
Our power grid might be too old to suffer the increasingly extreme weather of climate change, according to government data. An Associated Press analysis of data from government sources indicates that not only are we undergoing more frequent climate disasters, but our...
