In a few weeks it will be one year since the article “California just hit 95% renewable energy. Will other states come along for the ride?” appeared in the Los Angeles Times. Its author, staff writer Sammy Roth, had learned that California briefly generated 95% of the electricity consumers were using from clean, renewable sources,

Using “incidental take” as a euphemism for “accidentally chopped to pieces”, the owners of Pine Tree Wind Farm all but admit it could be lethal for California Condors, a species of which only an estimated 500 individuals remain. From a notice filed in the Federal Register by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: “We have

“Feb 3 (Reuters) – Nearly 80 scientists and academics, including a former U.S. energy secretary, on Thursday urged Governor Gavin Newsom to delay closure of California’s remaining nuclear plant to comply with state laws on fighting global warming. ‘The threat of climate change is too real and too pressing to leap before we look,’ said

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — As climate change pushes states in the U.S. to dramatically cut their use of fossil fuels, many are coming to the conclusion that solar, wind and other renewable power sources might not be enough to keep the lights on. Nuclear power is emerging as an answer to fill the gap as

“The European Union has drawn up plans to label some natural gas and nuclear energy projects as “green” investments after a year-long battle between governments over which investments are truly climate-friendly. The European Commission is expected to propose rules in January deciding whether gas and nuclear projects will be included in the EU ‘sustainable finance