Gov. Jared Polis signs “enormous package” of green energy and climate change bills
New greenhouse gas emission goals, tax credits, solar and geothermal programs fill out package
By NICK COLTRAIN |
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
| The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: May 11, 2023 at 6:11 p.m. | UPDATED: May 11,...
Advocates say regional network could boost renewable energy, cut costs for customers
By JUDITH KOHLER |
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
| The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: April 6, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: April 6, 2023 at 10:44 a.m.
Xcel Energy, Blacks Hills Energy and Tri-State Generation and Trans...
The Denver Post eEdition, Judith Kohler, June 17, 2020 Colorado and the country continue to lose clean energy jobs by the thousands since the coronavirus began spreading, a national industry group said Monday.
A new analysis by E2, Environmental Entrepreneurs, said the industry lost 27,000 job...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced he will head the Breakthrough Energy Ventures Fund, a more than $1 billion fund focused on fighting climate change. Joining him are some of the world’s most successful business leaders, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists, including John Doerr...
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton pledged that half a billion solar panels will be installed by the end of her first term if she wins the Oval Office this fall. That number may seem daunting, but industry insiders say it’s well within the realm of possibility. Even if yo...
Last year, global efforts on climate change focused on Paris, where representatives from 195 countries hammered out a landmark agreement to limit warming.
This week, the diplomatic scrum shifts to San Francisco.
Energy ministers from the world’s largest economies — including the United States, Chi...
A new report shows 2.5 million Americans now work in the clean energy field—and that number is quickly growing.
The clean energy revolution means we’re getting more renewable power from the wind and sun, doing more with less waste in our workplaces and homes, and building some of the best all-elect...
Across the planet, economies have been either dependent on or addicted to fossil fuels for 150 years, but there appears to be global momentum towards better energy use and more sustainable approaches, according to a new study in Nature Energy journal.
Catherine Mitchell, professor of energy policy ...
“We need innovation that gives us energy that’s cheaper than today’s hydrocarbon energy, that has zero CO2 emissions, and that’s as reliable as today’s overall energy system. And when you put all those requirements together, we need an energy miracle,”Bill Gates recently told The Atla...
In his first remarks on American soil, Pope Francis on Wednesday signaled the balance he might strike during his highly charged visit this week, telling President Obama and a huge crowd on the South Lawn of the White House that the U.S. must safeguard religious freedom while also stressing the “urge...
By Mead Gruver, AP
CHEYENNE — California regulators could achieve savings in water use, electricity rates and greenhouse emissions by turning to Wyoming wind power to help offset the natural ups and downs of wind and solar power in their state, according to a University of Wyoming report released M...
Co-located with the Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit/ Islands Innovation Summit & Showcase/ Pacific Defense Energy Summit & Showcase
August 24-26, 2015
Honolulu Convention Center, Honolulu, HI
resiliencesummit.com
The event is the preeminent meeting place for internat...
By Caleb Jones
HONOLULU — High above this bustling city — in a quiet, exclusive hillside neighborhood where some of the island's wealthiest residents live — there is an extravagant home that's not quite like the others.
The 6,000-square-foot house has a view overlooking Diamond Head, Waikiki and t...
By Mark Jaffe
The Denver Post
A dispute between the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and one of its Colorado electric cooperatives has opened the way for more renewable energy in rural communities.
At issue was whether the Delta-Montrose Electric Association could buy locally pro...
By Mark Jaffe
The Denver Post
One of the most fertile grounds for solar panels in the U.S. looks to be big cities, where by the end of 2014 about 1,300 megawatts were installed — enough to power 250,000 homes.
A study on urban solar by the Frontier Group and Environment America found while cities...
BONN, GERMANY/WASHINGTON, DC (8 June 2015) — On June 7th and 8th, government leaders met at the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau, Germany. On the topic of climate change, G7 leaders demonstrated their support for a goal to phase out greenhouse gas emissions over the course of this century and reached a se...
The enormity of global warming can be daunting and dispiriting. What can one person, or even one nation, do on their own to slow and reverse climate change? But just as ecologist Stephen Pacala and physicist Robert Socolow, both at Princeton University, came up with 15 so-called "wedges" for nations...
The forecast calls for picture-perfect weather Tuesday in New York City as world leaders gather to discuss the challenge of a changing climate.
More than 120 leaders, including President Obama, are expected to attend the one-day climate summit, sponsored by the United Nations. They've been instruct...
Creative entrepreneurs, futurists, community members, and businesses have found innovative ways to utilize the sun’s energy that could lead to huge increases in access to clean and green electricity.
As we saw during the first #PutSolarOnIt day of action on June 21, public support for solar po...
