Boryana Straubel, 38, Dies; Founded a ‘Green’ Jewelry Company

Boryana Dineva was born on May 25, 1983, in Bulgaria. With the fall of Communism in 1989, her family emigrated to Germany, where they lived for a few months in a refugee camp. They also lived in Austria and Russia. After learning English,…

Here’s How Biden Aims to Increase Electric Car Sales

But if a final infrastructure package includes little or no spending on electric vehicles, a tougher tailpipe rule would likely face opposition from automakers, who would be forced to build and try to sell costly electric cars. And autoworker…

Are ‘Heat Pumps’ the Answer to Heat Waves? Some Cities Think So.

Many climate experts say the long-term solution is to replace most of those fossil-fuel appliances with electric versions powered by a greener grid. But in practice, that’s difficult. While cities like Berkeley have rewritten building codes…

Lawmaker Threatens to Subpoena Exxon After Secret Video

The chairman of a House subcommittee is demanding that executives of Exxon Mobil Corp., Shell, Chevron and other major oil and gas companies testify before Congress about the industry’s decades-long effort to wage disinformation campaigns…

What Technology Could Reduce Heat Deaths? Trees.

At the same time, American cities are facing a heat crisis: The largest are warming at twice the rate of the planet as a whole.‘It’s hard for us to think of trees as actual infrastructure’On an afternoon that felt too sweltering for…

MGM Resorts Wraps Up 100 MW Solar Project North of Las Vegas

MGM Resorts International has activated a 100 MW solar array in the desert north of Las Vegas, featuring 323,000 panels arranged across…

Kearsarge Deploys 34 MW of Solar in Rhode Island, Massachusetts

Kearsarge Energy has started commercial operations on over 34 MW of solar and battery energy storage project, consisting of 11 individual projects in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The…

ComEd, Nexamp Roll Out Unique Solar Program in Illinois

Mayor Tom McNamara Nexamp and ComEd have launhed Give-A-Ray, a new 15-year program to provide solar energy benefits and savings to low- and moderate-income customers in Rockford, Ill.,…

AEW Works with Black Bear, Summit Ridge on Maryland Community Solar Installation

Anne Peck AEW, a global real estate investment manager, has completed a rooftop solar array at an AEW-managed industrial facility that…

Nautilus Buys 21 Community Solar Installations in New York, Maryland

Jeffrey Cheng Owner-operator Nautilus Solar Energy LLC has acquired 21 fully operational solar projects in New York and Maryland totaling…