E.P.A. to Review Rules on Soot Linked to Deaths, Which Trump Declined to Tighten

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will reconsider federal limits on fine industrial soot, one of the most common and deadliest forms of air pollution, with an eye toward imposing tough new rules on emissions from power plants, factories…

Our Response to Climate Change Is Missing Something Big, Scientists Say

Some environmental solutions are win-win, helping to rein in global warming and protecting biodiversity, too. But others address one crisis at the expense of the other. Growing trees on grasslands, for example, can destroy the plant and animal…

For Lease: Windmill Space in the Atlantic Between Long Island and New Jersey

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday announced that it would begin the formal process of selling leases to develop offshore wind farms in shallow waters between Long Island and New Jersey as part of its push to transition the…

Biden Plans to Restore Protections to Tongass National Forest in Alaska

The Biden administration plans to restore environmental protections to Tongass National Forest in Alaska, one of the world’s largest intact temperate rain forests, that had been stripped away by former President Donald J. Trump.The administration…

First CSP plant in Latin America to provide 100% renewable energy inaugurated in Chile

EIG Global Energy Partners, a  leading institutional investor to the global energy sector headquartered in Washington, D.C. announced the inauguration of the Cerro Dominador solar complex in Chile’s Atacama Desert following a successful…

The Smart Energy Company chosen by NB Power to build the first utility-scale solar farm in Atlantic Canada

New Brunswick, Canada, June 10, 2021 (Solar Business Hub) — The Smart Energy Company, a New Brunswick-based leading renewable energy developer, has been chosen by Canadian electric utility NB Power to assist in the building of their new…

7X Energy Sells Elara Solar Project to KOMIPO

7X Energy Inc. has sold its 130 MW AC Elara Energy Project, located in Frio County, Texas, on over 1,700 acres, to KOMIPO America Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Korea Midland Power Co. Ltd.,…

BayWa r.e., GoodLeap Offer Financing Program for Residential Solar, Storage

BayWa r.e. has entered a partnership with GoodLeap that will add GoodLeap into BayWa r.e.’s Split Pay financing program, which is…

U.S. Energy Storage Market Touts Record-Breaking Quarter

According to Wood Mackenzie‘s and the U.S. Energy Storage Association’s (ESA) latest ‘US Energy Storage Monitor‘ report, 910 MWh of new energy storage systems were brought online…

Developing Economies Pose Hurdle to Global Net-Zero Ambitions

The world’s energy and climate future increasingly hinges on whether emerging and developing economies are able to successfully transition to cleaner energy systems, calling for a step-change…