Plant-Based Food Companies Face Critics: Environmental Advocates

Consumers and investors alike have gobbled up Beyond Meat’s burgers, sausage and chicken in recent years, thanks at least in part to the company’s message that its plant-based products are good for the environment.But some aren’t so…

West Virginia Leads U.S. in Flood Risk, Adding to Manchin’s Climate Dilemma

FARMINGTON, W.Va. — In Senator Joe Manchin’s hometown, a flood-prone hamlet of about 200 homes that hugs a curve on a shallow creek, the rain is getting worse.Those storms swell the river, called Buffalo Creek, inundating homes along…

Biden Administration Plans Wind Farms Along Nearly the Entire U.S. Coastline

“This is very big, big deal. This is a signal like we’ve never had before in the United States about where we can go with offshore wind,” said Dan Reicher, who served as assistant secretary at the Department of Energy in the Clinton…

Key to Biden’s Climate Agenda Like to Be Cut Because of Manchin

Democratic presidents have tried but failed to enact climate change legislation since the Clinton administration. During a year of record and deadly droughts, wildfires, storms and floods that scientists say are worsened by climate change,…

Can Fortescue’s Andrew Forrest, a Carbon-Emitting Iron Ore Tycoon, Save the Planet?

The group’s design, secret until now, recently received provisional patent protection.That burst of innovation — and the pace of improvement at Fortescue and elsewhere — is one of many factors bolstering Dr. Forrest’s optimism. He…

Democrats Weigh Carbon Tax After Manchin Rejects Key Climate Provision

WASHINGTON — Some House and Senate Democrats, smarting from a move by Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, to kill a major element of President Biden’s climate plan, are switching to Plan B: a tax on carbon dioxide pollution.A…

3D-Micromac introduces new laser system for half- and shingled cell cutting in photovoltaic manufacturing

 The microCELL™ MCS cell cutting system provides free choice of cutting layouts that range from half- to shingled cells without compromising throughput or yield.Chemnitz, Germany —3D-Micromac AG, the industry leader in laser micromachining…

Ripple and Nelnet announce $44m joint investment to fund solar energy projects throughout the U.S.

Ripple and Nelnet announce $44 million clean energy fund for a more sustainable future.Investment will contribute to the reduction of over 1.5 million tons of US carbon emissions.San Francisco, United States — Ripple, the leading provider…

Summit Ridge Energy Acquires and Breaks Ground on Maine Solar Project

Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) has begun construction in Maine on the first of 13 projects acquired from Revision Energy. The community…

Wolverine Power Cooperative, Clenera Contract for Michigan Solar Array

Another Clēnera solar project in Los Banos, Calif. Clēnera and Wolverine Power Cooperative have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) between Wolverine and Clēnera’s affiliate,…