Report: China’s anti-coal crusade leaves country’s poorest freezing
China’s anti-coal campaign is causing people in the country’s poorest areas to freeze for lack of adequate energy supply, according to a report Monday from Climate Home News.
Swanton-area leaders react to withdrawn wind turbine project application
Leaders in Swanton are declaring victory following news that Swanton Wind has withdrawn its application for a seven-turbine project expected to generate 20 megawatts of power, or enough electricity for an estimated 7,800 homes.
Obama says he can’t have a discussion with people who say the ‘climate is not changing’
Former President Barack Obama said he can’t have a debate with someone who thinks man-made global warming is a hoax while speaking at a summit in India on Friday.
New coalition formed to transition Vermonters to green transportation
Transportation in the Green Mountain State may be headed down a green path thanks to a new coalition that aims to promote electricity-based transportation for all.
GOP pushes bills to keep future presidents from doing what Obama did on energy
The House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a markup hearing for seven bills, including two to prevent future U.S. presidents from unilaterally imposing two Obama administration policies.
Study: Before warming a bit, Antarctica underwent 1,900 years of cooling
Antarctica went through a 1,900-year cooling trend before warming up a bit in the last century, according to a study showing that the South Pole has been much warmer in the past.
McClaughry: A global renewable energy power play
Nuclear stations deliver steady, safe, reliable dispatchable baseload power to the grid, accompanied by almost no greenhouse gas emissions.
To fight global warming, the UN wants countries to literally suck CO2 out of the air
The Paris agreement assumes, in effect, that the world will find ways to suck CO2 out of the air since emissions cannot be cut fast enough to keep the total stock of greenhouse gases sufficiently small to limit the rise in temperature successfully.
UN Green Climate Fund’s financials take huge hit during Trump era
President Donald Trump’s decision to stop shoveling money into the U.N.’s Green Climate Fund has dramatically hurt the financial instruments the organization uses to tackle climate change.
Carbon tax resurfaces as electric power subsidy
Environmentalists unveiled the “Essex Plan” at the Energy Action Network annual meeting at Champlain College last week in Burlington.
Roper: Another carbon tax proposal
The carbon tax really is the zombie, body snatcher legislation that will not die.
Moore: Your business should have a ‘plan B’ for data in power outages
Last week’s storm and related power outages remind us that no matter how sophisticated our technology systems and networks are, we all rely on the regular, efficient delivery of electricity.