A newly formed group, the Marin Energy Authority — whose members include the county and eight of its cities and towns — plans to approve its first contract with Shell Energy North America in February and to bring more renewable power to the county.
With holiday lights glowing around Marin County, a debate is heating up from Belvedere to Novato about who should procure the electricity that keeps them lighted.
After nine years of regulatory review, the federal government gave the green light Wednesday to the nation’s first offshore wind farm, a highly contested project off the coast of Cape Cod.
The approval of the 130-turbine farm gives a significant boost to the nascent offshore wind industry in the United States, which has lagged far behind Europe and China in harnessing the strong an
A biologist studying wild songbirds in New York State has found that all 178 woodland birds he tested last year had unusually high levels of mercury in their blood and feathers, a sign that the toxic chemical has spread farther in the environment than previously thought.
In proclaiming coal as his favorite green fuel (NYT, 1/10/2007), Thomas Friedman is making the assumption that the carbon dioxide emitted can successfully and economically be trapped using carbon c
TXU Corp., the biggest power producer in Texas, will curtail plans for coal-fired generators to win support from environmentalists for a proposed $44 billion buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group.
Boulder's 20-year Franchise Agreement with Xcel expires this year! On August, 3rd, City Council will be deciding whether to put a new 20-year franchise agreement on the November ballot or to pursue an independent clean energy future. This is a critical juncture -- Join us at 6pm on Aug. 3rd at the City Council Chambers and make your voice heard.
