Tag: climate change
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50MW Power Purchase Agreement Approved for Largest New Mexico Solar Power Plant
The solar array will realize immediate and very significant water savings over gas-fired or coal-fired generating plants and will also have zero air emissions. The proposed Macho Springs solar power plant will generate enough clean energy to power more than 18,000 average New Mexico homes, which use about 669 kilowatt hours of electricity per month.…
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Regulating Carbon Emissions: Moving from Rhetoric to Reality on Climate Action
“If we believe in a future with good jobs, a clean environment and a safer world, then we must act to prevent the effects of climate change. We can do this while making our economy and environment prosper.”
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Rebuild the Dream: A Conversation with Van Jones
“Your successes give you your confidence and your setbacks give you your character … It’s very hard to do better tomorrow if you don’t claim your victories of yesterday and today.”
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U.S. Offshore Wind Power: A Step Closer to Reality
Responsibly sited offshore wind power must be a significant component of our clean energy future—and today, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and the BOEM took a huge step forward in making this a reality. This morning, news broke that BOEM has scheduled a first-ever renewable energy lease sale on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.…