Tag: Energy
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Fact Checking ALEC’s Attacks on Ohio’s Renewable Energy Standards
Members of the Ohio Senate Public Utilities Committee heard testimony this week on two bills that would roll back Ohio’s renewable energy and energy efficiency standards. Backed by fossil-fuel funded …
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New Partnership Helps Investors Identify Socially Responsible Companies
Brandon Baker As wise as they might be with their money, there is only so much investors know about the sustainability of the companies they want to support. Two nonprofits announced a partnership Friday to help impact investors—those who back socially and environmentally responsible firms—know if burgeoning companies truly live up to their claims of…
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5 No-Cost Ways to Save Energy in Your Home
Heating a home also increases its carbon footprint exponentially. The average home emits …
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Pipeline Spews 20,600 Barrels of Fracked Oil Amidst Government Shutdown
More than 20,600 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale has spilled from a Tesoro Logistics pipeline in …
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Arizona Solar Farm Ready to Power 70,000 Homes
Brandon Baker A $2 billion solar farm in southern Arizona is ready to power nearly 70,000 households. Spanish company Abengoa announced this week that its massive Solana solar farm passed a series of commercial operation tests and is ready to go live. Solana is located in Gila Bend, which is about 70 miles southwest of Phoenix.…