Tag: News
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New Keystone XL Comedy Video Challenges Industry Claims
Today, on the first day of the State Department’s public comment period for the recently released environmental impact report on the Keystone XL pipeline, acclaimed comedians and climate justice advocates team up to release a provocative new video blasting the pipeline’s impact on jobs and the environment. Combining environmental justice politics with hilarious satire straight…
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Exclusive: Duke Energy Ongoing Coal Ash Spill Into Dan River
In the wake of what may be the third largest coal ash spill in U.S. history, Waterkeeper Alliance deployed a disaster response team to assess the damage and monitor remediation efforts by Duke Energy and the of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The team, which included staff from Waterkeeper Alliance, Yadkin Riverkeeper…
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Pete Seeger: From Way Up Here the Earth Looks Very Small
“This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.” —Words painted on Pete Seeger’s banjo A man with a banjo can be a powerful force for good. Pete Seeger, who died Jan. 27 at the age of 94, inspired generations of political and environmental activists with songs ranging from “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”…
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7 in 10 Voters Support Strong Carbon Pollution Limits on Power Plants
The Sierra Club announced results of a new national survey today conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, and the findings showed strong support for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit carbon pollution from power plants. The national poll surveyed 1,000 registered voters across the country from Jan. 11 through Jan. 20 and also found strong…
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Energy Storage to Become Key Part of Microgrid Deployments in Future
The microgrid market is expected to expand rapidly over the next 10 years, bringing with it increased demand for energy storage associated with these systems. Energy storage systems (ESSs) deliver services to microgrids similar to the services that ESSs deliver […] — Solar Builder magazine