Tag: News

  • 11 Wilderness Victories in 2013

    2013 presented plenty of challenges for conservation. Special interest groups and anti-wilderness members of Congress continued their attempts to give away vast swaths of public wild lands to mining, logging and oil and gas interests. These attacks on wildlands included some of our most beloved, pristine areas from Yosemite National Park to the Arctic Refuge.…

  • Happy Fracking Holidays From the UK Government

    The government released their map of areas they are thinking about opening up for onshore oil and gas drilling. This means that huge areas of the UK are threatened by fracking. The new map is below. The yellow shows areas already licensed. The blue represents the areas the government wants to open up for oil and…

  • Kyocera to Power Phase 1 of Carport Solar System at Tucson Airport

    As the holiday travel season begins, Kyocera Solar Inc. today announced that its industry-leading solar modules were selected to power the first phase of a 2.5-MW parking lot canopy installation at Tucson International Airport. The 1-MW first phase of the […] — Solar Builder magazine

  • Exxon Pressures Government to Lift Restrictions on Oil Exports

    By Farron Cousins It wasn’t long ago that the dirty energy industry and their friends in Congress and the media were screaming that we needed to open up every corner of America to oil and gas drilling in order to lower energy costs and help protect our country from oil-rich countries who don’t like the U.S.  [caption…

  • Five South Carolina Schools Awarded Solar Grants for Installations

    Five South Carolina schools will soon begin generating electricity using roof-top solar panels as a result of being provided financial assistance from Palmetto Clean Energy (PaCE), a South Carolina nonprofit that promotes renewable energy resources. PaCE’s Solar Matching Grant Pilot […] — Solar Builder magazine