President Trump has questioned the science behind climate change as “a hoax” in positioning himself as a champion of coal. The three largest American coal producers are taking a different tack.
Utilities vote to close Navajo coal plant at end of 2019
PHOENIX (AP) -
The owners of a coal-fired power plant in northern Arizona decided Monday to close the plant when their lease expires in December 2019.
Moniz: US must decide its nuclear future in the next 5 years
Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz predicted Monday that major decisions about the nation's nuclear energy sector are going to be coming in the next five years.
Pump CO2 into rocks, report urges
The costs of tackling climate change can be slashed if a network of pipes is built to store waste carbon dioxide under the North Sea, a report says.
The technology - carbon capture and storage (CCS) – involves pumping CO2 emissions from power stations into rock formations.
We can't give up on nuclear plants: Kirk and Whitman
Illinois is the latest example of a state losing nuclear energy facilities — a major component of our clean energy mix — when we most need zero-carbon electricity to cut pollution and meet our climate change goals.
DOE Withdraws $40 Million in Funds From Virginia Offshore Wind Project
Dominion Virginia Power said it is assessing options for its proposed offshore wind demonstration project after the U.S. Department of Energy announced it is withdrawing $40 million in funding.
A Test Of Nevada's Solar Tower Project Torched Over A Hundred Birds
In what's turning into a public relations headache for the solar industry, news has emerged that a recent test of the 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in Nevada resulted in some 130 birds catching fire, when they flew into an area of highly concentrated solar energy.