How Utilities Stall Progress on Alternative Energy
A new report from the Environmental Working Group claims that Duke Energy, the nation's largest utility, is holding back the transition away from fossil fuels.
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Wind and Solar Could Meet 80 Percent of Americans’ Energy Needs
But getting there will require investment in better energy storage technologies.
Is the Answer to Climate Change Blowing in the Winds of Uruguay?
The windswept South American country has become a world leader in wind energy in less than a decade.
A Mathematical Model to Predict How Many Eagles Wind Farms Will Kill
The model is part of the United States' developing efforts to regulate the wind-energy industry.
The Connection Between Coal and Politics in Wyoming
In Wyoming, where Philip Anschutz is currently building the largest wind farm in the world, coal, which is cheap and plentiful, is the answer to just about everything.
How a Conservative Billionaire Is Moving Heaven and Earth to Become the Biggest Alternative Energy Giant in the Country
Philip Anschutz wants to turn his 500-square-mile cattle ranch into the world’s largest wind farm. The project would generate four times more electricity than the Hoover Dam, enough to power all of the households in Los Angeles and San Francisco. It would also make Anschutz the nation’s most unlikely environmental hero—if he can ever get the thing built.
Tilting at Windmills
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
Windmills: 600,000, Bats: 0. Time for a New Game?
A new study estimates that at least 600,000 bats died last year in the Lower 48 from wind turbines.
If Only Renewable Energy Had a Smaller ‘But’
Wind and solar remain small components of the U.S. energy portfolio, but two new data points out this week suggest they're starting to to hit their stride.
Wind Turbines: Saving the Planet but Butchering Bats
At a recent evening “batwalk” at the University of California’s Sedgwick Reserve conducted by vertebrate biologist Paul W.…