Renewable Energy

After a year in which parents and children alike had to witness unconscionable government rollbacks on climate action, it’s exciting to know that young people may have their day in court on this issue as soon as next month. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals...

Resistance to proposed oil pipelines comes in many forms: Speaking up at local meetings, court filings contesting eminent domain, and physically occupying native lands, such as the protest led by the Standing Rock Sioux. More recently, in Nebraska, the resistance has taken a different form....

I live in Oklahoma and the oil and gas industry plays a big role in my life. Not only do I depend on fossil fuels to run my life, energy production is the leading industry in Oklahoma. Approximately, one-quarter of working Oklahomans are employed directly...

This was written by Elliott Negin, a senior writer at the Union of Concerned Scientists. It originally posted at EcoWatch: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt recently proposed eliminating federal tax credits for wind and solar power, arguing that they should “stand on their own...

It is hard to see a silver lining in all the destruction that hurricanes, floods, wildfires, tornados and earthquakes leave behind. But if there is one, it is in the creative and dedicated way some affected communities are rebuilding to make their homes and neighborhoods...