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Solar, Wind, and Hydro Power in New York City’s Future

April 19, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Solar, Wind, and Hydro Power in New York City’s Future

ALBANY, New York, April 19, 2022 (ENS) – To deliver clean, renewable solar, wind and hydroelectric power from upstate New York and Canada south to fossil-fuel powered New York City, [...]

Energy

U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility

March 8, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 8, 2022 (ENS) – The underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in the hills above the Pearl Harbor Naval Station on Oahu will be de-fueled and [...]

Energy

World’s First: Ships Will Charge Up at Offshore Wind Farms

February 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on World’s First: Ships Will Charge Up at Offshore Wind Farms

LYNGBY, Denmark, February 20, 2022 (ENS) – To support decarbonization of the maritime industry by eliminating idle emissions, Maersk Supply Service is launching its offshore vessel-charging venture, Stillstrom. The new [...]

Energy

U.S. Turns to Nuclear Power as States Phase Out Fossil Fuels

January 31, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Turns to Nuclear Power as States Phase Out Fossil Fuels

WASHINGTON, DC, January 31, 2022 (ENS) – Two-thirds of U.S. states are considering how to safely install nuclear power to replace the coal, oil, and gas that are being phased [...]

Energy

French Companies Develop Offshore Green Hydrogen Production

December 2, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on French Companies Develop Offshore Green Hydrogen Production

PARIS, France, December 2, 2021 (ENS) – The world’s first floating wind turbine with an integrated hydrogen production system onboard has advanced one step closer to realization.

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Biden Administration Plans Rapid Offshore Windpower Buildup

October 14, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Biden Administration Plans Rapid Offshore Windpower Buildup

BOSTON, Massachusetts, October 14, 2021 (ENS) – At least 16 wind energy projects are in the works for offshore locations around the United States, at various stages of development and [...]

Energy

UN Climate Week Yields Energy Uplift for a Billion People

September 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on UN Climate Week Yields Energy Uplift for a Billion People

NEW YORK, New York, September 26, 2021 (ENS) – Commitments of US$400 billion in new finance and investment to increase renewables and access to electricity and clean cooking techniques were [...]

Energy

Strong Winds to Spin Power Turbines for Vietnam, Laos

June 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Strong Winds to Spin Power Turbines for Vietnam, Laos

TOKYO, Japan, June 22, 2021 (ENS) – Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation has just boosted development of what will be Southeast Asia’s largest onshore wind farm in southern Laos, by announcing a [...]

Energy

Thousands Block Oil Pipeline at Mississippi River Headwaters

June 7, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Thousands Block Oil Pipeline at Mississippi River Headwaters

BEMIDJI, Minnesota, June 7, 2021 (ENS) – In Minnesota’s largest ever anti-pipeline mobilization, water protectors Monday morning halted construction of Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands crude oil pipeline. Over 1,000 [...]

Energy

Denmark to Invest Millions in Wind, Wave, Hydro, Solar Power

May 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Denmark to Invest Millions in Wind, Wave, Hydro, Solar Power

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 4, 2021 (ENS) – A Danish aid plan to support electricity production from renewable sources has won the approval of the European Commission. Denmark will invest €400 [...]

Energy

U.S. Power Sector Halfway to Zero CO2 Emissions

April 19, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Power Sector Halfway to Zero CO2 Emissions

BERKELEY, California, April 20, 2021 (ENS) – Climate change concerns are driving a growing number of states, utilities, and corporations to set the goal of zeroing out heat-trapping carbon emissions [...]

Air/Climate

Russian Tanker First to Sail Arctic Sea Route in Winter

February 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Russian Tanker First to Sail Arctic Sea Route in Winter

 

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, February 22, 2021 (ENS) – The Arctic’s icy Northern Sea Route is melting, allowing the Russian icebreaking LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie to complete her experimental [...]

Energy

Texas Oil Co Fined Millions for Fouling Wyoming Waters

February 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Texas Oil Co Fined Millions for Fouling Wyoming Waters

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, February 15, 2021 (ENS) – A settlement has been reached between the U.S. government and the oil and gas company Fleur de Lis Energy, which has agreed to [...]

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Trump Auctions Off Arctic Refuge Land to Oil Companies

January 14, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Auctions Off Arctic Refuge Land to Oil Companies

 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, January 14, 2020 (ENS) – The Trump administration has begun to auction off roughly one-third of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling. It is no [...]

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Largest Coal-fired Power Plant in U.S. West Demolished

December 19, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Largest Coal-fired Power Plant in U.S. West Demolished

 

PAGE, Arizona, December 19, 2020 (ENS) – For 45 years the Navajo Generating Station was the largest coal-fired power plant in the western United States – a 2.25-gigawatt facility [...]

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U.S. Renewable Energy Lab Energizes Remote Communities

October 24, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Renewable Energy Lab Energizes Remote Communities

 

GOLDEN, Colorado, October 23, 2020 (ENS) – In rural Northern California, inland American Indian reservations risk being “islanded” from the larger electricity grid should a wildfire disable the single [...]

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Trump Opens Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Oil and Gas

August 17, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Opens Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Oil and Gas

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 17, 2020 (ENS) – The Trump administration completed plans Monday to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, a move that will [...]

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Polluting Michigan Power Plants to Close December 2022

May 27, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Polluting Michigan Power Plants to Close December 2022

 

DETROIT, Michigan, May 27, 2020 (ENS) – DTE Energy has agreed to a date certain to close three polluting coal-fired power plans and the company will invest $7.5 [...]

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Oxford University Will End Fossil Fuel Investments

May 12, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Oxford University Will End Fossil Fuel Investments

 

OXFORD, England, May 12, 2020 (ENS) – Oxford University has announced its new plan to divest formally from the fossil fuel industry. The oldest university in the English-speaking [...]

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Pandemic Shock to Energy Industry Greatest in 70 Years

May 4, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Pandemic Shock to Energy Industry Greatest in 70 Years

 

PARIS, France, May 4, 2020 (ENS) – The global COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the global economy, forcing large parts of the world into confinement and “creating the [...]

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