PALLI, India — India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, dedicated a solar plant in the village of Palli in northern India on Sunday, holding the project up as an example of his government’s plans to convert a disputed, conflict-ridden region into an engine of green development. Security was tight for what was Mr. Modi’s first public …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) took action to maintain the health of the state’s Universal Service Fund programs by opening a formal penalty consideration case that seeks to collect more than $230 million from MetroPCS for failure to remit payments for pre-paid phone service. MetroPCS, a prepaid wireless service provider owned by T-Mobile, failed …
Under new plan, campus would generate all its power from clean energy sources by 2032 AMHERST, Mass. — The University of Massachusetts added to the Earth Day festivities Friday when Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy announced that the state’s flagship public university will power its campus entirely with renewable energy by 2032. MASSPIRG Students at UMass Amherst, …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to help bridge the digital divide, today adopted rules for a new $2 billion grant program focused on building broadband Internet infrastructure for communities without access to Internet service at sufficient and reliable speeds. The rules adopted in today’s decision apply to the Federal Funding Account …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today took several actions to ensure energy reliability for Californians this summer and beyond through approval of power purchase agreements and energy storage programs and contracts. The CPUC approved changes to Southern California Edison Company’s (SCE) 20-year power purchase agreements with AES Alamitos, LLC and AES Huntington Beach, LLC, …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in its ongoing efforts to help the State achieve a 100 percent clean energy future, today adopted Version 2.0 of its Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Action Plan. The Plan helps the CPUC guide its utility infrastructure planning and improve coordination across proceedings related to grid planning, affordability, load flexibility, …
WASHINGTON – Tapping into $6 billion in subsidies passed as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Department of Energy launched a program on Tuesday to bail out the owners and operators of money-losing nuclear power plants. The bailout represents the largest federal investment aimed at saving financially distressed nuclear reactors in United States history. …
Statement: $6 billion in subsidies for distressed nuclear plants are misguided Read More »
Comprehensive survey of installed solar shows rapid progress among leading cities BOSTON — The top nine U.S. cities for solar power combined have more solar installed than the entire country did 10 years ago, according to a new study released Tuesday by Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group. The report, Shining Cities …
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A lo largo de un camino cubierto de polvo en una zona rural de Texas, la empresa de criptomonedas Argo Blockchain está construyendo una planta eléctrica para la era del internet: una instalación de “minería” de criptomonedas lleno de computadoras que generan nuevos bitcoines. Sin embargo, según Argo, a diferencia de otras operaciones de minado …
¿La criptominería puede ser amigable con el medioambiente? Read More »
Environmental and public health advocates call for swift action to ‘get the lead out’ For Immediate Release. BOSTON — Lead contamination of school drinking water is more pervasive than previously thought, according to testing data from across the nation published on Thursday by Environment America Research & Policy Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund on …
Interactive map shows widespread lead contamination in schools drinking water Read More »
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