Michael Bastasch on August 28, 2018 California’s biggest source of crude oil imports is now Saudi Arabia with more than 98 million barrels in 2017. Environmentalists want Gov. Jerry Brown to stop issuing new oil and gas leases. However, that will only make California more reliant on foreign countries. There’s a growing call for California Gov….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Andrew Follett Displayed with permission from Daily Caller News Foundation Don’t expect recent heat waves hitting the southwest to make solar panels produce more energy, according to an industry representative. High temperatures decrease a photovoltaic solar cell’s output by between 10 and 25 percent, Stuart Fox, a vice president at…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett A Rhode Island town temporarily halted the building of a new solar power project for the next three months over safety and land use concerns. Coventry and Green, Rhode Island’s city council, voted 4 to 1 for a three-month moratorium on solar power shortly after blocking construction…
Michael Bastasch The world’s largest solar energy plant known for incinerating birds just got a taste of its own medicine. A fire at the plant Thursday morning, which may have been caused by “misaligned” mirrors used to reflect sunlight at boiler towers, broke out in the facilities interior — literally scorching parts of the plant. NRG…
By Micah J. Fleck Hillary Clinton was recently asked by a supporter at a campaigning event if she would agree to not take any special interest money from fossil fuels groups – because she herself had campaigned on a pro-green energy platform. Regardless of what one may personally think about the green energy initiative, it’s…
Andrew Follett Experts say Britain’s dependence on wind and solar power could lead to massive blackouts this winter. The U.K. will be more vulnerable to blackouts than it has ever been for at least the next four years, Paul Massara, the former CEO of one of Britain’s largest electricity companies, told The Times of U.K. Britain’s energy difficulties are due…
By Andrew Follett Rooftop solar companies, including Elon Musk’s SolarCity, are facing huge financial hurdles as state governments cut back on lucrative green energy subsidies and reform regulatory schemes. “Is the solar industry’s boom for real, or is it being propped up by hefty government subsidies?” Richard Martin asked in a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Technology…
Andrew Follett The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service dropped a legal appeal Thursday to reinstate a rule that would have allowed the killing of bald eagles by wind and solar power companies. The initial lawsuit was originally brought against Fish and Wildlife by the American Bird Conservancy and supported by a group of 21 federally recognized Native American tribes. The death of…
Michael Bastasch United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised former Republican President George W. Bush for kickstarting efforts to put together a global agreement to fight global warming. “That was the beginning of our success,” Ban told The Associated Press Saturday, referring to Bush’s attendance of U.N. global warming talks in 2007. After refusing to ratify…
Supporting the development of alternative fuel sources is undoubtedly important; whether it be solar, wind, or… cheese? A French power station is taking the waste products from a nearby cheese factory and using it to power as many as 1,500 homes. Edie.net reports: The power plant in Albertville, Savoie, owned by biofuel producers Valbio, uses…