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Tesla Donates Solar Panels to Power 150 US Low-income Households
Tesla has made a major donation of solar panels to America’s largest nonprofit solar installer to provide power for roughly 150 low-income households across the United States. “Solar power has so many benefits for disadvantaged communities. It reduces pollution, helps…
New Mexico AG Seeking Carbon Emissions Reduction
The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office and consumer advocates are petitioning state regulators to consider a new energy standard they say would protect utility customers and shareholders from the costs and risks associated with future environmental regulations. The proposed standard…
High-tech Electronics Made from Autumn Leaves
Northern China’s roadsides are peppered with deciduous phoenix trees, producing an abundance of fallen leaves in autumn. These leaves are generally burned in the colder season, exacerbating the country’s air pollution problem. Investigators in Shandong, China, recently discovered a new…
India Exempts Solar Power Parks From Environmental Assessment Rules
In an attempt to expedite the implementation of large-scale solar power parks across the country, India has issued a clarification exempting these projects from obtaining environmental clearances. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy recently issued a clarification stating that…
Kenya Introduces World’s Harshest Law on Plastic Bags
Kenya has been a major exporter or plastic bag in the past – but now the country is cracking down on the plastic pollution with the toughest law of its kind in the world. Kenyans selling, producing, or just using…
9 States Embrace Clean Energy, Agree to Cut Power Plant Emissions an Extra 30%
Nine Republican and Democratic Northeast and Mid-Atlantic governors committed to further cut pollution Wednesday through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The proposed changes to the RGGI program, reached after more than 20 months of negotiations, will include extending the…
Extensive Coral Bleaching in the Pacific Shocks Scientists
A crew of scientists who are spending two years aboard a research ship traveling around the world have said they were shocked to find basically all of the Pacific Ocean’s reefs to be affected by bleaching. “What we’ve seen in…