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US energy storage installations grew 100% in MWh in 2016
By Mike Munsell on 8 March 2017
Led by a record-breaking Q4, US energy storage deployments totaled 336MWh in 2016, doubling the megawatt-hours deployed in 2015.
Tag: "United States"
Saving coal is like saving Titanic, only harder
By Fereidoon Sioshansi on 24 February 2017
Coal’s long term prospects do not look good in the US, or for that matter anywhere else
The walking dead in Washington
By Paul Gilding on 24 February 2017
How can a Trump Presidency be positive? Surely this is a major setback for action on climate change, inequality, human rights and global security?
Conservatives push carbon tax to address climate crisis
By John Upton on 9 February 2017
A group of prominent US Republicans has proposed a carbon tax that pays cash dividends to Americans.
Trump revives Keystone XL, Dakota access pipelines
By Bobby Magill on 25 January 2017
Trump breathes new life into projects that were halted by Obama and vehemently opposed by environmental and Native American groups.
Trump White House distorts energy impacts on wages on first day
By John Upton on 23 January 2017
Trump administration’s first statement on energy, used to justify the elimination of environmental rules, was a distortion.
The climate impacts of Trump’s ExxonMobil pick for chief diplomat
By John Upton on 14 December 2016
President-elect Trump on rounds out a potential dream team of anti-environment cabinet members with the chief executive officer of ExxonMobil.
Google plans to be 100 per cent renewable next year
By Brian Kahn on 8 December 2016
From next year Google will purchase 100 per cent of the energy it uses from renewable sources, mostly wind and solar. Because it is cheaper.
Supermoon floods warn of crisis facing Donald Trump
By John Upton on 18 November 2016
Donald Trump is preparing to lead America during a perilous period for the 130 million residents of its coastal counties.
Climate scientists respond to Trump’s election win
By Andrea Thompson on 10 November 2016
How will the Trump presidency impact climate research, and efforts to curb further warming and mitigate its effects? We ask the experts.
The climate questions the next President should answer
By Brian Kahn and Andrea Thompson on 21 October 2016
The U.S. has gone eight years without hearing presidential candidates answer a question on climate change while on the same stage.
