Tag: Alternative energy industry
Boom in Native American oil complicates Biden climate push
NEW TOWN, N.D. — On oil well pads carved from the wheat fields around Lake Sakakawea, hundreds of pump jacks slowly bob to extract...
Amazon announces plans to build solar farm in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. — Amazon has announced plans to build a solar farm in Mississippi and in at least 10 other states, including Arkansas and...
Regulators OK 195-megawatt solar farm for central Indiana
FRANKFORT, Ind. — State regulators have approved a deal by utility AES Indiana to build a sprawling solar farm in central Indiana that could...
Spacewalking astronauts boosting station’s solar power
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts ventured out on a spacewalk Wednesday to outfit the International Space Station with powerful, new solar panels to handle...
US pledges funding to help Egypt move to solar power
CAIRO — The United States is planning to increase funding to Egypt to help it convert to solar energy and move away from fossil...
Interior gauging interest in Gulf of Mexico wind power
NEW ORLEANS — President Joe Biden's administration wants to know whether offshore wind companies want to move into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Granholm joins Manchin in West Virginia to tout clean energy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm joined a key member of the U.S. Senate in West Virginia on Thursday to promote the role...
Granholm joins Manchin in West Virginia to tout clean energy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm joined a key member of the U.S. Senate in West Virginia on Thursday to promote the role...
Texas missing chance to avert deadly blackouts, experts say
AUSTIN, Texas — Elzie Ford lost power in his freezing home for nearly a week during February’s catastrophic blackouts in Texas. By the time...
Board fight at Exxon intensifies spotlight on climate change
NEW YORK — ExxonMobil is facing a major challenge from a group of investors in one of the biggest fights a corporate boardroom has...