Tag: Alternative energy industry
Biden’s solar ambitions collide with China labor complaints
BEIJING — The Biden administration’s solar power ambitions are colliding with complaints the global industry depends on Chinese raw materials that might be produced...
PGA Championship: ‘Hit it long or it will be a tough week.’
The bad news for the golf business heading into this week’s PGA Championship is that it’s definitely running out of real estate. The good...
Kerry: US weighs sanctions on China solar over forced labor
The Biden administration is considering sanctions over China’s alleged use of forced labor in production of solar panels and other components in renewable energy,...
Utility-backed natural gas booklets spark backlash at school
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The father of a Cambridge, Massachusetts, elementary school student said Monday he was shocked when he pulled two activity booklets from...
Clean megaprojects divide surprise group: environmentalists
PORTLAND, Maine — Sprawling wind farms located off the coast. Hydropower transmission lines that cut through some of America's most beloved forests and rivers....
New solar plant for California desert gains federal approval
BLYTHE, Calif. — The federal Bureau of Land Management has given final approval for a solar power plant on public lands in the southeastern...
Wyoming backs coal with $1.2M threat to sue other states
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping...
Democrats move to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are moving to reinstate regulations designed to limit potent greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields, part of a...
Biden releases money in push to modernize US electric grid
NEW YORK — The federal government said Tuesday it is making more than $8 billion available to build and improve the nation's transmission lines...
Biden plan for cleaner power system faces daunting obstacles
NEW YORK — If the nation is to meet President Joe Biden's goal of cutting America’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end...