Affordability Crisis: Gavin Newsom and The California Energy Disaster
"Renewable" energy in California shows how not to be affordable.
"Renewable" energy in California shows how not to be affordable.
Wind turbines are environmentally destructive, causing serious problems to people and wildlife alike. WATCH NOW
Rates are much higher in states that have closed nuclear and fossil-fuel generation plants.
The world's largest offshore wind developer, backed by the government of Denmark, is on a deliberate collision course with the Trump administration.
California's Ivanpah Solar was boosted by $1.6 billion in taxpayer-backed loans in 2011.
Land-based wind turbines kill golden eagles, so every turbine requires an Eagle Protection Act permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to kill them.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a stop work order to Ørsted, the project developer, citing "concerns over permitting and national security issues.
Phony promises, failed policies expose cynical blame game against grid operator.
Sending an unmistakable message to investors to avoid risking their capital on no-longer-fashionable green energy, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is pulling the plug on a slew of funding programs for wind and solar power.
All of his actions have really hammered this industry. WATCH NOW
"During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about offshore wind farms."
They want to pave the prairies with solar panels, line the ridges with wind towers, then ship the juice to faraway cities.
"Research indicates pile-driving noise is approximately 3.2 times more harmful to whales than sonar surveys, dramatically increasing risks of permanent auditory injuries and fatalities."
Every on-land wind project requires a permit to kill eagles from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
Making wind and solar work at all requires a fantastic amount of battery backup, far more than is possible.