PublishedMay 25, 2017 AuthorVictoria A. Rocha Could Twitter become a cooperative? The answer will take more than 140 characters. (Photo By: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Supporters of turning Twitter into a user-owned cooperative are optimistic they can sustain interest in the proposal,

Montana co-op and youth agency team up on solar, Powerwall project PublishedJanuary 24, 2017 AuthorVictoria A. Rocha Energy Storage in an Unusual Spot A residential group home for troubled youngsters gets a rooftop solar array through a partnership with Flathead

INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF-RELIANCE Democratizing the Electricity System Karlee Weinmann, Research Associate for the Energy Democracy initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, delivered a presentation in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 28th, 2017 at an event called Decarbonizing the

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Dear Chairman Mendelson; I am writing to repeat my strong opposition to your proposal to take $7.5 million from the Renewable Energy Development Fund and move it to the General Fund in the FY 2018 budget. Please vote tomorrow to

By Robert McCartney June 6 The Trump administration wants to sell the Washington Aqueduct, stirring fears among some that the White House’s passion for privatization could mean higher water bills for 1 million residents in the District and Northern Virginia. But

Take Action → EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt—who, as Oklahoma Attorney General, sued the EPA fourteen times to block crucial pollution limits—has launched yet another attack on clean air and climate protections. He has officially suspended vital air pollution safeguards that

  Last week, the D.C. Council Chair, Phil Mendelson, took $7.5 million from the Renewable Energy Development Fund and re-programed it to the District’s general fund. This action would significantly slow further development of renewable energy in the District. This

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OCTOBER 28, 2016 By Lauren Miller October 26, 2016 You may have heard talk over the past couple of months about a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) expansion happening in the District of Columbia.  Well, it’s no longer just talk. Back

In summer 2015, DOEE awarded a grant to the Coalition for Green Capital to research innovative tools for financing clean energy projects to help the District meet its climate goals, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions 50% below 2006 levels by

Home » 5 Concentrating Solar Power Technologies Impacting Industry Lowering the Costs of Concentrating Solar Power Concentrating solar power uses mirrors and receivers to collect the sun’s energy as heat. Twenty years from now, utilities may depend on fields of

With a variety of different careers to choose from in the solar industry, it should come as no surprise that there are now more than 260,000 people working in it. That number also represents nearly 1,000 new jobs added every

Solar Training and Education for Professionals (STEP) The Solar Training and Education for Professionals (STEP) funding program tackles soft costs by addressing gaps in solar training and energy education, both within the solar workforce and in professions that play a

The president’s proposed budget for the 2018 fiscal year, released last week, would drastically reduce funding for federal work-study, Pell Grant reserves and student loan subsidies, while directing more dollars toward defense spending, according to the United Negro College Fund

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 31, 2017 CONTACT: Stephen Kretzmann, steve [at] priceofoil [dot] org  David Turnbull, david [at] priceofoil [dot] org This morning, multiple news agencies have reported that the Trump administration plans to officially pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement.

  Published on Feb 10, 2016 Dr. Beverly Wright a Hurricane Katrina survivor, details how during the recovery efforts vulnerable populations were displaced and exploited in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She explains who is able to recover and who