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About 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia, workers have been building America’s largest offshore wind farm at a breakneck pace. The project will start feeding power to the grid by March — the most definitive start date provided by its…
If Douglas Troutman is confirmed, the top four toxics office at the environmental agency will be held by ex-lobbyists The US Senate is poised to approve Donald Trump’s nomination of an industry lobbyist to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency’s…
Stoats have been an existential threat to Orkney’s rare birds but technology is helping to eradicate them At first, the stoat looks like a faint smudge in the distance. But, as it jumps closer, its sleek body is identified by…
Margot Raggett, whose latest compilation shows animals scrubbed from natural habitats, calls for rethink on UK accelerated housebuilding Margot Raggett has spent the past decade raising money for conservation efforts around the world but, right now, she feels nervous about…
Federal forecasters broke down the most likely scenarios around the United States this week.
A federal judge threw out their climate lawsuit against the president a few days ago. But legal experts say there was a silver lining in the judge’s opinion.
A federal plan to manage the coming “solar waste tsunami” of retired panels has missed its start date, leaving states and the solar industry to patch together their own rules for retiring the panels. Fifteen states have no rules at…
Beneath the gleaming rows of panels, developers learn that healthy soil can make or break a solar project. By Rambo Talabong SAVANNAH, Ga.—Imagine driving past a solar farm and underneath the panels, you see a field of yellow flowers dancing…
A new report from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab identified broad trends in electric rates from 2019 to 2024, but cautioned that it could not prove causality, and pricing dynamics vary state to state. By Blanca Begert Skyrocketing electricity bills are…
Tenaska’s 1.5 gigawatt proposal would be part of the reliability resource initiative for “shovel-ready, high-reliability” projects. By Charles Paullin SCOTTSVILLE, Va.—In rural Fluvanna County about an hour west of the state capital, a proposed natural gas power plant offers a…