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March 10 2016

Drillers See Dire Impact at Worst Time in Obama Methane Plan

The Obama administration’s decision to crack down on the methane leaking from nearly 1 million oil and gas wells across the country promises to reduce greenhouse gases but also imposes new costs on an industry that’s already reeling. The administration’s plan, unveiled during Thursday’s summit between President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, […]

February 24 2016

Climate Activists Armed With Cameras Push Clinton to Commit

"Would you ban the extraction of oil, gas and coal on public lands?" the University of New Hampshire junior asked Clinton in a Feb. 4 exchange captured in blurry video shot on the iPhone tucked in his shirt pocket.

February 22 2016

VW May Be Forced to Clean the Air Its Diesel Cars Polluted

Environmental and consumer groups are pushing the federal government to consider a long list of possible reparations, from a VW-funded program to build the infrastructure to power electric cars to high fines to cleaning up five times the amount of pollution released by the dirty diesel engines.

February 22 2016

Japan Clean-Energy Panel Proposes 11% Solar Tariff Cut in 2016

Solar tariffs for approved applications could be cut to 24 yen (21 cents) per kilowatt hour from the current rate of 27 yen for the fiscal year beginning April 1, according to a proposal presented on Monday by the panel in charge of reviewing Japan’s clean-energy-incentive program.

February 18 2016

Japan Solar Installations to Peak This Year at 14.3GW, BNEF Says

The country’s solar market has been growing steadily thanks to the country’s incentive program for clean energy introduced in July 2012. Japan installed 7.1 gigawatts and 10.3 gigawatts in 2013 and 2014, respectively. The country also added as much as 12.3 gigawatts last year, according to estimates by BNEF.

February 17 2016

Scalia Vacancy Boosts Prospects for Obama’s Carbon-Cutting Plan

“The math changes completely,” said FBR Capital Markets analyst Benjamin Salisbury.

February 11 2016

States Urged to Work on Carbon Plan That Supreme Court Halted

"We will still continue to work with the states on a voluntary basis that want to move forward with us and continue to provide tools and outreach," Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy told lawmakers Thursday. "We clearly understand that the courts will be winding through the process of looking at that rule. We will respect that, but in the meantime we are going to continue to address greenhouse gases."

February 10 2016

Courtroom Setback Puts Pressure on Obama’s Other Climate Efforts

"The Clean Power Plan is one way to get there, but it’s not the only way," Mary Anne Hitt, director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, said in a telephone interview.

February 9 2016

Obama’s Clean-Power Plan Put on Hold by U.S. Supreme Court

The 5-4 order Tuesday halts the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan until at least the final months of Obama’s presidency -- and casts doubt on its ultimate fate before the nation’s highest court by suggesting concern among a majority of the justices.