In all the recent talk about alternative energy, solar and wind initiatives have been advantageous enough for government, venture capitalists, and ind...
From EarthTechling's Pete Danko: Offshore wind power, attractive for so many reasons but right now rather expensive, could get another notch in its...
The winds of change brought some great progress to Maryland this week when the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013 passed through both houses of...
Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Investing in cleaner, greener technologies that allow us to strike a more sustainable balance with the other living systems of this earth, this too, is a choice.
In 2001, Jim Gordon, a well-heeled developer of natural gas plants in New England, took up a long-discussed but never-pursued idea that advocates said...
Despite the political gridlock that still binds Congress, the Obama administration can make substantial improvements to the health of the ocean on its own -- improvements that spur our economy, and restore and protect abundant oceans.
Here are two headlines from the past week that blew me away (no pun intended):#1- Wind was the top new energy source to come online in 2012.#2- "Renew...
Top Read: Why The Economy Needs Nature, by Tony Juniper at The Guardian. "Nature is not a drag on growth," he writes. "Its protection is an unavoidabl...
Encouraging American wind energy should be a no-brainer for anyone who values a clean environment. But in a mere 14 days, these urgently needed incentives and the benefits they bring could expire once again.
From EarthTechling's Pete Danko: The long, complex process of developing wind power off the U.S. Atlantic coast took another lurch forward late las...
By Scott DiSavino Oct 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) granted a lease for an offshore wind farm off the coast of Delaware ...
From Earth Techling's Pete Danko: While Cape Wind in Massachusetts -- still at least two years from beginning ocean construction -- can surely clai...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Developing wind energy is important to South Carolina's economy and environment even though lower natural gas prices and the...
As we continue to retire aging dirty coal plant after aging dirty coal plant nationwide (we just hit 112 coal plants secured to retire), we are also pushing hard to replace them with clean energy, and as little natural as possible.
EDINBURGH, Scotland -- He came, he saw, he blustered. Donald Trump on Wednesday swept into Scotland's parliament to demand the country end plans for ...
With our oceans contributing more to our nation's economic output than the entire U.S. farm sector, we can't afford to just cross our fingers and hope for the best.
BALTIMORE -- A study produced for the Maryland Energy Administration says Baltimore has the potential to become a hub for offshore wind power companie...
BOSTON (AP) — Energy companies Northeast Utilities and NStar have agreed to buy more than a quarter of the power produced by the long-planned Cape W...
If measured by the turnout at the rally at the Annapolis state house yesterday, of all the issues confronting the Maryland General Assembly, offshore wind power enjoys the most energetic public support.
When I picked up my copy of this week's Time magazine, I was momentarily stopped in my tracks by Massimo Calabresi's cover story: "Hillary Clinton and the Rise of Smart Power."
BOSTON -- The nation's first offshore wind farm enjoys high-profile federal and state backing, but it hasn't been able to win over one important party...
When Donald Trump first dreamt about building his $1.6 billion golf complex off the beautiful coast of Scotland, offshore wind farms weren't part of h...
The war over America's coastal-energy future has officially begun, and the result could determine whether we see wind turbines or catastrophic oil spills along our coastlines in coming years.
It is hard to imagine a new angle on the Cape Wind project. However, one item that deserves some attention: jobs and what the Massachusetts utility regulator's decision to approve the project means for new energy technology.
BOSTON — The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Tuesday began seeking proposals from developers that want to build commercial wind far...
