By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL In recent years, California has suffered from water shortages. This year’s severe drought—and previous ones—have led to the loss of...
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The Aardehuizen Project: A Bold Vision for a Community Microgrid
By Erin Yu Characterized by a distinctive architecture of domes and glass panels, the Aardehuizen is a picturesque community of 23 homes located in Olst, Netherlands that was...
460+ Groups Demand Biden Pick a Climate Champion for Key Energy Position
By Jessica Corbett “Choosing a FERC nominee that will reject new fossil fuel development would be a strong sign that Biden intends to take...
‘Stand With Us’: Indigenous Line 3 Opponents Seek Allies to Fight Tar Sands Pipeline
By Brett Wilkins “We need everyone who can to come to the frontlines in support. We need those who can’t come here in person to...
Ende Gelände: ‘When Laws Fail, It Is time for Blockades!’
By Tina Gerhardt “If ever there was a state of emergency, climate change would be it.” On Friday, June 26, 2020, Ende Gelände (a German...
Rewriting the Equation for Fossil Fuel Emissions
By Kyle Saukas While some advocates are calling for the removal of fossil fuel powered generation, the global energy system is stubbornly rigid. With the...
The PG&E Bankruptcy and California’s Clean Energy Future
By Matthew Beyer On January 29, 2019, PG&E, the largest utility company in California, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The announcement comes after a spate of wildfires...
New Research Highlights Dramatic Increase in Fracking’s Water Footprint
By MIRIAM ACZEL A new study conducted by researchers at Duke University shows a dramatic increase in the amount of water used in hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking,’ to...
The value of a carbon price in Canada
By Peter Miller In 2016, Canada’s governments negotiated the Vancouver Declaration on Clean Growth and Climate Change — a national agenda to attack climate harm...
Utilities of the Future: Recap
On October 4th, 2018, Leaders in Energy (LE), in partnership with Resilient Virginia, held its “Utilities of the FutureForum” at the US Navy Memorial in Washington DC. The event had over 80 attendees and was an exciting opportunity to look at recent developments in the role of utilities and future of energy provision and new changes.