A group fighting to uphold an Ohio county’s ban on renewable energy has significant financial ties to individuals and organizations that promote fossil fuels, as a campaign finance report filed…
Solar power soared last year — and it’s not slowing down
This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Last year was a huge one for renewable energy around the…
Duke Energy’s proactive grid upgrades under fire from electric co-ops
A narrow complaint to a federal energy commission could have wide implications for the solar industry and the electric grid — both in North Carolina, where it originated, as well…
Which countries lead the way on nuclear energy?
See more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the Week” column . Nuclear energy is experiencing a global resurgence. In the U.S. and Europe, a long-wary public has started to warm…
Another offshore wind firm is seeking a payout as Trump stifles sector
A second French energy firm is pursuing a refund on its U.S. offshore wind leases — and analysts say the trend could spread further, despite major legal questions about the…
Adrian Owen & Faraz Shafaghi, Creyos
I spoke with neuroscientist Adrian Owen, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer & Faraz Shafaghi, Chief Product Officer, at neurological testing company Creyos (which rhymes with “chaos”). Their cognitive assessment platform…
San Francisco helps home child care centers wean off gas
In January, Lerned Zint’s gas water heater croaked. It would have been an inconvenience for anyone. For Zint, a Spanish-speaking mother who runs Corazones Daycare out of her San Francisco…
An Ohio court may OK fracking-waste wells despite pollution concerns
Ohio is a notoriously difficult state for building renewable energy. Many counties ban wind and solar outright, but even in those that don’t, state regulators often rely on local opposition…
Maryland bill trades cost-saving energy efficiency for short-term relief
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter. Maryland lawmakers’ new solution…
Don’t be so reckless: Hands of Scott Reef
Today, Greenpeace activists disrupted Woodside’s Annual General Meeting, its biggest corporate event of the year, to put the dirty gas corporation’s disastrous plans to drill at Scott Reef front and…


