Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 26, 2025
The bill ( LD 1868 ), passed by the Maine Legislature on June 13, will reduce the state’s reliance on imported fossil fuels by requiring all of Maine’s power to come from renewable energy and other carbon-free electricity sources by 2040. Maine’s RPS has already saved ratepayers an average of $21.5
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 7, 2025
The year 2023 was by far the warmest in Earths recorded history, and perhaps in the past 100,000 years , shattering the previous record set in 2016 by 0.27C (0.49F). The only way to slow down warming is by reducing said emissions through a fast and fair transition to clean, renewable energy. But why were 2023 and 2024 so warm?
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A Greener Life
APRIL 21, 2025
By Shadia Haq Earth Day 2025 focuses on the theme Our Power, Our Planet and urges a global shift to renewable energy. 2016 The Paris Climate Agreement was signed on Earth Day. 2025 The theme “Our Power, Our Planet” calls for tripling renewable energy by 2030. Person Tossing a Globe.
Circle of Blue
JULY 24, 2025
Since 2016, while the number of new Chinese hydropower contracts in the Mekong has declined, the rate of successful project implementation has increased compared to the period before China introduced its securitized policies. After 2011, the completion rate increased to around 43%, and since 2016, it has risen further to nearly 70%.
Law Columbia
JULY 21, 2025
In New York, a lack of adequate transmission and distribution infrastructure, as well as the high cost of upgrading that infrastructure to allow new wind and solar projects to be connected, have been a major bottleneck to renewable energy deployment. From 2002 to 2016 demand for electricity grew by less than 2% in total.
A Greener Life
JULY 3, 2025
This clean energy infrastructure is laying the groundwork for the rise of net-zero industrial clusters. Emerging sectors such as green hydrogen, electric vehicles and digital energy services are clustering around renewable energy hubs. In 2016 alone, 12.65 Such systems contribute to regional water resilience.
A Greener Life
JULY 23, 2025
Yet Brazil has abundant sources of renewable energy , and although access to the power they generate is uneven, these two communities are proving such problems can be solved by tapping into the potential of solar. In Babilônia and Chapéu Mangueira, residents say electricity bills can swallow up nearly half of a minimum wage salary.
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