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California has long boasted the lead spot among its fellow states in terms of solar power generating capacity. But according to a new report, that's not the case.
We here in the Golden State are proud of our growing solar infrastructure, and rightly so. But two countries not necessarily known for their fabulous wealth have just put solar programs in place than make us look like we're not serious by comparison.
First, one California condor. Now, over 100 Indiana bats.
Creating defensible space around communities in fire zone seems a no-brainer.
Gina McCarthy, the incoming Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), delivered a video address to EPA staff Monday that leaves no doubt addressing climate change will be a priority on her watch.
Observers of nature are supposed to be dispassionate, to try to refrain from getting attached to individual animals.
ReWire started reporting on renewable energy in California a year ago this month, and the reaction since has been mainly quite gratifyingly favorable. Still, at the end of a week in which we've asked some very pointed questions about solar facilities i...
The U.S. Senate voted today to confirm Regina "Gina" McCarthy as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The long-delayed confirmation had been a bargaining chip in a partisan battle over the Obama administration's energy policy.
A fire in Rocky Mountain National Park raises questions about the U.S. firefighting policies.
Since publishing our story on water bird deaths at desert solar facilities we've learned that the toll is greater than we reported: two great blue herons have been found dead at one of the projects.
A ReWire investigation has revealed that since mid-March, two large industrial solar power plants in Riverside County's remote, arid desert may have killed or injured more than 20 birds commonly associated with lakes or wetlands rather than the open de...
The U.S. Military has taken the lead in getting the nation off fossil fuels and onto renewable energy in a series of well-thought-out programs over the past few years. This isn't one of them.