Solar Energy Discounts Become Employee Perk in New Program
By DIANE CARDWELL
Originally conceived by campaigners at the World Wildlife Fund, the initiative uses bulk purchasing power to allow for discounts on home systems.
Christophe de Margerie was a prominent voice in Europe in opposing sanctions against Russia and getting on with business.
Originally conceived by campaigners at the World Wildlife Fund, the initiative uses bulk purchasing power to allow for discounts on home systems.
The standoff between the two countries, in which Russian gas deliveries have been halted over Ukraine’s unpaid gas bill, has Europe worried about its winter supplies.
As the damages wrought by increasingly disruptive weather patterns have climbed around the world, the insurance industry seems to have quietly engaged in what looks a lot like a retreat.
Curbing emissions has long been a popular cause in the European Union. But leaders have to agree on how to generate and distribute energy.
Electricity demand has not met projections, but the cost of upgrading coal-burning plants makes this an opportune moment for the reactor to arrive.
Nuclear proponents say that extending plants’ lifetimes is more economical — and a better way to hold down carbon dioxide emissions — than building new plants.
Susan Combs, the state comptroller, stirred controversy last month when she said Texas’ growing wind energy industry should no longer receive tax credits.
Even after a fall of as much as 25 percent in oil prices, several reports say it would take a drop of $10 to $20 more a barrel to slow production even modestly.
Many of the companies opening big new biofuel plants in the Midwest are shifting their focus to replacing petroleum in other products, like plastic bottles.
Skyonic Corporation of Austin plans to open a $125 million factory near San Antonio next week that will make industrial chemicals.
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved a new version of a popular weed killer to be used on genetically modified corn and soybeans.
The sums can be modest, but religious organizations can lend a powerful moral sway to the movement to divest.
Higher prices are essential to induce conservation and investment in water-saving technology and to steer water to where it is valued most.
The drop comes as demand for petroleum is declining worldwide and the market is flooded with oil, including increased production in the United States.
As production innovations produce a glut, America moves to the once-unthinkable; exporting petroleum.
A quixotic historian tries to hold oil and gas companies responsible for Louisiana’s disappearing coast.
Seeking constructive dialogue on the merits and limits of clean, efficient lighting.