The federal energy loan program that has created headaches for President Barack Obama has a Mitt Romney connection.... Read more»
Solar leases put renewable energy within the reach of businesses and homeowners who couldn’t afford the costly systems, but they also attracted businesses who took advantage of customers.... Read more»
Only 1,620 Arizona homes rely on solar energy installations to provide heating, ranking sun-soaked Arizona seventh in the nation for homes with solar heating.
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A movement in Southern Arizona has dozens of churches of various faiths taking steps toward energy efficiency and renewable energy — not only to save money, but also to complement their long-standing doctrines of caring for the Earth.... Read more»
A Spanish company setting up operations in Phoenix is promoting a new vision: developments built around generating stations providing solar power by day and generator power, preferably running on renewable fuels, after the sun goes down.... Read more»
The Bureau of Land Management has recommended 237,100 acres of public land in Arizona are suitable for renewable energy development, part of an effort to speed up the process for clean-energy companies looking to set up shop in the state.... Read more»
The Bureau of Land Management on Monday put aside nearly 21,000 acres of public land near Yuma for the next two years while it studies its potential for use as a solar energy site.... Read more»
Native American leaders called on the federal government Thursday to honor its responsibility to American Indians with continued financial support, but to grant them greater flexibility in handling their own affairs.... Read more»1
While touring a solar power generating station that will provide power to tens of thousands of Arizona homes, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday that America’s embrace of renewable energy will create jobs and boost the economy.... Read more»2
In the opening days of his presidential campaign, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has railed against the Environmental Protection Agency. If he wins the White House, his national energy policy will focus on cutting federal regulations, especially at the EPA, his spokesman said.... Read more»
The ‘biomass’ industry is plagued by emissions fines and allegations of racism and shoddy plant construction.... Read more»
Alex Salmond and his Scottish National Party hope tidal power will propel Scotland to independence.... Read more»
Attending a renewable-energy company’s grand opening Monday, Gov. Jan Brewer said Arizona will become the U.S. leader in solar manufacturing and technology.... Read more»
Power One Inc., the nation’s largest manufacturer of renewable energy conversion devices, announced Thursday that it will open a manufacturing facility in Phoenix.... Read more»
The “world’s largest solar plant” planned near Gila Bend will receive a $1.45 billion loan guarantee, President Obama announced Saturday. “This plant will be the first large-scale solar plant in the U.S. to actually store the energy it generates for later use – even at night,” he said.... Read more»19
Arizona is No. 13 on a list of the nation’s greenest states, according to an environmental group.... Read more»
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