Offshore Wind Energy Senate Finance Committee Can Re-open the Door for Renewable Energy
On the last day of 2013, the wind power industry lost two important tax credits to an expiration date that never should have been set in the first place. The … Continue reading
Rhode Islanders — Urge Your Leaders to Lead the Nation with Offshore Wind Power! (Updated 2/18)
Charting a new energy course for the United States is no small task—but a small project in the waters of a small state may be the first in the nation … Continue reading
The Top 10 Climate Successes of 2013
We’ll remember 2013 as a year of climate action thanks in large part to one landmark announcement: President Obama’s plan to act on climate. National Wildlife Federation has been a … Continue reading
Hundreds of Leaders Call on President Obama to Advance Offshore Wind Power in the U.S.
On December 11, leaders in conservation, public health and business, along with state and local officials, sent a letter urging President Obama to lead America to the clean, renewable, and home-grown … Continue reading
Speak Up for Offshore Wind in the Ocean State
Of the more than sixty offshore wind power projects spinning in the world’s oceans, not one of them is in American waters. Rhode Island has an exciting opportunity to lead the … Continue reading
New York’s Next Superhero? An Offshore Wind Farm
The best sail of my life took place off the eastern end of Long Island. Upon learning that the winds off of New York’s coast present some of the most … Continue reading
Germany’s Offshore Wind Power Leaders Cross the Atlantic to Share their Success
“We here in New Bedford consider ourselves to be dry sponges. Determined dry sponges.” – Mayor Jon Mitchell On Tuesday, New Bedford’s dry sponges absorbed a whole lot of inspiration … Continue reading
One Year after Hurricane Sandy, Clean Energy Leaders Plan Big Solutions for the Year Ahead
You know that feeling – equal parts daunting and exhilarating – that you get when you see or meet the champions of your cause, the experts of your favorite field? … Continue reading
New England’s Dirtiest Power Plant to Shut Down! What’s Next?
There are certain moments along this road toward a clean and responsible energy future – moments that make the climb feel a little less steep. On Monday, Massachusetts gave us … Continue reading
Sailors Know the POWER of Offshore Wind Power
Well before I understood how essential it is that we realize our offshore wind power potential in America, I knew that there was something unspeakably special about the wind offshore. … Continue reading
Clean, Smart, and Cheaper than Coal: New England’s Wind Power Decisions Keep Getting Easier
A headline in the Boston Globe’s business section on Monday deserves serious attention: “Wind Power Now Competitive with Conventional Sources” Where to begin? This is huge. Wind power’s biggest hurdle … Continue reading
Five Years is More than Enough Time to Reject a Polluting Pipeline
It’s been five years since the Keystone XL was proposed and the oil industry thinks that is somehow a justification to approve it. But bad ideas generally get worse with … Continue reading