How coal mining harms the environment
Coal mining harms our lands, waters, and wildlife even before burning contributes to coal air pollution and climate change
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How fast is solar energy growing?
America is getting nearly 12 times more energy from the sun than we did a decade ago. The United States gets more emission-free energy from the sun than ever before.
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The 176 turbines that make up the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project are expected to produce enough electricity to power 660,000 homes.
Statement: Fed govt. approves nation’s largest wind farm off Virginia’s coast
The U.S. Department of the Interior approved Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. The 176 turbines are expected to produce enough electricity to power 660,000 homes.
Logging mature and old trees threatens U.S. climate goals
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday signed a memorandum to clarify the U.S. Forest Service’s direction on climate policy. The memo, "Climate Resilience and Carbon Stewardship of America's National Forests and Grasslands," follows a recent White House executive order highlighting the importance of conserving mature and old-growth forests on federal lands as a climate solution. The memo, which lays out “actions to restore forests, improve resilience, and address the climate crisis”, falls short in meeting the ambition outlined in President Joe Biden’s order on old forests and trees. Secretary Vilsack acknowledges the role that older trees play in absorbing and storing carbon and supporting biodiversity. But he fails to outline a plan for his agency to protect mature and old-growth forests and trees from commercial logging.
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