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Q&A: How hospitals can help fight climate change

By Bob Herman

Dr. Jeff Thompson and his team at Wisconsin-based Gundersen Health System are on track to be energy independent by 2014.

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TVA eyes building solar energy farm in north Alabama

Source: AL.com

Water scarcity accelerates plans to close New Mexico coal plant by a decade

Source: Utility Dive

Midwest Energy News

January 17 2020

Wisconsin regulators approve plans for $700 million natural gas plant

NATURAL GAS: Wisconsin regulators approve plans for a $700 million natural gas plant despite concerns from clean energy advocates and a state agency. (Wisconsin State Journal) ALSO: Minnesota regulators say Xcel Energy can purchase a $650 million gas plant through a subsidiary that won’t put ratepayers at risk. (Star Tribune) ***SPONSORED LINK: The 4th Annual […]

Southeast Energy News

January 17 2020

Dominion to roll out electric school buses in Virginia this year

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Dominion Energy prepares for its first phase of a large electric school bus initiative in Virginia, with plans to deploy 50 electric buses to 16 municipalities by the end of 2020. (WHSV) SOLAR: • The Tennessee Valley Authority considers building a large solar farm on 3,000 acres of land it owns in northern […]

Northeast Energy News

January 17 2020

Philadelphia refinery neighborhoods exposed to toxic chemicals

OIL & GAS: Philadelphia residents living near a now-closed oil refinery were exposed to benzene 21 times the federal limit during and after its operations, in what one scientist calls “a classic environmental justice issue.” (E&E News / NBC / Investigative Reporting Workshop) ALSO: A closed meeting today could determine the site’s fate as owners […]

Western Energy News

January 17 2020

Judge rules Oregon clean energy ballot initiatives can proceed

CLIMATE: A county judge in Oregon rejects a former Republican secretary of state’s rationale for blocking two clean energy ballot measures environmentalists want to bring before voters in November. (Associated Press) ALSO: • A new report indicates that California will have to nearly double its current rate of emissions reductions to achieve its goal of […]

U.S. Energy News

U.S. renewable investments surged in 2019 to record $55 billion

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