offshore wind
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Critical List: Leaking New Zealand oil tanker could break apart; EPA to speed Great Lakes cleanup
Eeek. A huge crack has opened up in the hull of the ship leaking oil off the coast of New Zealand, and the ship could break up apart "at any point," according to Maritime New Zealand.
In the U.S., the Justice Department had to sue Transocean to force the company to answer government subpoenas related to the Macondo well spill.
Can we feed people without killing the planet? Yes, says a new study, but it’ll take money, planning, and eating less meat.
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Cape Wind approved: The U.S. could have offshore wind this year
The nation's first offshore wind farm could start construction as early as this fall. The Cape Wind project got final approval for its operating plans today, after ten years of opposition and permitting headaches. Michael Bromwich, last seen terrifying Rachel Maddow on the subject of deepwater drilling, said that the wind farm "will accelerate interest […]
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Google exec explains Atlantic offshore wind investment [AUDIO]
Alison Stewart of PBS spoke with the dir. of green business operations for Google about Google's plan to invest $200M in a network for wind energy.
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Google makes big bet on offshore wind power along East Coast
Google is backing an underwater power transmission system that could bring a wind turbine boom to the Atlantic.
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The Climate Post: 2011 could see truly epic legislative battles over climate, energy
Read more on the fate of the renewable energy standard, nice Canadians and their not-so-nice tar sands, electric cars, and more.
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Gigantic wind turbines, flush power, biodegradable coffins, and 7 more tales of green
There's an oil spill in Michigan and the energy bill's now a slip of a thing, but a lot of other stuff happened in recent days that didn't grab big headlines. Here are 10 stories from the greenosphere that you might have missed.
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Offshore Wind, Not Offshore Oil
This piece was written by my colleague Janet Larsen at the Earth Policy Institute. The enormously devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is just one reminder that stretching out an addiction to a polluting and planet-warming fossil fuel poses risks to our health, our environment, and our economy. U.S. oil production peaked in […]
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Cape Wind decision may take green power national
Offshore wind turbinePhoto courtesy phault via FlickrWhen Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced federal approval of the Cape Wind project on Wednesday, the media coverage tended to focus on the denouement of a nearly decade-long battle over the United States’ first offshore wind farm. And indeed, our East Coast cousins put Californians to shame when it […]
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Wind Power Soared Past 150,000 Megawatts in 2009
This piece was written by my colleague J. Matthew Roney at the Earth Policy Institute. Even in the face of a worldwide economic downturn, the global wind industry posted another record year in 2009 as cumulative installed wind power capacity grew to 158,000 megawatts. With this 31 percent jump, the global wind fleet is now […]