States join forces to promote clean cars
Eight states, including California and New York, pledged Thursday to work together to dramatically multiply the number of zero-emission cars on the nation's roads by speeding the construction of...
View ArticleNine states tighten carbon dioxide pollution rules
Massachusetts and eight other states are part of the nation's first multi-state "cap-and-trade" program known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
View ArticleSolar energy projects finally getting boost in NY
An array of shimmering panels covering 3 acres in New York's Finger Lakes is a sign of the state's latest push to catch up to its neighbors in the Northeast that have set the pace in recent years for...
View ArticleFederal law blocking cheap Texas fuel from reaching frozen East Coast
As freezing weather drained stockpiles of propane to their lowest seasonal level in two decades on the U.S. East Coast this month, shivering New Englanders couldn’t tap abundant supplies sailing out of...
View ArticleTexas leads growth in clean energy jobs
Texas, California and New York were among the nation’s leaders in adding green energy jobs during the final months of 2013, according to a new analysis. New wind projects helped drive the growth in the...
View ArticleNew York making $1B investment in solar power
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state is making a long-term, $1 billion investment in support of solar power.
View ArticleIdea for gas terminal off East Coast rankles fracking foes
Liberty Natural Gas wants to build a deep-water port in federal waters 19 miles off Jones Beach, New York, and 29 miles off Long Branch, New Jersey. Its stated purpose is to bring additional natural...
View ArticleDynegy reports $104 million loss for fourth quarter
Dynegy reported a larger fourth-quarter loss than in 2013, but a lower net loss for the full year.
View ArticleReactor at New York nuclear plant that spilled thousands of gallons of oil...
Several thousand gallons of oil spilled into the Hudson River after a Saturday transformer fire on the non-nuclear side of the Indian Point plant.
View ArticleU.S. oil job cuts slow to a crawl in May
U.S. employers blamed cheap oil for just 1,000 planned job cuts in May, a sharp monthly drop that suggests the oil industry may have already seen the worst of the bust.
View ArticleNew York attorney general probing Exxon Mobil as climate change scandal...
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has subpoenaed documents from Exxon Mobil following reports the oil giant funded -- and then suppressed -- research exposing the risks of climate change decades ago.
View ArticleNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo rejects proposed gas terminal off coast
The deep-water docking station known as Port Ambrose was to be built 19 miles off Jones Beach on Long Island and 29 miles off Long Brach, New Jersey.
View ArticleNY fund to shift stocks into $2 billion index of lesser polluters
The index, designed with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, is intended to shift investments without losing returns.
View ArticleNatural gas, used to heat homes, plunges on mild weather
Temperatures in Chicago, Detroit, New York and Washington have been as much as 25 degrees above normal in the past five days, according to AccuWeather.
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