...but the world hasn't stopped heating up

Posted at 10:43 AM

NY to ban tiger selfies

Posted at 10:37 AM

Eco-Districts could lead the way in the greening plan for downtown Bethesda, MD

Posted at 10:26 AM

After NY's health-impact linked fracking ban Tom Wolf, the new Governor of Pennsylvania, will create a registry to monitor health impacts of fracking

Posted at 10:17 AM

Climate, resource protection & capital markets make progress that will matter in 2015

Posted at 10:07 AM

The Chinese city of Shenzen, pop. 11 million, limit the number of new auto license plates to 100,000

Posted at 09:59 AM

Topping off a busy year,Vestas, a big Danish wind turbine maker gets an 88 MW order from Chile

Posted at 08:50 AM

10 to remember

Posted at 06:33 AM

While 17 US cities will set hot temperature records in 2014, none will break cold records

Posted at 06:31 AM

The 42 year old Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant shuts down permanently

Posted at 12:22 PM

...and their impact on climate change

Posted at 11:58 AM

Ideas for cutting pollution & saving energy, based on the Copenhagen model, circulate among cities everywhere

Posted at 11:43 AM

As fast-growing cities run out of room for parks, maybe there will be more places like this: http://t.co/iDK5ZjdupU pic.twitter.com/oGN4YxTbq6

— Bloomberg Cities (@BloombergCities) December 30, 2014

Posted at 11:40 AM

Today's Miami is more glittering & more at climate risk than back in your grandfather's day

Posted at 11:31 AM

Energy & environmental requirements make the NY Times list of notable residential issues for 2015

Posted at 11:11 AM

The bold Energiewende program offers good renewable governance lessons and not just for German

Posted at 10:53 AM

Rejoice and end the year with hopeful news

Posted at 09:04 AM

Why NYC won't lose its luster if a City Council bill passes to switch off 40,000 lights in buildings closed for the night

Posted at 12:14 PM

True or false? the only reliable power grid is centralized & runs on fossil fuels

Posted at 11:42 AM

China merges two companies with $32 billion to clean up Beijing's polluted air by generating clean electricity & heating

Posted at 11:34 AM

Delivering his 83rd Senate speech on climate change, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D, R.I.) stays the course

Posted at 11:26 AM

The President talks up his veto power, "I'm going to defend gains that we've made on environment and clean air and clean water"

Posted at 10:58 AM

An astute energy-beat journalist's 14 favorite energy stories of the year

Posted at 10:53 AM

Climate Action Best & Worst of 2014 #Climateaction #Harper #Abbott #Obama #peoplesmarch @PaulHBeckwith @JimHarris pic.twitter.com/0Tdhb2qbcP

— Rolly Montpellier (@BoomerWarrior) December 29, 2014

Posted at 10:45 AM

Should Southeast Queens opt for a restored train line or transform it into a park?

Posted at 10:15 AM

Take a quick tour of the most & least walkable cities in the US

Posted at 10:46 AM

With new rules-of-the-road for green bonds, this financial instrument starts to comes of age

Posted at 10:33 AM

With new rules-of-the-road for climate-friendly green bonds, this financial instrument starts to comes of age

Posted at 10:33 AM

First, make operational improvements in the existing NY metro rail system, second, make plans for new projects, with some recommendations too

Posted at 10:01 AM

Wow! RT @AssaadRazzouk #India: Cabinet Clears 20+GW Huge #Solar #Energy Projects http://t.co/lf9yvb1TmA #Climate pic.twitter.com/ZdmqQZDK9e

— Arik Ring (@arikring) December 26, 2014

Posted at 09:53 AM

What it means to live on borrowed time

Posted at 09:49 AM

Tune into a radio special on 12/27 about what climate change will mean for NYC

Posted at 09:32 AM

The EPA grapples with accounting for nuclear power in its forthcoming carbon emissions rule

Posted at 09:16 AM

You must recycle your old electronics gear in NY starting January 1

Posted at 06:38 AM

The NYC Energy Efficiency Corporation announces it will issue a mortgage for construction of a Harlem Passive House condominium project

Posted at 10:41 AM

Stephen Burns named new head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by the President

Posted at 10:34 AM

A giant Danish wind power company shifts investments from on-shore to off-shore projects

Posted at 10:00 AM

Here's why 2015 will be the year of sustainable business

Posted at 09:55 AM

New England upends the SOPs for renewable energy & pricing

Posted at 09:33 AM

Who knew there was a marine mammal tracking program in NY!

Posted at 09:25 AM

If you've got the time, the federal Office of Energy Projects has the Nov. 2014 infrastructure news

Posted at 08:57 AM

Overcoming earlier adversity PACE, a mechanism to fund building energy upgrades, has a billion dollar year & more program-friendly state legislation is on tap for 2015

Posted at 06:24 AM

MT @greenroofsuk #2015: beginning of the end for #climate sceptics #Sustainable http://t.co/5uzqybOyjP pic.twitter.com/UCuZPwhzuz

— CECHR (@CECHR_UoD) December 23, 2014

Posted at 12:01 PM

Why has Roman concrete lasted so long? Turns out it is self-healing. http://t.co/WeoK6kfIsO pic.twitter.com/51UjzP2Aly

— Lloyd Alter (@lloydalter) December 23, 2014

Posted at 11:26 AM

Miami Beach luxury condo development taxes to pay for the city's flood protection

Posted at 11:14 AM

GHG emissions from the world's 500 biggest companies rose 3.1% from from 2010 - 2013

Posted at 11:09 AM

Grassroots grow, Congress doesn't

Posted at 11:02 AM

Will Russia or France win nuclear energy contracts worth up to $100 billion in South Africa?

Posted at 10:35 AM

Getting the right temperature metric plays a big role in identifying & predicting climate change

Posted at 10:22 AM

Climate killer or bridge to a renewable power tomorrow?

Posted at 10:07 AM

Even maintaining the status quo is a tall order for the US nuclear power industry

Posted at 09:52 AM

The year's 10 worst media coverage of climate & eco news

Posted at 12:13 PM

By 2050, good reasons to move to Helsinki, a model for smart, green urban living

Posted at 11:47 AM

... for US cities at risk of more power outages due to fiercer hurricanes

Posted at 11:37 AM

Renewable energy sees job growth, while the rest of the utility sector has job losses

Posted at 11:14 AM

California picks energy storage bids over new power plant plans

Posted at 10:54 AM

10 specific proposals to cut NYC's carbon footprint, grow good jobs & be fairer to all

Posted at 10:44 AM

With a growing green bond market in 2014 it's time to ask -- something new or just rebranding?

Posted at 09:13 AM

Let's get on with it

Posted at 09:00 AM

What does data from Chicago's first year of building energy benchmarking reveal?

Posted at 06:21 AM

Homeowners in Texas, Arizona & Maryland embrace new smart thermostat programs

Posted at 02:58 PM

A new House Oversight Committee subpanel will make life harder for the EPA and DOE

Posted at 02:53 PM

Prices will surge for EU carbon emissions permits

Posted at 02:51 PM

28 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the final phase of entombing the plant nears completion

Posted at 11:36 AM

The 3rd edition of an EPA report to help the public understand observed long-term trends related to the causes and effects of climate change

Posted at 11:18 AM

Winters are changing in the U.S. Here's how: http://t.co/KXRPYFnIYJ (regional breakdown included) #climate pic.twitter.com/2m0nlCgzDf

— ClimateCentral (@ClimateCentral) December 19, 2014

Posted at 09:48 AM

A distribution services platform will be the model for tomorrow's power utility with REV reshaping NY's regulatory system

Posted at 09:41 AM

What could possibly go wrong with Seattle's mega road tunnel project?

Posted at 09:08 AM

Former utility CEO Jim Rogers sees a global future powered by off-grid energy access

Posted at 02:55 PM

How did the NY metro-area increase its electric power resources?

Posted at 02:08 PM

Map of an urbanizing planet

Posted at 02:03 PM

Daily life is changing as climate change impacts Norfolk, VA

Posted at 10:27 AM

Failure to apply for $350 million in federal energy efficiency funds was just part of NYCHA's overall track record of missing out on federal financial aid finds a NYC Comptroller audit

Posted at 09:11 AM

Unprecedented Pacific Ocean warming drives rising global temperatures

Posted at 06:25 AM

Two Brooklyn-born harbor seals on view at the Central Park Zoo, AWW!

Posted at 06:24 AM

New York State will not allow hydrofracking, officials cite health concerns

Posted at 12:32 PM

A standard city planning tool recommends building more roads than needed due to 'phantom' car trips in the model

Posted at 11:50 AM

New federal appliance energy performance standards will save consumers $54 billion in utility bills by 2030

Posted at 11:35 AM

Like any big city, London's jam-packed underground is the place to add new electric power capacity

Posted at 11:20 AM

New York City & State jointly commit $100 million for the first phase of an 'integrated flood protection system' for Red Hook

Posted at 11:07 AM

Champion building performers that cut energy use 15% in one year & how they did it

Posted at 11:03 AM

The top cleantech buzzwords and phrases of 2014: http://t.co/nHYopQ5BEj pic.twitter.com/NpxO5UTdPk

— Stephen Lacey (@Stphn_Lacey) December 17, 2014

Posted at 10:48 AM

Lack of private financing could sink Scotland's technically challenging wave power hopes

Posted at 10:14 AM

Steep and controversial tariffs are imposed by the US on solar power components made in China & Taiwan

Posted at 09:28 AM

Bloomberg NEF energy maven Michael Liebreich revisits and rates his 2014 global energy sector predictions

Posted at 12:03 PM

Vermont wants to boost renewable energy without pinching ratepayers

Posted at 11:55 AM

These are the cutest animal videos of 2014, according to world's leading scientific journal http://t.co/rrUKugCHTg pic.twitter.com/UEenBRFOG0

— Climate Desk (@ClimateDesk) December 16, 2014

Posted at 11:50 AM

Is there a new day coming for nuclear power in the US?

Posted at 11:36 AM

Pending legislation would make federally-backed home mortgage giants Fannie-Mae, Freddie-Mac & the FHA give extra credit to loan applications for energy efficient homes

Posted at 11:10 AM

If 'peer pressure' will drive the outcome of the Lima climate talks, is it time to give up?

Posted at 10:09 AM

Americans are unaware of the health consequences linked to climate change according to Yale public perception study

Posted at 09:59 AM

Mayor Hidalgo's plan to ban cars from the center of Paris meets political resistance

Posted at 09:46 AM

Holiday cheer from Ethan Kuperberg, comedy contributor to The New Yorker: Shouts and Murmurs

"Gone away is the West Side/Here to stay is the high tide/If you want to spelunk, San Francisco has sunk/ California's now an underwater land!"

Posted at 09:25 AM

Trend timelines of the US electric power system

Posted at 03:54 PM

Seeing lemonade where others see lemons in the Lima climate conference outcome

Posted at 02:50 PM

Given the likelihood the planet will heat up beyond the 2 degree C no-going-back threshold, what's at stake?

Posted at 02:45 PM

New York's Public Service Commission paves the way for innovate energy demonstration projects as part of is ambitious Reforming the Energy Vision policy

Posted at 01:49 PM

The NYC Housing Authority has failed to eliminate sickening mold from thousands of apartments

Posted at 01:45 PM

A bill to create a PACE-style residential energy performance program has support from both parties in the Michigan legislature

Posted at 12:21 PM

Dear Democrats, keep talking about climate change

Posted at 12:10 PM

Data from midwest states supports energy efficiency policies

Posted at 01:36 PM

“Study identifies early warning signals of AMOC collapse pic.twitter.com/K99Xl8fWym” http://t.co/xfbjX6UQwh

— Reporting Climate (@Reportingclimat) December 12, 2014

Posted at 12:40 PM

Even subway rats could become a source of energy in this scenario

Posted at 09:59 AM

The US wins international praise for its activist role at at the UN climate talks

Posted at 09:51 AM

A rift opens between developed & developing nations at the UN Climate meeting in Lima over carbon caps & funding

Posted at 09:38 AM

An audit by the NYC Comptroller uncovers shoddy bike and docking station inspections & maintenance by the operator of the Citi Bike program

Posted at 09:20 AM

A potent but invisible greenhouse gas, see this optical imaging of methane polluting the sky

Posted at 09:02 AM

Cruising at 3.2 mph, it''s faster to walk than to take the M79 bus

Posted at 08:50 AM

Learn how Hoboken,NJ & Potsdam, NY are trying to develop DOE-sponsored microgrids to provide weird-weatherproof power

Posted at 06:23 AM

A renewed UK home insulation fund shut down in one day because it ran out of money

Posted at 01:17 PM

Why do some pols put down energy tax breaks for wind projects but don't call fossil fuel & nuclear tax breaks cronyism?

Posted at 01:01 PM

Senator James Inhofe is a climate denier not a climate skeptic & that's not just sematics

Posted at 11:28 AM

Think of the energy savings if Boston buildings just tweaked their thermostat settings

Posted at 11:23 AM

US oil production soars, prices plunge as demand drops too

Posted at 10:59 AM

It helps to have the facts if you're a Prime Minister opposed to putting a price on carbon

Posted at 10:49 AM

Can emerging technologies give solar power a market adoption edge?

Posted at 09:45 AM

Introduction to green bonds

Posted at 06:25 AM

In Construction> #NYC's East Side Access tunnel dons a yellow raincoat deep underground http://t.co/VV7K6ADuX8 pic.twitter.com/XNqGixAbR9

— Architects Newspaper (@archpaper) December 10, 2014

Posted at 10:29 AM

Will the outcome of the international Lima climate meetings be shaped by the China-US carbon agreement?

Posted at 10:22 AM

For island nations the outcome of international climate talks is a matter of life or death

Posted at 10:02 AM

Conventional power utilities could lose $48 billion to distributed power suppliers & energy efficiency gains by 2025

Posted at 09:31 AM

A Community Board 6 vote on zoning changes near Grand Central hinges on whether developer SL Green will commit to meeting LEED Platinum standards

Posted at 09:17 AM

The story behind the US-China climate action deal

Posted at 06:49 AM

New York's massive effort to reinvent itts utility regulations draws on UK experience

Posted at 06:07 AM

Like pollution, hate climate action? you'll love ALEC

Posted at 11:21 AM

What are people saying about NYC's hard-fought battle over a 10-cents-a plastic-bag bill?

Posted at 10:54 AM

A standardized tool to measure & report cities' GHG emissions is launched

Posted at 09:44 AM

Click around this map and see what's happening now

Posted at 09:33 AM

NYC commercial food businesses unlikely to be be held to food waste recycling requirements [Registration required]

Posted at 09:22 AM

The first generation of green-LED sensors lights ups Copenhagen streets

Posted at 09:15 AM

China balks at having its carbon cutting pledges monitored & verified

Posted at 09:07 AM

Can the Podesta climate action strategy outlast the Obama Administration?

Posted at 06:28 AM

Keeping the outside out and the inside in, a window tech time-line

Posted at 06:20 AM

Move NY with a new tolling strategy to decongest NYC traffic & improve things for drivers

Posted at 02:11 PM

Denmark is best, Australia is worst on a performance index for climate change for industrialized nations

Posted at 11:59 AM

GOP election wins energize fossil fuel interests to attack environmental rules

Posted at 11:49 AM

According to Florida officials' logic, New Jersey must be the real 'sunshine state'

Posted at 11:44 AM

Nothing scares your electric company more than Tesla car batteries

Posted at 11:11 AM

The "advanced energy" sector is a job creation engine in California

Posted at 10:30 AM

Constant attention must be paid to get NYC to its legal goal of cutting GHG's 80% by 2050

Posted at 09:15 AM

Hawaii couples #EVs with #solar to reduce #oil consumption by 70% by 2030 http://t.co/UlsHfdhXZ2 pic.twitter.com/xJvaQ1SuAB

— IEA (@IEA) December 5, 2014

Posted at 06:28 AM

Finding an energy efficient home just got easier in the Twin Cities with a green certification check-off in the area's multiple listing service

Posted at 06:27 AM

19% of Australian homes use sun power for electricity or water heating, up from 5% in 2011

Posted at 11:43 AM

The debate is on over why Google walks shuts down renewable energy R & D

Posted at 11:35 AM

A climate statistics refresher clarifies global temperature data

Posted at 10:13 AM

Mayor de Blasio's Financial Plan adds $24.4 million for FY 2015 to advance the City's plan to cut GHG emissions from public and private buildings 80% by 2050

Posted at 09:41 AM

Take note, Hillary Clinton says Obama's initiative to set federal limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants is an unprecedented action that "must be protected at all cost"

Posted at 09:30 AM

Learn the secrets of innovative industry leadership from California & Minnesota

Posted at 09:24 AM

In the name of economic growth the Indian government rolls back its environmental protection rules

Posted at 09:14 AM

What is the NYC Estuarium and who will be running it?

Posted at 09:08 AM

What could green bonds do to finance a clean energy revolution?

Posted at 01:27 PM

Carbon neutrality is on Palo Alto, California's energy policy menu

Posted at 01:05 PM

By producing 321% more energy than it needs, Wildpoldsried, Germany can sell its renewable energy for $5.7 million

Posted at 01:00 PM

A renewable power company buys Hawaii's biggest power utility & cut consumer costs by using less fossil fuel

Posted at 12:55 PM

EU policy blamed 'near irrelevance' of the European Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme

Posted at 12:01 PM

The energy-water/-land use nexus explained

Posted at 06:12 AM

These crazy (and beautiful) drowned cities maps are breaking @grist’s trafficometer right now http://t.co/bfaGek8K7n pic.twitter.com/HaOn5x7Dtu

— Greg Hanscom (@ghanscom) December 3, 2014

Posted at 03:59 PM

The German government seeks deeper carbon cuts from power plants & lower public energy consumption to meet its 2020 GHG target

Posted at 01:43 PM

A White House shout-out for 16 local climate leaders that comes with targeted Federal support

Posted at 01:38 PM

An international meeting that matters, here's why

Posted at 01:01 PM

Wind power innovation blows in non-stop

Posted at 12:57 PM

Track down NYC's privately-owned public spaces

Posted at 12:49 PM

Nilda Mesa will be named NYCs new sustainability chief

Posted at 07:42 AM

A Brooklyn company takes bio-mimicry for building products to a whole new level

Posted at 06:23 AM

Survey results find 98% of Costa Ricans think the climate is changing & 90% believe its caused by human activity

Posted at 01:52 PM

The A-list companies supporting EPA's Clean Power Plan, then check out the opposition

Posted at 11:01 AM

Imagine if trees gave off wifi signals... #Priorities pic.twitter.com/wgLefY7Rb8

— EcoSwarm (@ecoswarm) December 2, 2014

Posted at 10:38 AM

Chancellor Merkel supports the goal of getting 1 million EVs on German roads by 2020

Posted at 10:31 AM

Painting white roofs on iconic red London buses is just one way cities hope to cope with high risk climate changes

Posted at 10:23 AM

While NYC is leafier than a century ago, more must be done so that all neighborhoods get their fair share of trees

Posted at 09:35 AM

An assessment of strengths & missed opportunities in Mayor Gray's Sustainable DC plan

Posted at 09:06 AM

The Supreme Court review of rules limiting mercury emissions from power plants hinges on whether the EPA had to take price of compliance into consideration

Posted at 06:28 AM

True or false? the most efficient efficient solar panels tilt west

Posted at 06:20 AM

Animal species are going extinct at the highest rate in 65 million years due to climate change

Posted at 04:05 PM

Climate change damage don't selectively target by political party

Posted at 03:53 PM

Why an aging sewage treatment system built before awareness of climate change faces a double whammy

Posted at 03:46 PM

Texas is the #1 state for wind power, investing $10.6 billion in renewable energy over the last five years

Posted at 03:41 PM

A major German power utility starts the shift from a fossil-fuel model business to something else

Posted at 03:38 PM

Climate change poses heightened morality risks to the elderly

Posted at 03:32 PM

What kind of label information boosts consumer purchase of energy efficient appliances?

Posted at 12:51 PM

NYC's pilot food waste composting program has a big problem

Posted at 09:10 AM