New green norms to make power, fuels, cars costlier Consumers will have to shell out more for power, fuel and cars in a few years as these industries begin to pass on the burden of technology upgrades being put in place for meeting increasingly stringent environmental and emission norms. The new environmental norms for coal-fired power plants, for example, ... Read More »
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A Renewables Revolution Is Toppling the Dominance of Fossil Fuels in U.S. Power
A Renewables Revolution Is Toppling the Dominance of Fossil Fuels in U.S. Power Renewable energy was the biggest source of new power added to U.S. electricity grids last year as falling prices and government incentives made wind and solar increasingly viable alternatives to fossil fuels. Developers installed 16 gigawatts of clean energy in 2015, or 68 percent of all new ... Read More »