Posts on: Renewables

It seems like it was only a short while ago that solar power was a marginal part of the electricity generation mix, one that almost no one except hardcore environmentalists […]

New York has been a leader in advancing solar incentives, such as NYSERDA’s NY-SUN solar rebate program, the New York State Residential Solar Tax Credit and New York City’s Solar […]

In the years since it was transformed into public space, Governors Island has been a popular destination for people looking for a more bucolic NYC experience. From the Jazz Age […]

Last Election Day, New Yorkers voted to let the state issue up to $4.2 billion in new bonds to support climate mitigation and environmental justice initiatives. Officially known as the […]

It’s been a relatively quiet hurricane season in the Atlantic so far this year, but Mother Nature walloped Puerto Rico with a Category 1 hurricane that caused island-wide blackouts on […]

The U.S. Senate’s passage this past Sunday of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the single most important act by the U.S. Government ever to combat climate change. While the […]

Governor Kathy Hochul announced a new framework for New York State to increase its distributed solar capacity to 10 gigawatts by 2030- enough to power 700,000 homes. NYSERDA and the Public […]

New York’s climate goals are some of the most ambitious in the nation: by law, the state needs to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and shift to a completely […]

As Climate Week NYC came to a close two weeks ago, Governor Hochul announced some major developments in plans to advance New York State’s ambitious climate goals for the coming […]

The Biden administration on Wednesday released a plan to produce almost half of the nation’s electricity from the sun by 2050 as part of its effort to combat climate change. […]