CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers in the state Assembly have roundly passed a bill requiring electricity companies to have 50 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2030.
Idaho Power plans to stop using coal power plants. The news comes as a U.S. energy agency says renewable sources produced a record amount of electricity in 2018.
International research labs are using seaweed to make biofuel, but little progress has been made in the U.S. Now scientists in California are developing a prototype to enable vast open-ocean farming.
As he prepares for a conference on implementing clean energy to combat climate change, energy secretary Ernest Moniz says he's confident the Obama administration's commitments will remain in place.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Barack Obama will headline, but the future of rooftop solar electricity could be the key topic during an annual green power conference hosted by U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Monday at a Las Vegas Strip resort.
The Clean Energy Summit is returning for the sixth time. In the years since it started, has there been any headway in incorporating clean energy into our everyday lives? And what are the obstacles to developing it as part of the economy?
The solar company Amonix is opening a giant manufacturing plant in North Las Vegas. It claims it will create 278 green jobs. That seems perfect for a state with over 14% unemployment. But how sustainable are these jobs? And will they really help pull Nevada out of its economic slump? And where is the stimulus money that was set aside to generate jobs? Join us for a discussion on green jobs in Nevada.
