WASHINGTON — As part of the Energy Department’s SunShot Initiative, which is working to make solar energy competitive with other forms of energy without subsidy by the end of the decade, the Energy Department today announced the start of a new competition to make it faster, easier, and cheaper to install rooftop solar energy systems. [...]
Polluters Move to Block Landmark Mercury Protections Washington, D.C. – Today representatives of the nation’s dirtiest polluters and their friends at special interest groups like the National Mining Association, filed the first lawsuits to block long overdue action to clean up toxic mercury pollution, acid gases and other hazardous air toxics. Toxic mercury is a [...]
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Canadian Solar, Inc., one of the world’s largest solar companies, today issued a statement in response to SolarWorld Industries America Inc.’s trade complaint. Canadian Solar is against the petition filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce by SolarWorld Industries America Inc., as we believe the petition is exaggerated and [...]
Vice President Biden joined U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu today to announce the launch of the Home Energy Score pilot program. The Home Energy Score will offer homeowners straightforward, reliable information about their homes’ energy efficiency. A report provides consumers with a home energy score between 1 and 10, and shows them [...]