A study recently published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond said that climate change could stunt U.S. economic growth by one third over the next century, according to the Wall Street Journal. The researchers came to this conclusion by looking at the impacts that rising temperatures have already had on the economy and extrapolated from there. For instance, above-average temperatures slow down factory output, agricultural activity and construction. Retail tends to tak

Assembly-line workers at a solar-panel factory in China. To be exempted from American tariffs, solar companies must show that they have a unique technology or offering. CreditChina Network, via Reuters SunPower is the nation’s No. 2 commercial solar-power company, employing thousands of workers directly and indirectly. But it makes most of its solar panels abroad, and with the tariffs recently imposed by President Trump costing it as much as $2 million a week, SunPower is fig

5 State Parks to be Energy Neutral by 2019, Robert Moses is Already First Energy Neutral State Park of its Size in the Nation Clean Lighting and Photovoltaic Solar Arrays Save State Parks Nearly $1m Annually in Energy Costs The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) today announced that New York State parks are drastically reducing electricity costs and greenhouse gas emissions through solar and clean lighting initiatives. Since 2013, 18 state par

New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) on Thursday awarded Binghamton University a $400,000 economic-development grant for projects connected to its new Smart Energy Building in Vestal. (Photo provided by Binghamton University) VESTAL, N.Y. — New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) has announced a $400,000 economic-development grant for Binghamton University. The funding will help support three projects at Binghamton University’s new Smart Energy Building under NYSEG’s economic

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is making up to $5 million available to support meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) data collection off the New York coast in areas with the potential for future offshore wind development. NYSERDA is issuing a request for proposals (RFP) to collect more detailed metocean information about the wind resources off New York to help secure reliable and bankable data for wind farm developers to reduce un