Energy
Energy management is critical for local and state government agencies, focusing on sustainable practices, efficient resource utilization, and the transition to renewable energy sources. Governments play a crucial role in developing and implementing energy policies that reduce carbon emissions, lower costs, and ensure a reliable energy supply for their communities. This directory provides articles on energy, including discussions on related topics like SafeGov, which explores broader strategies for protecting communities from today’s threats.
Through two loan programs, the city of Toronto is funding residential building efficiency retrofit projects, reducing GHGs and saving residents money.
California’s clean power efforts have resulted in the state meeting its 2020 GHG target now. Transportation emissions cited as important next step for meeting 2030 goals.
Energy management is demanding, but cities can help keep it simple with smart meters, effective reporting and by encouraging day-to-day strategies to conserve energy.
Funds for the four-year program are part of the commission’s Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) initiative to create new power grid solutions and foster energy sector innovations
The pilot partnership will also help test backbone technology needed to power San Jose’s smart city transformation so that it can save energy, have brighter streets at night, and respond to the changing needs of its residents
She said damage to children caused by lead exposure is irreversible and that the city will need to spend more on special education and mental health services as a result
Two sets of reality are clashing as climate talks go into overtime: Diplomatic real politics and hard science
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Negotiators released a new, shorter draft of an international accord to fight global warming Wednesday - and it leaves key issues unresolved just two days before the high-stakes talks in Paris are scheduled to end
They barely break the surface of the ocean but in the U.N. talks on how to stop rising seas and other hazards of a warming planet, small island nations have the moral high ground
Uranium, the stuff of nuclear fuel for power plants and atom bombs, increasingly is showing in drinking water systems in major farming regions of the U.S. West - a naturally occurring but unexpected byproduct of irrigation, of drought, and of the overpumping of natural underground water reserves
Colorado’s loud public battle over fracking went before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday as the cities of Longmont and Fort Collins tried to persuade the justices that local governments have the right to ban or delay the drilling technique
Charleston is engineering a fix with tunnels and pump stations that costs about $250 million - more than one-and-a-half times its annual budget
The energy dedicated from this solar facility, coupled with the power the city receives from NV Energy that already satisfies our state’s renewable portfolio standard, will allow the city of Las Vegas’ retail load to be served 100 percent by renewable energy
The program will use existing state legislation and federal tax credits to purchase and install solar panels on 28 municipal buildings including recreation centers, fire stations and one police station
With the recent slide in energy prices, fuel-rich states like Wyoming and Alaska are now facing the same sort of budget crises that had hit the rest of the nation
Officials with Idaho’s solar energy industry say they want to pay taxes on the energy they produce, not property taxes - a system that already applies to other renewable energy developers
As world leaders began talks in Paris on solutions to global warming, the National Park Service on Monday released a report detailing agency efforts to address threats to national parks from climate change
Only 1,200 people live in Kansas’ smallest county, where using irrigation to quench thirsty crops is no longer an option for many because the water source underneath this flat, arid prairie is nearly exhausted due to decades of overuse
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