Over the past decade, two tax incentives, the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and the Production Tax Credit (PTC), have, in part, led to more than 400 billion dollars of investment…
Carbon dioxide is the chief cause of climate change. Greenhouse gases are released from long-stored reserves via a variety of human activities, including tillage, deforestation, and the burning of fossil…
For years, researchers, environmentalists, and community members living near horizontal hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) sites have argued that this questionable method of extracting natural gas contaminates drinking water. In 2011, the…
About a year ago, legislation extending the popular Solar Investment Tax Credit was passed, which set the stage for solar to continue soaring. This tax credit allows a homeowner or…
Power from the People (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2012) explores how homeowners, co-ops, nonprofit institutions, governments, and businesses are putting power in the hands of local communities through distributed energy programs…
