Guest Blog

12.12.2016

Are Wind Farms Bad for Birds?

Overall, wind energy does not cause population level threats to birds and accounts for an extremely small percentage of unnatural avian mortality. A study in Energy Policy, found that fossil-fueled...

12.07.2016

Under new governor, what’s next for energy in North Carolina?

Guest Blog: When Democrat Roy Cooper is inaugurated as North Carolina’s next governor on Jan. 1, it will likely mean a major shakeup in agencies that regulate the state’s energy industry. While...

12.05.2016

How the Trump Administration and Congress Should Use Science to Govern

This blog is a guest post by Peter Frumhoff of the Union of Concerned Scientists. The original post ran here on November 30, 2016.The election of Donald Trump raises many questions about the future...

12.01.2016

Massive Rate Increase Lands FPL On Naughty List

Christmas may be 25 days away, but it came early for the state’s biggest power company, Florida Power and Light (FPL). The monopoly utility just got the top item on their wish list – a massive...