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Archives: wind energy
![Green Energy Jobs: Top 7 Pieces of Rare Good News for US Workers on Labor Day](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/green-energy-jobs-top-7-pieces-o-187x137.jpg)
![Texas Wind turbines went right on Turning under Harvey’s impact, as Refineries Shut Down](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/texas-wind-turbines-went-right-o-187x137.jpg)
Texas Wind turbines went right on Turning under Harvey’s impact, as Refineries Shut Down
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Extreme weather is in our future. Caribbean hurricanes of the future will be more and more violent and destructive because of manmade global…![Green Norway: Will it be the World’s First post-Carbon Society?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/green-norway-will-it-be-the-worl-187x137.jpg)
Green Norway: Will it be the World’s First post-Carbon Society?
By Sam Morgan | EurActiv.com | - - Norway has the renewable resources and political will to become the world’s first country to use entirely clean electricity for its power demands, according…![As Trump leaves Paris Accord, Wind jobs are fastest growing in US next Decade](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/as-trump-leaves-paris-accord-win-187x137.jpg)
As Trump leaves Paris Accord, Wind jobs are fastest growing in US next Decade
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - CBS News reports that jobs in the wind energy field will grow 108 percent in the next 7 years. Working on wind turbines,…![On one day in May, Italy got 87% of its Electricity from Renewables](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/on-one-day-in-may-italy-got-87-o-187x137.jpg)
On one day in May, Italy got 87% of its Electricity from Renewables
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - * On one day in May, Italy met 87% of its electricity production needs from renewables. This statistic was a fluke, since ordinarily…![Shell, terrified of EVs, expects ‘low forever’ Gasoline Prices; it is too Optimistic](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/shell-terrified-of-evs-expects-l-187x137.jpg)
Shell, terrified of EVs, expects ‘low forever’ Gasoline Prices; it is too Optimistic
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Telegraph reports that Royal Dutch Shell, the massive oil company, has abruptly decided that petroleum prices are likely to remain low "forever,"…![Don’t worry, Trump: Chinese firm provides U.S. coal miners w/ wind energy jobs](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/dont-worry-trump-chinese-firm-pr-187x137.jpg)
Don’t worry, Trump: Chinese firm provides U.S. coal miners w/ wind energy jobs
CGTN | (Video News Report) | - - "For years, coal and oil and gas have been Wyoming’s bedrock. 40% of U.S. coal is still produced in the state but the industry…![For Clean, Cheap Energy, Cities & Counties should Take Over](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/for-clean-cheap-energy-cities-co-187x137.jpg)
For Clean, Cheap Energy, Cities & Counties should Take Over
By Sarah van Gelder | ( Yes! Magazine ) | - - A new report finds public ownership is the best way for cities and towns to meet renewable energy and efficiency…![G-20: Germany aims to isolate Trump on Paris Climate Plan](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/g-20-germany-aims-to-isolate-tru-187x137.jpg)
G-20: Germany aims to isolate Trump on Paris Climate Plan
By Dave Keating | Euractiv.com | - - Angela Merkel wants all countries in the group except the US to sign up to a strong statement supporting the Paris Agreement but Saudi…![Record: Germany at 35% Renewables in Electricity Production](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/record-germany-at-35-renewables-187x137.jpg)
Record: Germany at 35% Renewables in Electricity Production
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - So far this year, over a third of German electricity has come from wind, solar, biomass and hydro, at 35%. That is 2…![Trump has it Backwards: Green Energy will Make America Great](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/trump-has-it-backwards-green-ene-187x137.jpg)
Trump has it Backwards: Green Energy will Make America Great
By Joseph E. Stiglitz | (Project Syndicate) | - - BRUSSELS – Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States took another major step toward establishing itself as a rogue state on…![100% Green Energy is Possible & a Chinese Province Just Proved It](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/100-green-energy-is-possible-a-c-187x137.jpg)
100% Green Energy is Possible & a Chinese Province Just Proved It
TeleSur | - - New clean schemes push the nation further forward as a leader in search for alternative technologies. Demonstrating that renewables are a viable option for the future, China’s Qinghai…![Green France: Macron bans Fracking and welcomes US renewables Scientists fleeing Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/green-france-macron-bans-frackin-187x137.jpg)
Green France: Macron bans Fracking and welcomes US renewables Scientists fleeing Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The French government wants to steal increasingly unemployed US green energy scientists, who are being systematically defunded by the Trump administration. After Trump…![In March for 1st Time, 10% of US Electricity came from Wind and Solar](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/in-march-for-1st-time-10-of-us-e-187x137.jpg)
In March for 1st Time, 10% of US Electricity came from Wind and Solar
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I've been a booster of renewable energy for years and years. I can remember when readers would taunt me that only one percent…![Who needs Trump: State Policies driving huuje advances in Wind Power](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/who-needs-trump-state-policies-d-187x137.jpg)
Who needs Trump: State Policies driving huuje advances in Wind Power
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Anyone who is depressed about Trump's sabotage of action to halt climate change should take heart from a remarkable development in Kansas.. Governor…![Retraining Workers for Climate Action: How the Light Gets In](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/retraining-workers-for-climate-a-187x137.jpg)
Retraining Workers for Climate Action: How the Light Gets In
H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | - - Every now and then I re-visit these lines of the Canadian poet and songwriter, Leonard Cohen: Ring the bells that cannot ring Forget…![Wind Power and the quest for 100% Renewables in age of Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/wind-power-and-the-quest-for-100-187x137.jpg)
Wind Power and the quest for 100% Renewables in age of Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Are some major industrial countries only a decade or two from getting all their electricity from non-fossil fuel sources? Since it is the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/image-20170329-8593-13p35fo-187x137.jpg)
1 in 50 new Jobs in US is in Solar Energy, despite Trump
Bill Ritter, Jr. | (The Conversation) | On Tuesday, March 28, President Trump traveled to the Environmental Protection Agency to sign an executive order rolling back a number of climate-related regulations that…![“No new Coal Plants!” – European Energy Companies](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/no-new-coal-plants-european-ener-187x137.jpg)
“No new Coal Plants!” – European Energy Companies
Newsy |. (Video News Clip) | / The Tree | - - "Energy companies representing almost the entire European Union have promised not to build new coal power plants after 2020." Newsy:…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170912220900im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/Mines-2-big-750x422-1-187x137.jpg)