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Washington DC enacted a law committing the district to 50% renewable energy by 2032. In addition, the bill lays out a program to cut electricity bills in half for about 100,000 district residents by 2032 through the use of renewables.

In a delay for the EPA's Clean Power Plan, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit yesterday said the full court will hear oral arguments on the carbon emissions rule on Sept. 27. A three-judge panel had been scheduled to hear the case on June 2.

Tower Companies saved $220,000 in 1 year and reduced electricity consumption by an average of 13% across 3 office buildings in Washington, DC, by implementing systems for managing energy in real time.

IKEA, the world's leading home furnishings retailer, today announced it had officially plugged-in Kansas' largest rooftop solar array, atop the recently opened IKEA Merriam. The 92,000-square-foot solar array consists of a 730.17-kW DC system, comprised of 2,394 panels, and will produce approximately 986,800 kWh of electricity annually for the store, the equivalent of reducing 680 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) - equal to the emissions of 143 cars or providing electricity for 94 homes yearly (calculating clean energy equivalents at www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-resources/calculator.html).

The District of Columbia now sources a third of its electricity from a Pennsylvania wind farm, which is expected to save the city up to $45 million in electricity bills over the next two decades. Iberdrola Renewables supplies the city with 125,000 megawatt hours of electricity annually. The Washington Post (tiered subscription model) (8/12) 

Each year, Future 500 releases a Top 10 report of what they predict will be the most critical issues driving stakeholder engagement in the coming year. Watch their video breaking down the Top 10 issues in just 2 minutes.

As part of the company's plan to ramp up investment in renewables, Kohl's solar power portfolio now includes "solar tree" structures.

Drilling has been so intense near Fox Creek that its been linked to a series of earthquakes. One tremor measured 4.6 in magnitude, one of the two biggest human-induced seismic event in Canada's history.