Jacksonville residents are fed up with soaring utility bills and demand clean energy solutions
A recent RenewJax survey found more than half of respondents support increasing investments in renewable energy.
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A Florida commission keeps approving utility plans with lots of fossil fuels. Now young adults are suing
The plaintiffs claim the Public Service Commission’s approval of utility plans based on fossil fuels violates their rights.
Trump and Harris have clashing records on clean energy, but the clean power shift is too broad for any president to control
Markets worldwide are rapidly transitioning to renewable energy and electric cars.
Utilities rely on dirty ‘peaker’ plants when power demand surges, but there are alternatives
As climate change generates more frequent and intense heat waves, many utilities are increasingly relying on peaker plants.
Clean, affordable energy provides economic and environmental benefits
The Hillsborough Affordable Energy Coalition has been pushing for local government action to reduce energy bills.
UCF researcher develops lotus-inspired tech to convert CO2 to fuels, chemicals
Nanoscience Associate Professor Yang Yang designed the system, which extracts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Florida among states appealing to US Supreme Court to halt EPA’s carbon rule
They say the Biden administration rule threatens to shutter the country’s remaining fleet of coal-fired power plants.
Will electricity demand spike as data centers eye Northeast Florida?
New data centers have raised climate concerns as utilities plan to build natural gas power plants to serve them.
Renewable energy plan hides Jacksonville utility’s continued reliance on fossil fuels
If the plan is implemented as designed, JEA will remain fossil fuel dependent for at least the next 25 years.
New EPA regulations target air, water, land and climate pollution from power plants, especially those that burn coal
The new rules require utilities to drastically slash greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants or close them down.
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