Electricity
Raising an Energy-Aware Generation through Hands-on Education
What better way to confront environmental problems than to get our future leaders to act? And the first step in taking action is education.
Fighting Climate Gloom and Doom: A USA Today Op-Ed from RMI CEO
On Earth Day yesterday, RMI CEO Jules Kortenhorst and New Climate Economy program director Jeremy Oppenheim co-authored a USA Today op-ed.
Accelerating Renewables in the Fortune 500
Last week, RMI’s program to significantly scale the commitment by Fortune 500 companies to source renewable energy was chosen as one of six winners at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit’s Finance for Resilience (“FiRe”) event.
How a Small County in California Went Grid Positive
California is known for being a leader in solar energy, but a small county in Northern California has taken things a step further. It has become the first county government in the state to not only zero-out its electric bill with renewable energy, but also to become grid positive.
Sleepless in the Senate
Twenty-eight Democratic Senators recently pulled an all-nighter in Congress to bring awareness to climate change issues. The effort, led by Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, had hoped to “wake up” Congress and get them serious about addressing the issue.