New Mexico’s Clean Energy Success Story » Yale Climate Connections

New Mexico’s Clean Energy Success Story

by Karin Kirk, Yale Climate Connections | It’s hot. Fans and air conditioners are humming in homes, offices, commercial buildings, and factories. July is the most electricity-intensive time of year in the U.S., and the grid is working hard to keep up. In many places, high electricity demand equals high pollution. That used to be true in New Mexico, but the state’s electricity supply flipped from majority climate-warming fossil fuels to majority …

New Mexico’s clean energy success story » Yale Climate Connections

In just five years, solar, wind, and batteries overtook fossil fuels, keeping air conditioners running while slashing pollution. The post New Mexico’s clean energy success story appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

From courts to legislatures, countries are embedding just transition in law, policy - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy

Countries around the world are increasingly turning Just Transition pledges into laws, policies, institutions, and court decisions. This is the key finding of a report published on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), released ahead of the first anniversary of the International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of climate change. The report, No Transition Without Justice: Strengt…

More Countries Are Factoring Fairness Into the Clean Energy Transition: Countries with strong environmental governance and trusted institutions are well positioned to pivot away from #FossilFuels, a new United Nations report finds — Bob Berwyn (InsideClimateNews.org)

A pronghorn hangs out among Wyoming wind turbines. Better integration of the Western grid would allow California and Arizona to draw on Wyoming wind to back up solar when the sun goes down. Jonathan P. Thompson photo. Click the link to read the article on the Inside Climate News website (Bob Berwyn): July 28, 2026 Countries around the globe are proving that cutting greenhouse gas emissions doesn’t have to come at the expense of vulnerable commu…

Inside New York’s energy transition

“A lower share of the state’s energy production is carbon free today than in 2019. This is when lawmakers passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act…” Click here for the Adirondack Explorer story  The post Inside New York’s energy transition first appeared on The Peru Gazette.