Want to support the City of Laramie’s net zero carbon emissions goal? Tell the Environmental Advisory Committee and the Laramie City Council to SUPPORT the City’s draft Emission Reduction Plan! Take Action: Upcoming Meetings! Environmental Advisory Committee: The EAC’s role is to advise the City Council and the board of County Commissioners Read more…
Over Easy Solar, a Norwegian company has unveiled a unique approach for installing photovoltaic panels on rooftops. Instead of the traditional horizontal positioning, the company installs their panels vertically, creating what they term ‘green photovoltaic roofs.’
Hey Laramie! Ever attended a concert that’s powered by the sun? Join us for the 2023 Solar Fest on Friday, October 27 from 3-6:00 at Simpson Plaza! This awesome event is hosted by the University of Wyoming Sustainability Coalition and is supported by other awesome local groups. Come grab some Read more…
The 2022 MT2030 Climate Solutions Summit was a unique opportunity for over 380 mountain community stakeholders to meet, collaborate, learn and accelerate their action on climate. In case you missed it, or want to watch any of the sessions again, many of the recordings and presentations and up on their website now.
Solar energy developers and farmers in the Haute-Saône department of France have collaborated with installing solar panels onto farmlands on Oct. 12.
Kominek’s farm, rebranded as Jack’s Solar Garden (Jack is his grandfather’s name), is part of a burgeoning industry known as agrivoltaics. It’s a relatively new field of research and Kominek’s farm is one of only about a dozen in the United States known to be experimenting with it.
A new report suggests that the Inflation Reduction Act could be even bigger than Congress thinks.
The Alliance for Renewable Energy of Laramie (ARE) led the Second Annual Laramie Solar Tour on Saturday, Oct. 1st, to educate Laramie citizens on the power and potential of solar energy. “Our goal with the Solar Tour is really to educate members of the public and inspire them to do Read more…
If the world wants to avoid some of the most serious ramifications of the climate crisis, countries will need to start shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy quickly. The problem is that building all that new infrastructure is expensive – costing the world trillions of dollars to install solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and other renewable Read more…
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law by President Biden after passing both chambers of Congress. This summary reflects what is in the final draft of this legislation.