Wind power started in California in 1981 when the Altamont wind farm in Alameda County was built as a reaction to the Arab Oil Embargo of the 1970s. But now, as a new map released Thursday shows, the ...

Earlier this spring, Google's Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg created a living wind map of the United States. The interactive graphic displays surface wind data from the National Digital ...

Around a year ago, a pair of Google researchers visualized the wind patterns throughout the United States. The interactive map was gorgeous, with wispy white lines swirling around the country in real ...

A paper highlights just how many jobs in a commuting zone are wind or solar based on job opening data. Places with higher shares of job postings that are wind tended to be down the middle of the US.

The U.S. has set a goal to reach 100% clean energy by 2035, but a nationwide analysis by USA TODAY shows that achieving it is increasingly unlikely – local governments are banning green power faster ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write at the intersection of energy, climate and business. Last month, a national lab issued a set of colorful maps that reveal ...

It’s high time you met earth, a plainly titled, interactive datavisualization that offers visitors a realtime glimpse of global wind patterns. WARNING: If you’re into this sort of thing, this ...

Hurricane Milton showed explosive speed as its winds grew by 130 mph in just 36 hours this week in the Gulf of Mexico. In the process, the hurricane astonished meteorologists as it powered up in the ...

The coldest air of the season will hit much of the U.S. this weekend and next week as an Arctic blast descends across the Lower 48, accompanied by subzero wind chills. Millions of people are bracing ...