News about Health, Safety, & Environmental Impacts

Aerial view of the FORGE site.
EERE invests in research, development, and technology-validation to help modernize the American energy system and position the United States to lead the world in the technical fields that will soon dominate the global energy market.
Several skyscrapers in downtown Denver.
Americans average about 90% of their time indoors, whether in homes, workplaces, schools, restaurants, gyms, places of worship, or elsewhere. With all that time indoors, it’s vital that the air in those buildings is safe to breathe.
Close-up view of a wind turbine with serrated edges.
A new Berkley Lab analysis finds that despite an expected future reduction in the number of turbines per power plant, the total estimated annual energy output of wind plants will increase due to larger, more powerful wind turbines.