Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 02:45:43 +0000
California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered a halt to all new fracking permits pending a review by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Environmental groups cheered while industry groups predicted dire consequences.
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 01:16:40 +0000
Nevada, home of the Tesla EV Gigafactory, is getting a new burst of renewable energy with 1.19 new gigawatts of solar power from the company NV Energy
Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 01:05:49 +0000
Denmark Planned Tax Increase For BEVs Scrapped — Hurray! Tax Increase For ICEVs Scrapped Too — What
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:26:51 +0000
Trump’s tariffs have harmed Americans by raising prices, cutting jobs, and losing the US billions in investment opportunities. From 2017–2021, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) expects 62,000 fewer jobs in the solar industry — which is more than the entire US coal mining industry
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:16:51 +0000
Being superbly happy with the performance, and yes, the style of the BMW i3 that I drive, it’s nice to hear BMW is continuing to focus on manufacturing electric cars in a green way. The company actually operates a sustainability strategy that exists along the entire value chain, supporting sustainability more deeply than in the cars or car factories themselves
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:15:17 +0000
A recent Solar Simplified survey dove into the topic of climate change and what we think we can do about it. Solar Simplified surveyed 5,000 people across the United States in order to understand their nuanced approaches, or lack of any approach, in daily life
Credit to Author: Andrea Bertoli| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:04:35 +0000
Last night in Honolulu, we made history: Bill 40, a comprehensive plastic phase-out bill, was approved 7–2 at the Honolulu City Council (the governing body for the island of Oahu). Activists from across the island have been working for nearly a decade to get smart plastic legislation passed in the city and state — the vote last night was nothing short of victorious. This is the strongest plastic phase-out bill in the country, and likely in the world
Credit to Author: Ciara Gillan| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 21:11:10 +0000
Last month, the IMF released its Fiscal Monitor, a biannual report on how to mitigate climate change. The report argued that it is possible to switch from a reliance on fossil fuels to cleaner energy and still sustain vigorous economic growth and generate employment. However, for this to take place, countries needed to distribute the costs and benefits in a manner that supported those that really needed it.
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:30:07 +0000
Science and modern biochemistry have all kinds of answers on the brain and human health, but scientific knowledge alone can’t stop air pollution. Those studies can make citizens aware of how compromised we are. They can let us know that air pollution is indeed a threat to the brain’s and body’s core functions. But humans must act on this knowledge to make it truly useful
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2019 03:01:21 +0000
“We should be spending this money here on Earth,” we often hear people say when space programs and private investment are discussed. It’s such a widespread sentiment that even big names in science fiction tend to share it (albeit reluctantly)