Battery Storage: The Answer To Renewable Energy Intermittency
Renewable energy technologies play a major role in mitigating pressing societal challenges such as climate change and resource depletion… […]
Renewables are set to soar
by James Temple: World will likely witness a wind and solar boom over the next five years, as costs decline and nations raise their climate ambitions… […]
Protecting Earth: If ‘Nature Needs Half,’ What Do People Need?
by Carl Safina: The campaign to preserve half the Earth’s surface is being criticized for failing to take account of global inequality and human needs. […]
The Profound Potential Of Elon Musk’s New Rocket
by Robert Zubrin: An aerospace engineer explains why SpaceX’s Starship will change everything… […]
Glasgow Disappointed, But It Inched The World Forward On Climate
by Fred Pearce: The UN climate agreement reached in Glasgow fell far short of what scientists say is needed, angering activists and many delegates. […]
Will This ‘Ocean Battery’ Buried In The Seabed Be An Offshore Wind Game Changer?
by Michelle Lewis: Offshore wind power needs energy storage and power regulation, and Ocean Grazer has invented an offshore energy storage system that will sit at the bottom of the sea and manage the flow of [...]
EV Sales Rising Ahead Of Schedule In EU & UK, Predicted To Overtake Gasoline Vehicles By 2025
by Scooter Doll: Efforts by automakers and legislators overseas appear to be paying off, as a new study found that consumers’ transition to all-electric vehicles in the EU and UK is “inevitable…” […]
A Solar Farm The Size Of 1,000 Football Stadiums Is Going Up In Indiana
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: The transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy sources is underway, with solar and wind farms popping up everywhere from the UK to China… […]
Germany’s Plugin EV Share At Record 36% In December
by Dr. Maximilian Holland: Germany, Europe’s largest auto market and the world’s 5th largest, saw plugin electric vehicle share hit a record of 35.7% in December, up from 26.6% year-on-year… […]
“Mystery” US Energy Storage Company Breaks Through Veil Of Silence
by Tina Casey: The firm FlexGen is set to make its mark its mark on the US energy storage industry, with an assist from North Carolina’s powerful network of rural electric cooperatives… […]
Offshore Wind Catches Fire In Empire State While Others Fiddle
by Tina Casey: Another sign that coal is toast: New York State stakes another $500 million to beat its East Coast rivals to the offshore wind energy punch… […]
Space Telescope’s ‘Golden Eye’ Opens, Last Major Hurdle
by Marcia Dunn: More powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope, the $10 billion Webb will scan the cosmos for light streaming from the first stars and galaxies formed 13.7 billion years ago… […]
Reducing Emissions To Lessen Climate Change Would Yield Dramatic Health Benefits By 2030
by Roberto Molar Candanosa: New research shows that improved air quality caused by reducing emissions from burning fossil fuels and other sources would improve human health and prevent economic losses… […]
Appalachian Power Plan Would Add Solar, Wind and Energy Storage
Appalachian Power said it wants to acquire or contract for 294 MW of solar and 204 MW of wind power over the next three years […]
A Self-Driving Truck Got A Shipment Cross-Country 10 Hours Faster Than A Human Driver
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: Self-driving cars are taking longer to come to market than many expected… […]
The Art Of Climate-Friendly Resolutions We Can Actually Keep
by Sami Grover: It can be hard to sustain climate resolutions as we get back into the day-to-day of living our lives… […]
Mercedes Says Its Electric Concept Has 620 Miles Of Range And Seats Made With Mushrooms
by Peter Valdes-Dapena: Mercedes has unveiled a new all-electric concept car, the EQXX, that the company claims can go 620 miles on a single charge… […]
H2 Clipper Will Resurrect Hydrogen Airships To Haul Green Fuel Across The Planet
by Edd Gent: Airships might seem like a technology from a bygone era, but a startup says their new design could become a crucial cog in the green hydrogen supply chain… […]
Landmark Dutch Storage Project To Be Twinned With Wind And Solar
An energy storage system set to be the largest ever built in the Netherlands is to be co-located with wind and solar assets in a microgrid at Wageningen University & Research test center in Lelystad… […]
Staying Below 2° C Warming Costs Less Than Overshooting And Correcting
by Ked Coan: Most current policies assume we’ll need carbon capture, but there’s a big cost… […]
‘The Fuse Has Been Blown,’ And The Doomsday Glacier Is Coming for Us All
by Jeff Goodell: One thing that’s hard to grasp about the climate crisis is that big changes can happen fast… […]
Webb Continues To Unfold; Has Enough Fuel For Over A Decade
by John Timmer: We’re on the verge of trying to fully extend the sunscreen… […]
Suns River Still Uses Sunlight To Pull Pure Water From Seawater
by Amit Malewar: Mankind has pursued an effective and simple way to use direct solar power to produce drinking water from salt water for centuries economically. The Suns River Still has patented an innovative method [...]
New Wind Turbine Harvests The Energy From Passing Traffic
by Amir Malewar: When we talk about what kind of wasted energy could be utilized while driving, everyone first thinks of braking energy… […]
The Missing Continent It Took 375 Years To Find
by Zaria Gorvett: It took scientists 375 years to discover the eighth continent of the world, which has been hiding in plain sight all along. But mysteries still remain… […]
Clean Energy Was The No. 2 Source Of Electricity In The US In 2020
by Michelle Lewis: Clean energy sources generated a record 834 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, or about 21% of all electricity generated in the US in 2020, the US Energy Information Administration.. […]
Fossil Fuel Combustion Kills More Than 1 Million People Every Year, Study Says
by Tim De Chant: Study examined global exposure to PM2.5, a pollutant linked to many diseases… […]
The Future Of Europe’s Green Energy Landscape Is Deep Underground
by Jens-Peter Lux: When we think about innovation in renewable energy, it’s easy to assume that the materials and breakthroughs of human design hold the greatest potential to power the green revolution… […]
California Law Aims To Turn Food Waste Into Renewable Energy
by Anne C. Mulker: The program will be the nation’s largest attempt to reduce methane emissions from rotting food in landfills… […]
The Iñupiat Brothers Watching Their Land Melt
by Chris Baraniuk: Two Native Alaskan brothers have seen climate change unfold in their lifetime. Here’s what they’ve observed… […]
Save The Soil To Save The Environment
Ensuring that our soil is rich and fertile is key to avoiding an ecological disaster. Sadhguru explains the importance of soil revitalization and shares five methods we can use to save the soil… […]
Scientists Spot Water Ice Under The ‘Grand Canyon’ Of Mars
by Meghan Bartels: “We found a central part of Valles Marineris to be packed full of water — far more water than we expected…” […]
Earth Keepers Summit – Free Event
The future of the Earth is in your hands and with that lies great power to build a new future. […]
Climate Change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril
by Sarah Kaplan: New research shows how rising temperatures have irreversibly altered both the Arctic and Antarctic. Ripple effects will be felt around the globe… […]
This Is How Much Water It Takes To Make Your Favorite Foods
by Katherine Boehrer: Extensive drought has Californians thinking twice about running the tap while brushing their teeth or taking that 20-minute shower… […]
‘Doomsday Glacier’ Won’t Last 5 Years, Scientists Warn
by Morgan McFall: A crucial ice shelf on Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is on track to collapse within five years, accelerating the melting of the notorious ‘doomsday glacier’… […]
AstraZeneca To power UK Sites With Biomethane In Decarbonization Drive
British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca is partnering with Future Biogas to power its UK sites with low-carbon energy as part of company decarbonization efforts… […]
EV Credit, Methane Fees: What $555 Billion Climate Plan Would Do
The spending bill House Democrats passed Friday and sent to the Senate calls for the largest-ever investment in fighting climate change: $555 billion on clean power, electric vehicles and resilience to global warming… […]
Automakers Are Electrifying The Family-Friendly SUV
by Marc Carter: It isn’t just small niche automakers that have released new electric vehicles at the 2021 LA Auto Show… […]
Earth’s Seismic Activity Was Reduced by 50% During Lockdown
By Katherine Martinko: The “anthropause” allowed scientists to collect new data on seismic activity… […]
A Good First Step For Our Infrastructure
by Matt Young: The Biden administration has led Congress to recognize and address the water infrastructure issues plaguing the country, but more must be done… […]
Geothermal Energy Is Poised For A Big Breakout
by David Roberts: “An engineering problem that, when solved, solves energy…” […]
These Maps Reveal The Profound Progress And Peril Of Modern Civilization
by Robert Muggah: Today’s mega-threats are systemic and interconnected… […]
What You Appreciate Appreciates
by Lynne Twist: An excerpt from ‘The Soul of Money’ by Lynne Twist. In the context of sufficiency, appreciation becomes a powerful practice of recognizing and utilizing the value of what we already have. […]
Women, Sufficiency and True Wealth
Lynne Twist: The economic crisis marks a moment for women to re-discover and embrace the concept of “enough”. […]