Fukushima Water Release Could Change Human DNA, Greenpeace Warns
by Amy Woodyatt: Contaminated water that could soon be released into the sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant contains radioactive carbon with the potential to damage human DNA… […]
Crisis in the Galapagos: Chinese Fishing Fleets And COVID-19 Threaten A Natural Wonder
by Susanne Rust: Just south of the Galapagos’ Marchena Island, there’s a dive spot known by locals as the “fish arena…” […]
New Super-Enzyme Eats Plastic Bottles Six Times Faster
by Damian Carrington: Breakthrough that builds on plastic-eating bugs first discovered by Japan in 2016 promises to enable full recycling… […]
You May Not Own A Car In 10 Years
by Peter Diamandis: The era of the internal combustion engine (ICE) car is ending. We may have reached “peak ICE…” […]
It’s Official: Solar Is The Cheapest Electricity In History
by Caroline Delbert: Tough break for fossil fuels… […]
How To Be A Cloud Detective
by Bridgett Henwood: What different clouds mean, explained for kids… […]
Companies Are Making Major Climate Pledges. Here’s What They Really Mean.
by Kyla Mandel: How to decode corporate climate change targets ― from net-zero emissions to going carbon negative… […]
How Do We Prevent Our Inevitable Extinction? | Dave Stevens | TEDxBeaconStreet
by Dave Stevens: Humanity faces several extinction-level events that could annihilate us in days not decades, but unlike pandemics and climate change, we now have the technology to completely prevent them… […]
The 19 Physical And Mental Benefits Of Being Outside
by Kieran James Cunningham: It really should come as no surprise that we humans are spending less and less time outdoors and it’s having an effect on our physical and mental wellbeing… […]
5 New Battery Technologies That Will Change The Future
by Karen Wilhelm: Your phone is about to go dead—again—and you can’t find a place to plug it in… […]
Tesla’s New Structural Battery Pack — It’s Not Cell-To-Pack, It’s Cell-To-Body
by Chanan Bos: Tesla’s Battery Day was not just full of surprises… […]
These Brave Malaysian Townsfolk Are Waging War Against Illegal Plastic Recycling Factories
by Sukhbir Cheema: Meet Pua Lay Peng, a 46-year-old chemist from the quiet town of Jenjarom in Malaysia… […]
Electric Cars Cost Less To Own — Consumer Reports Agrees With Us
by Zachary Shahan: We’ve been publishing “total cost of ownership” comparisons — well, forecasts — for years here on CleanTechnica… […]
Tesla Germany Is Planting More & Better Trees Than Promised, And Is Inspiring Cyber Blessings
by Johnna Crider: Tesla is continuing to keep its promise to plant more trees… […]
Awakening the World Through Enlightened Media – David Welch
Hi, my name is David Welch, founder and CEO of Awaken Global Media. Today, I would like to talk with you about awakening the world through enlightened media. […]
Solar Expected To Dethrone Coal, Become ‘New King Of Electricity,’ Global Forecast Finds
by Alexander C. Kaufman: Yet fossil fuel demand still exceeds safe climate scenarios, and growing poverty is leaving millions without access to clean, reliable electricity… […]
The Immense Potential Of Solar Panels Floating On Dams
by Prachi Patel: Putting solar farms on water has benefits, but coupling them with hydropower amps them up and could provide almost half of the world’s electricity… […]
Tesla’s Elon Musk Lays Out How To Transition Earth To Clean Energy
by Mike Brown: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a plan for humanity to ditch fossil fuels for good… […]
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Wind Power
by Liz Hartman: 10. Human civilizations have harnessed wind power for thousands of years… […]
Want To Improve Wind And Solar Power? Bring Them Together
by Ben Jervey: By combining intermittent renewable energy sources through hybrid projects, developers are taking advantage of the strengths of each… […]
Climate Change War
by Adam Piore: Perched atop a bluff overlooking the Pacific in La Jolla, Calif., the greenhouses where Joanne Chory’s plants are growing seem a touch extravagant for Arabidopsis thaliana… […]
Wind And Solar Producer Tops Exxon As Most Valuable U.S. Energy Company
by Irina Ivanova: It’s a milestone for renewable energy in the U.S.: A solar and wind power provider topped ExxonMobil as America’s most valuable energy company… […]
The End Of Oil Is Near
by Antonio Jusahz: The pandemic may send the petroleum industry to the grave… […]
The Climate Science Behind This Year’s Wildfires And Storms
by (60 Minutes): Is climate change reversible? Scott Pelley speaks with the “father of climate science” and others for an answer… […]
California Wildfire Smoke Decreases Solar Generation By More Than 13%
In the first two weeks of September 2020, average solar-powered electricity generation in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO)… […]
12 Things We Should All Do To Protect Endangered Species
by Susie Almaneih: One thing we humans fail at is seeing the big picture… […]
Airbus Just Unveiled Three New Zero-Emission Concept Aircraft
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: Air travel has plummeted during the pandemic… […]
Forget Planting Trees: This Company Is Making Carbon Offsets By Putting Seaweed On The Ocean Floor
by Adele Peters: Running Tide grows kelp, which sucks carbon from the atmosphere. Then it just lets it sink to the ocean floor, where the carbon will stay for a thousand years… […]
Which New Energy Storage Technologies Might Outcompete Lithium-Ion In The 2020’s?
by Chris Wedding: Today, lithium is king of batteries. Plain and simple… […]
The Integral Role of Geothermal Heat Pumps in Beneficial Electrification
Design professional have perhaps the most difficult task when trying to adapt to new industry goals. […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Boasts 500 Miles On A Single Charge At Battery Day Event
by (CBS): Tesla is working on new battery technology that CEO Elon Musk says will enable the company to make sleeker, more affordable cars that can travel much longer distances on a single charge… [...]
California Governor Signs Order Banning Sales Of New Gasoline Cars By 2035
by Lauren Sommer: California will phase out the sale of all gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 in a bid to lead the U.S. in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging the state’s drivers to switch to [...]
Virginia Jumps To Head Of The Class On School Solar Installations
by Elizabeth McGowan: The state jumped up 12 spots and into the top 10 nationally for solar capacity installed among K-12 schools… […]
Liberty Utilities Plans Solar + Storage Microgrid For Wildfire Mitigation
by (REW): Last week, BoxPower announced that Liberty Utilities will be using its system to set up a microgrid at a remote mountain research station… […]
Hawaiian Electric Proposes 300 MW Of Renewables
by (REW): plus 2000 MWh of storage to replace coal on the islands… […]
Tesla Introduced A Business Model The World Has Not Seen Before
by Alex Voigt: You can save tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars with continuous improvements to a Tesla… […]
New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission
by Jason Dorrier: A famous image of inventor Nikola Tesla shows him casually sitting on a chair, legs crossed, taking notes… […]
First Community Solar Project In Hawaii Gets Go-Ahead
Yesterday, Hawaiian Electric Company said it had approved the first community solar project in the state… […]
Virginia Sets Goal To Produce 100 Percent Of Electricity From Carbon-Free Sources By 2050
by (Renewable Energy World): Yesterday, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed Executive Order Forty-Three… […]
Report: 47 States Could Meet 100% Of Electricity Needs Using In-State Renewables
by John Farrell: If each U.S. state took full advantage of its renewable resources, how much electricity would it produce? How much of its own electricity consumption could renewable energy fulfill? […]
The Fires Raging Out West Are Unprecedented.
They’re also a mere preview of what climate change has in store… […]
Catalyst Could Help Turn Seawater Into Fuel For Navy Ships
by Bob Marcotte: A “potassium-promoted” catalyst brings the Navy’s quest to power its ships by converting seawater into fuel closer to reality, researchers report… […]
Global Temperature Could Exceed Limit Set By World Leaders In Next Decade: UN Report
It is “abundantly clear that rapid climate change is continuing and the world is far from on track,” said one climate scientist… […]
A U.S. Firm Is Turning Arabian Desert Air Into Bottled Water
by Verity Ratcliffe: The Arabian Desert scarcely seems like an ideal place to source drinking water… […]
Animal Populations Worldwide Have Declined Nearly 70% In Just 50 Years
by Sophie Lewis: It’s impossible to deny — humans are destroying the natural environment at an unprecedented and alarming rate… […]