Natural And Geologic Wonders Of The Eastern Sierra, California
by Terry Lyde: The Trip… […]
Bitcoin’s Intensive Energy Demands Are Sparking a Crypto Backlash
by Judith Lewis Mernit: The enormous energy demands of Bitcoin mining are prompting some U.S. municipalities to impose moratoriums or outright bans on cryptocurrency facilities… […]
If Electric Vehicles Don’t Cut CO2 Fast Enough, These Fuels Might Help
by John Fialka: Department of Energy researchers say gasoline might have to be substituted with biofuels to ensure that climate targets are achieved… […]
Solar Developers Commit To Spending $6 Billion On American-Made Modules
by John Engel: Leading solar developers have committed to spending $6 billion on American-made modules to support the expansion of the domestic solar supply chain… […]
The Eco-Heroine’s Journey
by Sharon Blackie: Every culture has its dominant mythology: a story which explains how the world is, and which provides guidance for living… […]
Satellites Zoom In On Cities’ Hottest Neighborhoods
by Daniel P. Johnson: The satellites can help combat the urban heat island effect… […]
Best Organic Fertilizers
by Howard Garrett: Organic growing techniques have been practiced for as long as humans have tilled the earth… […]
Pollen and Heat: A Looming Challenge for Global Agriculture
by Carolyn Bears: Farmers and scientists are increasingly observing that unusually high springtime temperatures can kill pollen and interfere with the fertilization of crops… […]
Japan Is Dropping a Gargantuan Turbine Into The Ocean to Harness ‘Limitless’ Energy
by Mike Mcgrae: Deep beneath the waves there’s a source of power quite unlike any other… […]
No More Dealer Markups: Ford Wants To Move To Online-Only Sales For EVs
by Jonathan Gitlin: Ford thinks its distribution model costs $2,000 more per car than Tesla’s… […]
Trust In Life
by David Guy: Meditation, writes David Guy, is the practice of trusting life. When we practice this trust, we can more easily accept the inevitability of death… […]
There’s no healthy economy (or planet) without healthy forests
by KED Kohn: Forests are fundamental for the economy, reaching climate targets, and more… […]
Solution or Band-Aid? Carbon Capture Projects Are Moving Ahead
by Nicola Jones: Long discussed but rarely used, carbon capture and storage projects — which bury waste CO2 underground — are on the rise globally. Some scientists see the technology as a necessary tool in [...]
Superchargers Are No Longer Just For Teslas
by Kristin Houser:Owners of other automakers’ EVs can now use the fast chargers at select stations… […]
Revolutionary Changes In Transportation Could Slow Global Warming
Around the world, revolutionary changes are under way in transportation… […]
The Vanishing Rio Grande: Warming Takes A Toll On A Legendary River
by Jim Robbins: The Rio Grande, which flows out of the Rockies and later forms the U.S.-Mexico border, has long been impacted by withdrawals for agriculture and other uses… […]
In Tanzania, Carbon Offsets Preserve Forests and a Way of Life
by Fred Pierce: Carbon offsets have been criticized for failing to provide carbon savings and ignoring the needs of local communities… […]
Natural Insecticides: How to Make Safe & Homemade Bug Sprays for Vegetables
by Ocean Robbins: In an episode of the TV show Silicon Valley, Gilfoyle, an overwhelmed software coder, rushes to debug some mission-critical software against a looming deadline… […]
Rising Authoritarianism And Worsening Climate Change Share A Fossil-Fueled Secret
by Eva Darian Smith: Around the world, many countries are becoming less democratic. This backsliding on democracy and “creeping authoritarianism,” as the U.S. State Department puts it, is often supported by the same industries that [...]
Russia’s Weaponization Of Natural Gas Could Backfire By Destroying Demand For It
by Michael Webber: In December 2006, The Economist magazine published a cover drawing of Russian president Vladimir Putin, dressed like a 1930s gangster in a dark suit and fedora hat, under the headline “Don’t Mess [...]
Protecting Biodiversity – And Making It Accessible – Has Paid Off For Costa Rica
by Jeffery Smith: After two years of pandemic lockdowns and border closures, global travel appears to be rebounding in much of the world in 2022. […]
Mass Mobilization To Reverse Climate Change – Marianne Williamson
by Marianne Williamson: And the last pillar in a season of moral repair has to do with mass mobilization to reverse climate change… […]
U.S. Emissions Rise 4 Percent as Drivers Log a Record Number of Miles
by Benjamin Storrow: Drivers tallied 753 billion miles in the first three months of the year, the highest total on record.. […]
The Dangerous 2022 Hurricane Season Looms
By Nick Shay: The Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico is very warm and has fueled major storms such as Hurricane Katrina. […]
Can We Cut The US’s Carbon Emissions In Half This Decade?
by John Timmer: There are multiple routes to drop carbon emissions by 50% by 2030… […]
Beyond Magical Thinking: Time to Get Real on Climate Change
by Vaclav Smil: Despite decades of studies and climate summits, greenhouse gas emissions continue to soar… […]
Can Gravity Batteries Solve Our Energy Storage Problems?
by Alasdair Lane: Could a cutting-edge technology that harnesses one of the universe’s fundamental forces help solve our energy storage challenge? […]
In the Wake of Coup, Gold Mining Boom Is Ravaging Myanmar
by Emily Fishbein: With a military junta retaking power last year, a gold rush is increasingly despoiling rivers in the Myanmar state of Kachin, polluting water with mercury, destroying riverbanks and farmland, and disrupting the [...]
Ireland’s ‘Hydrogen Valley’ Adds to European Clean Energy Achievements
by Jemma King: Another week, another step forward for European renewables dominance. […]
Letters from the Loneliest Post Office in the World
by Andrew Avery :A story of Antarctic adventure seekers, stamp collectors, politics, and penguins. […]
Tesla’s Recycled Batteries: Almost 92% Reuse Of Raw Materials
by Johnna Crider: Tesla’s recycled batteries have provided almost 92% of their original raw materials back to Tesla for future use, according to new information in Tesla’s 2021 Impact Report… […]
Salt Scourge: The Dual Threat Of Warming And Rising Salinity
As rising seas increase saltwater intrusion and soaring temperatures cause greater evaporation, scientists say that the mounting levels of salt in waters and in soils pose a major climate-related danger and could become a leading [...]
San Antonio Taps Quidnet Energy to Build Big Underground Battery
San Antonio will use pressurized water pumped underground to store energy on a scale most batteries can’t match, in a deal with Bill Gates-backed Quidnet Energy… […]
Kiri Westby – What Does It Mean to Leverage Privilege?
by Kiri Wesby: Three recent examples we can all emulate. […]
Rivian Wins $1.5 Billion Incentive Package For Georgia Plant
Electric-pickup maker Rivian Automotive Inc. will receive $1.5 billion in state and local incentives to build a massive plant near Atlanta, bolstering the company’s production efforts despite local resistance to the project… […]
Mercedes-Benz Foresees EV-Only Production Lines Within A Few Years
by Victoria Waldersee and Ilona Wissenbach: Mercedes-Benz expects to have factories producing exclusively electric vehicles (EVs) by the second half of the decade […]
More Bad News For Fossil Fuels: Silicon-Lithium EV Batteries Deliver Next-Level Performance
by Tina Casey: EV batteries already deliver long range and quick charging times, and new silicon-lithium technology will bump those performance markers up to the next level… […]
Mercedes Opens Battery Plant for Alabama-Made Electric SUVs
Mercedes-Benz Group AG opened a battery factory in Alabama months before the luxury-car maker starts assembling electric SUVs […]
Hold On, Why Does Norway Get the World’s Fastest EV Charger!?
The Terra 360 can fully charge EVs in less than 15 minutes. […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Epoch-Defining Spirituality of Nature
by Vincent Williams: Few and far between are writings that have power to shape a whole culture. […]
Colorado Encourages Residents To Drive Electric
by Elizabeth Elkins: Drive Electric Colorado is a new initiative designed to educate residents about the positive reasons to make the switch to driving an electric vehicle (EV)… […]
The US Just Put $3 Billion Towards Securing Its Battery Supply Chain
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: In the coming years and decades, critical minerals will start to rival oil and gas as the world’s most sought-after commodities, and the US is currently not very well-positioned to compete [...]
Electric Vehicles, Not Luxury Cars, Dominate the New York Auto Show
The auto show, expected after two years of lockdowns to drive off into an irrelevant sunset, isn’t dead yet… […]
Houston Gets the Green Light for Nation’s Largest Urban Solar Farm
The city of Houston has received approval to move forward with plans to convert a former landfill into a 50-megawatt solar farm… […]
Rich Countries Should Consume Less Meat
by Lloyd Alter: A new report looks at all the impacts of meat and it’s not pretty… […]