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… […]
How Kids Are Saving The Planet
by Lori Brown: Mary McLeod Bethune once said, “We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power [...]
Ocean Plastic Could Triple By 2040 And Outnumber Fish By 2050, Study Says
by Danielle Zoellner: Researchers say curbing the rising tide of plastic waste will require businesses and governments going far beyond tackling bags and straws… […]
At A Tipping Point — Towards Healing The Climate
by Breanna Draxler: Climate change is the undercurrent that drives and shapes our lives in countless ways. Journalist Judith D. Schwartz sees the term as shorthand… […]
Woman Is Magically Reunited With Chimp She Saved 18 Years Ago
Even after two decades, Linda Koebner was greeted with hugs and smiles by the apes she taught to live outdoors. […]
Iowa Researchers See Wasted Potential In Agricultural Biofuels
By Karen Uhlenhuth: The team hopes to make anaerobic digestion more efficient and profitable for farmers who convert manure to natural gas… […]
How A New Solar And Lighting Technology Could Propel A Renewable Energy Transformation
by Sam Stranks: The demand for cheaper, greener electricity means that the energy landscape is changing faster than at any other point in history… […]
Covering Climate Now Signs On More Than 170 News Outlets
by Mark Hertsgaard: More than 170 news outlets from around the world have now signed up for Covering Climate Now, a project co-founded by CJR and The Nation aimed at strengthening the media’s focus on [...]
Clear Solar Cells Hit An All-Time Efficiency Record
by Nicole Casel Moore-Michigan: In a step closer to skyscrapers that serve as power sources, researchers have set a new efficiency record for color-neutral, transparent solar cells… […]
Energy Storage Association Charts Path For 100 GW Of Storage In U.S. By 2030
by (Smart Energy International): The US Energy Storage Association (ESA), the national trade association for the American energy storage industry… […]
Could Renewables Become The Top UK Power Source Of 2020?
by Jemma King: Europe has recently sailed past one of the major milestones of any major energy transformation program… […]
Bird Deaths Down 70 Percent After Painting Wind Turbine Blades
by Jonathan Gitlin: The study ran for nine years at Norway’s Smøla wind farm… […]
Energy Storage Systems Market To Expand By Over 6% Per Annum
by (Smart Energy): The global energy storage systems market size surpassed $340 billion in 2018 and is set to achieve over 6% CAGR up to 2025, according to a report released by Global Market Insights… [...]
Climate Change: How Do We Know?
The Earth’s climate has changed throughout history… […]
The Causes Of Climate Change
by (NASA): Scientists attribute the global warming trend observed since the mid-20th century to the human expansion of the “greenhouse effect”… […]
Scientific Consensus: Earth’s Climate Is Warming
by (NASA): Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals show that 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree… […]
Renewable Hydrogen Is Here To Stay
by Rao Konidena: Renewable hydrogen started as an alternative to renewable energy curtailments, specifically in regions like California… […]
The Mammoth Magnets That Could Help Make Nuclear Fusion A Reality
by Masahiko Inoue: Tokamak. It sounds – and looks – like something from a science fiction movie… […]
2020 Is Proving Another Disastrous Year For Our Earth’s Climate
by Nina Golgowski: The year already has been marked by rising global temperatures, Arctic ice melts and intensifying wildfires and storms… […]
How Corporate America Is Becoming A Powerful Ally For Clean Energy
by Amanda Schupak: Why companies are fighting for stricter energy laws… […]
The Time For Electric Trucks And Buses Is Now
by Katie Fehrenbacher: Despite the pandemic, sales of electric trucks and buses are expected to surge in the United States and Canada over the next couple of years… […]
A Norwegian Startup Is Turning Dry Deserts Into Fertile Cropland
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: The UN population forecast predicts that by 2050 there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet. […]
The Uninhabitable Earth
By David Wallace-Wells: Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think… […]
Death Valley reaches 130 degrees, hottest temperature in U.S. in at least 107 years
by Jeff Berardelli: On Sunday, the thermometer at Death Valley’s Furnace Creek, located in the deserts of Southern California, soared to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center… […]