Listening To Trees
by Sam Mowe An Interview with David Haskell… […]
How The First Earth Day Made Way For The Renewable Energy Revolution
by Ted Flanigan: Fifty-one years is a long time—a good run. Certainly not a momentous year, or milestone… […]
A Supply Chain Is Born: Can The U.S. Reach 30 GW Of Offshore Wind By 2030?
by John Engel: Moments after Siemens Gamesa announced that it would build a $200 million offshore wind blade finishing facility at the Port of Virginia… […]
Watch: ESS Boss Discusses Flow Batteries
by John Engel: ESS CEO Eric Dresselhuys joined Renewable Energy World for a conversation about the company’s journey, the promise of flow battery technology, […]
US Air Force Partners With Twelve To Make Jet Fuel Out Of Thin Air
by Amit Malewar: The US Air Force is studying the feasibility of a process developed by the carbon transformation company, Twelve […]
Pope Francis Urges World Leaders Not to ‘Waste’ Chances for ‘Radical’ Climate Action
by Kate Nakamura: Ahead of a weekend filled with historic summits, the Pope urged leaders to make “radical decisions.” […]
The Future is in Our Hands – The Dalai Lama
by The Dalai Lama: Contemporary climate change includes both global warming caused by humans, and its impacts on Earth’s weather patterns. […]
The Regenerative Revolution In food
By Alasdair Lane: Half of the world’s land is used to grow our food. A new generation of ‘carbon farmers’ are making their land absorb greenhouse gases, rather than emitting them… […]
The Great Experiment To Put A Price On Nature
by Kelly Oakes: Fresh water, clean air, peace of mind – natural landscapes make life better for humans in myriad ways. Now scientists are trying to put a dollar figure on exactly how much nature [...]
What’s Next For The Great American Outdoors?
by Ian Brickey : One year after the Great American Outdoors Act became law, we’re looking at what the law has achieved and the work we still have to do to secure a thriving planet [...]
IPCC Report Again Shows Urgent Climate Action Needed
by Cherelle Blazer: The climate alarm bells have been ringing for some time now… […]
Climate Change Mission Control
by Sen. Bill Nelson: How do we work together to create a nation resilient against climate change? […]
90% Of New Cars Sold In Norway Are Now Electric Or Plug-In Hybrids
by Adele Peters: The goal is to get to 100% EV sales by 2025… […]
Danish Company To Build World’s ‘Tallest And Most Powerful’ Wind Turbine
by Jeremy Beaman: A Danish manufacturer announced it will try out a prototype of a nearly thousand-foot offshore wind turbine next year… […]
California Records Driest Year Since 1924
by (Climate Nexus): California just concluded its driest “water year” in nearly a century… […]
Aerial Footage Shows Damage In Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon rainforest is at severe risk from deforestation and fires that are eroding the forest’s […]
One Of The World’s Oldest Rainforests Returns To Indigenous Control
by Olivia Rosane: Australia’s Daintree Rainforest — a World Heritage Site and one of the oldest rainforests in the world — is being returned to Indigenous ownership… […]
Pesticide Residues Found in 70% of Produce Sold In US Even After Washing
About 70% of fresh produce sold in the US has pesticide residues on it even after it is washed, […]
Wind Energy 101: Everything You Need To Know
by Bridget Reed Morawski: What is Wind Energy?Capable of ecological impacts as diverse as the gentle pollination of wheat and corn to devastating wind storms that keel over trees and homes, wind is all around [...]
What Really Happens To Plastic Drink Bottles You Toss In Your Recycling Bin
by Emily Chung: They’re usually turned into carpets and pillows, but 100% recycled bottles do exist… […]
Sustainable Activism For Animal Lovers
by Sarah Bowen: Self-care tools for people who advocate for the more-than-human world… […]
Helping The Pollinators At Frey Vineyards
by Frey Vineyards: The United States alone grows more than 100 crops that either need or benefit from pollinators, yet in many places, the essential service of pollination is at risk from habitat loss and [...]
Google Bans Ads That Spread Climate Misinformation
by Corbin Hiar: The new rules could put pressure on Facebook to take similar steps… […]
The Decreasing Cost Of Renewables Unlikely To Plateau Any Time Soon
by Doug Johnson: Early price forecasts underestimated how good we’d get at making green energy… […]
How The World Already Prevented Far Worse Warming This Century
by James Temple: The Montreal Protocol was designed to heal the ozone layer. It may have also fended off several degrees of warming—and a collapse of forests and croplands… […]
Battery Recycling’s Big Chance
by John Engel: The demand for electric vehicles has never been higher… […]
We Are Living In A Climate Emergency, And We’re Going To Say So
by Mark Fischetti: It’s time to use a term that more than 13,000 scientists agree is needed… […]
Biosphere 2: The Once Infamous Live-In Terrarium Is Transforming Climate Research
by Keridwen Cornelius: Despite its controversial past, the quirky desert facility is becoming increasingly relevant as it turns 30… […]
Critical Groundwater Supplies May Never Recover From Drought
by (Science Daily): Along with hurricanes and wildfires, there’s another important, but seldom-discussed effect of climate change — toxic water and sinking land made worse by groundwater drought… […]
The Enduring Hope Of Jane Goodall
by Clara Nugent: In the early years of World War II, when Jane Goodall was around 6 years old, she was often woken from her sleep by the blare of air-raid sirens… […]
Midwest States form Coalition to Accelerate EV Adoption
by John Engel: The governors of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin signed a memorandum of understanding […]
‘World’s fastest,’ 3-Minute EV Charger Has Arrived
by John Engel: Swiss sustainable technology firm ABB unveiled what it calls the world’s fast EV charger, delivering 100km of range in less than three minutes to up to four vehicles at once… […]
Ford Unveils Plans For EV Mega Campus In Tennessee
by John Engel: Ford Motor Company announced plans on Tuesday for a massive electric vehicle manufacturing campus in Tennessee… […]
Ancient Footprints Suggest Humans Lived In The Americas Earlier Than Once Thought
by Scott Neuman: The question of when humans first migrated to North America has long been a matter of hot debate among researchers who have continually uncovered evidence of ever-earlier dates… […]
10 Largest Solar Projects Completed In The U.S. So Far In 2021
by John Engel: The U.S. added 4.8 gigawatts of utility-scale solar capacity in the first half of 2021, a 15% increase from the first half of 2020 and nearly halfway to the total capacity added [...]
The World’s Largest Direct Air Capture Plant Is Now Pulling CO2 From the Air in Iceland
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: A little over four years ago, the world’s first commercial plant for sucking carbon dioxide out of the air opened near Zurich, Switzerland… […]
These 8 Cities Around The World Are Focusing On Biking And Walking
by Meghan Miner Murray: Even though cities have been centers of culture, ideas and industry since the Neolithic Revolution 12,000 years ago (!), today’s urban-centric global civilization is just a couple of hundred years old… […]
Massive Infrastructure Projects Selected To Deliver Clean Energy To New York City
by John Engel: The projects are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 77 million metric tons over the next 15 years… […]
Boise, Idaho to reach 100% clean electricity goal by 2023
Days after President Biden visited Boise, Idaho to highlight the need for action on climate change, […]
Bezos Earth Fund Pledges $1 Billion To Nature Conservation
by Fang Block: The Bezos Earth Fund announced it will grant US$1 billion to help protect and conserve nature and indigenous peoples and cultures beginning with the Congo Basin… […]
Better Than Batteries? A Startup That’s Storing Energy in Concrete Blocks Just Raised $100 Million
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its Sixth Assessment Report in early August, and the outlook isn’t good. The report has added renewed urgency to humanity’s effort to curb climate change… [...]
This Wildly Reinvented Wind Turbine Generates Five Times More Energy Than Its Competitors
by Elissaveta M Brandon: It could power up to 100,000 households… […]
New York Law Phases Out Most Gas-Powered Vehicles By 2035
by Lora Kolodny: New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Wednesday that effectively bans the sale of new internal combustion engine cars, off-road vehicles, light-duty trucks and equipment by 2035… […]
Inaction On Climate Change Is Greatest Threat To Health, 220 Medical Journals Warn
by Runaway climate change risks “catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse,” the editorial reads… […]
World’s Largest Carbon-Sucking Plant Starts Making Tiny Dent In Emissions
by Akshat Rathi: Startups Climeworks and Carbfix are working together to store carbon dioxide removed from the air deep underground… […]