Ask a Scientist: How to Ensure...
This month’s Ask a Scientist column takes a look at how the revolution in energy storage technology has the potential to wean the United States off fossil fuel-powered electricity and—if implemented correctly—lower residential electric bills, strengthen resilience to power outages, and clean up the air in communities where dirty power plants are located.
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The average American and Australian generates nearly 3½ times the global average of carbon dioxide pollution.
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Many of the industrial processes underpinning modern civilization rely on dirty energy for the simple reason that it’s a great source of heat.
read moreHow the humble chairlift could...
What do you see when you imagine a zero-carbon future? Electric buses zipping by? Rolling hills covered with solar panels? Offshore wind farms towering over the sea? If batteries are part of your vision, good thinking.
read moreGiant Floating Solar Farms Cou...
Millions of solar panels clustered together to form an island could convert carbon dioxide in seawater into methanol, which can fuel airplanes and trucks, according to new research from Norway and Switzerland and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, PNAS, as NBC News reported.
read moreFind Your Ideal Job in Sphere ...
Climate change is a topic that concerns everyone, and for us to combat it and save our beloved planet, more people have to embrace a career in climate science education.
read moreHow (Not) to Analyze the Cost ...
A Minnesota based think tank, Center of the American Experiment (CAE) releases a report last March greatly exaggerating the cost of roughly doubling current renewable energy use in Minnesota to 50 percent by 2030.
read moreGrids and Greed: An Expert Bre...
“The problem is much more ingrained in the way this company has developed and continues to operate than it is something as simple as just trying to make more money.”
read moreSo, You’ve Got 100% Renewable ...
Manufacturers seeking to decarbonize have a long row to hoe. They can order up a package of renewable energy and carbon offsets to power their factories and offices, but that’s just for starters.
read moreUK Solar Capacity: Is the Futu...
Astonishingly, the solar capacity in the UK has increased from 5,488.6 MW in 2014 to 13,259 MW in June 2019.
read moreBig Oil undermines U.N. climat...
Major oil companies have approved $50 billion of projects since last year that will not be economically viable if governments implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, think-tank Carbon Tracker said in a report published on Friday.
read moreFriends Of The Earth Blasts TV...
The Tennessee Valley Authority, popularly known as the TVA, is a corporate agency of the United States that provides electricity to business customers and local power companies. According to its website, “it serves 10 million people in parts of seven southeastern states. It receives no taxpayer funding and derives virtually all of its revenues from sales of electricity.
read moreGovernment Delays First Big U....
It ordered an expanded review for Vineyard Wind at the same time Trump is weakening environmental rules for fossil fuel projects that contribute to climate change.
read moreLow on water, California farme...
If California is to meet its goal of running on 100-percent clean electricity by 2045, fields that once grew hay are going to have to start producing electrons.
read moreAn Absence of Energy Leadershi...
These are interesting times for electricity regulators and legislators in the 13 US states, from the Mid-Atlantic through the Ohio Valley to Illinois, that share authority with PJM and FERC. PJM has been in direct conflict with state activity and autonomy in regulating environmental effects from energy power production.
read moreMaine Hits Clean Energy Grand ...
As a baseball fan, I’m looking forward to watching the best players in the world compete for bragging rights in the 90th Major League Baseball All-Star game tonight. As a Maine resident for the past 11 years, I’m even more thrilled to see Maine regain its all-star status as a clean energy leader.
read moreGeneral Electric’s multi-billi...
A new report says the industrial giant misread the tea leaves on clean energy — and should serve as a warning to businesses worldwide.
read moreRenewables are winning the eco...
By 2030, wind and solar will “undercut existing coal and gas almost everywhere.”
read moreBreathe easier: States are pas...
Climate victories are thundering down from statehouses like hail in a spring storm.
read moreAnheuser-Busch To Brew All Dom...
When a new solar power farm is completed in 2021, Anheuser-Busch will brew all its domestic beers with electricity from solar and wind power.
read moreOhio’s Nuclear Bailout Plan Ba...
It’s a trifecta the Trump administration has pushed for nationally, with businesses and homeowners footing the bill for uneconomical power plants.
read more100% Renewable Does Not Necess...
“100% renewable energy” is a popular concept these days. 160 major corporations have signed pledges saying they will power all of their activities using 100% renewables in the near future. But that does not necessarily mean the electricity they consume will be 100% carbon free.
read moreIt’s Too Late for a Green New ...
We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to those who have articulated the Green New Deal (GND), especially Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Sunrise Movement.
read moreBlock Island Offshore Wind Far...
When the plan to install wind turbines off the coast of Block Island, 12 miles from the shore of Rhode Island, was announced, there were the usual concerns. It would be a blight on the gorgeous seascape that surrounds Block Island.
read moreWhat if air conditioners could...
Earth’s climate is full of terrifying feedback loops: Decreased rainfall raises the risk of wildfires, which release yet more carbon dioxide.
read moreRenewables Shine, Fossil Fuels...
The sun doesn’t always shine! The wind doesn’t always blow! There’s never enough renewable energy when you need it most! Only fossil fuels can make the grid reliable! We hear this sort of blather from fossil fuel apologists all the time.
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