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Green Tech, Innovation, Renewables September 19, 2022

Germany pushes joint effort to become climate-neutral aviation ‘pioneer’

The German government has launched a new push to make the country an international leader in sustainable aviation. “With a joint effort by industry, science,…

Green Tech, Power to X, Renewables

Here comes one of the world’s first solar-powered vehicles

Green Tech, Renewables, Smart cities

German govt welcomes new EU renewables & efficiency targets but struggles with 2035 car ban

Green Tech, Smart cities

E-bikes are good for the environment and for you too

Global warming is a severe problem affecting the environment worldwide, primarily due to the excessive consumption of fossil fuels for transportation, which accounts for a fifth…

Green Tech, Smart cities August 10, 2021

In Virginia, utility smart grid projects could help fill rural broadband gaps

Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power are each pursuing pilot projects in which high-speed fiber connections are shared with local internet service providers. A handful of…

Green Tech, Smart cities June 29, 2021

Electric Cars and the Power Grid

Electric car (EV) sales are predicted to surge in 2021 as China and the European Union tighten emissions standards and calls for all-electric auto markets…

Green Tech, Smart cities June 8, 2021

Smart meters giving Missouri customers incentive to save energy during peaks

Evergy and Ameren Missouri are both rolling out optional time-of-use rates to customers as they install smart meters. Missouri’s two major electric utilities are introducing…

Green Tech May 11, 2021

Energy efficiency boosts jobs and cuts climate heat

Creating millions of jobs in energy efficiency schemes is the fastest way to restore prosperity and cut climate heating. LONDON, 26 January, 2021 − Improving energy…

Green Tech, Power to X May 4, 2021

Avoid hydrogen for heating homes, urges energy efficiency coalition

A coalition of 33 business and civil society groups have urged the European Commission to prioritise renewables and energy efficiency over hydrogen as part of…

Green Tech April 23, 2021

Energy efficiency must apply across all renewables, EU Commission says

Europe needs a massive increase in renewable electricity to meet its 2030 decarbonisation targets, including a ramp up of clean hydrogen production from electrolysers, a…

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Articles Policy & Strategy

Supreme Coup

The intention was to tell the story of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, a British journalist and an Indigenous expert. Both were killed last June in the Amazonas. A beautiful corner of Brazil turned into an oasis for illegal gold…

Articles Wind

Direct Heating and Cooling using windmills

Everyone is familiar with huge wind turbines producing electricity for the electricity grid. Windmills much more modest in size can also contribute to direct heating or cooling of buildings, thereby replacing burnt fuels for heating and electricity consumed for air…

Articles Climate Change Policy & Strategy

Is philanthropy (really) good for climate and democracy?

The American multibillionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg have recently published books about how to fight climate change. It is always commendable when people seek to make the world a better place. There are both good qualities and bad aspects…

Articles Renewables

The not-so-distant future of energy storage

The war in Ukraine put some European countries in front of a strategic problem: how to cut ties with Russia and quickly find a reliable energy alternative? The obvious choice should be to invest immediately and massively in renewable, safe, clean,…

Articles Last Exit

Shoreham

The plant that never was. But no one envisaged that in 1965 when Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) President John J. Tuohy announced plans for the first commercial nuclear power plant on Long Island. Initially, that proposal faced no or…

Articles Fossil Fuels Innovation

Fossil Fuels Drive Increase in Atmospheric Helium

After decades of uncertainty, scientists have finally shown that fossil fuel extraction has flooded the atmosphere with 4He. The release of carbon dioxide (CO2) during the extraction and burning of fossil fuels has contributed to major changes in Earth’s atmosphere…

Articles Nature & Environment

Combining Old and New: Aquaponics Opens the Door to Indigenous Food Security

All across the United States, Indigenous peoples suffer higher rates of mortality than other ethnic groups, largely due to poorer diets and other colonial stressors that have completely altered their traditional lifeways. One nonprofit organization in Hawai‘i, Malama Waimānalo, is…

Advanced Tech Articles

Meet Zacua, Mexico’s first electric car brand

The nascent brand has sold its first 100 compact electric vehicles, and is helping to lay the groundwork for the EV industry in Mexico, says CEO Nazareth Black Zacua, Mexico’s first electric car brand, started in 2017, over twenty years…

Articles Nature & Environment

Protecting biodiversity – and making it accessible – has paid off for Costa Rica

After two years of pandemic lockdowns and border closures, global travel appears to be rebounding in much of the world in 2022. Wilderness is a big tourist attraction – but do countries that protect their natural environments earn a payoff…

Articles Climate Change

I Helped Pen the UN Climate Report. Here’s Why It Gives Me Hope.

On April 4, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the final installment of its Sixth Assessment Report, an epic synthesis of science exploring the causes and consequences of climate change. This latest document focused on the causes…

The Lost Bayou: Grand Bayou

Grand Bayou, LA. At one time, it was a lively community of close-knit families, until they were forced to leave. ©2020. Garde Voir Ci magazine. Nicholls State University Department of Mass Communication.

World Rainforest Day

Rainforests cover only 2 percent of the planet’s surface area but are responsible for more than 25% of all Western medicine and house more than 50% of the world’s plant and animal species.