By The Beam Editor-in-Chief Anne-Sophie Garrigou “Many of us are aware, but not all of us are concerned.” 12-year-old Edelsin Linette Mendez lives with her siblings and parents on their small coffee farm in the beautiful highlands of Nicaragua. Coffee farming has supported the Mendez and thousands of other families … [continued]
Preserving and restoring forests is an effective step toward mitigating climate change, and comes with a host of other benefits.
After ten years of writing for CleanTechnica, Joshua S Hill takes a look back over the last decade in the clean technology industry to examine some of the biggest trends that have shaped the face of the industry.
Solar energy is not just a powerful way keep the lights on, or even to ditch dirty fossil fuels. Solar energy is empowering communities around the world — by putting people to work, helping families cook meals more safely, and allowing children to learn even after dark (just to name a few things).
Reports from the UN climate conference, COP23, currently being held in Bonn, Germany, Syria announced that it will be committing to the Paris Climate Agreement, a move which will leave the United States as the only country to remain unsigned.
Reports coming out of Central American country Nicaragua say that the country’s President Daniel Ortega has confirmed his country will finally sign the Paris Climate Agreement, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two countries in the world not to have signed it.
The vast geothermal potential throughout Central America could be a key tool in the low-carbon economic development of the region according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.
One of the first articles I published after the US presidential election in November was this one: “How China (+ Russia) Could Shift USA From #1 To #2 (Or Lower), Via Trump Naivety.” From that article:
Originally published on Climate Reality Project. Who’s embracing wind? Solar? Geothermal? These countries could provide blueprints for the worldwide shift to renewable energy. This December, almost 200 countries from every corner of the world signed the Paris Agreement, committing to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and – dare we say – … [continued]
A new policymaking tool to better enable the shift to renewable energy has been developed by researchers at the University of California–Berkeley, and presented at an event at the University of Copenhagen. Policymakers and planners need to discern the most efficient and effective means within the multiple choices and routes to … [continued]
