Waste Reduction

Slide from Michael Barnard's ISGF presentation Electrify Everything Everywhere All At Once

Electrify Everything Everywhere All At Once – India Edition Transcript

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. … [continued]

DALL.E image co-created by Carolyn Fortuna/CleanTechnica

What Is The Cost Of Climate Pollution? Corporate Profits, That’s What

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had proposed a rule mandating that public companies report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The idea was to provide information on material risks to investors and to spur companies’ customers and employees to force emissions reductions. But corporations will do nearly anything to … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image showcasing Beijing under clear skies, featuring a city street with a subway stop, electric buses, and electric bikes.

USA & China Electricity Generation TWh & CO2e Trajectories Since 2000 Are Startling

For a decade I’ve been tracking the exponential expansion of wind, solar, and to a lesser extent hydro electricity generation in China, mostly against nuclear generation’s much flatter growth trajectory. In recent years I’ve been looking at other aspects of generation, in part because of the regular refrain of delayers … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image depicting a shellfish with a weak and brittle shell

Another Day, Another Suspect Ocean Carbon Capture Technology

Carbon capture is back on the hype cycle, years after it was last being pushed upon us as the only real solution to our climate change problem because . It’s a favorite of the fossil fuel industry for obvious reasons. Some of them are even saying the quiet part out loud, that it gives them the social license to not only continue to operate, but to actually increase extraction of coal, oil, and gas.

ChatGPT and DALL-E generated panoramic image showcasing the contrast between an ocean carbon capture facility and a green, clean city on a pair of weigh scales

Electrolyzing Carbon Dioxide Out Of Sea Water Has Multiple Red Flags

In recent months I’ve returned to the overlapping subjects of geoengineering and carbon capture, both of which I’d mostly satisfied myself about years ago. Both, however, are re-ascending the hype scale and at least for aspects of geoengineering, my curiosity was unsatisfied.

Photo by Carolyn Fortuna/ CleanTechnica

University Of Florida Students Demand Campus-Wide Measures To Avert The Climate Crisis

Of all the people in Florida who have the determination to stand up to Governor Ron DeSantis’ and pals’ dangerous worldviews, who do you think it would be? Established business people? Senior citizens watching out for their grandchildren’s future? State legislators who have been endowed to do the right thing … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic satirical image depicting a car with an oversized CO2 balloon attached, humorously illustrating the impracticality of capturing CO2 directly from moving vehicles.

CCS Redux: Capturing CO2 From Exhaust Pipes Is A Bad Idea That Won’t Die

Carbon capture and sequestration in all of its various ineffective, inefficient and expensive forms is having another run up the hype cycle. Nothing has really changed. The problems still exist. The alternatives are still better. The potential for use is still minuscule. And so, the CCS Redux series, republishing old … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic cutaway illustration you requested, showing the system that extracts natural gas from beneath the North Sea, the CO2 removal process, and the CO2 injection into a subsea salt brine cavern.

CCS Redux: “Best” Carbon Capture Facility In World Creates 25x More CO2 From Use Of…

Carbon capture and sequestration in all of its various ineffective, inefficient and expensive forms is having another run up the hype cycle. Nothing has really changed. The problems still exist. The alternatives are still better. The potential for use is still minuscule. And so, the CCS Redux series, republishing old … [continued]