Texas Court Gives Exxon The Heave-Ho
After being sued by New York and Massachusetts for lying about the effects of fossil fuels on climate change, Exxon ran to a court in Texas thinking it would get a sympathetic hearing. It didn’t.
Author: Steve Hanley
Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing Keys To Climate Change Challenges
A few lucky souls can decamp to new colonies on Mars to escape the ravages of climate change, but that won’t help the billions left behind. And what’s to say our species won’t pollute neighboring planets the way it did the earth? Maybe what is needed is more collaboration and more innovation.
Elon Musk Invests In Neuralink, A New Artificial Intelligence Company
Yesterday, Musk announced a new venture called Neuralink, a California medical research company that will explore how to physically interface computers and the human brain, presumably to speed up the output speed of the brain far beyond the few bytes a second it is capable of now.
Coal Boss Robert Murray Disputes Trump Executive Order & Pruitt Lies
Both Trump and Pruitt are bold-faced liars and the person to prove it is Robert Murray. He is the owner of Murray Energy, the largest privately held coal company left in America since 50 others went bankrupt after 411 coal fired electric generating plants were shuttered in America since 2008.
IRENA, IEA Study — 2˚C Scenario Possible With Renewable Energy
A study by IRENA and IEA says it is possible to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius without undercutting the global economy but it will take a massive increase in renewable energy to do so.
Moapa Southern Paiute Solar Project, The First Solar Farm On Tribal Land, Is Now Online
On March 16th, the first solar farm on tribal land in the US was activated. The 250 megawatt Moapa Southern Paiute Solar Project, located on the 112 square mile Moapa River Indian Reservation about 30 miles north of Las Vegas, contains more than 3.2 million solar panels covering 2.2 square miles, enough to power about 111,000 homes.
Google’s Project Sunroof Claims 80% Of US Roofs Analyzed Are Suitable For Solar Panels
The new software program has determined that 80% of all US rooftops are “technically viable ” for rooftop solar. Some locations are more “viable” than others, of course. Houston, Texas is judged to be the best American city for rooftop solar power.
US Automakers Fighting Themselves & America — Stupid & Selfish? Or Are We Missing Something?
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it, the old expression goes. After dropping their drawers and bending way over in supplication to the new president and his designated EPA wrecker Scott Pruitt, US automakers cheered when the putative president announced last week in Michigan that he is ordering a CAFE review for the standards due to take effect in 2025 — the same standards the Obama administration did its best to set in stone just before leaving office.
New Technique Uses Solar Energy To Make Hydrogen From Biomass At Room Temperature
Solar power may be able to create hydrogen from biomass at room temperature, which may open the door to a hydrogen economy.
Tesla Is Now An Energy Provider In Kauai, Hawaii, With Powerpack + Solar Installation
Tesla is now supplying electricity to the island of Kauai under an agreement with the local utility company. That means Tesla is now a power provider, a role it sees itself adopting more often in the future.
