April 23rd, 2019 | by Jeremy Bloom
Happy day after Earth Day! We’ve been celebrating this semi-holiday dedicated to the planet we live on (and keeping it green and healthy for all of us) for 49 years now, and during that time, we’ve seen a lot of positive solutions put into place — and we've seen some big problems get a lot worse (like climate change)
April 23rd, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Why do people who protest against climate change face going to jail while those causing climate change escape unpunished? When is civil disobedience required, if ever? With less than 12 years to go to reduce global carbon emissions to zero, being polite and waiting our turn may no longer be an option.
April 23rd, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Michael R. Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action, three-term mayor of New York City, and founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, has committed $5.5 million to the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat to make up for the funding gap left by the United States federal government.
April 21st, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Imagine a USA in which nuclear, wind and solar were cooperating as the natural allies that low-carbon generation sources should be given climate change
April 21st, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Each year we are building wind and solar capacity that will displace roughly 9,000 million tons of CO2, over 100 times the total global carbon capture history. IPCC reliance on carbon capture is misplaced
April 20th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Air carbon capture, especially as Carbon Engineering is doing it, is a fig leaf for the fossil fuel industry
April 19th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Carbon Engineering's solution is only useful in tapped-out oil wells and as greenwashing for fossil fuel companies
April 19th, 2019 | by Andy Miles
Republicans could not easily reject the Green New Deal in its old way — on the basis of totally ignoring climate change and completely denying the need to do something about it. Even oil corporations agree that climate change is happening and caused by burning fossil fuels
April 19th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Buildings account for 67% of all carbon emissions in New York City. The city council has just passed a resolution mandating a reduction in emissions from large buildings of 40% by 2030.
April 19th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Bernie Sanders has announced that if elected president, he will end the use of fossil fuels in America. Is he crazy or crazy like a fox?
April 18th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Opponents argue the Green New Deal is socialism. Historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author Joseph Ellis argues it is an expression of the highest and best principles enshrined in the Constitution.
April 15th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
“Until organizations learn to internalize the threat, they’re in danger of falling behind.”
April 15th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
The Extinction Rebellion is calling for a global campaign of civil disobedience to force governments to confront climate change. You can join the cause. But should you?
April 15th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
More than 6,000 Amazon employees have signed an open letter to the board of directors demanding a more forceful company response to climate change. They have also proposed a shareholder resolution to be voted on at the next annual meeting.
April 14th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Carbon Engineering's solution would require 2-kilometer long, 20 meter high walls of noisy fans to capture 4 orders of magnitude less carbon than would be useful.
April 13th, 2019 | by Jennifer Sensiba
Humans have a habit of dividing history up into periods. On smaller scales, we have our own lifetimes. On the largest scales, we have geologic time and the various epochs in the age of the universe. What nearly always marks the beginning of a new period is a disruptive event that changes a significant portion of the topic in question
April 13th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
For our hot new Cleantech Talk podcast interview series, I recently sat down with Ross Gerber, cofounder, president, and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, to discuss cleantech innovation, Tesla, climate change, insurance companies, and more. The conversation was approximately one hour long, so to cut it down into more manageable portions, we've split it up into a couple of episodes. Listen on your favorite podcast platform or via the embedded player below
April 13th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Carbon Engineering's solution is a natural gas hog that produces a half ton of new CO2 for each ton captured from the air.
April 12th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Researchers at MIT say plug-in hybrid heavy trucks with flex fuel range extender engines could significantly lower diesel engine emissions right away, not years from now.
April 12th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
To scale to an inadequate million tons of CO2 a year, the company would need 2,000 two-meter fans blowing air into contactors in an array 20 meters high, 8 meters thick, and two kilometers long
April 11th, 2019 | by NRDC
The first numbers on last year’s energy trends are in and there are two pieces of great news and one that should worry us: Solar and wind energy are thriving, coal-fired generation sunk to a four-decade low — but natural gas infrastructure is expanding
April 10th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
Zero Mass Water's Source Hydropanels harness the power of the sun and use it to produce from thin air. It's known as atmospheric water generation, and the fact that Zero Mass Water's panels are able to produce pure drinking water without the need for any external electricity makes them perfect for off-grid and disaster response scenarios around the world
April 10th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
The latest report from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact research finds that small changes in carbon dioxide levels have major impacts on the Earth's climate. Too little leads to ice ages. Too much leads to overheating. Polar regions are effected the most by changes in CO2 levels and what they are telling us right now is that drastic changes are taking place that will affect all living things.
April 9th, 2019 | by The Beam
If you’re anything like me, the first signs of spring may inspire you to spend some lazy afternoons reading new books in a street café or a park. These reads are our picks for those that simply must find a place on your bookshelf.
