Maritime Legislation To Cut Ship Emissions
November 21st, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
Draft amendments to the MARPOL convention would require ships to combine a technical and an operational approach to reduce their carbon intensity
Browsing the "Water" Category
Ocean Plastisphere Is Disrupting Native Habitats — Forever…
November 14th, 2020 | by Carolyn Fortuna
Plastics are becoming habitats for ocean creatures --- with unalterable consequences
Donald Trump’s 75–99 Real Attacks On Our Environment
November 3rd, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
After President Richard Nixon proposed establishing the U.S. Environmental Protect Agency on July 9, 1970, Republicans have assumed some level of responsibility for cleaning our air and water. Yes, oil, gas, and coal came to heavily, heavily support Republicans (+90% in some years), funding their campaigns and then lobbying them
Cargill & BAR Technologies Combine World-Class Yacht Racing Design & Technology Using Wind Propulsion to Reduce Carbon Emissions
October 29th, 2020 | by Press Release
Sport, technology, ambition, and scale: a unique and winning collaboration that reduces CO2 emissions by 30% from commercial shipping
3 Tidal Turbines Pop Into New York City’s East River
October 28th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Marine energy company Verdant Power has plopped three tidal power turbines into New York City's East River on one array. This is called the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project, and it is indeed the first US-licensed tidal power project
We Must Protect Coral Reefs With Conservation Innovation & Technology
October 26th, 2020 | by Carolyn Fortuna
What are researchers and scientists around the world doing to prevent coral reef loss
Climate Disaster Risk Reduction & Managed Retreat, Part Two
October 25th, 2020 | by Winter Wilson
In the second half of this two-part interview for our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, and Anna Ziolecki and Brent Doberstein from the University of Waterloo, continue their talk about disaster risk reduction and managed retreat
Climate Change Mitigation — Talking With Professors Doberstein & Ziolecki
October 24th, 2020 | by Winter Wilson
In the first half of this two-part interview for our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, and Anna Ziolecki and Brent Doberstein from the University of Waterloo, sit down to talk about disaster risk reduction and managed retreat
Top 4 DIY Energy Efficiency Upgrades
October 20th, 2020 | by Scott Cooney
Imagine if you could put $25 under a couch cushion, and in 5 years go back and find $1,250. That's the type of return on investment represented in energy efficiency
New Funding Supports Keeling Curve & Ocean pH Research
October 19th, 2020 | by Carolyn Fortuna
New grants for the Keeling Curve and Atlantic/Pacific ocean acidification research fill in where national funding fails
Louisiana Hit By 3 Deadly Hurricanes This Season — Reflections While Riding Out Delta
October 11th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Louisiana and the rest of the Gulf Coast face tropical storms and potentially hurricanes every year. Throughout my life, I've been really lucky. I was living in Shreveport and we were missed by Katrina. The first major storm I rode out was Rita
Home Efficiency 101: Appliances, Thermal Envelope, Lighting, Plumbing, & More
October 8th, 2020 | by Scott Cooney
Home efficiency is one of those things you may think has been done already — building code improvements surely must've accounted for what we've known about home energy use for decades now, right
Presidential Climate Policy Report Card: Obama, Trump, & Biden — A CleanTechnica Exclusive
October 4th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
The climate action report card is much better for Obama/Biden and Biden/Harris than for Trump/Pence, which is unsurprising given President Trump's rhetoric on the subject. The Obama/Biden administration could have done much more, and while a Biden/Harris administration would be much stronger on climate change action than the Trump Administration, it too has more work to do to get to a truly effective climate action plan
Hurricane Laura Shut in More Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil Production than Any Storm Since 2008
October 2nd, 2020 | by U.S. Energy Information Administration
According to daily estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), Hurricane Laura reduced crude oil production in the Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico by an estimated 14.4 million barrels over a span of 15 days, the most of any hurricane since the combined effect of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in
There’s A Possibility Of 1 Billion Climate Refugees By 2050
October 1st, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
In an article by How Stuff Works, the author pointed out that 1 billion people may become climate refugees by
Judge Kicks William Pendley Out Of Illegal Role As Trump’s Bureau Of Land Management Acting Director
October 1st, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
It has been an absolute rollercoaster of a week for anyone who cares about our public lands. It all started last Friday when a federal judge ruled that the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) beleaguered acting director should be removed from his illegally held position
Despite Major Health Risks, Trump’s EPA Plans To Leave Millions Of Lead Water Pipes In The Ground
September 28th, 2020 | by NRDC
Rather than strengthening the desperately outdated Lead and Copper Rule to protect people’s — especially children’s — health, the US Environmental Protection Agency chose to weaken it
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