The 2016 US presidential election — no matter who you ask — has been an unprecedented affair. The candidate at the top of the Republican ticket has no background in government and seemingly not more knowledge of political matters than he’s gleaned from watching Fox News, listening to and golfing with Rush Limbaugh, and trying to bribe politicians.
Over the next 30 years we will be building a new urban habitat for about a third of the world’s population. The way we will build those cities will lock in certain lifestyles and emissions for decades to come. Therefore, we have to do it intelligently: in a way that is inexpensive, provides comfort and safety, saves local resources and keeps the climate impact low.
When you build a campaign on hate, on racism, on xenophobia, on bullying, on slander, and on shockingly absurd lies, the backlash is going to build on that energy. I think Trump must have seen this coming.
Spanish energy giant Gamesa reached a new milestone in its development of offgrid electricity generation, with the installation and start-up of a lithium power storage battery at its prototype installation in La Muela, Spain.
Donald Trump tells supporters he’ll “reactivate” the naval shipyard in Philadelphia, but it’s already really, really active.
The solar energy technologies firm Greenlight Planet recently revealed a new rechargeable lamp + solar panel that provides both lighting and mobile charging to off-grid users, the company’s most affordable such offering to date.
Another destructive earthquake — possibly linked to oil and gas wastewater disposal — has hit Oklahoma, near the Cushing oil pipeline and storage hub.
We’re on the verge of electing the first female president in US history (long after women won the top political positions in the UK, Germany, Norway, Argentina, Israel, India, Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Bangladesh, France, Poland, Turkey, Pakistan, Peru, etc.).
Yet, her final opponent has bragged about sexually assaulting women and has been accused of doing so by a dozen or more women.
The Maldives is one of the nations most threatened by sea level rise, but while it has committed to clean technology, they know it won’t save them.
The Energy Watch Group has again accused the International Energy Agency of lowballing its renewable energy forecasts, claiming that the IEA is playing a “dangerous game” in so reliably and heavily underestimating the growth of wind and solar.
