King County Metro To Buy 120 All-Electric Buses By 2020 (73 Coming From Proterra)
King County Metro Transit will be acquiring 120 new all-electric buses by the year 2020, going by a recent announcement from King County Executive Dow Constantine.
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2017 Zayed Future Energy Prize Awards & Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week Opening Ceremony
In a few moments, the 2017 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week will launch. That includes the opening of the 2017 World Future Energy Summit, the 2017 Zayed Future Energy Prize awards ceremony, WISER (Women in Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy), Abu Dhabi Global Action Day, the 2017 International Water Summit, and more. Technically, it also includes the IRENA General Assembly, which I attended on Saturday and where I was inspired to write about the totally insane carbon bubble and tremendous cost-competitive renewable energy potential (790 GW) in South East Europe (more articles to come from the IRENA event).
Wind Trains, Chevy Bolt Dealer Investigation … (Top 20 CleanTechnica Stories of the Week)
We had some outside-the-box stories take the podium this week on CleanTechnica. If you missed any of them, check out these 20 biggies:
Massachusetts AG Wins A Round In ExxonMobil Legal Slug Fest
This week, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge ruled in favor of Attorney General Maura Healey and ordered ExxonMobil to turn over 40 years of records which Healey believes will show the company is part of “the most consequential lie in human history.”
Thomas Gottschalk: “It’s a great feeling to know that whole communities raise their standard of…
This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviewed Thomas Gottschalk, founder and CEO of Mobisol, a company that combines solar energy with innovative mobile technology and microcredit to provide high-quality solar home systems to low-income individuals in developing countries.
Seva Karpauskaite: Time to Accelerate Innovation & Action
Let’s pursue a two-pronged approach: innovation and action. The development and deployment of the physical capital based on scientific research and technological innovation is crucial. So is the growth of social capital, catalyzed by reaching a global consensus that can be transformed into collective action.
Wall Or No Wall, Here Comes US Energy Integration With Mexico
Energy integration with Canada may become the model for US energy integration with Mexico according to a new report, wall or no wall.
790 Gigawatts of Cost-Cutting Renewable Energy Potential in South East Europe
Renewable energy costs have been falling through the floor — they have fallen so fast that even cleantech enthusiasts have been shocked by increasingly low prices several times in the past year alone, and dozens of times in the past 5 years.
New York Bets On Renewables To Replace Indian Point Nuclear Plant
New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans this week to close the Indian Point nuclear power plant, which supplies electricity to New York City and surrounding areas.
Good Science Tells A Story, & Well-Written Research Has The Greatest Impact
Narrative writing holds more power than expository writing, and telling a story — rather than describing observations in an objective detached way — can improve communication, especially when it comes to climate change.
