Can Clean Tech Save The Maldives?
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.
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Being Black Still A Barrier To Rural Cooperative Board Membership
Exempt from state regulation in 33 states because they purportedly offer democratic and local control, new data on the nation’s rural electric cooperatives suggests that skin color is still a major barrier to their democratic representation.
ExxonMobil Revives Zombie Carbon Capture Project
ExxonMobil is still trying to make carbon capture happen, but a partnership with FuelCell Energy might just delay the inevitable.
$37 Billion = Health & Climate Costs From Gas Cars In 10 States Every Year
A new report published by the American Lung Association examines the true costs of gasoline vehicle pollution. The general finding: gasoline vehicle pollution damages and destroys human life much more than most of us want to realize.
Lake Erie May Be Home To Next US Offshore Wind Farm
The United States’ first offshore wind farm, Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm, hasn’t even begun generating electricity to the grid, but there is now news out there that suggests the country’s second offshore wind project could be developed in Lake Erie, one of North America’s five ‘Great Lakes’.
Fighting A Case Of Really Bad Gas
If climate change were an action thriller, CO2 would have a starring role as the fallen hero. A judicious dose of the heat-trapping gas keeps our planet cozy. Over the last century, CO2 has grown in power and slipped towards the dark side — flooding cities, shriveling farmland and conjuring up über-powerful storms.
What’s The Issue With Volkswagen’s $2 Billion EV Education & Infrastructure Commitment?
Tuesday, October 25, will bring forth another judgement on the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Many states will have a good amount of money going into EV education and infrastructure as part of the resolution to the Volkswagen scandal. With $2 billion for EV charging infrastructure and education programs, the judgement promotes a specific avenue for undoing VW’s damage, but some details are still up in the air.
Leonardo DiCaprio Gives Us Hope In “Before The Flood”
I approached Leonardo DiCaprio and Fisher Stevens’s new film, Before the Flood, with trepidation. The last climate change documentary I watched (Josh Fox’s How to Let Go of the World and Love Everything the Climate Can’t Change) left me depressed for weeks. But, right from the start, Before the Flood offers an alternative to the typical doom-and-gloom … [continued]
People Who Work In Green Certified Buildings Are Happier & Healthier
Originally published on Green Building Elements. People who work in a building that is certified green by the US Green Building Council enjoy several advantages over those who work in high performance buildings that are not green certified. Researchers at Harvard’s School of Public Health and State University of New York’s Upstate … [continued]
Climate Change Movement Threatened By War On Journalists
Originally published on Planetsave. In a time when the news is overflowing with what Donald Trump likes to do to women against their will, almost no one is talking about the situation in North Dakota where climate change is behind a protest by indigenous people. That’s where prosecutors are trampling … [continued]
