A new report has concluded that even the most efficient coal plants are incompatible with global climate change goals. With world leaders heading to New York to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement, a new report conducted by Ecofys and commissioned by WWF has concluded that any level of coal-fired … [continued]
Wondering how prepared your state is for upcoming changes in climate? If you’re in Texas, you might be in for trouble. This week, Climate Central unveiled the first-ever national analysis of state-level preparedness for climate change-driven, weather-related threats. States at Risk: America’s Preparedness Report Card summarizes the changing nature of key threats and … [continued]
The UN is expecting more than 130 nations to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement later this month in New York. According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, over 130 countries have confirmed their attendance for the upcoming signing of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, which will … [continued]
Originally published on ilsr.org. Earlier this year, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory released a new estimate of rooftop solar potential, an update to 2008 figures we used in our landmark state-by-state energy atlas, Energy Self-Reliant States. The bottom line: there’s much more potential to generate our electricity from solar on nearby … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. Two of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world, the US and China, have confirmed that they will be signing the Paris COP21 climate change agreement on April 22 in New York, according to recent reports. The two countries released a joint presidential statement recently … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. Cities are a driving force behind the U.S. adoption of solar energy. According to Environment California, the United States currently has 27 GW of installed solar capacity, and much of that comes from more than 780,000 rooftops around the nations. Cities are not just centers of … [continued]
Hyundai was a late bloomer in the fuel efficiency game, only bringing its Sonata Hybrid to market in 2010, the same year as the third generation of the incumbent Toyota Prius arrived on the scene. Since then, the two paths have diverged, with Toyota running off towards hydrogen fuel cell … [continued]
As noted a few days ago, we have 3 new electric vehicle (EV) speakers signed up for CLEANTECH REVOLUTION TOUR → Berlin. I wrote short intros about them in that article, but below is a deeper look at these EV leaders and their work. Following these intros are the other EV speaker … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport New York State’s first community choice aggregation (community owned utility) under Governor Cuomo’s watch, is now expected to start supplying customers with electricity on May 1, 2016. The number of participating Sustainable Westcher communities has grown to 20. A number of these have opted to use … [continued]
Rumors have been milling around the ‘nets for a few weeks about Tesla launching some sort of Supercharging assistant program where there would be a person staffed at key Supercharging locations to facilitate charging and we have confirmation that the rumors are true. Bjorn Nyland, who we met at the … [continued]
