On his first day in office, President Donald J. Trump barred any new construction of offshore wind projects, proposed eliminating EV incentives, and reversed former President Joe Biden’s decision to rejoin the Paris climate pact. Trump wants to “drill, baby, drill” and take advantage of the inexpensive gas and oil … [continued]
The University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom announced last week that it is the first university in the world to adopt a 1.5 degrees Science Based Target for carbon reduction which will see it reduce its energy-related carbon emissions to “absolute zero” by 2048.
British-Dutch oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell published its Annual Report for 2018 last week in which it also revealed the company’s first carbon emissions reduction target of between 2-3% by 2021.
Solar power systems are ideal for buildings with large, flat roofs. That type of building is universal in public schools in the US. Thus, public and private schools offer huge, mostly untapped potential to increase solar energy use in the US. Installing rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal systems on US … [continued]
Leading world professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers released its sixth annual Low Carbon Economy Index report (Two Degrees Of Separation: Ambition and Reality), an analysis of economic growth rates and greenhouse gas emissions data for G20 economies), this morning. PwC’s sustainability and climate change team says that not only are the … [continued]
Solar energy leasing has fast become a major conduit for institutional investors to participate and spur adoption and growth of solar PV on rooftops of US homes. Clean Power Finance has quickly risen to become a leading player in the field.
Following on a record 2011, 2012 should be another record-beating year for Canadian wind energy, according to GWEA and CanWEA forecasts, bringing long-term employment, sizable increases in private and public sector revenues and substantial environmental benefits.
Beset by economic and financial troubles, Italy’s efforts to spur solar power installations have been a remarkable success, so much so that the government’s cutting back its feed-in tariff. It’s also enacting a new carbon tax.
