There have been quite a number of high-profile wildfires in the western US in recent years — to the point that even many of those involved in the fighting of these wildfires have been surprised at the destruction wrought by them. To be more exact, the acres of forest that are … [continued]
Perovskite solar cells give up the secret behind their “superstar” potential for bringing on the next generation of low cost, high efficiency solar.
Seven Columbia University students currently occupying the campus’s iconic Low Library building in an effort to push the administration into fossil fuel divestment have been threatened with suspension. On Thursday, April 14, 35 students from Columbia University began a peaceful sit-in outside President Lee Bollinger’s office to demand the University … [continued]
Over one hundred and fifty Columbia University students continue their civil disobedience protest in an attempt to force the university to fully divest from fossil fuel investments. As part of a number of actions that took place on October 14 under the banner of People’s Climate Movement, over one hundred … [continued]
Patents and standards are the unsung heroes of renewable energy innovation. International standards ensure that the wind turbines next door and the solar panels on our roofs are safe and performing as expected.
First there was Formula A, then Formula E, and look out, here comes Formula B: a car that uses evaporation-assisted bacterial spores as a form of biofuel.
Originally published on Ecopreneurist. In rural areas of Senegal, getting water for irrigating crops often comes with a hefty price tag, not only in terms of the cost to buy the fuel for it (about $1 per day for an average gas-powered irrigation pump), and the time necessary to procure … [continued]
An international research team has paired graphene with boron nitride to pave the way for a new generation of ultra-small, nanoscale circuits.
CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) finds it encouraging that after years of denial, business uses carbon prices to plan ahead these days. The response of business and industry leaders to the problem of climate change is undergoing a major transformation, says the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions: “Just over … [continued]
As unprecedented storms, extinctions, and water, food, and energy wars continue to touch our world, warnings about destructive human-made climate change multiply and increase in stridency. At the United Nations in New York yesterday, some possible solutions were officially released. (VIDEO available here.) Experts from leading world research institutes convened … [continued]
