Why Are Only 19% Of Americans Talking About Climate Change?
According to a 2016 survey by Yale and George Mason University researchers, only 19 percent of Americans hear someone they know talking about global warming at least once a month.
According to a 2016 survey by Yale and George Mason University researchers, only 19 percent of Americans hear someone they know talking about global warming at least once a month.
Millennials (Generation Y) are becoming the largest consumer demographic on the market, overtaking baby boomers. This shift is also helping to redefine customer relationships between clients and utilities, according to a recent report. The report, from consumer advocacy group Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC), confirms this shift we are starting to see.
The EPA is screaming that people are already making Hurricane Harvey a political football. But is there any reason why government policies that will cost taxpayers more than $100 billion should not be questioned?
While the situation concerning a possible chemical release disaster at the Arkema plant in Houston has been in the news for a while now, it still remains unclear exactly what the current dangers are.
We published an article here at CleanTechnica just a few months back discussing the possibility that massive amounts of dangerous petrochemicals could be released into the city of Houston if the region was to hit by a storm bringing high levels of storm surge with it. Houston, you see, is home to coastal storage facilities that are host to chemicals produced by the regional fossil fuel refineries.
Unusually warm water and air temperatures are largely responsible for making Hurricane Harvey the most powerful storm to hit the United States in the last 12 years. Is anyone paying attention? Apparently not.