Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced this week that the city has committed to ensure all government buildings will be powered by 100% renewable electricity by 2025, which would make the city the country’s largest major city to power all their public buildings from 100% renewable electricity.
Editor’s Note: This article is one submission in a live Masdar blogging contest (find out the entry requirements here). Very simply, the focus of the contest submissions is to: “Describe your city in 2030: what will occur due to changes in energy, transportation and water technologies, and how will they transform how you live?” We are sharing this submission here … [continued]
Speaker at Chicago petcoke protest, May 17, 2014 (Cliff Zimmerman) Saturday marked the second rally of the week in Chicago against petcoke dumping. Last Monday, registered nurses and Southeast Side community activists backed by the Alliance for Community Services, the Chicago chapter of Progressive Democrats of America, the Southeast Side … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. Smith Electric Vehicles of Kansas City has suspended production of its electric trucks and vans. While executives remain optimistic about Smith’s chances, even they had to acknowledge that building a handful of electric vehicles at an extremely high just isn’t a sustainable business model. Smith Electric Vehicles … [continued]
Chicago has gone coal-free at all public buildings while cutting costs on ratepayer electricity bills through a unique power supply deal with Constellation.
