Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, has announced it will divest from investments in coal, oil, and gas, following a one-and-a-half year citizen-led campaign. The announcement was made by the City of Stockholm on Tuesday, declaring that Stockholm would withdraw investments in coal, oil, and gas companies, equating to approximately 30 … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. By Rudolf ten Hoedt A first gold rush driven by generous subsidies led to an uncontrolled boom in solar power projects in Japan, of which, however, only a very small percentage actually got built. Now, however, the government has taken charge and serious developers are entering … [continued]
Mashable blogger Max Knoblauch recently decided to have a bit of fun scrolling through reviews of 10 of the world’s largest subway systems. I’m not sure how many reviews he looked at for each of them, but he shared one pro review and one con review for subway systems in: … [continued]
This post first appeared on Fuel Freedom By Zana Nesheiwat Famous for Volvo, Ikea and Absolut Vodka, Sweden is now on a new pursuit to become the first completely oil-free economy in the world by 2020. The oil crisis in the early 1970s forced Sweden to embark on a quest … [continued]
Three NASA satellites are now being used by a professor from the Tel Aviv University to gauge an accurate measure of the pollution levels over our planet’s megacities, the first to provide a comprehensive standardised global testing of pollution levels. Prof. Pinhas Alpert of Tel Aviv University’s Department of … [continued]
Hotels are notoriously wasteful energy consumers, guzzling resources in an effort to keep guests happy. Scandic Hotels have taken a different route in the lodging business: informing customers of how they can be a part of an environmentally friendly lodging system. In the video above, Jan Peter Bergkvist, developer of … [continued]
Max Frankel of the Center for American Progress recently had an interesting post on Climate Progress about what top EV-friendly cities are doing to be so friendly to EVs, based on a new report from the Center for American Progress. Here’s the full post from Max/Climate Progress: Sixteen cities … [continued]
This near magical hovering design will be a new entrance portal into Stockholm. But it might as well be an entrance portal into a whole different world.
