November 27th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
It’s amazing that anyone can consider replacing coal with wind energy when you look at how many wind turbines it takes to replace the things we get for free from coal
November 21st, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
Draft amendments to the MARPOL convention would require ships to combine a technical and an operational approach to reduce their carbon intensity
November 18th, 2020 | by Rocky Mountain Institute
As cities in China go through economic transformation, they also face the challenges of carbon emissions, waste management, and pollution control. Many global cities face similar challenges
October 23rd, 2020 | by Carolyn Fortuna
What's the newest research in the world of EV battery recycling
October 18th, 2020 | by Alex Voigt
What the heck is an anode and cathode in a battery, and why is that important
October 17th, 2020 | by NRDC
Originally published on the NRDC Expert Blog. by Joe Vukovich NRDC sued the U.S. Department of Energy yesterday for once again [&hellip
October 10th, 2020 | by Alex Voigt
When I was a kid, I asked my parents one day what they did to prevent Hitler. I received an irritating form of silence in exchange for an answer. Most children in Germany asked their parents or grandparents sooner or later, and only a very few received a convincing response, almost as if it was an unexpected surprise that this question would ever appear. It never disappeared again
September 24th, 2020 | by Nexus Media
A decade ago, Congress set out to make pipelines safer, but today there are more accidents on pipelines that carry gas to homes
September 22nd, 2020 | by Brad Rouse
For those deeply interested in our future energy system and how it will evolve, I highly recommend two in-depth papers published in the last year. Here I will show a similar vision step-by-step using some of the same assumptions and publicly available data using “back of the envelope calculations” (spreadsheets)
September 4th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
The stimulus package announced yesterday shows that France has understood the urgent need to invest in a decarbonized economy. But the European environmental NGO Transport and Environment points out
September 4th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
Virtually all manufacturers today build their "durable" white and brown goods with planned obsolescence. They are designed to fail instead of designed for the longest possible lifetime. Concurrently, most now come with 1-year warranties, or longer warranties as a marketing gimmick, with some of the purchase price put aside by the bean counters for the inevitable failures. The reason for all this is increased profit
September 4th, 2020 | by Tina Casey
New energy storage technology ranges from plain old gravity to futuristic solar-plus-gaming devices that deploy human beings as living batteries
September 1st, 2020 | by Tina Casey
A new breakthrough in bio-based plastics aims a dagger at the heart of petrochemicals and fossil fuels, too
August 31st, 2020 | by Brad Rouse
I would love to have 100% clean electricity by 2035. Such a goal is admirable for its audacity and for its ability to get people motivated. For that I applaud it. But when we get down to it, will it be smart policy? Could it be that 90% would provide greater carbon savings than 100%?
August 28th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
California’s Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) just became the nation’s first regulator to require utilities to better account for the impact of climate change on energy infrastructure and services, ordering them to prioritize it in their planning and operations
August 20th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
Policy makers, investors, entrepreneurs and researchers interested in taking advantage of machine learning to help our climate will find this useful
August 8th, 2020 | by Brad Rouse
Global problems need global solutions. Voluntary agreements and unilateral acts only go so far. We need a strategy to make climate action spread — to make it so contagious it will “go viral,” start a chain reaction, trigger a “domino effect.”
