June 21st, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
ExxonMobil's CCS claims are PR nonsense, designed in multiple ways to confuse and dissemble, allowing it the social license to keep on pumping oil and causing global warming
June 19th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
Did you know that "100 cities are responsible for 18 percent of all global carbon emissions?"
June 18th, 2019 | by Johnna Crider
To the average American, Tesla is just another topic in the news alongside China, Trump, the weather, terrorism, national disasters, local sports, and celebrity gossip. They have their morning coffee, rush to work, and glance at the news on their phones. Actually, many Americans work rotating shifts. Those shifts may begin at 9:00 PM at night -- and they may not have time to catch up on the news. Unless someone is exposed to Tesla via a customer, fan, or shareholder, they will often only know from what they hear or see in the news
June 17th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
Someone recently shared an interesting Vox article with a powerful title and superb subtitle. Those were: I work in the environmental movement. I don’t care if you recycle. Stop obsessing over your environmental “sins.” Fight the oil and gas industry instead
June 16th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
My increasingly good friend Paul Fosse wrote an article yesterday giving 5 reasons to buy a Tesla before July 1. At the end of the article, he linked to a 2016 article of mine that I had forgotten about. It's a simple listicle but it's actually one of my favorite articles. So, thanks to Paul, I'm reposting it today. In 2016, it was titled, "30 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be Electric." At this point in time, I think it's more appropriate to say that you should buy that car today, not wait any longer. Hopefully you'll agree after reading through this list
June 15th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
We did it. We drove 1,140 miles (1,835 kilometers) powered only by electricity! We started out last Friday afternoon at 3:30 PM, stopped for the night in Schaumburg, IL, and arrived at our hotel in Washington D.C. at 11:30 PM on Saturday night. We spent 19 hours and 20 minutes in the car and 4 hours at stops for lunch, dinners, and some quick errands
June 15th, 2019 | by David Zarembka
KivuWatt, a 34 MW power plant in Kibuye, Rwanda, was conceived to help reduce the risk of an overpressure gas outburst at Lake Kivu. The first-of-its-kind integrated methane gas extraction and production facility has since become a critical regional producer of power
June 13th, 2019 | by NRDC
The Trump administration undermines an historic trail, tries desperately to save just one coal-fired power plant, and sells out the endangered delta smelt
June 12th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
The owner of a market in Vancouver has created single use plastic bags with unusual logos to get his customers to think about the plastic waste problem. They have become collector's items, something he never intended.
June 12th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
The best carbon capture site in the world, Norway's Sleipner facility run by Equinor, creates 25 times more CO2 from natural gas than was sequestered. And is paid for the gas and the sequestered
June 11th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Plastic trash used to be a simple problem. Bundle it up, put it on a freighter, and ship it off to China. That worked really well until China stopped allowing plastic waste into the country. All of sudden, the countries producing all that trash had no idea what to do with it
June 9th, 2019 | by Cynthia Shahan
The last time I visited Walt Disney World was decades ago. I am more of a candidate for hiking the Appalachian trail than going to a theme park. However, one thing that would have me jump to go is another chance to view and photograph a large solar installation
June 6th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
Originally published on INSIGHTS, the WRI expert blog. by Jessica Seddon, Seth Contreras, and Beth Elliott Most of the rising global attention [&hellip
June 5th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
"Natural" gas, as it is called in the United States, is anything but natural. Engie's HomeBiogas has built up a solution that lets people generate methane wherever they are using just food scraps. CleanTechnica met up the the HomeBiogas team at the Consumer Electronics Show this year to get a better understanding of their invention and the implications it may have for developed and developing nations around the world
June 2nd, 2019 | by Jesper Berggreen
In 2002, I needed a change to my working environment as my body was withering away from endless hours at [&hellip
June 1st, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
The famous inventor Edwin Land said, “It’s not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.” He seemed to be telling us that solutions lie just beyond our old habits of thinking
May 27th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
The goal is to get to Washington, D.C. in time for the Citizen’s Climate Lobby (CCL) conference that will be on June 9th–11th. Here's the plan
May 26th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
Two Italian dads (Fede and Leo) and their two 5th grade climate activist daughters (Aryanna and Elena) are attempting a road trip from Minnesota to D.C. with an electric car
May 25th, 2019 | by Cynthia Shahan
It's a fine balance to stay above the depression point when one is educated about the state of our environment, the state of our union, the state of our planet, the state of politics, and the legacy we are leaving for our grandchildren. A new report on air pollution doesn't really help with that depression, but it is important for us to cover nonetheless
May 23rd, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Cement production is responsible for 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions each year. That's a lot. Scientists at Martin Luther University say they can make low carbon cement using a variety of industrial waste products.
May 23rd, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
As predicted, Carbon Engineering's air-carbon capture solution to be used by oil majors such as Occidental for enhanced oil recovery to no climate benefit
May 23rd, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
Energy innovation is both time- and capital-intensive and heavily regulated. Because investors tend to be risk-averse when it comes to technological development, cleantech startups face a broad array of challenges that can impede their technology from making it to the marketplace. According to one prominent venture capitalist in the energy space, “If I have to put in $30 million to find out if the technology will work, it’s a no-go.”
May 22nd, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Farming carbon capture has value beyond CO2, so is well worth pursuing even though it will be a slow and relatively small wedge
May 22nd, 2019 | by NRDC
The federal government continues to miss legal deadlines for energy efficiency standards for appliances, equipment, and electronics with 17 standards overdue for review and more on the horizon. That’s bad news for anyone who likes saving energy, lower utility bills, and a cleaner planet
