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Climate and Environment Emerge as Top Public Concerns Before Canadian, Australian Elections
With federal elections coming up in Canada in October and in Australia in May, opinion polls are identifying climate change—and in Canada, waste reduction, ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyBuildingsCitiesCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentJobsPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Nevada, Washington State Declare 100% Clean Energy Targets
Nevada and Washington State have been the latest in a string of U.S. jurisdictions to adopt rapid steps to replace fossil fuels with renewable ... -
ChinaCoalElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHydroPost-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
China Relaxes Limits on New Coal Plants, But Analysts See Renewables Boom Continuing
The last few days have seen conflicting analysis of China’s recent decision to allow new coal plant construction in 11 of its provinces, with ... -
AustraliaBatteries/StorageClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridHeat & TemperatureLegal & RegulatoryOff-GridPost-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
Coal Plants Failed, Renewables Shone as Epic January Heat Wave Hit Australian Grid
Australia’s mammoth coal plants failed while its wind and rooftop solar installations shone during a major January heat wave in Victoria state, according to ... -
Silicone-Based Device Generates Renewable Electricity from Snow
A research team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is working on a device that would generate electricity from snow. -
BioenergyFood SecurityGeneral RenewablesOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & ConsumptionWater
Study Traces Options for Cutting Life Cycle Emissions from Plastic
With carbon pollution from every stage of the plastics life cycle on track to grow four-fold by mid-century, a new study in the journal ... -
Shipping Efficiency Would Save 7.9 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Increasing transport ship efficiency places #32 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. Efficiency gains of 50% across the sector, at a net cost of US$915.9 billion, ... -
EU Parliament Fails to Censure Exxon for Denying Climate Change, Ignoring Summons to Testify
In a ruling that angered activists and academics fighting to hold ExxonMobil to account for its leading role in climate denial, the leaders of ... -
BuildingsCitiesDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridGeneral RenewablesJobsPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
New York Passes Landmark Bill to Cut Buildings’ Carbon Emissions, Energy Use
New York City has adopted a plan to reduce carbon pollution from large buildings by 40% from 2005 levels by 2030—roughly a 26% cut ... -
Northern Holland Installing World’s Biggest Floating Solar System
A company in The Netherlands has begun work on the world’s largest floating solar installation, a network of 73,500 panels on 15 islands on ... -
Friedman: ‘Green Real Deal’ Holds the Key to Beating Trump in 2020
While the Green New Deal’s baked-in principles are laudable, it will be “getting real” and building on the growing bipartisan consensus on the urgent ... -
BuildingsCitiesDrive to 1.5Energy Access & EquityOff-GridPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Booming Community Solar Sector Promises Access for Low-Income Households
Determined to make good on the promise of equity contained in the phrase “community solar,” more than a dozen U.S. states and non-profit developers ...
