Renewable Energy
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Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionEuropeFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesHydroSolarUnited States
Corporate Renewables Procurements Surge, But 24/7 Reliability is Essential
Daimler’s late January signing of a 100% renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) with Norwegian hydropower firm Statkraft offered momentum and a cautionary tale to ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasSolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionTransitUnited States
56% of Americans Cite Climate as Top Concern as Anxiety Crosses Party Lines
More than half of Americans see climate change as the most important issue facing society today, according to a December, 2019 Harris poll released ... -
Climate Impact of Commercial Space Travel ‘About to Get Worse’
The wild west of commercial space travel remains unconstrained by regulations on rockets’ greenhouse gas emissions, and they’re on track to get worse as ... -
Alberta Solar Farm, Canada’s Biggest, Nets $500 Million from Danish Infrastructure Fund
Canada’s biggest solar farm, the 400-MW, 1,900-hectare Travers Solar Energy Project in Alberta, has received a C$500-million cash infusion from Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners ... -
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Wanted: 400,000 New Recruits for UK Clean Energy Jobs by 2050
The United Kingdom will have to recruit 400,000 people into clean energy jobs of all kinds to achieve its goal of net zero emissions ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsForests & DeforestationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionResearch & DevelopmentUnited States
Trillion-Tree Initiative Could Distract from Climate Action, Analyst Warns
Constraints of time and space, the likelihood of accounting boondoggles, and the fact that forests are inherently unstable climate sinks, ever more so as ... -
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BlackRock Considers Gas Pipeline Buy, But Sees Renewables and Storage as Biggest Opportunity
After releasing its splashy, new climate-friendly investment policy last month, asset management giant BlackRock is still considering new investment in a US$15-billion gas pipeline ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionCoalElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHydroNuclearOil & GasSolarUnited StatesWind
U.S. Agency Sees Renewables Surging But GHG Emissions Nearly Unchanged Through 2050
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is changing its tune on the rise of renewable energy, projecting for the first time in its Annual ... -
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Simplified Application Process Sends Solar Uptake through the Roof
A few simple changes in the local application process led to a 3,000% increase in the issuance of solar panel permits in the Chicago ... -
India Would Need Massive New Solar Capacity to Replace 500,000 Coal Jobs
India would need to install 1,000 gigawatts of new solar capacity if it set out to replace the country’s 500,000 coal mining jobs solely ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesResearch & DevelopmentSolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionTransitUnited States
Surging Mineral Demand Produces Sharper Focus on ‘Ethical’ Batteries
Blockchain-enabled transparency, rigorous third-party mining standards, local production, and recycling are among the strategies in play to create batteries that are planet- and people-friendly—a ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBuildingsCitiesDemand & EfficiencyDrawdownEuropeFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureSoil & Natural SequestrationUnited States
Green Roofs Would Save 770 Megatons of Carbon by 2050
Green roofs rank #73 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. By the year 2050, an increase in green and cool roofs could save 0.77 ... -
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Fossil Industry Sees Financial Value Collapse as Prices Stay Low, Renewables Surge
Despite record production and rapidly-rising greenhouse gas emissions, North American oil and gas companies are coming off a notably bad financial year in 2019, ... -
Bellingham, Washington Considers Natural Gas Heating Ban
The town of Bellingham, Washington has become the latest U.S. city to consider banning natural gas for home heating as a way to combat ... -
Batteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionCoalElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentShale & FrackingSolarUnited StatesWaterWind
New Decade Opens with Cascade of U.S. Coal Plant Closures
The new decade is opening with a mounting cascade of plant closures in the United States coal industry, with investors abandoning ship, revenue being ...
