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Metlakatla, Alaska. Photo by Joey Mendolia, Alaska Public Media. George Harvey We have been aware for a long time of problems brought on by climate change in Alaska. Buildings have tilted as permafrost supporting them gave way. Heat waves like nothing in history have brought on wildfires. Exploitation of natural resources […]
Major Changes In Its Three-Year Forecast: No New Coal Capacity; Net Reduction in Fossil Fuels; Significant Decline for Nuclear Power Net New Wind and Solar Capacity More Than Doubles Natural Gas Ken Bossong According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data released in the […] Scorecard of 75 large U.S. cities reveals the top 10 U.S. cities are ramping up their clean energy efforts, notably with stricter energy-saving rules for buildings, but only a few cities appear on track to meet their community-wide climate goals, according to the 2019 City Clean Energy Scorecard, released today by the nonprofit American Council […] The Climate Solutions Caucus. Image: VPIRG Jessie Haas The rap on the 2019 Vermont legislature is that they didn’t get much done—notably, for climate activists, any kind of carbon pricing scheme – or the “Global Warming Solutions Act,” which would require the state government to act on Vermont’s climate pollution goals. So when I […] Serious Step Forward Thwarted in Oregon The Senate Republicans evidently thought it was a good idea to hide in Idaho. Photo: Sebastian Bergmann, Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 2.0 Generic J. D. Kaplan “Send bachelors and come heavily armed,” says one Oregon state senator to taunt his governor, Kate Brown. She literally sent the police over […] to be Hosted in Derry June 5, 2019 Ten ground-mounted solar trackers at Derry’s transfer station will yield 155,000kWh per year. The system was installed May 2018. Photo by Granite State Solar Craig Lazinsky The Town of Derry New Hampshire’s NetZero Energy Task Force, along with Tupelo Music Hall, are co-sponsoring a New Hampshire […] Green Mountain Power is offering Tesla Powerwall 2.0 batteries to 100 eligible customers, free of charge. A $150,000 grant from the Vermont Low Income Trust for Electricity (VLITE) will pay for the cutting-edge technology and installation in the homes of low income customers with significant need for backup power reliability due to health and […]
By Dr. James Hansen There is enough popular misinterpretation of recent news about the cost of carbon capture that I should comment on that. David Keith has done some of the most credible work on direct air capture of CO2, so his recent paper1 in Joule reporting on the cost of carbon capture deserves […] Bring your electric lawn mowers for this year’s 4th of July parade in Hanover, NH. Courtesy image Barbara Callaway This Fourth of July a group in Hanover, NH will be celebrating electric lawn care as a way to reduce our carbon footprint. Who knew that a gas-powered mower, using 1.75 gallons per hour, running […] By Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch Reposted from EcoWatch media associate AlterNet Transitioning the world to 100% renewable electricity isn’t just some environmentalist pipe dream—it’s “feasible at every hour throughout the year” and is more cost-effective than the current system, which largely relies on fossil fuels and nuclear energy, a new study claims. The research, compiled by […] |
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