Steve Hawkflipped into Power ShiftThe Beginning of the End for Coalecowatch.com - EcoWatchThe global coal boom took a nosedive in 2016 as construction starts on coal-fired power plants fell to nearly two-thirds of 2015 levels, according to …
Steve Hawkflipped into Power ShiftThis Brilliant Solar Panel System Might Put a Huge Kink in President Trump's Coal Plansverified_publisherInc Magazine - Wanda ThibodeauxInspired by nature, this solar panel setup uses smart technology and a gorgeous design to bring homes and businesses greater efficiency. Under the ink of President Donald Trump's America First Energy Plan, the fate of the solar industry is suffering a shoulder shrug period of uncertainty. But that …
Steve Hawkflipped into Power ShiftGoogle to be powered 100% by renewable energy from 2017verified_publisherThe Guardian - Adam VaughanGoogle’s data centres and the offices for its 60,000 staff will be powered entirely by renewable energy from next year, in what the company has called a “landmark moment”. The internet giant is already the world’s biggest corporate buyer of renewable electricity, last year buying 44% of its power …
Steve Hawkflipped into Power ShiftLet the people lighten energy load with citizen-owned schemesverified_publisherThe GuardianThe challenge of climate change is global and it demands action on an international scale, such as the Paris Agreement. But a large part of the solution will be local, involving all of us in the way energy is produced and consumed. The potential for citizen involvement in electricity production is …
Steve Hawkflipped into Power ShiftThe solar farm that dwarfs Central Parkverified_publisherBBC Future - Sandrine CeurstemontWe visit a vast power plant at the door to the Moroccan desert that is helping to define the energy future of the world. The minibus crosses the vast plateau on a newly paved road. Cracked fields stretch away towards the Moroccan desert to the south. Yet the barren landscape is no longer quite as …
Steve Hawkflipped into Tell Me a StoryThe American Thanksgiving (Published 2016)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Alicia DeSantisThe American Thanksgiving Americans all come from somewhere. Their families may have roamed the continent for thousands of years before the Mayflower dropped anchor. They may have been on the ship. They may have come on later ones, freely or in chains. They may have come by truck, train or airplane. …
