Environmentalism
The world’s largest floating solar farm is producing energy atop a former coal mine
The Chinese city of Huainan is rich in coal—very rich. By one 2008 estimate, it has nearly a fifth of all of China’s coal reserves.<p>Now the city has become home to the world’s largest floating solar farm. Appropriately, it has been built atop a former coal mine, which had become a lake after being …
Renewable EnergyWind and solar power are saving Americans an astounding amount of money
Not getting sick and dying from pollution is worth quite a bit, it turns out.<p>Wind and solar power are subsidized by just about every major country in the world, either directly or indirectly through tax breaks, mandates, and regulations.<p>The main rationale for these subsidies is that wind and solar …
Renewable EnergyCarpenter lives, works & travels out of this well-crafted bus conversion (Video)
Living in a tiny house isn't for everyone, but the ideas behind the tiny house movement are at least getting many people to question whether it's …
SustainabilityCalifornia Prepares For An Eclipse Of Its Solar Power
Spectators around the country are gearing up, eclipse glasses at the ready, for the solar eclipse on Aug. 21. But another group — perhaps more anxious than eager — is preparing as well: the people who run California's electric grid.<p>California is home to almost half of all the solar power in the …
Sustainable BusinessKuwait's inferno: how will the world's hottest city survive climate change?
Malls and office complexes continue to spring up in Kuwait City, built by migrants often working illegally in soaring temperatures. But as oil and water reserves dwindle, the energy-guzzling citystate heads for an existential crisis<p>It is 9am and the temperature in Kuwait City is 45C and rising, but …
Climate ChangeNew Amazon Echo App Takes on Reducing Food Waste
Here's another thing Amazon Alexa, that doyenne of home and hearth, can do: Cut down on food waste.<p>A new Alexa app (or skill, in Amazon parlance) …
Local Food MovementClimate change will likely wreck their livelihoods – but they still don't buy the science
The small Louisiana town of Cameron could be the first in the US to be fully submerged by rising sea levels – and yet locals, 90% of whom voted for Trump, still aren’t convinced about climate change<p>In 50 years, the region near where I grew up, Cameron Parish in south-west Louisiana, will likely be …
News (U.S.)How accurate is Project Sunroof?
When Google's Project Sunroof—an online tool for assessing solar potential on your rooftop—launched last year in North Carolina, I quickly plugged in …
SustainabilityHow Canadian Solar Inc. Makes Most of Its Money -- The Motley Fool
Building solar systems is a big business, but it's not more important than Canadian Solar's core manufacturing business.<p><b>Canadian Solar</b> (NASDAQ:CSIQ) …
StocksGreenland: how rapid climate change on world's largest island will affect us all
The largest wildfire ever recorded in Greenland was recently spotted close to the west coast town of Sisimiut, not far from Disko Island where I …
Climate ChangeEGEB: Wind/solar saving lives and $billions; Miami spending $1B wrong; SolarEdge + Eclipse; more
<i>Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial and political review/analysis of important green energy news.</i><p>Health benefits of wind and solar offset all subsidies – <i>Berkeley environmental engineer Dev Millstein and his colleagues estimate that between 3,000 and 12,700 premature deaths</i> …
Renewable EnergyCanada's forests are on fire, and the smoke is headed for the Arctic's vulnerable ice
Forests in Canada are ablaze, with 2.2 million acres going up in flames so far this year in British Columbia alone. These fires, and others in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, have been belching smoke into the air, in some cases up to 8 miles high.<p>Once in the atmosphere, weather patterns are …
Climate ChangeHow and Where Solar Tariffs Would Disrupt the Solar Industry -- The Motley Fool
The U.S. International Trade Commission and Donald Trump could destroy most of the solar industry as we know it by the end of the year.<p>On Tuesday, …
Sustainable Business'Trump Forest' on its way to sucking up America's extra emissions
People around the world have pledged to plant 250,000 trees to counter the US President's "disgraceful" decision to pull out of the Paris climate …
ClimateM&S is now donating leftover chilled food to charities and people in need
It's part of the retailer's commitment to reducing food waste<p>We hate the idea of food being wasted – especially when there are so many in need. So …
Local Food MovementA new natural gas tanker makes an unaided passage from Europe to Asia — via the Arctic
A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas has made the passage from Europe to Asia via the Arctic unaided, a maritime course that has become possible due to global warming, energy firm Total said Thursday.<p>It is "the first commercial vessel to travel alone the Northern Sea Route, which permits …
Climate ChangeFracking Giant Sues Dimock Resident for $5M for Speaking to Media About Water Contamination
Ever since the dangerous consequences of natural gas extraction via hydraulic fracturing—popularly known as "fracking"—entered the national …
WaterScorching heat, rolling blackouts: The west is changing how it does summer | Ars Technica
The electricity industry at large can take pointers from a region working its grid hard.<p>This June, we received a letter from a reader asking why it …
Renewable EnergyAGL Energy wind farm helps turn clean energy wave into tsunami
The wave of wind, solar and battery energy investments across Australia is becoming a tsunami, with $11 billion of projects under way or set to begin …
Renewable EnergyEnvisioning A Green Future Through ‘Green Credits’
'Green Credits' is a reward-scheme for environment-friendly behaviour, ideated by Dr. Ron Dembo, CEO of Zerofootprint, Toronto. In the following …
SustainabilityFullerene Device Acts as Both Solar Cell and a Current Inverter
An international team of researchers has developed a photovoltaic cell based on a combination of magnetic electrodes and C60 fullerenes— sometimes …
Clean EnergySolar blocks could replace solar panels on buildings
New solar technologies are developed all of the time, but lately it seems that the focus has been less on making the perfect solar cell and more on …
Clean EnergyBengaluru residents told to stay indoors as toxic froth from lakes flows through city
Toxic froth has been filmed trapped in a river in Bengaluru. The froth had been pulled down from the near by lakes and is made up of many chemicals and untreated sewerage.
PollutionLeading elephant conservationist shot dead in Tanzania
Wayne Lotter had received numerous death threats while battling international ivory-trafficking networks<p>The head of an animal conservation NGO who had received numerous death threats has been shot and killed by an unknown gunman in Tanzania.<p>Wayne Lotter, 51, was shot on Wednesday evening in the …
EnvironmentRenewable Energy Isn't Just Cutting Costs, It's Saving Lives
Clean Energy, Clean Air<p>Renewable energy is very much in the limelight these days, as country after country experience how these sources can keep at …
Renewable EnergyNew Orleans to get hottest day this week: 109 heat index expected Friday | NOLA.com
<b>What to know:</b> Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain after 2 p.m. Friday (Aug. 18), <b></b>according to a forecast from the <b>National Weather Service</b>. …
Climate ChangeTesla starts Australian “tiny house” tour to show off energy products
Tesla’s fully renewable ‘tiny house’ has started its tour of Australia, aiming “to educate the public on how to generate, store, and use renewable energy for their home.”<p>The tiny house is fitted with Tesla’s solar panels and a Powerwall, the company’s energy storage solution. A Model X will tow the …
Renewable EnergyTesla Powerpacks are being considered by Taiwan following massive blackout
Taiwan recently suffered from a massive blackout that affected millions of households on the island, resulted in millions in damages, and ended up with the economy minister resigning.<p>Now the Taiwanese government says that it is reaching out to Tesla to consider a similar solution as the massive 100 …
Energy StorageGroups to launch clean-energy lobbying blitz
America's clean-energy crowd is looking to shed its climate reputation and appeal more to a Republican-controlled Washington.<p>An unusually broad and …
BusinessRover Pipeline Sets Record for Environmental Violations
Energy Transfer Partners' controversial $4.3 billion Rover pipeline has more negative inspection reports than any other major interstate natural gas …
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