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Energy Taxes Too Low To Avoid Extreme Anthropogenic Climate Change, OECD Study Finds
The energy taxes that are currently in place in the world’s top economies aren’t extensive enough to aid in the mitigation of anthropogenic climate change to a large degree, according to a...
Major Increase in EV Charging Stations Across U.S.
While electric vehicles only make up a tiny 0.2 percent of passenger cars around the world, that number is growing, and growing fast. In 2016, there were 2 million EVs on the...
World’s First Biofuel Flight Between the US and Australia Powered by Mustard Seeds
The world’s first biofuel flight between the United States and Australia landed in Melbourne after a 15-hour trip. The Guardian reported the blended fuel was 10 percent derived from brassica carinat, which...
Ryanair Makes Pledge to Become ‘Plastic Free’ on All Flights by 2023
Ryanair has pledged to become “plastic free” in the next five years, with the airline set to trumpet its relative green credentials as part of its ongoing makeover.
The Ryanair chief executive, Michael...
California Wants 5 Million Zero Emissions Cars On Its Roads By 2030
California seeks to preserve its place as the greenest state in America with more cleantech leadership. On January 26, governor Jerry Brown signed an executive order that commits the state to a...
IEA Highlights Chile’s Potential As Renewable Energy Behemoth
The International Energy Agency has this week published a new report highlighting the emergence of Chile as one of the world’s growing renewable energy destinations, thanks to second-to-none resources and increasingly forward-looking...
Reports: Norway Targets Electric Power for All Short Haul Flights by 2040
Norway is aiming to be the first country in the world to switch to 100 per cent electric planes for short-haul flights, the country's airport operator Avinor has announced.
Norway's national broadcaster NRK...
Good News! Study Claims Global Warming Will Only Be Disastrous, Not Catastrophic
We all know the Earth is getting warmer. Everyone except Republicans knows the increase in temperature is related to carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels. Climate scientists don’t agree on how much...
‘Clean Energy Is a Fundamental Civil Right’: Major Campaign to Expand Access to Solar
The NAACP is launching a major environmental justice campaign on Jan. 13 to mark the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service.
The "Solar Equity Initiative" aims to provide solar job skills training...
Chicago Fires Up $160m LED Street-Lighting Plan
Chicago is set to become one of the largest cities in the world to switch its street lighting infrastructure to LEDs, after officials confirmed plans to replace 85 per cent of its...
Macquarie Sells Off Solar Assets to Canada’s Fiera Infrastructure
Australian bank Macquarie has sold a 41MW bundle of solar assets to Canada's Fiera Infrastructure, a subsidiary of investment giant Fiera Capital Corporation, for an undisclosed sum.
The deal, announced yesterday, sees Macquarie...
Alberta (Tar Sands Capital Of The World) Invests In 600 MW Of Wind Power
Bill McKibben calls the Alberta tar sands a “carbon bomb.” Not only does it require huge quantities of energy to separate the oil from the sands, the oil produced creates more carbon...
Arctic Report Card 2017: Ice Cover Is Shrinking Faster Compared With Prior 1,500 Years
The 2017 Arctic Report Card reflects contributions from 85 scientists representing 12 countries. The pace of sea ice area (hereafter extent) decrease is unprecedented over the past 1,500 years, according to Emily...
Oslo EV Parking Garage Is World’s Largest, Uses 6,000 kWh Of Electricity A Week
The Vulkan parking garage in Oslo, Norway, has the most EV chargers of any facility in the world — 102. Tesla has opened two large Supercharger stations in the US recently with...
Meteorologist Warns Collapse of Two Antarctic Glaciers Could Flood Every Coastal City on Earth
Two of Antarctica’s glaciers are holding our civilization hostage, meteorologist Eric Holthaus wrote in a piece for Grist. Pine Island and Thwaites are among the continent’s biggest and fastest-melting glaciers – and...
Soil Management: Key to Fighting Climate Change?
An important tool for mitigating climate change may lie beneath our feet—soil management could increase our ability to keep carbon out of the atmosphere, a new study shows.
A paper published last week...
