Energy and Civilization: A History (Book Review)
So why is everyone pumping gas and oil like mad? It's the economy.
View ArticleRenewable energy can't be stopped (but delay still hurts)
The low carbon future is coming. The pace at which it arrives, however, matters an awful lot.
View ArticleFlorida may pass "Sunshine Protection Act" and go on Daylight Saving Time all...
This is a very good idea that all of North America should consider.
View ArticleNew study finds that being a couch potato is green
Finally, a good excuse for lolling away your day on the sofa: it saves energy.
View ArticleChile is breaking up with coal too
It currently gets about 35% of its electricity from the black stuff.
View ArticleIreland will phase out coal by 2025
Another country joins the ranks of the Powering Past Coal Alliance.
View ArticleDespite Trump, US coal and gas generation down—renewables up
The war on coal, it seems, may be ongoing, no matter who's in charge in Washington.
View ArticleThe Economist looks at the Duck Curve, goes quackers on the metaphors
Perhaps it is time to stuff this duck analogy.
View ArticleBitcoin mining is using as much power as 5,699,560 American households.
It creates as much CO2 as a million transatlantic flights. Why isn't this a bigger deal?
View ArticleThe latest lessons from The Chart that Explains Everything
The more I look at this Livermore Lab graph, the more I realize that it is all about design.
View ArticleStudy: Keeping warming to 1.5C is doable, even without 'negative emissions'
The key, say researchers, is a radical investment in energy efficiency.
View ArticleDuke Energy dedicates $25 million to EV charging in NC, promises 300 MW of...
In a compromise with environmentalists, the energy giant is committing some significant resources to clean tech.
View ArticleTurn out the lights at noon for Daylight Hour
Natural light is free and plentiful and the day is long.
View ArticleReduce Demand. Clean up electricity. Electrify everything.
These are the three things we have to do to to decarbonize.
View ArticleHard Brexit: Northern Ireland may need thousands of generator barges to keep...
It turns out leaving the EU is quite hard. Who knew?
View ArticleIndestructible coal is back, ready to replace killer windmills
What's this about CO2, sulfur dioxide and mercury? Coal is clean and beautiful.
View ArticleFive, just five, solutions to roll back greenhouse gas emissions.
We don't need to do a hundred things.
View ArticleOntario's Doug Ford's proposed natural gas expansion is like putting 42,560...
Just what we needed in what was a decarbonizing planet.
View ArticleTrump loosens restrictions on ethanol, increases smog
There is an election coming up and the farm vote matters.
View ArticleWhat happens if oil goes to $400 a barrel?
Current events could lead to another oil embargo by Saudi Arabia, and it could be 1973 all over again
View ArticleIPCC says we have 12 years to cut carbon by 45%. What does that look like?
A manifesto from a London activist looks pretty scary, but is a great place to start a discussion.
View ArticleSpanish lawmakers aim for 90% carbon cuts by 2050
By 2030, 70% of the country's electricity could come from renewables.
View ArticleCanada's climate policies would cook the world
And these pasty-faced guys in cheap suits will make it worse.
View ArticleGermany agrees to end coal burning by 2038 (maybe)
The goal is a good one. The timeline is not.
View ArticleUK carbon emissions down 38% since 1990
Even if you factor in offshoring of jobs and industry, emissions are way, way down.
View ArticleIs nuclear power "the only proven climate solution"?
Instead of building giant concrete buildings filled with uranium, why not build smaller energy-efficient buildings filled with people.
View ArticleEU coal generation down 30% since 2012
It dropped 6% in 2018 alone, and there's reason to believe the phase-out will accelerate.
View ArticleWill more cities ban gas hookups?
It's not likely to happen up north, especially while gas is so cheap.
View ArticlePhoebus Cartel 2.0 gets DOE to roll back lightbulb efficiency standards
The big light bulb manufacturers get what they want out of the DOE and the President. We should all stop buying anything from them.
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