California Going Carbon-Free by 2045
The California legislature has passed SB100, increasing renewable energy from 50% to 60% by 2030, and planning to be carbon-free by 2045. Just three years ago, California's goal of 50% looked like a challenge. Thanks to the continuing rapid decline...
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Shell Oil installing electric charging stations across Europe.
The future is here. The nations of the world (all except the US federal government) have agreed to start phasing out fossil fuels. Is remotely possible for us to bring this about in time to prevent runaway climate catastrophe? What...
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Cleaning up the oceans?
The alarming extent of plastic pollution in the oceans of the world has been getting a lot of attention lately. Seabirds, fish, even whales killed by mistaking plastic for food; stomachs full of plastic bags, drinking straws and plastic utensils;...
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Capitalism Waking Up to Climate?
28 Jan 2018: Earlier this month, the corporate world was caught off-guard by a letter demanding social responsibility. Specifically, climate responsibility. Why the surprise? The letter came from BlackRock, the world's largest investment manager. BlackRock has been one of several...
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South Florida Market Waking Up to Climate Risk
Florida is waking up to climate risk. Unlike our federal government, the American business community understands the risks of climate change, and is starting to do something about it. Bitter medicine, but good news.
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New York City & State Divesting
The fossil fuel divestment movement is now up to $5.6 trillion. Black Rock, Vanguard and now Moody's have spoken. Ignore climate at your own risk.
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Electric Semi Trucks are Coming: TESLA SEMI
The electric vehicle revolution continues to pick up speed. Tesla's unveiling of its electric semi truck is simply astonishing, including such things as a 500-mile range, fast charging, and a million mile no-breakdown guarantee. While the electric vehicle has been...
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Sooner Than You Think
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-04/dawn-of-solar-age-declared-as-pv-beats-all-other-forms-of-power Enjoy this inspiring video clip. "Renewable energy is a technology, not a fuel. The more we make, the better we get at it. Every time it doubles, the cost comes down by 28%". That's called "The Experience Curve"... It's...
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China joins the list of countries planning to ban fossil fuel vehicles!
China has just joined the UK, Scotland and France in committing to ban gasoline and diesel vehicle sales by 2040. The world market for internal combustion vehicles is shrinking remarkably fast, and automakers are already starting to adapt to this...
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“Off Fossil Fuels Act” introduced in Congress
In the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act (OFF Act) was introduced last week in the House of Representatives. Though this bill is sponsored by Democrats, there is strong evidence of...
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7,400 cities are “still in” despite Trump’s withdrawal.
7,400 cities worldwide have now confirmed their continuing commitment to the Paris climate agreement, including 250 American mayors representing 59 million Americans. Equally significant, many of the 800-pound gorillas in American business are "still in" as well. Some of the...
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Peter Yarrow still at large!
A delightful free concert this week from Peter Yarrow, and a video of "Puff, the magic dragon".
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Trump’s Paris withdrawal will backfire.
It has been astonishing to watch the growing list of nations, business leaders, and U.S. states and cities doubling down on their climate commitments in response to Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate accord. A sampling: •Within 4 days, 1200...
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Study: Gasoline cars will vanish in 8 years.
Fossil-fuel vehicles will be essentially replaced by electric vehicles in 8 years, driven by economics. Impossible? Think laptops, cell phones and digital cameras.
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Atlanta the 27th city to commit to 100% renewables.
http://www.nationofchange.org/2017/05/03/atlanta-becomes-27th-city-commit-100-renewables/ While the Trump administration is back-pedaling furiously on climate, American states, cities and businesses are quietly gaining steam on the inevitable transition to clean energy. Large cities like Chicago, San Diego and Salt Lake City have committed to ambitious...
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Three states have now banned fracking
First Vermont, then New York. And now, Maryland has banned fracking as well. Maryland's action two weeks ago exposed a crack in the wall of partisan politics, in the face of compelling climate science and public opposition to fracking. Will Florida...
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Electric Vehicles Gaining Fast
While electric vehicles have not yet made much of a dent in the overall automobile market, they are starting to move much faster than anyone would have dreamed. Tesla has now passed General Motors to become the most valuable automaker in the...
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