05 Feb
2016
Obama to propose $10-a-barrel oil tax
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency | UNITED STATES
Published by : Care 2 Trade
President Barack Obama is about to unveil an ambitious plan for a “21st century clean transportation system.” And he hopes to fund it with a tax on oil.Obama aides told POLITICO that when he releases his final budget request next week, the president will propose more than $300 billion worth of investments over the next decade in mass transit, high-speed rail, self-driving cars, and other transportation approaches designed to reduce carbon emissions and congestion.…
05 Feb
2016
FOLLOW THE LEADER: HOW 11 COUNTRIES ARE SHIFTING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency | SWEDEN
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This December, almost 200 countries from every corner of the world signed the Paris Agreement, committing to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and – dare we say – save the world! The question on everyone's mind: How? The truth is, we don't have to wait on scientists to invent some newfangled contraption. The solutions are already here! We simply need to ramp up renewable energy generation, and fast. Here's how: follow the leader. There are many countries already…
05 Feb
2016
Fire rages at Mumbai landfill
Others | INDIA
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In January 2016, fire raged in the largest landfill in the Indian city of Mumbai. Located in an eastern suburb of the city, the Deonar dumping ground extends across 132 hectares (326 acres) near Thane Creek. It receives over 3,700 metric tons (8.1 million pounds) of trash per day, about one-third of the city’s waste. With piles of trash that rise up to 30 meters (100 feet)—the equivalent of a nine-story building—the landfill has literally become a mountain…
05 Feb
2016
How retailers can harness green buildings to boost profits
Green Building Materials, Construction & Design | UNITED STATES
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Shopping can be a miserable experience. Dragging handfuls of heavy shopping bags (and perhaps a child or two) into a store that has no natural light and no fresh air, but plenty of loud music and too-warm changing rooms, is enough to make anyone pack up and go home. On the other hand, a shopping environment that is calm and spacious, with plenty of natural light and greenery, can tempt shoppers to linger longer - and spend more - in store. New research released…
05 Feb
2016
Exxon, Shell and Chevron Eye Atlantic Coast Oil
Resource Recovery & Environment Management | UNITED STATES
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Sharks are circling in the Atlantic ocean, and we're not referring to the majestic wildlife found there.International oil supermajors Exxon, Shell and Chevron have all submitted public comments urging the government to open up as much of the U.S. coastline to oil exploration as possible, in particular the Atlantic offshore area stretching from Virginia to Georgia.What's at StakeIn the next month or two, the Obama administration will be accepting public comments…
04 Feb
2016
A CHEAPER AND MORE EFFICIENT ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency | THAILAND
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The sun shines more than 300 days a year in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Hamburg entrepreneur Sebastian-Justus Schmidt says, “it is the perfect location for a solar energy system.” His Phi Suea House’s solar panels produce 6,000 kWh a month, enough to power 20 to 25 average North American households. Though the first three residences in this development went online last March, it officially opened January 29. The most revolutionary aspect of this development is the…
04 Feb
2016
Elon Musk Gives Talk At Tesla Paris
Green Transportation & Logistics | FRANCE
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently stopped off at the company’s showroom in Paris, France, to give a presentation, more or less detailing the company’s plans for Europe over the next few years. He touched on a number of topics that don’t seem to ever leave the news cycle, but also some that we haven’t heard as much about.Amongst the most notable comments was addressing the timing of Model X deliveries in the territory — he was quoted as saying that if you already…
04 Feb
2016
World Future Energy Summit Keynote Speeches & Opening Ceremony
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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To kick off this year’s World Future Energy Summit, International Water Summit (IWS), EcoWaste Exhibition, and other Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week events, inspiring opening remarks were made by Dr Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, the UAE’s Minister of State and Chairman of Masdar; Mexico’s President, Enrique Pena Nieto; the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon.To enjoy these yourself, as well as other opening ceremony highlights (live music, the Zayed Future Energy Prize…
04 Feb
2016
10 greenest countries on the planet
Others | FINLAND
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Results are in from the Yale-based 2016 Environmental Performance Index, which ranks 180 countries on how they protect ecosystems and human health.We humans are making a mess of the planet and it's up to us to make good – there's no planet nanny who is going to come in and tidy up for us. And we seem to be inching along toward realizing this – more and more governments are taking notice and last year's Climate Change Conference in Paris resulted in a landmark…
03 Feb
2016
California's Aliso Canyon methane leak: climate disaster or opportunity?
Resource Recovery & Environment Management | UNITED STATES
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Daniel Raimi, University of MichiganThis October, a large leak was discovered at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility in northwest Los Angeles. The leak is a serious health risk to nearby residents, and because methane – the primary component of natural gas – is a potent greenhouse gas, some have called this leak a “disaster” for climate change.To be sure, this leak, which is projected to continue for several weeks, is very significant. But because…
02 Feb
2016
Benefit Corporations for a Sustainable Economy
Others | CANADA
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In 2015, we witnessed what is possible when large groups of people come together to change the world. But with the adoption of both the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement, we have a lot of promises to keep and work to get done.A sustainable economy is within our reach, but it will take the cooperation of multiple stakeholders, the investment of billions of funds and the dedication of the entire world.Lobbyists, activists, scientists…
01 Feb
2016
France to pave 1,000km of road with solar panels
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency | FRANCE
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Ségolène Royal, France’s minister of ecology and energy, has said that the government intends to pave 1,000km of road with photovoltaic panels in the next five years, supplying power to millions of people. “The maximum effect of the programme, if successful, could be to furnish 5 million people with electricity, or about 8% of the French population”– The minister told a conference of transport authorities last week that the tenders for the “Positive Energy”…
01 Feb
2016
Five trends that will define the world’s forests in 2016
Others | MALAYSIA
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Bill Laurance, James Cook UniversityThe past year has been a momentous time for the world’s forests, with both good and bad news. Fasten your seat belts, because 2016 promises to be another roller-coaster ride.Here I hightlight five factors that could have a big impact on forests this year. For further discussion, see this insightful analysis by environmental journalist Rhett Butler.1. Collapsing commodity pricesThe ripple effects from China’s slowing economy…
31 Jan
2016
Are we recycling too much of our trash?
Resource Recovery & Environment Management | UNITED STATES
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Thomas Kinnaman, Bucknell UniversityA recent credible studysuggests the amount of waste Americans dispose in landfills each year is over twice what the EPA had been estimating.Although this news may not surprise the country’s disposal facilities (who already knew the quantity of waste they take in), the study may strike an old nerve for many Americans – that our society generates too much garbage. The answer, we have been repeatedly told, is to recycle our…
30 Jan
2016
Has coal burning finally peaked in China?
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency | CHINA
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One of the world's biggest environmental challenges is getting China off coal. The country has accomplished a lot of things in the past few decades, bringing hundreds of millions of people out of an almost medieval level of poverty, but the breakneck pace of modernization resulted in some massive problems that need to be corrected as fast as possible, and coal is at the root of many of the biggest. For example, China is now the #1 emitter of CO2 (though a…
29 Jan
2016
Denmark sets world record for wind power consumption
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency | DENMARK
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Recently countries with great renewable energy resources have made impressive achievements in clean energy generation. Last year, Costa Rica met 99 percent of its energy demand with a mix of renewable energy and Scotland's wind turbines generated the equivalent electricity of 97% of its households' energy needs, though what was consumed was still a mix of renewables and fossil fuels.Now, Denmark says it has hit a world record for the amount of wind energy…
28 Jan
2016
New plug-and-play home battery system saves money by avoiding high energy rates
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency | UNITED STATES
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The average American household consumes 911 kWh of electricity each month, and fluctuating utility rates make some of that energy cost much more than the rest. One company is launching a device that seeks to eliminate those cost spikes. Orison’s home battery system stores electricity when rates are low, so it can be used later to avoid paying the higher rates. Best of all, this new system requires no installation like other home battery setups; you just plug…
28 Jan
2016
We're Emptying the Oceans of Fish and Filling Them With Plastic
Resource Recovery & Environment Management | UNITED STATES
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Two reports out this week paint an alarming future for Earth’s oceans. The first one, published by the Wold Economic Forum, finds that by 2050, the oceans will contain more plastic than fish by weight. The second, which appears in Nature Communications, reveals that our nets have raked in far more fish over the past 60 years than we realized. “This is a huge problem and a distributed problem,” Jackie Savitz, vice president of US Oceans, told Gizmodo. Savitz…
27 Jan
2016
NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal Record-Shattering Global Warm Temperatures in 2015
Resource Recovery & Environment Management | UNITED STATES
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Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).Globally-averaged temperatures in 2015 shattered the previous mark set in 2014 by 0.23 degrees Fahrenheit (0.13 Celsius). Only once before, in 1998, has the new record been greater than the old record by this much.The 2015 temperatures continue a long-term warming…
26 Jan
2016
Explainer: how scientists know climate change is happening
Others | UNITED KINGDOM
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Mark Maslin, UCLThe Paris climate conference will set nations against each other, and kick off huge arguments over economic policies, green regulations and even personal lifestyle choices. But one thing isn’t up for debate: the evidence for climate change is unequivocal.We still control the future, however, as the magnitude of shifting weather patterns and the frequency of extreme climate events depends on how much more greenhouse gas we emit. We aren’t facing…