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geothermal energy climate

Meet the geothermal champions

Energy from Earth’s crust is renewable and clean. Here’s where it’s hot, and where it’s not.
www.nytimes.com
climate colorado energy

New Colorado plan envisions 2.1M electric cars on state roads by 2035

Colorado proposes new truck sales at 30% electric by 2030, but trucking industry questions whether it’s feasible.

www.greeleytribune.com
Partha Dasgupta economics of nature

An economist's 'answer to everything.' Hint: It takes nature

Partha Dasgupta is a Cambridge University economist who has criticized politicians and economists for not including the cost of Earth's destruction when tallying things like economic growth.

This engaging video featuring Dasgupta and Danish actor Alexander Skarsgård boils his 600-page treatise down to five minutes.

Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich says "watching this is likely your mind's best use of five minutes this week."

The bottom line: We have to start accounting for Nature.

Not doing so, Skarsgård notes in the video, is like using only the goals your team scores to assess a soccer game. You might have an impressive number, but you have no idea if your team is winning or losing.

Worth your time....

www.nytimes.com
gas energy emissions climate europe

EU approves 2035 ban on sales of gas-powered cars

EU countries have approved an end to the sale of gas-powered cars in 2035, allowing the law to enter into force.

e360.yale.edu
climate education gulf coast

Free curriculum helps Gulf Coast teachers educate students about sea level rise

Many teachers want to educate their students about climate change and sea level rise. But they don’t always feel prepared.

yaleclimateconnections.org
Battery-powered appliances home clean energy

Battery-powered appliances will be the future of home clean energy

Traditionally, batteries’ purpose was to make gadgets portable. Today, they’re a shortcut in our path to “electrify everything.”
www.washingtonpost.com
people choosing green burials

More people choosing green burials without caskets, cremation, embalming

Green burials — the American standard until the Civil War — are coming back, as people ditch expensive caskets and decompose into the soil instead.
www.washingtonpost.com
Sky-high kites tap unused wind power

Sky-high kites aim to tap unused wind power

High-altitude winds remain a huge untapped source of renewable energy, but a race to the sky is well underway.
www.dw.com
California moves to penalize oil company profits

California Democrats pass Newsom's proposal that could penalize oil company profits

Oil companies will have to submit vast amounts of data on pricing and supply.
www.politico.com
Rewilding’ parts of the planet could have big climate benefits

‘Rewilding’ parts of the planet could have big climate benefits

Restoring fish, bison, gray wolves and other animals in key regions is possible without risking food supplies, and could remove nearly 500 gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere by 2100.

insideclimatenews.org
rainwater climate drought

Millions lack reliable access to running water. Should they start catching rain?

Advocates say that in even the driest towns and cities, rain farming has the potential to erase projected water deficits in the decades to come.
www.washingtonpost.com
Australian climate deal

Australian climate deal struck after Labor and the Greens reach safeguard mechanism agreement

The federal government has secured the support it needs to implement its central climate change commitment, after securing a deal with the Greens after months of safeguard mechanism negotiations. 
www.abc.net.au
climate conversations australia

Wash, blow dry and 1.5 degrees please: Hairdressers trained to talk about climate action

A salon in Sydney is spearheading workshops for hairdressers on how to steer small talk about the weather into conversations about global heating.

www.theguardian.com
bangladesh floods climate

Facing floods: What the world can learn from Bangladesh's climate solutions

The world's worst cyclones hit Bangladesh. Floods are devastating. Yet death tolls are falling. The country's climate disaster strategies offer lessons for all coastal communities.
www.wbur.org
stacey abrams fossil fuels energy climate

Power move: Stacey Abrams’ next act is the electrification of the US

The Georgia activist on why she is leaving campaign politics behind to focus on weaning America off fossil fuels.

www.theguardian.com
berlin climate referendum energy

Berlin votes on tighter climate goals in test of Germans commitment to change

Berlin voted on making the city climate neutral by 2030, in a binding referendum that will force the new conservative local government to invest heavily in renewable energy, building efficiency and public transportation.

www.reuters.com
promise of kelp-powered flight

The promise of kelp-powered flight

Kelp is fast and relatively easy to grow, and already a vital food in many parts of the world. Martha Henriques asks whether it could also power the aircraft of the future.
www.bbc.com
NC living shoreline project

NCDOT nears completion on its first living shoreline project

The N.C. Department of Transportation and the nonprofit Coastal Federation have partnered on the agency's first living shoreline project under construction in Swansboro.
coastalreview.org
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