CausesBernt Rostad/Flickr World’s northernmost coal power plant shuts down Longyearbyen at Svalbard switches from coal to diesel and halves the emission of CO2.
CausesU.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Flickr/https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ ‘Warehouse’ growth worrying environmental groups in Pa. The online shopping industry, and the multi-billion dollar logistics and distribution network at its core, depend on Pennsylvania’s roads, land and workers for its warehouses.
CausesRoy Luck/Flickr/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ A precise tally of agricultural pollution? Farmers are working on it. Fertilizer, fossil fuels and cows mean farming creates 10% of Canada’s carbon pollution. Measuring it all is a complex and uncertain task.
Good NewsCalifornia Energy Commission/Flickr/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Illinois school districts vie for clean school bus funds The EPA made $400 million available in an effort to get diesel-run school buses off the road, with a special focus on low-income communities.
Good NewsBigStock Photo ID: 473624691Copyright: Macrovector SLUAvailable for extended license use An oil refiner leans on manure to provide a greener future Varo Energy, a Swiss provider of gasoline and diesel, is charting a path to lower carbon energy by relying on farm waste and used cooking oil.
Good News Photo by Damian Carr on Unsplash Colorado launches grant programs to fund electric school buses, truck fleets Colorado will provide up to $375,000 per vehicle to school districts to purchase new battery-powered buses.
