Republished From The Guardian By Jigar Shah Some journalists are still pushing a false narrative about wind and solar jobs, argues Jigar Shah. Like many Americans, I am an avid listener to American Public Media’s program Marketplace. The show bills itself as "the most widely heard program on business...
Republished From Waste Dive By Kristin Musulin "Consumers are doing their homework on companies before they choose to do business with them," said Nielsen Project Development Director Erica Parker at the recent Global Sustainability Summit in New Orleans. Parker and colleague, Elizabeth Kiniorski, presented on the importance of sustainable...
Republished From Gizmodo By George Dvorsky Olympic organizers have made climate change a central theme at the current games—and for good reason. A sobering new study shows that by the 2084 Olympics, rising temperatures will make it practically impossible for most cities to host the summer games. In a...
Republished From The Telegraph By AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD The world's next energy revolution is probably no more than five or ten years away. Cutting-edge research into cheap and clean forms of electricity storage is moving so fast that we may never again need to build 20th Century...
Republished from Takepart.com By John R. Platt A federal program is bringing solar energy and other green technology to farms and small communities. A winery with a solar array in rural Oregon. A greenhouse in Montana tapping geothermal energy. A farm in Kansas that deployed an energy-efficient irrigation system....
Republished From SFGATE By Carolyn Lochhead At the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California's Mojave Desert, some of the plant's 347,000 garage-door-sized mirrors used to generate power can be seen. California is looking for a reliable way to store green energy for when customers need it. (Mark...
Republished From munchies.vice.com By DAISY MEAGER Half the fun of an al fresco lunch is the challenge of steadying a slice of quiche, three sausage rolls, and a squashed crisp sandwich on a precariously balanced plastic plate, all while inexpertly stabbing at a rogue cherry tomato with a...
Republished From The Guardian By Oliver Milman A coalition of 25 prominent members of US national security community warn that higher temperatures and rising seas will inundate bases and fuel conflict The Pentagon ordered its officials in January to start incorporateing climate change into every major consideration, from...
Republished From The NY Times By HIROKO TABUCHI and CLIFFORD KRAUSS Some companies, including Exxon Mobil, say the economics of climate change are too hard to predict for them to give investors hard numbers about the business impact of global warming. Federal regulators may disagree and are considering requiring...
Republished From Fortune By Katie Fehrenbacher It’s a quiet turning point against the backdrop of U.S. politics. Earth has seemingly passed a worrisome threshold for the changing climate this week, according to scientists. The last week in September is often the time of the year when the planet’s carbon emissions are...