Newsy |. (Video News Clip) | / The Tree | – – “Energy companies representing almost the entire European Union have promised not to build new coal power plants after 2020.” Newsy: “EU energy companies make major coal announcement” The Tree notes that anyway there soon won’t be any growth in consumer demand for coal […]
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Solar Energy
Can the Global Mining Industry go Green?
By Joseph Kirschke | (Next Billion) | – – In recent months, events across three continents showed how clean energy use by the mining industry, which consumes 11 percent of global energy, can mitigate climate change on a planet where 2,000 mechanized mines struggle with fuel prices, carbon emissions and ever-increasing logistical challenges. Moreover, Hindustan […]
Climate Change: 5 Lessons the US Can Learn from Latin America
By Geovanny Vicente Romero | (TeleSur) | – – Taking a look at Latin America can provide some low-budget guidance on making a difference with less. During the week of March 12, 2017, the Trump administration revealed details about its national budget proposals. Among the significant changes observed in this budget proposal were reducing the […]
The Chinese Solar Juggernaut that Trump Can’t Stop
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump has pronounced solar power “too expensive” and has pledged to revive the use of coal. The former is a falsehood, the latter a genocide. (Coal kills people with lung disease and global warming). Moreover, Trump keeps complaining that China is eating Americans’ lunch with […]
How a Green Energy Revolution in Small-Town America will make Trump Irrelevant
By James and Deborah Fallows | (The Atlantic video Report) | – – “A move towards sustainable energy is often talked about as an issue for big government, especially during the 2016 election. However, across the United States, progress is being made in biofuel, wind, and solar power at the grassroots. Atlantic national correspondent James […]
Sorry, Trump, you can’t bring back Coal when Solar costs half as Much
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Bloomberg released a new report this week with some startling findings about solar energy. To wit: * Solar energy can now be generated for about half the cost of coal. Coal had been the cheapest energy source, but it has now been overtaken by solar. That […]
How We Can fight back against Trump’s Anti-EPA
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency is a slap in the face of every American who cares about the environment in this country. Pruitt has repeatedly sued the EPA for doing its job. He is a climate change […]
How China will run rings around Trump on Green Energy, and Win Big
By Matthew Kahn | (The Conversation) | – – In mid-November, while Americans were preoccupied with election returns, China sent some of its clearest signals yet that it will continue to pursue an international leadership role on issues including climate. At an international climate change summit in Marrakech, the Chinese government reasserted its commitment to […]
Yemen & Dubai may be at War, but both are going Solar Big Time
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – There is big news on the solar energy front, with the price of panels and installation falling rapidly and popular adoption of it for novel purposes. It occurred to me after I made this list that two of the stories, about Yemen and Dubai, concern countries […]
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