Tag: global heating
Reflections after Covering Cleantech Industries for 15½ Years
There’s no specific anniversary I’m marking with this article, but with so many notable changes happening in the world right now, I’ve been spending a lot of time reflecting on how cleantech industries — most notably, solar energy, wind energy, electric vehicles, battery storage, and heat pumps — have evolved … [continued]
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25 Years of Hybrids, 10 Years of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars
One of our readers passed along the note recently that it was the 25 year anniversary of the first hybrid car in the United States, the Honda Insight, which arrived in December 1999. (Yes, the Toyota Prius came a couple of years earlier in Japan, but it didn’t come to … [continued]
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A Focus On 1.5ºC May Be The Wrong Way To Frame The Climate Emergency
The climate debate focuses on certain temperature increases, but one scientist suggests that is the wrong way to get people to act.
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New Study: Carbon Capture Is A Waste Of Money, & Counterproductive
It’s an easy argument to understand and to make: yes, we need more clean energy, but we also need to take carbon dioxide out of the air with carbon capture technology. The problem is that you can have much more impact for every dollar spent on the former than with … [continued]
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Last Month Was The Hottest January On Record
With many of us experiencing a very cold January, I’m sure millions of people were inclined to think, “Global warming? What global warming? Pfff!” However, just because the door to the Arctic was opened for a bit and sent a frost down our way, that doesn’t mean the world as … [continued]
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