You may not have heard it happen, but the global automotive industry changed forever on Thursday, September 28, 2017. China released its plan to require substantial sales of plug-in electric cars by all makers who want to sell in the world’s largest car market, and they start in little more […]
Daily Archives: October 2, 2017
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Extreme condition like we’ve seen in the West become more likely as global temperatures rise with climate change, scientists say. Wildfires burned across hundreds of thousands of acres in the American and Canadian West in early September, fueled by scorching temperatures that broke heat and fire records across the region. […]
Lest you wonder whether your activism is making a difference… Don Steinke has compiled this list of victories by Power Past Coal, Stand Up to Oil, and others: 1. Boardman OR Coal Power – agreements to close in 2020, signed ~2009 2. Kalama Coal Proposal – abandoned ~ 2009 3. […]
Send a letter to your members of Congress today and a copy to the Governor! With the Eagle Creek fire still burning in the Columbia Gorge, Congressman Greg Walden has already introduced legislation (HR 3715) that would require commercial logging in areas impacted by the Eagle Creek fire within the […]
California’s pitch for 100 percent renewable energy is dead — for now. If we’ve learned anything this summer, it’s that 100 percent renewables is easier said than done. by Emma Foehringer Merchant September 15, 2017 in Green Tech Media In the last week of its legislative session, California bills that […]
Summary: A table outlines EVs through 2022: 17 models in 2016, 21 in 2017, 26 in 2018, 48 in 2019, 70 in 2020, 115 in 2021 and 143 in 2022. Competition is the key ingredient why profitability in the auto industry has been crummy for many decades, and valuation multiples […]
October 5, 2017 is Energy Efficiency Day. Earlier this year a group of national, regional, and local energy efficiency pros met to decide what we should ask people to do to make the greatest impact on energy efficiency across the United States. What is the big, bold action we are […]
Sale of oil assets is fueling Denmark’s green transition. In another sign that the petroleum era is drawing to a close, Denmark is selling off its last oil company with barely a peep. Once considered a strategic asset, on a par with national carriers or shipyards, the oil and gas […]
The Colorado city will rely on solar energy, a king-sized lithium-ion battery, and energy efficiency schemes. DENVER — Can a city built from scratch be profitable to developers and enjoyable to residents as it tries to be carbon-free? That is the question facing owners and planners of a mostly vacant, […]
A new report suggests the economics of large-scale batteries are reaching an important inflection point. When it comes to renewable energy, Minnesota isn’t typically a headline-grabber: in 2016 it got about 18 percent of its energy from wind, good enough to rank in the top 10 states. But it’s just […]
Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think. To read an annotated version of this article, complete with interviews with scientists and links to further reading, click here. I. ‘Doomsday’ Peering beyond scientific reticence. It is, I promise, worse than […]
In the wake of Trump pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement, how serious are your elected leaders about fighting back? By Bill McKibben Perhaps no president in recent times has unified the country, and the globe, as effectively as Donald Trump. In the hours following his rejection of the […]
How low can you go? Mind-blowingly low 65-cents-per-watt solar system pricing emerges in India. This may sound a little repetitive, but it’s impossible to ignore: The decline in solar costs is not slowing down. GTM Research expects a 27 percent drop in average global project prices by 2022, or about […]
Three years of hard work by EV advocacy group Forth and their allies has paid off! The Oregon House and Senate have voted to approve a $5.3 billion transportation funding package that includes point of purchase rebates for electric vehicles in Oregon. Governor Kate Brown, who has been a leader […]
Volvo just became the first big carmaker to go all electric. If followed by other auto giants, even partially, that could have big implications down the road for climate change policy, oil demand, and the geopolitics of energy. Volvo said Wednesday that it will phase out models that only have […]