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Archives: Green Energy
How Green Energy is already taking over the World
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In 2015 energy companies invested more in new renewables power plants in 2015 than in fossil fuel plants for the first time in…
Can Morocco Create a New Middle East through Green Energy?
By Moha Ennaji | ( Project Syndicate) | - - FEZ – The global oil-price bust has devastated economies across the Middle East and North Africa. Having seen severe price declines in…
The Question isn’t of Saving the World via Renewables but of how Much can be Saved
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Humanity is not abandoning fossil fuels fast enough to avoid some massive changes to our world's climate, with all the implications that change…
Carbon Emissions stall as renewables move into top gear
The Tree | - - As the news broke ... that global greenhouse gas emissions reached a plateau in 2014, a flotilla of announcements from both countries and companies at the Paris…
Sell that Coal Stock: The future belongs to Wind and Solar, COP21 or No
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Historically, the transition from one energy system to another, as from wood to coal or coal to oil, has proven an enormously…
Don’t wait for Gov’ts in Paris to fix Climate Change: We can do it Ourselves
James Dyke | (The Conversation) | - - It’s now almost certain that 2015 will be the warmest year ever recorded. However, rather than reduce green house gas emissions – something that…
Bernie Sanders wants Ban new Drilling Offshore, on Fed. Land
John Iadarola | (The Young Turks) | - - "Bernie Sanders is taking a strong stand against climate change. He proposed an aggressive plan to curb the United States consumption of fossil…
Unlike Florida, India’s Tamil Nadu State Requires Solar Panels on New Multistory Buildings
Smitha TK | (NDTV Video Report) | - - "The Tamil Nadu Government makes Solar Power generation mandatory in buildings, but is it doing enough to crease out the implementation challenges? Smitha…
Top 5 Signs cheap Renewable Energy is taking the World by Surprise
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - 1. Vice News points out that a new report from the Paris-based International Energy Agency estimates that in just five years, by 2020,…
In massive Green Commitment, India Pledges 40% Renewables by 2030
The Tree | - - With the informal deadline now expired, India has joined other major economies to submit its climate pledge to the United Nations. The world’s third biggest polluter aims…
100 per cent renewable energy by 2050 achievable, necessary – Greenpeace
The Tree | - - 100 per cent renewable energy for all is achievable by 2050, creating jobs and cutting fuel costs, according to Greenpeace’s latest Energy [R]evolution report. Researched in collaboration…
Will the US Catholic Church Divest from Fossil Fuels, buy Solar Panels?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In his White House address on Wednesday, Pope Francis again brought up the urgent issue of global warming, climate change is a problem…
Holland’s Wind-Driven trains & 4 other Hopeful Green Energy Stories for Today
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - 1. In three years, all Dutch electric trains will be powered by wind turbines, either turbines in the Netherlands itself or in nearby…
As Vanguard for Climate Action, Low-Carbon Cities Could Save $22 Trillion
By Deirdre Fulton | (Commondreams.org) | - - Compact, connected, and efficient "low-carbon" cities could generate global savings of up to $22 trillion, while sharply reducing greenhouse gas emissions, alleviating poverty, and…
Top 5 Green Energy Breakthroughs Today
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - - Switching to green energy sources like wind and solar is necessary to save the planet from increased concentrations of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide,…
Defying Saudis, Iran: Muslim thinkers call for Action on Climate Change at Istanbul Conference
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Attendees at the International Islamic Climate Change Symposium in Istanbul from 20 countries produced, and 60 of them signed, a declaration this week…
California at the Cutting Edge of our new Mega-Drought Normal
By William deBuys | ( Tomdispatch.com) - - Long ago, I lived in a cheap flat in San Francisco and worked as the lone straight man in a gay construction company. Strangely…
Is Wind Energy taking over the Planet and Saving it?
By Nicole Jewell | (Fix.com) | - - Renewable energy has come a long way in a relatively short time. But there are still many questions about the cost effectiveness and feasibility…