Anheuser-Busch Will Now Have The Largest Electric Truck Fleet In The Country
North American beer giant Anheuser-Busch took a leap into the future this week by announcing the company’s transition to electric delivery trucks, which means they will have the largest such fleet on the continent. It cannot be stressed enough that transportation around the globe will have to change dramatically as part of the fight against […]
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6 Island Nations Will Issue ‘Blue Bonds’ To Make Shipping In The Pacific Ocean Carbon Neutral
Six Pacific island nations are actively trying to raise $500 million for the purpose of making all shipping in the Pacific Ocean zero carbon by the middle of the century. The Guardian reports: “The Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership, announced on Tuesday by the governments of Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and […]
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Norway Tells Companies Based There To Stop Funding Amazon Deforestation
The Amazon rainforest is on fire in a bald-faced effort to clear land for corporate use by the agriculture and fossil fuel industries in Brazil, which is why Norway is strongly urging its own companies to stop funding the deforestation. For years, Norway has contributed the lion’s share of funding to the Amazon Fund in […]
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Chinese megacity will build enormous waste-to-energy conversion plant
One of the largest cities in China is about to make a dramatic investment in a project that could wind up inspiring other urban areas around the world to help solve two problems: Eliminating waste and creating much-needed energy. According to the World Economic Forum, the city of Shenzhen in southern China is about to […]
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Carbon-neutral fuels are now a step closer to being a reality
It has long been what can best be called the Holy Grail of energy research: Producing fuels that are truly carbon-neutral and don’t release carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. And thanks to the efforts of two groups of researchers, that dream is now within reach. At the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, […]
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Finland announces move to ban coal one year earlier than planned
Finland had initially planned to phase out coal power by 2030, but the move toward clean energy is going much quicker than expected. As climate change threatens the world, multiple nations are rushing to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources that will reduce humanity’s carbon footprint. In fact, we have ten years to […]
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The future of glass skyscrapers just got greener with transparent solar panels
Solar power has been around for a long time. And with the increasing construction of glass structures such as skyscrapers, it’s about time the technology caught up. And it finally has. Glass structures are woefully inefficient and contribute to the massive carbon footprint produced by cities every day. In fact, a new study shows that […]
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United Kingdom goes one full week without using coal power for first time since 1882
For the first time in 137 years, the United Kingdom generated 100 percent of their electricity used in a week without relying on coal power, an achievement that serves as a example for the rest of the globe. For too long, industrialized nations have relied on fossil fuels such as coal to produce electricity, pumping […]
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What Is the Difference Between Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources? 7 Things You Need to Know
What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources? These terms get thrown around a lot, but we want to help you understand their real meaning. So what is the difference? Renewable resources come from energy resources that can be used over and over, but non-renewable resources have a finite limit and can be depleted. While […]
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Harvard undertakes solar sustainability project inspired by campus Arboretum
Harvard University is taking cues from it’s own Arboretum full of plants to undertake another innovative sustainable solar energy project on the campus that will help fight climate change. The current goal for the city of Boston is to switch from fossil fuels to 100 percent clean energy by 2050. Taking another step toward that […]
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