By Gocompare.com Gocompare.com launched an interactive map showing how much of the world’s electricity is still reliant on coal, oil and gas, and who’s using renewable energy to keep the lights. Check out the interactive map here: Despite increasing evidence of climate change and the pressure imposed by inter-governmental conventions, two thirds (67 percent) of […]
By Vien Truong, Green for All Last week, the IRS asked anyone who might be exposed in the Panama Papers to come forward before they get caught. And for good reason—America is a hotbed of tax evasion. There’s an old myth that we can’t have a comfortable lifestyle—cars, homes, creature comforts—without sacrificing clean water and […]
The Purple One was secretly Green. In an emotional interview on CNN, political commentator Van Jones revealed that his close friend Prince wasn’t just a musical icon but also a major philanthropist. One of his many initiatives included helping Oakland, California residents go solar. Sydney-based artist Hoete paid tribute to Prince in a mural in Sydney. Photo […]
California billionaire Tom Steyer has pledged at least $25 million to a campaign aimed at getting millennials to vote for political candidates who care about climate and energy issues. The number of registered Millennials has TRIPLED since 2008. https://t.co/qEyD7eW8Mh pic.twitter.com/L2Vo1JQ9e7 — NextGen America 🗳 (@NextGenAmerica) April 25, 2016 “Today, over 80 percent of young voters prefer candidates who offer […]
Even the normally cautious Guardian enthused about the signal of global seriousness about climate change evidenced by a record 170 nations signing the Paris accord on a single day and emerging hopes that enough nations might ratify by the end of this year to bring the accord into legal effect four years earlier than originally […]
As the Solar Impulse 2 made its historic 62-hour flight from Hawaii to California without fuel, pilot Bertrand Piccard personally saw the horrific amount of plastic in our oceans. The solar airplane as it approaches the California. Photo credit: Solar Impulse While flying above the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Piccard sent out a tweet to […]
San Francisco is one step closer to its goal of transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy after the city’s Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on Tuesday to mandate solar installations on new buildings. San Francisco has mandated rooftop solar panels on new buildings starting in 2017. Photo credit: Flickr According to the San Francisco Examiner, […]
Talk about an energy revolution. In 2007, there were no utility-scale solar power plants in the U.S. Today, there are hundreds. It’s not just what this growth means for cutting carbon pollution and fighting climate change that’s so exciting—it’s also what it means for the economy. Solar power is creating jobs almost 12 times faster […]
Here’s a headline for climate action advocates to love: Wind and Solar Crushing Fossil Fuels. It’s Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s summary of the current state of play in global energy markets, and it’s got striking data points to support it. In 2015, record investment in new wind and solar electricity was twice as high as dwindling […]
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