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    3 More Gigafactories Coming Soon to ‘Change the Way the World Uses Energy’

    3 More Gigafactories Coming Soon to ‘Change the Way the World Uses Energy’

    At the grand opening of Tesla’s enormous Gigafactory in July, CEO Elon Musk said he wants to build Gigafactories on several continents. He told BBC he wanted a factory “in Europe, in India, in China … ultimately, wherever there is a huge amount of demand for the end product.” Well, it looks like Musk’s factory-building […]

    States Lead the Way Toward 100% Renewable Energy

    States Lead the Way Toward 100% Renewable Energy

    Lawmakers in California and Massachusetts have recently introduced bills that would require their respective states to get all of its electricity from renewable energy sources. California Senate leader Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), who introduced SB 584 last Friday, would require the Golden State to have a carbon-free grid by 2045. It would also accelerate […]

    Two Major Pipeline Spills Reported Same Week Trump Advances KXL, DAPL

    Two Major Pipeline Spills Reported Same Week Trump Advances KXL, DAPL

    Two major pipeline spills were reported the same week that President Donald Trump signed orders to move the Keystone XL (KXL) and Dakota Access (DAPL) pipelines forward. The recent breaches highlight the dangers of unreliable fossil fuel infrastructure in North America. OMG! #Trump to Sign 2 Executive Actions to Advance #KeystoneXL & #DakotaAccess Pipelines https://t.co/k4nlcbwWCO […]

    Institutions Representing $5 Trillion Pledge to Divest From Fossil Fuels

    Institutions Representing $5 Trillion Pledge to Divest From Fossil Fuels

    The scope of global fossil fuel divestment has doubled over the past 15 months, with institutions and individuals controlling $5.197 trillion in assets pledging to divest. The announcement comes on the first anniversary of the Paris agreement on climate change. “One year after the adoption of the historic Paris climate agreement, it’s clear the transition […]

    Leonardo DiCaprio Meets With Donald Trump to Talk Green Jobs

    Leonardo DiCaprio Meets With Donald Trump to Talk Green Jobs

    Leonardo DiCaprio and Terry Tamminen, the CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF), met with Donald Trump and his advisors including daughter Ivanka Trump on Wednesday at Trump Tower in New York to discuss how green jobs can revitalize the economy. “We presented the President-elect and his advisors with a framework—which LDF developed in consultation […]

    DiCaprio’s Before the Flood: Powerful, Yet Misses on Soils and the Carbon Cycle

    DiCaprio’s Before the Flood: Powerful, Yet Misses on Soils and the Carbon Cycle

    The new Leonardo DiCaprio documentary Before the Flood can now be seen on National Geographic. The actor is a longtime advocate of environmental causes, and his film is surely helping to increase awareness of global warming and the challenges we face with climate chaos. In it, DiCaprio journeys from the remote melting regions of Greenland […]

    70 Giant Freshwater Stingrays Found Dead in Thailand River

    70 Giant Freshwater Stingrays Found Dead in Thailand River

    Scientists are trying to understand why 70 giant freshwater stingrays, some as big as a car, have been found dead in Thailand over the past few weeks. The die-off has been taking place in the Mae Klong River. The giant freshwater stingray is the largest freshwater fish in the world.Zeb Hogan Thai officials have found […]