Solar farms and farmers have historically had a love-hate relationship but that is changing rapidly as farmers embrace the stable income that solar brings. Many states have enacted laws that limit the use of farmland for solar farms after being pushed by conservationists. Michigan, however, just recently had over 5,000 square miles opened up to […]
Rare earth metals are utilized in the production of most high-tech devices, but they are also needed for products that are used in combating climate change, such as solar panels and materials used in building wind turbines. The problem is that the traditional mining of these materials is very destructive to the environment we are […]
Sustainable investing is a growing trend with assets in the sector totaling nearly $31 trillion in the five major markets globally at the beginning of 2018. This number represents a 34% increase from 2016. Professionally managed assets in environmentally responsible and sustainable sectors now range from 18% in Japan to as high as 63% in […]
Smart Cities are the future and this was solidified internationally at the end of 2018 with the signing of the Compact of Mayors. This agreement signed by the leaders of over 2,000 global municipalities focuses on ramping up climate change resiliency initiatives. These include public carbon emissions reporting, energy efficiency programs, and resilient financing projects. […]
Renewable energy development relies upon sufficient quantities of rare earth minerals, specifically neodymium, terbium, indium, dysprosium, and praseodymium. These are used in the production of solar panels and wind turbines. If the world is to meet the greenhouse gas emissions targets sought in the Paris Climate Agreement the availability of these minerals must increase by […]
Solar power is the answer to saving the planet from the destruction being caused by the ridiculous reliance on fossil fuels. No rational, thinking person cab believe that this hasn’t done horrific damage to our air and water, public health, or wildlife, much less our climate. The global warming from the increased release of CO2 […]
Electric trucks are a new entry into the EV or electric vehicle market, but are exciting climate activists and renewable energy purists that want to drive a truck that isn’t burning fossil fuel. Let’s look at two of them now, one from Rivian and the other from Atlis. Rivian Even Amazon and Ford have put […]
Solar energy inequality is something that isn’t generally thought of among the general population, there are companies doing something about it, however. In this post we will go over the issues involved and solutions that have been introduced to solve the problem. One of the ways the problem of solar energy inequality is being solved […]
Renewable energy is not yet as dominant in the energy sector as one may think. Despite all of the buzz about hydropower, wind turbines and solar energy it has a long way to go. Just 17% of energy produced in 2018 was from renewables and most of that was hydropower from older dams. The tide […]