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Why 2023 is the year for companies to join the electric truck transition

EDF + Business

The technology is not without its near-term challenges, as with every new innovative technology, but it will be exciting to see if these events will emulate the proliferation of BEVs in the light-duty sector with the emergence of the first-generation Tesla Roadster in 2008.

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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

GreenBiz

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. Hopefully the tipping point is where you see the full array of competitive forces aligned to reducing the carbon footprint of industry and society, and people competing on this basis," he explains. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4

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ComEd’s Favorable Regulatory Treatment for Grid Investments Comes Under Fire

GreenTechMedia

ComEd has defended EIMA, noting that it has led to a 70 percent improvement in grid reliability since 2012, and has allowed energy efficiency programs that have delivered $5 billion in savings to customers since 2008.

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What presidential hopefuls can learn from the original “Climate Corps”

EDF + Business

By Scott Wood The 2020 presidential candidates are starting to introduce an array of proposals to fight climate change. Included in the mix are multiple calls for creating a “Climate Corps” – a national service initiative designed to engage America’s youth to advance climate solutions. EDF Climate Corps’ growth also echoes this demand.

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House Committee Poised for Potential Subpoena of PR Firm for Climate Disinformation

DeSmogBlog

But it has been instrumental in an array of oil industry campaigns meant to sow doubt about climate change , attack climate scientists, and play up the benefits of fossil fuels. . A powerful Washington, D.C., FTI Consulting , a billion-dollar firm that has a global presence, is not a household name.

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A Solar CEO’s 2020 Forecast: Local Developers Continue to Shine

GreenTechMedia

When we started Sol Systems around a dinner table in 2008, PV modules cost $3/watt — and that was a recent breakthrough. 2019 served up a super-sized array of mergers and acquisitions as the solar industry looks increasingly like the more-consolidated wind industry. A recent flurry of M&A (and more to come).

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The seven steps to a green and resilient recovery

Business Green

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis calls went up for green stimulus plans, but while they gained some traction support was largely confined to environmental campaigners and clean tech industries and the opportunity to deliver sweeping climate-focused recovery packages was ultimately squandered.