Sat.Jan 11, 2020

article thumbnail

How Oakland's environmental justice movement transformed California's regulatory culture of climate change

GreenBiz

Local groups have engaged with regulators, legislators and other experts to drive impact.

article thumbnail

Thus Saith Greta: Hope is achieved Through Action

Green Market Oracle

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is an internationally renowned climate icon who is well known for saying she does not want our hope , she wants our action. "Until you start focusing on what needs to be done rather than what is politically possible there is no hope," Greta said. "The one thing we need more than hope is action. Once we start to act, hope is everywhere.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

The Top-Performing Energy Companies Of 2019

R-Squared Energy

I had originally intended on presenting my 2020 energy sector predictions today, but those aren’t quite ready. I expect to publish that column no later than a week from today. Instead, I present another column I always write at the end of each quarter: The performance of different areas of the energy sector. Since the end of the quarter also represented the end of the year, I will also cover the top-performing energy companies of the year.

Energy 60
article thumbnail

Land Reclamation: A Destructive Force on Malaysia’s Coastlines

Unsustainable

Land Reclamation in Malaysia: Coastal development in the Southeast-Asian nation might be doing more harm than good. words Matthew Vergara Nestled in the heart of the Asian tropics sits Malaysia, a country that has seen major economic progress and steady population growth in recent decades. It should come as no surprise that development is a staple feature in the region, but with viable land running short, developers have resorted to the seemingly more cost-effective option of forming land out of

article thumbnail

Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

article thumbnail

How Oakland’s environmental justice movement transformed California’s regulatory culture of climate change

AGreenLiving

Local groups have engaged with regulators, legislators and other experts to drive impact. View original post here: How Oakland’s environmental justice movement transformed California’s regulatory culture of climate change.

article thumbnail

Inveteracy of the Gender Gap

Unsustainable

As we step into 2020, it is worth reflecting on how far we have come. But how far along are we when it comes to closing the gender gap? According to a study conducted by the World Economic Forum, not very. They predict that it will take another 100 years to close the global gender gap. The omnipresent gender imparity is threatening – and not only to women.

More Trending

article thumbnail

Australia’s Hellish Start to 2020: The Impact of Bushfires on the Grid and Politics of Oz

GreenTechMedia

It was a hell of a way to start the 2020s in Australia: scorching summer heat and wildfires so bad they created their own weather systems; thousands of people stranded on beaches along the southeast coast on New Year’s eve; a prime minister slow to respond, and quick to dismiss climate change. This week on The Energy Gang , a look at the bushfires in Australia — their impact to the country, to the grid, and to politics of climate.

Politics 100
article thumbnail

Audi USA Sales In 2014–2019 — Hurt Significantly By Tesla Or Not?

CleanTechnica

I recently decided to take a closer look at BMW USA sales over the past 6 years in order to try to examine how much BMW was being hurt by Tesla's popularity in the United States. Part of the reason for doing that is that recent Bloomberg research highlighted BMW as the auto brand most hurt by and most vulnerable to Tesla.

article thumbnail

London Launching A 100% Zero-Emissions Street

CleanTechnica

When we examine the electric vehicle market and forecast electric vehicle growth, we often think of automaker plans, battery investments, how many models they're rolling out, etc. What we don't often consider is how strong city and country policies are going to get to push people to go electric. Several countries have announced plans for gas car bans, and some cities have done the same.

article thumbnail

More Great News For Tesla China — MIIT Minister States No Cut In EV Subsidies In July

CleanTechnica

Overnight, Miao Wei, the Minister of Industry and Information Technology in China, announced at the EV100 forum in Beijing that new energy vehicle (NEV) subsidies will not be cut in July 2020, as many in the industry had feared.

article thumbnail

AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

article thumbnail

Hack A Tesla Model 3 & Win A Prize — The Tesla Model 3 + $500,000

CleanTechnica

Totally defeat the digital defenses built into a Tesla Model 3 and you can win the car plus $500,000 in this year's PWN2OWN contest from the Zero Day Initiative.

article thumbnail

BMW USA Sales 2014–2019: Getting Slammed By Tesla Or Not?

CleanTechnica

For several years, we've considered BMW to be most at risk from Tesla's rise. The BMW brand's trademark "the ultimate driving machine" tagline got stolen away from the German automaker. (Even Edmunds went out and called the Tesla Model 3 the ultimate driving machine.) Want the most advanced driving tech? Coolest cat on the block.

article thumbnail

Mercedes Vans Needs To Reach 50% BEV In 2020 To Escape EU Fines

CleanTechnica

For the new EU Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) regulations, passenger cars and light vans are in two different classes. Manufacturers can't compensate the surplus in one class to balance the deficit in the other. Mercedes does not have a smaller, more efficient model.