More Citibikes To Ease L Loss
To help soften the blow of the L train shutdown, 1,250 new Citibikes + 2,500 docking points will be on tap in the affected areas
June 28, 2018
Sunny Day Flooding Update
Scientists predicted sunny day flooding along the east coast would happen later this century, but it's happening now
Europe: Mixed On Meeting Paris Goals
Some European nations on track to meet their Paris climate commitments, but most aren't
US To Miss Climate Goal
Even though the Paris Accord climate goals aren't big enough to reverse climate change, it's bad news that the US is on track to fall short on them
Kennedy's Environmental Impact
What does Justice Kennedy's retirement mean for federal environmental protection laws?
June 27, 2018
The Northeast Wind Energy Laggard
What will Maine miss if it gives a miss on wind power?
Trying To Put Out Forest Fires With Spoons
World fast losing tropical forests, climate implications are grim
Italy And Germany: Energy Efficiency Leaders
Italy + Germany tie for the most energy efficient nations, while the US falls to 10th place
Could Be Climate's New Friend In Congress
As @AlexCKaufman points out, Ocasio-Cortez has a more realistic platform for dealing with climate change than basically anyone in Congress https://t.co/OlRoywEVUf pic.twitter.com/8K1id8z02s
— Kate Aronoff (@KateAronoff) June 27, 2018
June 26, 2018
A Question Energy Nerds Want Answered
Could #solar-heated water be combined with #geothermal-heated water in the same power plant? Quite possibly, @NREL researchers and others suggest in @GRC2001's May/June 2018 bulletin. Full study expected in Oct 2018. pic.twitter.com/XmZ0EcMCzY
— NREL MTES (@NREL_MechTherm) June 26, 2018
City Parks Degraded
Lack of maintenance funds takes a toll on NYC parks
Help Wanted: Digital Communications Manager
Climate Hawks Vote Civic Action + its sister political action committee, Climate Hawks Vote Political Action are building a national community committed to tacking climate change + seek their 1st Digital Communications Manager
France: Solar Panel Recycling
As first generation PV panels start to age out, the first European solar panel recycling plant opens in France
Atlanta Looks To An All-Renewable Future
Catch up with the 100% renewable energy blueprints under consideration by the Atlanta, GA City Council
Cities Lose On Climate Law Suit
A law suit to recover climate impact costs spearheaded by San Francisco + Oakland against Big Oil is dismissed by the judge
June 25, 2018
The Big EV Opportunity
Buses, garbage trucks + delivery vans on the cusp of having their big breakout
Resolved: Cities Must Write Better Building Codes
The U.S. Conference of Mayors voted unanimously to support energy efficiency. Here's what that means. https://t.co/brkvNh47yR
— Alliance To Save Energy (@ToSaveEnergy) June 25, 2018
Solar One Shines On NYC Nabes
Here Comes Solar is a program for making solar power + storage accessible + affordable for all in NYC
Single-Use Plastic Ban In Seattle
A ban on plastic straws + utensils starts in Seattle in July, 2018
See Nothing, Know Nothing
NOAA, a front-line federal climate science agency, at risk of losing its mission
India: GIga-Interest In Solar Power
A 100 gigawatt solar power capacity goal, along with solar panel manufacture, is under consideration in India
June 22, 2018
Tesla Slashes Home Solar Biz
Tesla will close sales + installation centers in 9 states, including NY, NJ + CA, as it retreats from the home solar power business
The Good News About The GOP Climate Tax Idea
"Democrats don’t often act like it, but they are right on climate change...That’s why fossil fuel companies are reaching out to, ahem, “end the impasse.” It’s what you do when you’re losing."
Climate-Speak Lessons From Charlotte
Win climate benefits by focusing on the co-benefits is a takeaway from Charlotte North Carolina's efforts to tackle traffic jams + sprawl
International Law For Climate Refugees
Climate refugees have no legal framework to acknowledge or protect them
June 21, 2018
CT: Ups Its Green Game
New legislation raises the clean energy + climate action goals for Connecticut
Solar Power - The Hurricane Test
What are the lessons for solar power resilience from the hurricanes that struck the Caribbean in 2017?
Sweden: Carbon Free Steel
You can't make omelette without breaking eggs, but Sweden will try to make steel without burning fossil fuels
What Storage Can Do
#NEO2018: Cheap battery storage will mean it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind & solar. The result will be renewables eating up more of the existing market for coal, gas & nuclear. 2018 Outlook highlights: https://t.co/upIm4TXoo7 pic.twitter.com/6S9ESDUXwE
— BloombergNEF (@BloombergNEF) June 21, 2018
The Politics Of Carbon Fees
Have chances improved for federal action on a carbon fee with the latest Old Guard GOP idea?
June 20, 2018
Trump Gives US Future To China
With China's solar tech advances + Trump's embrace of the past, the future of US energy leadership gets dimmer
June 19, 2018
New Delhi: Off-The-Charts Dirty Air
The smog smothering New Delhi is so dusty + toxic it exceeds monitor measures + that's before the worst pollution season
How To Move A Green Roof
When relocating,, a Manhattan architectural firm took along its green roof
UN: Better Light Bulb Campaign
Ending the use everywhere of energy slurping incandescent bulbs is a new UN initiative
Gimme Shelter
Heat + homelessness can be a fatal combination
Eww: Hospital Drinking Water
Knowing what's in the water tanks of many NYC hospitals is enough to make you sick, while some hospitals don't even file mandatory reports
Emerald Isle Not So Green
Ireland lags behind other EU nations in advancing climate action
If You Only Read One News Item Today
How Koch Brothers-funded anti-mass transit campaigns work
Global Energy Outlook For 2050
Breaking! Wind and solar will generate 50% of global electricity by 2050, with coal down to 11%. Because economics. You think they are cheap now? They're gonna get cheaper. As are batteries.
— Michael Liebreich (@MLiebreich) June 19, 2018
More @BloombergNEF #NEO2018 highlights here: https://t.co/GVBVOvk4e6 pic.twitter.com/1LeM7wroZN
June 18, 2018
World Was Warned Of Warming
We were warned. In June '88 James Hansen said global warming was here & would worsen. It did. Earth got 1 dF hotter since; US 1.6 dF Fires doubled, ice lost. Details on how warming has hit hard locally & globally #30YearsofWarming Day 1 of series. https://t.co/vmt8rMcDxE pic.twitter.com/ZWs2P5B7zs
— seth borenstein (@borenbears) June 18, 2018
A Nuclear Generation Gap
For professional engineers, a nuclear power generation gap is fueled by climate change
Flooding Faster
Widespread inundation of coastal communities caused by sea level rise, could be a fact by 2045
A Better Way To Dye
Greener fashion embraces environmentally friendly ways to dye fabrics, whatever the color
June 14, 2018
Book Review Amity And Prosperity
Writer Eliza Griswold arrived in rural Pennsylvania several years into the gas rush, when technological advances made fracking cheap — economically. The ecological + community costs, however, were dear.
So Long Styrofoam
On January 1, 2019, NYC's ban on polystyrene containers goes into effect
Market Forces Boosting Renewables
Move over public incentives, as auctions begin to propel the growth of renewable energy, but they may not be the panacea
Georgia On My Mind
How has Georgia become a top-10 solar state if not by explicit legislative policy?
Climate Treaties - Yes Or No
What could replace + work better than international climate treaties?
Economics 101: Building Electrification
The economic case + climate value of switching to electricity to supply buildings heat + hot water is made in a new Rocky Mountain Institute report
June 13, 2018
NYC's Climate Suit Against Big Oil
Will Exxon be the next Philip Morris, when it comes to history-making, big-payout litigation?
Help Wanted: Senior Policy Advisor
The NYC Mayor's Office of Sustainability seeks a Senior Policy Advisor, Energy Regulatory Affairs to manage + guide all energy regulatory affairs for the City related to state + federal agencies, as well as local energy utilities
India: Solar Idling Coal
India is looking to lift its already enormous renewable energy plans of 175GW with @RajKSinghIndia of 🇮🇳 now considering a tripling to 227GW by 2022 - audacious, world leading and transformational, but best of all, deflationary! https://t.co/U8QyiSif14 via @renew_economy
— Tim Buckley (@TimBuckleyIEEFA) June 13, 2018
Climate - Clouding Corporate Horizons
Climate change starts to worry top corporations
June 12, 2018
Antarctica: The Iceberg's Fate
What's become of an iceberg the size of Connecticut that broke off from an Antarctic ice shelf 18 years ago?
Lots To Gain, Nothing To Lose
About 70 percent of all the energy produced by humanity is thrown away as waste heat — the heat generated whenever an engine runs or work is done. But now researchers are looking for ways to put that energy to use: https://t.co/Hc6De4FzD7
— Yale Environment 360 (@YaleE360) June 12, 2018
The Earth Will Survive
Whether we will survive is another matter
Billionaires Store Their Money
Big investors like Bill Gates + Jeff Bezos are investing in energy storage start-up ventures
GOP Senators Urge Green Action
13 GOP Senators urge Trump to act on the Kigali amendment, phasing out ozone-layer eating refrigerants that are also climate disruptors
Help Wanted: Energy Finance Campaigner
The Rainforest Alliance Network seeking campaigner to plan + implement strategies to get insurance companies + banks to stop supporting fossil fuels
June 11, 2018
Prediction: EU Stops Coal By 2030
1/ My new @Forbes post: Uneconomic, dirty coal could be squeezed out of European Union power markets by 2030.
— Silvio Marcacci (@Silvio_Marcacci) June 11, 2018
I put a lot of work into this - some insights: https://t.co/ICwOfDO0TS
G-6 Commits On Climate
All G-7 members, except the US vow to stick with the Paris Climate Accord + work cooperatively toward carbon-neutral economies
More Dixie Cities Adopt Climate Plans
Breaking with the past, cities in the southeast begin to adopt climate + renewable energy plans
Defunding Climate Action
A House budget bill would ban funds for policy work on the social cost of carbon
NYC: Active On Passive House
Millions (yes! I said the m-word) of Sq ft being built to #PassivHaus in NYC as the second generation of towers rise up to meet @NYClimate carbon reductions goals. #NYPH18 pic.twitter.com/HQLq8BoDOv
— Bronwyn Barry (@PassiveHouseBB) June 10, 2018
Together, Cities Can Boost Renewables
The Mayor of Boston calls on cities to join together to grow the renewable energy market, starting with pooling their data on energy demand
Court Upholds Polystyrene Ban
After a first-round loss to industry, the State Supreme Court upholds NYC's polystyrene (Styrofoam) ban
Science At Work: Southern Ocean Doing Less
New research finds the Antarctic Ocean absorbs less CO2 from the air than believed
June 07, 2018
Tariffs Throw Shade On Solar
Trump's tariff on imported PV panels will cost $2.5 billion due to solar project cancellations or freezes
Climate. Change. Yes. Mars. No.
Gathering climate change info, not sending astronauts to Mars, should be NASA's top priority, according to new polling data
The Long Nuclear Goodbye
Owners of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant expect it will take 60 years to shut down a facility that operated for in NJ 50 years
June 06, 2018
The Archaeology Of Waste
O the wonders you can find when you dredge the Gowanus Canal https://t.co/T5MG6n9Bna Wagon wheels! pic.twitter.com/MbAtkONgDf
— David Biello (@dbiello) June 6, 2018
Legal Eagles: Trump's Coal/Nuke Bailout
What are the likely legal challenges + defenses if the Trump Administration imposes its leaked coal/nuke industry bailout scheme?
Energy Storage Now
Trends in electric energy storage take a surprising turn in 2018
Talking Persuasion
Want to move the political dial on climate change? Learn how to talk about it
Get Food Literate While Getting Climate Literate
Learn to make the link between your peanut butter sandwich + climate change
June 05, 2018
Let's Get Riskier
The proposal floated by the Trump Administration to pay above market rates for coal + nuclear generated electricity won't, as advertised, increase the power supply's security, only its vulnerability
NRP Survey On Coping With Heat
Too much heat? NPR is conducting a survey to help prepare programs on what people do when they can't cool down
See The Ice Age From Home
Want to time travel to the last Ice Age? look out your window in NYC
UK: Climate Ignorance Isn't Bliss
A Parliamentary committee calls for legislation requiring public reporting by large companies + asset managers, particularly pension funds, on their financial exposure to climate change risks
Hawaii's Bold Climate Goals
New laws in Hawaii set it on a carbon-neutral path + require developers to consider sea level rise when designing new buildings
June 04, 2018
Climate's Hunger Games
By sheer good fortune, Hunts Point, NYC's food distribution center, didn't get savaged by Superstorm Sandy, but what about next time?
Longer Odds For Millionaires' Tax
Prospects for a millionaires' tax to fund subway upgrades get even dimmer with loss of support by Dems in State Senate
From Airport to Windport
A Rhode Island airport might be transformed into a staging area for the state's offshore wind power project
If The Carbon Bubble Bursts...
India: Must Do More Than Cut Carbon
Why India's approach to climate change is missing the pointhttps://t.co/k8iJvQXEZ6
— Shravya (@Shravya_Jain) June 4, 2018
5 is Not Enough
NOAA rates the strongest hurricanes 'category 5', now scientists see the need for a 'category 6'
June 01, 2018
Biz Buys Into Renewables
US corporate purchases of renewable energy on an upswing because it's good business but goal of going carbon-free is still distant
Outer Space Can Make Ice On Earth
This TED Talk is not science fiction, it's night sky cooling + it's awesome
Microbes To The Rescue
Scientists launch a NYC business deploying bacteria to clean up toxic soil pollution
Charting Broken Promises
This should give us all pause. Truthsquadding by @PopovichN & @bradplumer
— Somini Sengupta (@SominiSengupta) June 1, 2018
Here’s How Far the World Is From Meeting Its Climate Goals https://t.co/i09PeQ9COX
China: Solar Slips
The torrid pace of PV installations in China cools for the first time in 4 years
Cuomo - Thumbs Up On MTA Fix-It Money
Maybe it's Cynthia Nixon or maybe it was in the cards, but Governor Cuomo endorses the subway repair budget of his hand-picked MTA chief