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What Is Climate Change? (VIDEO)
Remember the difference between weather and climate? We know what happens when the weather changes—it’s obvious. Climate is another story. Read on. When it rains, you put on a raincoat or take your...
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Fossil Fuel Companies Risk Wasting $2 Trillion In Next Decade
Fossil fuel companies are at risk of wasting up to $2.2 trillion in the next decade by pursuing projects that could be uneconomic. Specifically, the trillions of dollars are at risk, and subsequent...
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World Bank Targeting $625 Million Aid For India Solar Program
Planning for growing solar development in India has received a solid boost from the World Bank, following board approval of a $625 million loan to support India’s grid connected rooftop solar program...
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Coal To Solar: Retraining Our Energy Workforce
As many celebrate the shuttering of coal-fired electricity generation facilities, a call for retraining this former energy workforce from coal to solar is opening the eyes of some. In a study published...
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Inner Mongolia Solar Tender Shows Lowest Bids For Solar Electricity
A tender for 1GW of capacity in Inner Mongolia shows China’s lowest ever bids for solar electricity, according to a report from Reuters. Reuters cited news outlet China Business News in its report that...
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Turkey Will Post 1 GW Solar Tender By Year-End
Turkey has announced a new solar tender to be launched by the end of the year. Initial information gives some clues as to what this tender might include. The country’s energy minister Berat Albayrak...
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ACLU Lawsuit Forces Landfill Company to Agree to Free Speech and...
A group of citizens in Alabama who spoke out against a coal ash landfill in their small town were vindicated, with help from the ACLU Lawsuit Forces Landfill Company to Agree to Free Speech and...
View ArticleSecond-Hand Sunrise In Beijing Smog
Winter brings darkness and poor air quality to Beijing again this year. A viewscreen in Tiananmen Square produces a synthetic sunrise (China Foto Press/Wang Jinghua). On Thursday, a gray murk… The post...
View ArticleFunding More Fire Suppression Won't Do The Trick
A firefighter pauses at the $2013 Rim Fire in Yosemite National Park, August-September 2013 (Calfire photo on facebook). President Obama released the federal budget for 2015 last week. Overall, it… The...
View ArticleSo You Want Solar Power, Do You? (cartoon)
You want solar power? These guys seem unlikely to provide it. (Found on Facebook—thanks to Greenpeace UK.) The post So You Want Solar Power, Do You? (cartoon) appeared first on PlanetSave.
View ArticleNational Climate Assessment Pulls No Punches About US Options
(All figures are from the 2014 National Climate Assessment draft.) Later today (Tuesday, May 6), at 8 a.m. EDT, the National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee of experts meets… The...
View ArticlePresident Announces Solar Deployment and Energy Efficiency Actions Today
By now, many of us have heard that the President spent a little time this morning at a Wal-Mart store in in Mountain View, California, near San Jose. Solar deployment… The post President Announces...
View Article"Clean Gas" More Dangerous Than Coal, Industry Expert Tells TV
US “clean gas” wells in operation (Irekia-Eusko Jaurlaritza in blogs.lse.ac.uk) Turns out that just about everyone (including President Obama) has been hugely underestimating the methane pollution...
View ArticleProposed EPA Carbon Rules (cartoon)
Looks like a comment on today’s EPA carbon rule, but we do hope you’ll notice that this cartoon is seven years old. Thanks to the artist and the University of… The post Proposed EPA Carbon Rules...
View ArticleSolar Prices Drop 80 Percent Since 2008, Onshore Wind Also Falls
This year, we have seen the largest-ever outpouring of reporting and planning for inevitable climate change in the Anthropocene. One of the latest studies, REthinking Energy, draws on worldwide...
View ArticleIn Historic Reversal, US House of Representatives Cling to 20th Century...
The post In Historic Reversal, US House of Representatives Cling to 20th Century Loyalty to Fossil Fuels — While Saudi Arabia Goes Solar appeared first on PlanetSave. Over the past few days, a strange...
View ArticleNaughty Children, Then and Now
The post Naughty Children, Then and Now appeared first on PlanetSave. As seen on Yes! Magazine’s website… More on Coal From PlanetSave: In Historic Reversal, US House of Representatives Cling to 20th...
View ArticleRomney, In Brilliant Appeal For Appalachian Votes, Declares: "I Like Low...
The post Romney, In Brilliant Appeal For Appalachian Votes, Declares: "I Like Low Birth Weight. I Mean… Coal" appeared first on PlanetSave. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, in a passionate appeal...
View ArticleShutter 1.2% Of Power Plants, Cut Carbon Costs By 20%
The post Shutter 1.2% Of Power Plants, Cut Carbon Costs By 20% appeared first on PlanetSave. The nation’s most-polluting power plant, Georgia Power Company’s Plant Scherer in Juliette, Georgia, emits...
View ArticleHow Clean Is Your Electricity? Ask The EPA
The post How Clean Is Your Electricity? Ask The EPA appeared first on PlanetSave. If you’ve ever wondered about the composition of the electricity delivered to your home (most of us have no clue),...
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