• In 2019, US motorists drove equivalent of 337 round trips from Earth to Pluto.
• Lockdown meant a 64% drop in car usage, according to a KPMG report.
• 14 …
New catalyst rearranges carbon dioxide and water into ethanol fuel
Researchers at the US Dept of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, working with Northern Illinois University, have discovered a new catalyst that …
Green hydrogen will become increasingly competitive as renewables costs fall
The world is increasingly banking on green hydrogen fuel to fill some of the critical missing pieces in the clean-energy puzzle.
US presidential …
Nikola Tesla Proved It Was Possible. Now Wireless Electricity Is a Reality.
This startup says it can send electric power over long distances without copper wire.
An energy startup named Emrod says it’s bringing wireless electricity to New Zealand, more than a century after Nikola Tesla first demonstrated it was possible. Like the best-performing satellite internet …
House Democrats Have a Climate Plan, And It’s Pretty Damn Good
This article was originally published by Grist and is republished here as part of an ongoing collaboration.
On Tuesday, the House Select Committee on …
New Jersey is the first state to add climate change to its K-12 education standards
(CNN) — New Jersey students will start learning about climate change in kindergarten and keep studying the crisis through graduation under the state’s new education standards.
The State Board of Education adopted the new guidelines on Wednesday –which outline what will be taught to New Jersey’s 1.4 …
The Energy Industry Is Undergoing Radical Change
The energy industry is transforming at a rapid rate. The emergence of increasingly cost-effective renewable technologies like solar and wind are …
Party Like It’s 1880: Renewable Energy Consumption Surpasses Coal
The last time the feat was accomplished, the United States relied primarily on wood for energy. There’s no turning back now.
The world was a radically …
Will the World’s Biggest Carbon Capture Facility Work?
It better. This coal-burning plant is making a $1 billion bet.
A coal power plant in North Dakota wants to build the largest ever carbon recapture facility as a way to try to keep its plant viable. Could the plan really work?
Minnkota Power Cooperative in Grand Forks, North Dakota owns both the …
Built by oil’s riches, Houston goes 100% green years earlier – News for the Oil and Gas Sector
The oil and natural gas capital of the world is going all-in on solar power.
Houston will begin a new five-year contact in July with NRG Energy Inc. …