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Giant Tunisian Desert Solar Project Aims to Power Europe
Read the entire article at Climate Home. There has been talk of tapping into the Sahara desert’s vast resources of sunshine to power Europe for years, but little to show for it. Now a massive project in Tunisia is hoping to be the first to make the solar power export dream a reality. Developer TuNur this […]
Toyota Claims a Leap in Electric Car Battery Technology
Read the entire article at AXIOS. In an unusual statement, Toyota says it is nearing a breakthrough in a type of lithium-ion battery system that has vexed researchers for decades, and that it will unveil a family of electric cars with a jump in currently available range in the early 2020s. Why it […]
HyperLoop One Reaches 192 mph on Nevada Test Track
Read the entire article at TechCrunch. Hyperloop One has achieved a new milestone in terms of making its Hyperloop vision a physical reality: The company completed a test on July 29, 2017 at its full-scale Nevada test track that travelled at high speed, running nearly the entirety of the 500 meter (1640 foot) test route. […]
Addressing Climate Change Should Be a Pillar of Republican Policy
Read the entire article at NewCo Shift. The free market is perfectly suited to harnessing a solution, argues Jerry Taylor, a former climate skeptic. Mr. Taylor is the founder of the Niskanen Institute. He spent years of his career as a professional climate denier – his senior role at libertarian think tank Cato […]
A Carbon-Free City is Being Built From Scratch
Read the entire article at Scientific American. Can a city built from scratch be profitable to developers and enjoyable to residents as it tries to be carbon-free? That is the question facing owners and planners of a mostly vacant, sunburned 400-acre plot of land near this city’s sprawling International Airport as they plan an energy system […]
Automated Buses Will Reshape Our Cities
Read the entire article at Fast Company. When a short trial of an autonomous bus first ran in Helsinki, Finland, in 2016, most riders saw it as a novelty. But by this fall, if you work in downtown Helsinki, you might start riding the city’s robo-bus as part of your daily commute. The city is […]
Warming Temperatures Releasing Methane from Melting Permafrost
Read the entire article at Futurism. A new study indicates that warming temperatures caused by climate change may be releasing heat-trapping methane from layers of gas and oil that’s been lurking beneath the Arctic permafrost for thousands of years. Until now, anyway. As the permafrost melts, millions of tiny openings are created, and some of […]
Five Ways the US Withdrawal from Paris Reignited Climate Action
Read the entire article at GreenBiz. The United States withdrawal from the historic Paris Climate Agreement was met with widespread dismay. However, the reactions from many political leaders, multinational businesses and the general public have been one of emboldened support for climate action. One of the most striking reactions has been the forging of new alliances […]
Carbon Farming Draws Down CO2
Read the entire article at GreenBiz. Carbon farming is the umbrella term used for a growing suite of agricultural and land management practices that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stores it in soils and plants. Hawaii’s lawmakers recognize both the grave threat of climate change and the economic opportunity to generate local […]
How-To ‘Climate Smart’ Brownfield Manual
Read the entire article at Brownfield Listings. The new Climate Smart Brownfield Manual from U.S. EPA addresses how communities can incorporate climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies into their brownfield revitalization projects. It also explains in plain detail why mitigation and adaptation matter so much to communities beset by brownfields. While perceptions of brownfields, […]
