Construction and gas trade groups have filed a lawsuit to block a law passed by New York officials that would ban furnaces and gas stoves in newly constructed buildings.Read more...
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The Biden administration announced plans on Friday to award up to $7 billion to construct regional hubs throughout the U.S. that support making and using hydrogen, in hopes of phasing out fossil fuels and slowing down climate change.Read more...
The Biden Administration Is Pumping Billions Into Clean Hydrogen
Alphabet’s Google is setting itself up to be a one-stop shop for all sorts of climate- and sustainability-related decisions. The company announced a series of updates this week that aim to help users make more informed choices, whether they’re about bu...
Google’s New Weather and Climate Tools, Ranked
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released an updated road map this week for reaching zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The new report emphasizes that solutions like carbon capture technology and carbon credits have not lived up to their p...
Carbon Capture Tech Hype Is Fizzling Out, IEA Says
Billionaire, philanthropist, and former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this week that he will invest $500 million into his campaign to shut down coal plants and halve gas use by 2030.Read more...
Michael Bloomberg Is Throwing $500 Million at Efforts to Shut ...
Burning Man, the transient bacchanal that attracts more than 70,000 partygoers to the remote Nevada desert for eight days every August, prides itself on its environmental bona fides. One of the festival’s main operational tenets is “leave no trace,” an...
Burning Man’s Climate Reckoning Has Begun
While the scientific community has been recently focused on the feasibility of an alleged room-temperature semiconductor, U.S. scientists revealed this week that they have successfully recreated a pivotal fusion experiment.Read more...
Nuclear Fusion Scientists Successfully Recreate Net Energy Gain
As renewable energy and energy efficiency continue to make gains among cost-conscious consumers, more companies are looking at ways to give customers better ways to manage the electricity coming into their homes. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Schneider Electric unveiled its pitch to homeowners looking for a better power management system with […]
At CES, Schneider Electric unveils its own upgrade to the ...
Often, off-grid rural villages in places like Africa have their electricity generated by energy devices, like solar panels and batteries, donated by non-profit organizations and charities. The problem, however is that model is not sustainable and relies of yet more charitable hand-outs. What’s required is to make clean energy scale in self-supporting way. Luckily the rise of the mobile… Read More