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As coal miners are forced to confront an energy transition era that could wipe out their declining industry, decades of generational dependence on fossil fuels and rural communities with limited capacity to evolve economies present one of the trickier labor market challenges for federal climate policy. Jim Urquhart | Reuters America has been here and

January 31st, 2021 by Jennifer Sensiba  The Bitcoin Logo, Public Domain Bitcoin gets a lot of bad press for the electrical power that it uses. Sure, the bitcoin wallet in your computer or phone itself doesn’t use much electricity, but the creator(s) set the system up to pay people to build the infrastructure needed to

We live in a fast paced, frenetic world of constant innovation. Take our homes — they’re packed with a host of connected devices, from TVs that can stream high-definition movies to virtual assistants who respond to voice commands. The automotive sector is another area where new ideas and technologies are driving change. Today, cars are

January 31st, 2021 by Winter Wilson  In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down with Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University and co-founder of The Solutions Project, to discuss green hydrogen. You can listen to the full conversation in the embedded player below. Below that embedded SoundCloud player

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on tackling climate change prior to signing executive actions in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, January 27, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden has passed an early flurry of executive action on climate change during his first weeks in office, reversing environmental

[The stream is slated to start at 08:00 ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The coronavirus pandemic and declining oil prices pose severe risks to the Middle East and North African economies, which were collectively set to contract 5.2% last year. Discussing the policies, practices

January 29th, 2021 by Rocky Mountain Institute  Courtesy of Rocky Mountain InstituteBy Katie Siegner, Kevin Brehm, Mark Dyson Register for a webinar on Wednesday, February 10, with RMI authors and community leaders from the projects highlighted in the three case studies to learn more about how to effectively foster wind and solar project developments locally.

January 29th, 2021 by Jennifer Sensiba  When I saw that Volkswagen’s MEB platform was going to be used in yachts, I was a little confused. A car platform is generally used for…cars. In the past, every platform I’ve heard of automakers using was for cars that were similar in size and functionality. The platform usually

January 29th, 2021 by Barry A.F.  One of the ways to slow the advance of climate change is to reduce your personal carbon usage. While we can’t efficiency our way to climate neutrality, we can buy ourselves time by slowing the rate of carbon emissions and conservation, as Negawatts are often the cheapest form of

The co-CEO of DSM stressed the deep connection between climate change and food systems on Thursday, emphasizing the importance of moving fast and using technology to tackle the challenges they create. Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe”, Geraldine Matchett said food systems were “one of the big causes of climate change, with about 25% of

A worker on a an oil drill near New Town, North Dakota. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Last week, I watched as President Biden promised a return to the “restless, bold optimism” of yesteryear. Yet even as he opined on his commitment to govern for all Americans, his staff was quietly working to

LONDON — An increase in city center traffic may cause issues for governments as they try to meet sustainability goals, according to the CEO of Irish postal company An Post. David McRedmond told CNBC that congestion caused by delivery trucks in particular could see lawmakers legislate for these vehicles to be electric. “It does raise

January 28th, 2021 by Zachary Shahan  We’ve been covering automakers’ electrification plans for several years. Today, we got a gem from GM. The automaker that proudly brought the Chevy Bolt EV to market before anyone else had a semi-affordable electric car on the market with that much range has now dropped a new marker in

January 28th, 2021 by Guest Contributor  Originally published on EV Annex.by Charles Morris The climate crisis may seem like such a vast and complex problem that mankind is simply incapable of addressing it. However, a new study offers hope that transformational change in just a couple of key sectors could bring about “tipping points” that

January 28th, 2021 by U.S. Energy Information Administration  Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration,  Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory The timing and magnitude of wind turbine installations in the United States are often driven by tax incentives. The U.S. production tax credit (PTC), a per-kilowatt-hour (kWh) credit for electricity generated by eligible renewable sources, was first enacted

Institutional Investor Hall of Famer Richard Bernstein warns retail investors will pay a big price for getting caught up in speculative trades. Bernstein, who has spent decades on Wall Street, cites the democratization of the market as a critical contributor to the excessive euphoria. He worries naiveté will ultimately put amateurs in difficult positions. “Bubbles show