Making sense of dollars and cents
Global oil prices have been dropping dramatically over the past 18 months. I recently wrote about Saudi Arabia’s response to dropping oil prices, but what’s happening as a result in the […]
Category Archives: Green Technology
How can we minimize the sting of losing fossil fuel jobs?
I’ve been thinking for a long time about this post, and recent news out of Saudi Arabia provided the perfect impetus. You know I’m 100% supportive of transitioning to clean, […]
What if everyone in the U.S. stopped driving for one day?
Can you image a day without your car? For a lot of Americans, that would be pretty tough. But, Europeans aren’t shying away from that idea. Paris is preparing to […]
Does Energy Storage Make Solar More Affordable?
The energy storage industry (i.e. batteries for storing generated electricity, like the Tesla Powerwall) in the U.S. is growing at a tremendous pace, with deployment increasing 6-fold in just […]
Can you pull a climate solution from thin air?
So much attention is given to cutting back the amount of NEW carbon dioxide we emit into the atmosphere that it’s easy to overlook the CO2 that’s already there. But, […]
Making a Splash in Portland
One of my favorite things about renewable energy is that it can come from some truly creative places. Taking advantage of infrastructure already in place, Lucid Energy (of Portland, Oregon) has […]
Let’s Hit the Road…for Emissions Reductions
Did you know that 2% of road transportation emissions actually come from the roads themselves? Two percent may seem like a paltry amount, but when we’re talking about 2% of almost […]
How much does renewable electricity really cost? Can we afford it?
We’re always hearing that renewable electricity generation is too expensive, but how expensive is it really? I was reading an article about the large deployment of low-emission and renewable energy sources in […]
hOWLing winds
Wind power is on the rise in the U.S. In fact, 30% of new electricity generating capacity in the U.S. between 2009-2013 came from wind power, and the U.S. could see 35% […]
The “Dirt” on Carbon Emissions
Is switching to no-till farming the answer to combating climate change?
