A Toxic Tour Helps Convey What Fenceline Communities Experience

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 21 May 2023 02:33:52 +0000

Three colleagues from the Union of Concerned Scientists and I were invited to participate in a Toxics Tour in Kansas City. The experience was extremely valuable and I recommend it, especially if you are someone like me who works on environmental justice issues but doesn’t live in a frontline community. Reading articles and books, or […]

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First U.S. Congestion Pricing Plan Gets Closer to Reality in New York City

Credit to Author: Chris Boylan| Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 23:00:43 +0000

Traffic in New York City - image courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsThere’s no getting around it: New York City traffic is bad. At peak hours of the day, traffic is at a virtual standstill in many areas, and with EVs still only a small percentage of overall traffic, air quality and traffic noise can be terrible. In various parts of the world, including downtown London, a […]

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Some Gas Utilities Are Leading The Way Into The Future, Others Are Actively In Reverse

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 18:55:56 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a clean and green Dutch town on a river, digital artThe pockets of the future are small towns in Europe and Australia, while an oil and gas giant in India is pushing vastly more soon-to-be stranded assets into the ground.

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Is Green Hydrogen Always Green?

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 19:01:31 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a green hydrogen industrial facility beside a coal generation plan, digital artGovernments shouldn’t be rewarding firms that are actually emitting more CO2e just because they are making hydrogen.

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Leader & Leader of the Week: BYD & U.S. EPA

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 02:10:20 +0000

Without a doubt, BYD has to be selected as the “Leader of the Week” here on CleanTechnica this week. The reasons are … numerous. However, I didn’t spot an obvious laggard, and I did want to give props to another leader who could not be skipped. So, we’ve got a “Leader of the Week” double […]

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