Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:52:40 +0000
The EU’s labelling of gas as “green” in its sustainable finance taxonomy is the biggest gift the EU could make to Putin. By William Todts, Executive Director Russians are used to celebrating Christmas a little later than their western brothers. Even so, Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, must have been particularly surprised to receive the Commission’s […]
Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 18:45:40 +0000
On March 9th, the Danish Climate Council presented a number of recommendations aimed at achieving Denmark’s 70% reduction of greenhouse gases by 2030. The transition requires both rapid implementations of known clean technologies as well as a long-term strategic effort. Is it going to be hard? Of course it is! Do we have to do it? Of course we do!
Credit to Author: Barry A.F.| Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:49:49 +0000
When I first read about the $10 billion from Jeff Bezos to fight climate change, my first thought was, “Where will it be spent?”
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 05:12:21 +0000
Brian Looney, the new CEO of BP, says his company will slash emissions from operations by 2050. But there’s more. He also says it wants to cut emissions from the oil and gas it sells.
Credit to Author: Winter Wilson| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 07:36:40 +0000
In the second half of this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan continues his discussion with Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, about the climate action plans (and other political matters) of current presidential candidates. This second part of a two-part series spends a lot of time discussing Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, and the evolution (or devolution) in the Democratic Party and Republican Party
Credit to Author: Winter Wilson| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 04:55:38 +0000
In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down again with Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, to talk about the climate action plans of current presidential candidates. This first part of a two-part series spends a lot of time discussing the Kamala Harris campaign (RIP) and Mike Bloomberg’s unique entry and position
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 22:19:02 +0000
People around the world are beginning to confront the realization that more needs to be done if the world is to remain livable.
Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 07:31:46 +0000
As some act to stall progress, the forward motion provided by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and all she represents is a remarkable step forward. Presenting a Green Deal plan for Europe at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, she and her colleagues took a seed from US progressives and gave it the watering and care it needed in the fertile ground of Europe
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:00:09 +0000
One of CleanTechnica’s first rate, well written, most fascinating articles this year was one by Maarten Vinkhuyzen, who wrote, “A perfect storm is brewing above the automotive industry. Three hardly grasped phenomena are working together. Just like a real storm, when the conditions align in the best/worst way, we get a devastating superstorm. These phenomena (or events) are the Osborne effect of delayed demand, the technology (cost) curve of battery prices and other technology, and the S-curve that describes market acceptance of new technologies.”
Credit to Author: Ciara Gillan| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 21:11:10 +0000
Last month, the IMF released its Fiscal Monitor, a biannual report on how to mitigate climate change. The report argued that it is possible to switch from a reliance on fossil fuels to cleaner energy and still sustain vigorous economic growth and generate employment. However, for this to take place, countries needed to distribute the costs and benefits in a manner that supported those that really needed it.