Red Flags A-Plenty for Natural Gas In New Sustainable Energy Report

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 06:00:37 +0000

Natural gas pushed out coal and upset the US energy apple cart between 2010 and 2019, but now the change-making shoe is on the clean tech foot

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Shell Transforming Petrol Station To EV Charging Station In UK

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 06:18:52 +0000

We somehow missed this one in October, but it’s an interesting and inspiring milestone that recently crossed our desk and seemed like it needed to be covered. Shell announced in October that it wouldn’t just be adding EV charging stations to more gas/petrol stations, but that it would actually be fully converting a gas/petrol station to an EV charging station

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108 Million Americans Live In Areas That Had 100+ Days Of Polluted Air In 2018

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 22:58:07 +0000

One-third of all Americans live in areas that suffered through at least 100 days of poor air quality due to air pollution in 2018, according to a new report by Environment America Research & Policy Center, Frontier Group and U.S. PIRG Education Fund

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WRI: We Predicted Where Violent Conflicts Will Occur in 2020. Water Is Often a Factor

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:41:21 +0000

Thousands of people took to the streets of southern Iraq in July 2018. Their anger stemmed from a litany of problems, everything from poor public services to lack of job opportunities to widespread government corruption

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Union of Concerned Scientists: Inequitable Exposure to Air Pollution From Vehicles in the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 18:58:14 +0000

Asian American, African American, and Latino residents in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region are exposed to substantially more air pollution from cars, trucks, and buses than other demographic groups

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Anheuser-Busch InBev’s South African Breweries Goes Electric With The Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 18:34:45 +0000

by Hideki Machida.Anheuser-Busch InBev’s South African BreweriesSouth African Breweries (SAB), part of the ABInBev family, launched its first electric commercial vehicle at its Chamdor Brewery in Krugersdorp on the 16th of January. Many thanks to Hideki Machida, who attended the launch event and shared some lovely pictures of SAB’s new eCanter with CleanTechnica

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Like An Angel Is Pushing You From Behind

Credit to Author: Alex Voigt| Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 19:43:53 +0000

climate change were a gameAs a CEO of a large global automaker, you have a huge problem of existential dimensions. If you don’t solve it, it’s not just your job that’s lost, but you will be remembered as the person who is responsible for a century-long proud legacy ending

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US Electricity: Solar Up 15%, Wind Up 9%

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 03:00:23 +0000

“Small-scale solar photovoltaics (e.g., rooftop solar systems) alone grew by 19.22% YTD. Compared to all other energy sources, solar-generated electricity has enjoyed the fastest growth rate thus far in 2019.” Natural gas generation grew by 6.71%, nuclear energy generation grew by 0.8%, and coal-generated electricity generation declined by 14.46%

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