Help Wanted
The Natural Resources Defense Council seeks an Energy Efficiency for All Advocate
January 29, 2016
Cruz: Merchant Candidate of Climate Doubt
How Ted Cruz cherry-picked data to back up his claim that the Earth hasn't gotten hotter in the last 18 years
SoCal: Mass Transit Heading The Wrong Way
Despite hefty investments in new lines & equipment, mass transit ridership in southern California is dropping
Climate's Silver Lining
There's a $121 trillion investment opportunity in global corporate climate activism
The Candidates, The Climate, The Voters
Voter's Guide: How the Candidates Compare on Climate and Energy https://t.co/pVhpuBISKE via @NatGeo @wendykoch pic.twitter.com/SFDjrlwoTs
— Dennis Dimick (@ddimick) January 29, 2016Copenhagen: Out Of Fossil Fuel Funds
The city of Copenhagen to disinvest from all its coal, oil & gas assets
Rx For Lagging Energy Efficiency Upgrades
What's the cure for the inconvenience & poor access to upfront capital impeding homeowner energy efficiency upgrades?
Insurance Industry Faces Rising Risks
The multi billion-dollar cost of California wildfires indicates how climate disruptions will impact property insurance risks & access to premiums
January 28, 2016
Chicago Archdiocese Goes Green
A star in Chicago's benchmarking program makes the Catholic archdiocese an energy efficiency leader by example
California Making Crucial Solar Choice
The Public Service Commission in PV-dense California to decide on a rule about net metering, which could determine the fate of the state's major renewable energy resource THIS JUST IN Net metering wins
The Funnies
Adopting sustainable energy would save millions of lives each year
https://t.co/Bl4ObD4DYg #WinWin pic.twitter.com/8rOWEkRXXU
— CECHR (@CECHR_UoD) January 28, 2016Reason To Cheer
Here's why the renewable energy tax credits passed as part of the $1.8 trillion federal spending bill is something to cheer
Incredible, Shrinking Coal
American use of coal to create electricity at a record low, 29% of total fuel burned
Green Jobs, Green NY, Dismal Numbers
What's up with the low participation in NYSERDA's Green Jobs/Green NY program launched in 2009?
The Business Case For Sustainability
Yes, there is one, read it here
January 27, 2016
Masdar City: Ancient Coollng Lessons Relearned
Redeploying the wind tunnel effect and other ancient urban cooling strategies are put to good use in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi
Investors Of The World, Go Green
At #InvestorSummit, @UN's Ban urges investors to double clean energy investment by 2020 https://t.co/f2CH2v8zja pic.twitter.com/GAHTmMOJRq
— UN Climate Action (@UNFCCC) January 27, 2016China: EV's Make Air Dirtier
Until Chinese power plants stop burning coal the rising popularity of electric vehicles will create more air pollution than gas-burning cars
Vietnam: Boost Urban Energy Efficiency
Ho Chi Minh City & Hanoi starting a 4-year, $22 million project to improve the energy performance while cutting carbon emissions of commercial & residential buildings
California Urges Insurers To Write Off Coal
The California Commissioner of Insurances urges the industry to cut its risks by divesting from coal
States Sue To Stop Clean Power Plan
26 states petition the Supreme Court to block Obama's Clean Power Plan
Renewable Power Needs New Grid
Adding high levels of renewable energy to the nation's power supply requires modernization of today's transmission grid NB; Read comments to see how controversial this idea is
January 26, 2016
Chicago: $4 Million For Distributed Power
$4 million in federal funds will cover installation of solar power & battery storage equipment at Chicago police HQs & increase its resilience in case of power-outages
Energy Data - Where Real Estate Meets Public Policy
Hudson Yards developer Related Companies is not alone in seeing the business value of good energy performance data - while advancing NYC's 80x50 goal
Finland: The Greenest Of Them All
Finland: the greenest country on Earth! https://t.co/ET4Xuc4h3C @goodnewsfinland @Ulkoministerio @thisisFINLAND pic.twitter.com/tJPfSA7nsi
— Matti Kahra (@MattiKahra) January 26, 2016If Good Science Practice...
...Is about replicating findings in follow-up research, then climate deniers findings fail to get replicated
Good Green Solar Jobs Rising
Vocational education & employment are lighting up as SolarCity builds its jumbo solar panel factory in Buffalo, NY
January 25, 2016
Science At Work: Blizzard Jonas
What does the Gulf Stream have to do with all that snow on your street?
The Autocorrelation Problem
Is the recent run of record-breaking warm years a climate meaningful trend? Not for the statistically fainthearted
Justices Uphold Demand Response Powers
In a 6-2 vote, the Supreme Court upholds the rule giving a federal agency authority to foster energy savings on the grid
Climate Action Agenda
Global leaders meet in NYC with a climate agenda that focuses on risk, clean energy investment & measuring threats posed by stranded assets
Ponds: a New Urban Resiliency Tool
Copenhagen is building parks that can turn into ponds to protect neighborhoods by managing storms & heavy flooding
NYC's Newest Park Opening Summer 2016
10 acres of new parkland on Governor's Island to open summer 2016, a year ahead of schedule
January 23, 2016
Trains Can Light Up Philadelphia
Here's how Philadelphia trains make money by selling the electricity they generate
January 22, 2016
Blue Blob Hypotheses
Views of N. Atlantic cool blob in hot '15> @climateofgavin & Christian Haas @YorkUniversity https://t.co/OCQrzeqeWg pic.twitter.com/qZXzMSYVz4
— Andy Revkin (@Revkin) January 22, 2016China Bests Germany On PV
With 43 gigawatt of installed solar photovoltaic capacity, China overtakes Germany with its 40 gigawatt capacity
Montreal + 81: No Oil Pipeline
The mayors of Montreal & 81 other nearby Canadian municipalities oppose construction of a pipeline to take over 1 million barrels of oil a day from western extraction sites to Canada's east coast
Sun Downer
SunEdison takes a multi-million dollar hit as it returns recently-purchased solar farms to previous owners
RGGI States Weigh In On EPA Clean Power Plan
9 RGGI states, with hands-on experience in carbon emissions cuts submit comments on the draft EPA Clean Power Plan rules
Court Upholds Coal-Burning Controls For Now
A federal appeals court panel rejects efforts by 27 states to block Obama administration rules that will limit GHG emissions from coal-burning power plants, but litigation procedes
Building For The Afterlife
Sustainable building principles should commit to designing structures today that can be demolished later & their components recycled
$18 Million For Cheap Solar + Storage
A federally-funded pilot program aims to slash costs for systems that integrate solar power with energy storage
EV Market Lacks Acceleration
Hard to be transported by sales data for EV's in the US
January 21, 2016
Sydney: A New Kind Of Car Park
There's discussion afoot to transform a Sydney Harbor bridge into a High Line-type urban park
Nothing Like Peace Now, But Still...
Energy Quote of the Day, 21 January 2016 https://t.co/bp1OtmwYIz @MAC_europa @EUClimateAction @Energy4Europe pic.twitter.com/v5lF6Sy8Ck
— IEA (@IEA) January 21, 2016Charting Record-Breaking Climate Data
Examine the front page climate news in graphic form with lots of expert comments
Fact-Checking Cruz's Climate Claims
Hotter Bernie-Hillary Climate
Bernie Sanders challenges Hillary Clinton to lay out her climate action policy. Check out this Google search result & then you decide
The Tab For Working On The Railroad
$23.9 billion is Amtrak's calculation for the cost of bringing its NY metro area rail system into the 21st century
The Beginning Of the End For Utility BAU
2016 is shaping up to be the year Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) could start delivering on its promise to transform business-as-usual for NY utilities
NYC: From Climate Talk To Climate Action
Will the de Blasio climate action agenda, introduced in 2014, move forward in 2016?
January 20, 2016
Don't Slurp Your Energy
Is your NYC building an energy slurper or sipper? Your Benchmarking score counts & can power cost savings
El Nino, La Nina, Rising Temperatures
Here's what climate change does to El Nino years pic.twitter.com/LnSXOwAcix
— Climate Desk (@ClimateDesk) January 20, 2016Nudging Drivers Out Of Their Cars
Cities partner with the private sectorto get people out of their cars and onto mass transit
Nose-Diving Oil Prices Spur Renewables
It might seem counterintuitive, but top oil-exporting nations want to boost renewable energy at home to have more fossil fuel to export
Hotttest Year In History
2015, the hottest year in recorded history and shows “The whole system is warming up, relentlessly"
Cookie-Cutter Homes: Key To NYC Energy Efficiency
Standardized housing models beloved of NYC developers, turns out to be a powerful energy efficiency upgrade accelerator
Help Wanted: Director of Content
Climate One is looking for a Director of Content to manage the editing, packaging & distribution of its radio, video & written content across all distribution channels.
Science At Work: Deep Ocean Heating 2
Since the Industrial Revolution, rising heat has been stored in the deep oceans, but now at unprecedented rates
January 19, 2016
The Funnies
#Climate Cartoon: Avoid the 4 Ds of #ClimateDenial @MichaelEMann @climatehawk1 @NextGen_NH @NextGenIowa pic.twitter.com/yJJoCwsGAq
— Allan Margolin (@AllanMargolin) January 18, 2016Clean Energy Maven's 2016 Predictions
10 pretty upbeat clean energy sector predictions
Book Review: Dark Money
Jane Mayer dissects the Koch Brothers influence on climate policy & many other areas of American political life
Queensland: Solar Storage Pilot
In a pilot program, Queensland Australia will launch battery storage to add value to solar power for consumers
A's To Your Solar Q's
Ever wonder where the solar power created on your rooftop goes and who gets paid for it?
Science At Work: Deep-Ocean Heating
The heat being tapped in ocean depths is a crucial part of Earth's heat-sink system & our understanding of climate change
Chicago's Latest Benchmarking Ressults
Chicago's building energy benchmarking reports find energy performance is improving as the program expands
Bush/Rubio: Carefree On Climate
Jeb Bush & Marco Rubio have two things in common, both are Florida politicians & neither thinks climate change threatens their constituents
Put A Price On It
The facts are in , putting a price on carbon cuts climate-disrupting emissions
January 15, 2016
Houston v Texas
The city of Houston and the state of Texas are on opposition sides in litigation over the federal Clean Power Plan
Germany: EV Accelerator
German officials hint at a 2 billion euro subsidy to put 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2020
Perovskite: The Next Big Solar Thing
The era of silicon solar cells could be coming to an end
Quote Of The Week
“Oil is quickly losing its monopoly as a transportation fuel in a more environmentally sensitive world” - Edward Morse, head of commodities research, Citigroup
The Antarctic Colony
Meet Methane
Economists Agree On Climate Change
Climate change is now hurting the global economy; this will hurt economic growth; & carbon pricing is an efficient way to cut pollution
January 14, 2016
The Big Melt
Arctic tide characteristics shape fate of ice-loss
Legal Eagles: A Little-Known Law Could Cut GHG's
Section 115 of the Clean Air Act has great potential to achieve cuts in GHG emissions, according to legal scholars
2015: Vintage Year For Renwable Energy
RT @postgreen: Why clean energy is now expanding even when fossil fuels are cheap https://t.co/7g3adwQezp pic.twitter.com/oZhbejqvue
— EDF Climate & Energy (@EDFEnergyEX) January 14, 2016The State Of Coal In New York State
""We will eliminate all use of coal in New York state by 2020," Governor Andrew Cuomo, State of the State Address, 01/14/16
When Smart Tech Is Stupid
An unhappy 'smart' Nest thermostat owner turns up the heat in public
January 13, 2016
Give Credit Where It's Due
Obama merits props for his clean energy, efficiency & climate initiatives despite Washington gridlock
Edison Said It First
RT @MichaelEMann Thomas Edison's Prescient 1931 Quote on #Solar vs. fossil #Fuel #Energy
#Solarchat #Climate pic.twitter.com/w1gZwoTlct
— Arik Ring (@arikring) April 9, 2015Mapping The Total Urban Carbon Footprint
By mapping the consumption-linked carbon footprint of Berkeley, California, a more telling picture revealed & the way emissions are measured will determine the way they will be cut
Sahara Solar
When completed in 2020, a 'concentrated' technology solar power plant in the Moroccan Sahara will be one of the worlds biggest
How To Make A Modern Rail Mecca
Building the transit hub at Penn Station a 21st century NY metro region needs & deserves requires relocating Madison Square Garden, but will Governor Cuomo get on board?
How To Succeed At Sustainability
Settle in for a long-form read that lays out how to to succeed at sustainability-oriented project innovation
Helsinki: DIY Sustainable Urban Planning
Learn how to do sustainable city planning from the pros in Helsinki
January 12, 2016
Clinton Blasts Nevada PV Policy
Hillary Clinton's thumbs down on Nevada rooftop solar policy, which cuts homeowners' payments retroactively
Beijing: Shutter Small Polluters
Beijing will shut down 2,500 small firms identified as sources of urban air pollution
From Brrr To Whew
Which season is warming the fastest? For most of the U.S., it's winter https://t.co/egkgMACfCf pic.twitter.com/s52MQVHDUv
— ClimateCentral (@ClimateCentral) January 12, 2016Desiring Streetcars On The Waterfront
A 17 mile-long Brooklyn Queens Connector could bring streetcar service to the waterfront for $1.7 billion & other urban streetcar news
Putting The Glow On PV Growth
Growth of utility-scale solar power has a bright future along with workforce gains in rooftop PV
Bank Sees Opportunity In Climate Distress
Economically & socially costly global climate risks could motivate the global urban middle class to take climate action says UBS Bank
Canada: Pushing The Building Envelope
Big gains in buildings' energy performance depend on better envelope thermal performance
Next Up For Climate Backsliders
Citizen law suits against countries that don't meet their Paris climate accord pledges could be the next big thing
ExxonMobil's Climate Stance: A Follow Up
Renewed shareholder activism is spurred by investigation into ExxonMobil's climate science obfuscation
January 11, 2016
Shocked, Simply Shocked
Presidential debate moderators ignore climate change, while focusing on the horse race aspects of the campaign
Shake, Rattle From Frack
Hydrofracking is blamed for a 1,000 years worth of earthquakes in the west in just 2 years
Saving Penn Station From MSG
What are the odds that NY metro area transit riders can catch a break with a better Penn Station & relocation of Madison Square Garden?
Make Flying Climate-Friendlier
What does the future hold for low-carbon aviation?
Kids Want Prez Hopefuls To Debate Science
If the Presidential candidates talk about big science issues, maybe the next President will do something about them
January 07, 2016
Global Climate Strategy
Since cities are where the people are, The World Bank spotlights the role of finance, knowledge & capacity to make cities smart and climate-friendly
A New Year, A New Era
The Earth has entered the Anthropoecene Era according to a the evidence assembled by 24 geo-scientists
Plug Yourself In
Researchers at MIT have developed a new method for harnessing energy from human motion.
https://t.co/SKiAknCPnQ pic.twitter.com/SNiNzeSyrx
— Yale Environment 360 (@YaleE360) January 7, 2016Nuclear Power's Biggest Problem
BYOB
Bring your own (energy storage) battery & boost solar power use while de-stressing the power grid
OR Utilities OK Coal Phase Out
Oregon's biggest privately-owned electric utilities support legislation that will end coal-burning by 2030 & lift the state's renewable energy standard to 50% by 2040
Sustainable Homes For The Homeless
Santa Monica: designing for more humane, sustainable cities
Message To Solar Skeptics
January 06, 2016
Huge L.A Gas Leak
The Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles is a virtual ghost town, with a massive leak from an underground methane storage field to blame
Park It Here
Pinpointing the Most Powerful Design Elements in City Parks https://t.co/srJ3BRscVr pic.twitter.com/mrjgq8aKY2
— Next City (@NextCityOrg) January 6, 2016China: 10 NYC-Sized Cities In 10 Years
China experiments with new patterns of sustainable urbanization for populations ten-times that of NYC over the coming decade
Science At Work: The El Nino/Climate Tango
While El Ninos are not caused by climate disruption, scientists are learning how they interact
France: Sky-High Solar Power
Could solar-powered sky-high balloons become a reliable source of renewable energy?
Big Oil Writes Research Checks
Are Exxon, Chevron & Shell greenwashing - or worse - by underwriting scholarly conferences like the American Geophysical Union annual meeting?
January 05, 2016
Climate Threats To Power Plants
Climate disturbances like droughts & warmer water put power plants at risk around the world
Science At Work: Climate Forcing
New research helps clarify how much different known climate change agents are raising temperatures and some media confusion ensues
Germany: Utility Reinvention
Facing profound changes in the energy supply sector a giant German utility starts anew
Delhi Impact Of Car Restrictions
Less traffic, but not clean air, is the impact so far of Delhi's test limits on vehicle traffic
MA: Failing On Climate Comitments
Environmental activists sue Massachusetts to make it meet carbon-cutting goals set by a state law passed in 2008
Help Wanted: Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaigner
The Sierra Club is searching for an Associate Director on Its Beyond Dirty Fuels campaign
The Sports Page: NHL In Play On Climate Action
Why attending the Paris Climate summit was important to the National Hockey League
January 04, 2016
Experts Agree, But Not The GOP
Economists, Like Scientists, Agree on Climate https://t.co/X9fJhZsHi0 pic.twitter.com/XIwEstgK8U
— Peter Sinclair (@greenman3610) January 4, 2016See Sea Level Rise
Grand Junction: Dirty Source/Clean Energy
Methane from treating sewage is Grand Junction, CO's newest renewable energy source
Germany: New Energy Trade Platform
Like a renewable energy Airbnb, a German company starts a trading platform for distributed renewable energy sources to buy and sell power across the utility grid
Transit Hub/Buffalo Rebirth
A $4.5 million transit hub in downtown Buffalo signals urban rebound & attracts new investment
De-Fusing The NIMBY Dynamic
Well-funded community benefits programs & good design can ease NIMBY opposition to urban infrastructure & development projects