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Tesla Solar Panels Courtesy: Tesla California regulators are reviewing proposed changes to solar incentive programs that would cut the state’s solar market in half by 2024, according to a new report from energy research firm Wood Mackenzie. The California Public Utilities Commission’s proposed decision, released on Dec. 13, would reduce payments granted to solar customers

Aviation emissions have doubled since the mid-1980s, Our World in Data reports, and they  account for 2.5 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. The U.S. is becoming more ambitious about reaching net-zero emissions, and President Joe Biden even signed an executive order to push for a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas pollution by 2030.

Must nature and civilization be opposing interests? Is nature conservation anti-people? What must be preserved to preserve what needs preserving? Is there a single path that can reverse the three crises of apocalypse: the extinction crisis; the toxics crisis; and the climate crisis? Sixteen ecologists, including me, think the answer to that last question is

In this article DGX Signage for Royal Dutch Shell Plc at a refinery near the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Cole Burston | Bloomberg | Getty Images One of the only facilities in the world that uses carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) to reduce the emissions

This article was originally published on World Resources Institute. Without getting cities right, we cannot solve the climate crisis. Contributing to 75 percent of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, they have a central role it is impossible to overstate. Cities’ choices influence and can drive change in every system that needs to be decarbonized and made

This article originally appeared at Yale Environment 360. When a heavy storm hit in October, residents of the floating community of Schoonschip in Amsterdam had little doubt they could ride it out. They tied up their bikes and outdoor benches, checked in with neighbors to ensure everyone had enough food and water, and hunkered down

This article was originally published on World Resources Institute. The fashion industry could make or break global climate goals. The industry is responsible for between 4 percent to 10 percent of global emissions and is the second biggest consumer of water. This problem could get worse: a continual rise in global GDP has increased income

Wishcycling is putting something in the recycling bin and hoping it will be recycled, even if there is little evidence to confirm this assumption. Hope is central to wishcycling. People may not be sure the system works, but they choose to believe that if they recycle an object, it will become a new product rather

In this article BRK.A This image from 2016 shows a wind turbine on property used by MidAmerican Energy’s Eclipse Wind Farm in Adair, Iowa. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy has released details of plans to develop a $3.9 billion project in Iowa that would incorporate

This week’s run time is 38:02.  WEEK IN REVIEW (4:40) FEATURES Larry Fink defends BlackRock’s focus on purpose (18:30) Have you read the BlackRock chairman’s latest letter to CEOs? This year, he promises more investment in ESG stewardship and makes the case for avoiding divestment of fossil fuels stocks. Grant Harrison, green finance and ESG

In this article PCG People take part in an event to hand-deliver 100,000 public comments from Californians throughout the state calling on Governor Newsom to reject proposals that penalize consumers for putting solar panels on their rooftops outside the California State Capitol Museum in Sacramento, California, on December 08, 2021. Aníbal Martel | Anadolu Agency

This story originally appeared in The Revelator and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalistic collaboration to strengthen coverage of the climate story. In July federal agents in New Orleans abruptly ordered the 600-foot cargo ship Pan Jasmine to leave U.S. waters. The ship, which had sailed from India, was preparing

This article was adapted from Climate Tech Weekly, a free newsletter focused on climate technologies. Earlier this week, Swedish software firm Doconomy raised $19 million in equity capital led by return investor German venture capital firm CommerzVentures. What’s interesting about the new infusion is that it nearly doubles the $24 million the company previously raised over

Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free newsletter. Subscribe here. The takeaway after 3,300 words from the Ten-Trillion-Dollar Man: The power of capitalism is to deliver prosperity, and the way to hold onto power in today’s capitalism is to have purpose. BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink released his annual letter to CEOs on Monday night.