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EGEB: Pope gives Trump climate change letter, World’s largest solar plant financed, more
<i>Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial and political review/analysis of important green energy news.</i><p>The Pope gave Donald Trump a 192-page letter he wrote on climate change – <i>encyclical (a papal letter), titled Laudato Si or “Praised Be,” essentially tied protection of the planet</i> …
Renewable Energy22 GOP senators signed a letter urging Trump to pull out of the Paris agreement
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and 21 other Republicans are urging the president to follow through on his campaign pledge to pull out of the Paris climate accord.<p>The GOP senators sent a two-page letter Thursday to President Donald Trump. The letter says remaining in the …
Paris AgreementAs Trump wavers over Paris climate accord, European leaders give him an earful
With President Trump balking on his vow to shred the Obama-negotiated Paris agreement on climate change, the last place the pact’s staunch opponents wanted to see the president is where he will be this weekend — meeting other world leaders unanimous in their warnings that withdrawal from the accord …
ClimateTesla’s solar roof tiles are sold out ‘well into 2018’
After first unveiling the product last year, Tesla started taking orders with a $1,000 deposit for the first versions of its solar roof tiles earlier this month.<p>Electrek has learned that demand exceeded expectations and that its solar roof tiles are now sold out ‘well into 2018’.<p>Earlier this week, …
Clean EnergyWill India Ever Need Another Coal Plant?
The country’s energy infrastructure is changing rapidly as solar prices plummet.<p>In 2010, India was experiencing a massive boost in coal power—but not everyone was benefitting.Those in the Siddhi community, spread across the foothills of the Western Ghats, were almost entirely left in the literal …
Renewable EnergyMacron tells Trump not to make a 'rushed decision' on the Paris climate agreement
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron told his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Thursday not to take any hasty decision on a global climate change deal that the American president had criticized during his campaign.<p>"I respect the fact he placed under review the Paris agreement," …
Paris AgreementPope Francis Gifts Trump Some Heavy Reading On Subject POTUS Calls 'Bulls**t'
After months of trading barbs, Pope Francis and President Donald Trump’s finally met in person at the Vatican on Wednesday.<p>The highly anticipated …
ClimateFirm behind Dakota Access pipeline faces intense scrutiny for series of leaks
Documents suggest that a major spill from the Rover pipeline in Ohio described as 2m gallons of ‘drilling fluids’ might now be more than twice as large<p>The oil company behind the Dakota Access pipeline is facing intense scrutiny from regulators and activists over a series of recent leaks across the …
EnvironmentalismThis Idea for Smog-Busting Bikes is Freaking Brilliant
An Amsterdam-based designer hopes to turn every bicycle into a rolling, personal smog scrubber. Daan Roosegaarde introduced his design for a …
PollutionRepublican Senators Reportedly Using a Bogus Argument to Convince Trump to Exit the Paris Agreement
Republican senators are reportedly planning to send President Trump a legally dubious letter asking him to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement, …
ClimateCompensation for grid curtailment to be beneficial for renewables
The Power Ministry proposal to provide a compensation mechanism for existing renewable energy projects against grid curtailments will be a major …
Renewable EnergyWhy Coal Can’t Compete on a True Level Playing Field
By<p>Richard L. Revesz<p>Richard L. Revesz<p>The Wall Street Journal<p>Biography<p><i>Richard L. Revesz is dean emeritus and Lawrence King Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, where he directs the Institute for Policy Integrity. He is the co-author of “Struggling for Air: Power Plants and the ‘War</i> …
ClimateThe wind turbine manufacturer putting unemployed coal miners to work
The transition to clean energy isn’t always easy for workers in fossil fuel industries. As coal miners find themselves out of work, one wind turbine …
Wind PowerCompetition launched to keep plastic out of the oceans
<b>(CNN) —</b> There are over 150 million metric tons of plastics in our oceans.<p>Each year, an additional 8 million are added -- the equivalent of a truckload every minute, according to the World Economic Forum.<p>At this rate, by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans by weight, the Ellen …
RecyclingHow whales went from just big to absolutely enormous
Blue whales are among the biggest creatures on the planet today. But a few million years ago, they were practically petite.<p>Scientists think they know why these whales gained so much weight.<p>Environmental changes likely altered the distribution of whales' food supplies in a way that rewarded …
Climate Change3 Stocks That Are Ridiculously Cheap Right Now
There are stocks that are discounted, and those that are in bargain-basement territory. And then you have stocks that are so ridiculously cheap it boggles the mind.Even though the market is at all-time record highs, some companies have been marked down beyond all reason.<p>We asked three Motley Fool …
First Solar Inc.Testing the myth that global warming is leveling off
Here's what two decades of satellite data actually show.<p>Has the Earth already reached peak warming? Has climate change leveled off, leaving us to adjust to a new, warmer normal? Not according to satellite measurements, say the authors of a paper published yesterday in the journal <i>Scientific …
Climate ChangeHow to make compost: The only video tutorial you'll need
I've always considered myself a better compost-maker than I am a gardener. And from building a compost tumbler to composting indoors, I've posted a …
SustainabilityWind Power Catches a Mountain Breeze
The story of Carbon County, Wyoming, can be told in its name. The 8,000-sq.-mi. jurisdiction first appeared on the map--figuratively and …
Wind PowerFor the first time in years, NOAA predicts an above-average hurricane season
For the first time since 2013, NOAA is anticipating above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic. The outlook is at odds with other professional forecasts issued earlier this spring.<p>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s outlook, released Thursday morning, predicts the development …
WeatherU.S. weather forecasters predict above-normal hurricane season
(Reuters) - U.S. weather forecasters on Thursday predicted more tropical storms in 2017 than normal for the Atlantic hurricane season, which last year brought one of the deadliest recorded storm systems that killed several hundred people.<p>Meteorologists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …
WeatherA massive 50 GWh battery factory project planned in Asia for next year
Li-ion battery production is the backbone of the electric vehicle revolution and supply will have to increase significantly over the next few years to support the growth.<p>Tesla has the most ambitious plan with Gigafactory 1 having the same capacity as the entire industry at a single location, but …
AutosMacron white-knuckles Trump in first meetup
Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron completed the initial leg of his first diplomatic marathon with a win: He beat his US counterpart in a handshake contest.<p>It wasn’t billed as such, of course, but during his brief yet already memorable tenure as president, Donald Trump has made …
Paris AgreementClimate Budget Cuts Are Smart Management, Not an Attack on Science
It’s been described as a “slap in the face,” “slaughter,” “a punitive … assault on science, the environment, and indeed the planet.”<p>Aside from being …
ClimateSEPTA poised to approve big solar project
SEPTA’s board is set to approve Thursday the construction of rooftop solar systems on several sprawling maintenance centers in Philadelphia, a …
Renewable EnergyWhat if Bicycles Could Clean the Polluted Air Around Them?
Innovative Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde and his team of designers and engineers at Studio Roosegaarde are out to make the world a more sustainable, …
PollutionGreen power fantasies
The utopia of consumers trading power thanks to green networks and photovoltaics is pleasant to imagine but completely unrealistic<p>The cool phrases among the proponents of green electricity are ‘distributed networks’ and ‘micro networks’ which, we are told, will eventually supplant the traditional …
EnergyWigwam Socks Pairs Sustainability With Cause-Effort
Wigwam Socks wants to get a few steps closer to becoming a zero-landfill company and will to warm a few more feet in the process.<p>The Sheboygan, …
SustainabilityFrom energy efficiency to clean energy: 10 years of EDF Climate Corps
Ten years ago, EDF found itself head-on with a challenge: how to effectively jump-start corporate energy efficiency initiatives. We started EDF …
Clean EnergyWhen it rains it pours: Climate change is bringing extreme rainfall somewhere near you
Nobel literature laureate and songsmith Bob Dylan certainly got it right: a hard rain <i>is</i> going to fall. As global temperatures rise, extremes of …
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