by Beth Holmes | Nov 29, 2021 | Business, Climate Change, Conservation, Green Energy
Wastewater, rather than air pollution, may be the wedge that finally pushes coal out of its place as the U.S.’s power source. Coal-burning plants in the United States had an October deadline to get better at filtering their wastewater. A new wastewater rule,...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 15, 2021 | Business, Climate Change, Green Energy
Direct air capture is one of the newest tools in the fight against climate change, and it’s growing in popularity. According to research agencies like the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we’re at a point where reducing emissions...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 26, 2021 | Business, Conservation, Environmental hazards
The Dixie Fire, started by a tree down on Pacific Gas & Electric power lines in California, has prompted the energy giant to finally bury its high-energy lines in a safety measure long overdue. On July 13, 2021, a tree fell onto an unsecured PG&E power line in...
by Admin | Dec 2, 2020 | Articles, Business, Climate Change
It’s not unusual for large businesses to weigh in on national policy – in fact, it could be said that it’d be strange for them to abstain – but General Motors and Walmart are not typically names one would expect to see on a lobbying action for climate...
by Admin | Nov 25, 2020 | Articles, Business, Conservation, Sustainability
Isaac Graubard is thirteen years old, and he learned something this year during lockdown. “After doing some research,” he said in an interview with CBS2, “I only found out that 9 percent of plastics get recycled, and it’s sickening to think that we try so hard...
by Admin | Jul 3, 2020 | Business, Green Energy
In Britain, the dark cloud of the COVID-19 crisis has had one notable silver lining; under the reduced energy load of a population in lockdown, the country has gone without using coal-generated energy for more than two months. With energy-hungry industrial and...
