by Admin | Oct 5, 2020 | Climate Change, Conservation, Green Energy
The United Kingdom hasn’t made any hard commitments yet, but officials are discussing a chain of new clean energy policies. These policies are all tied into the idea of a “green” recovery for the British economy after the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of them...
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...
by Admin | Jun 11, 2020 | Green Energy, Sustainability
Only a decade ago, coal was the largest source of energy in the United States. Together with natural gas and crude oil, these fossil fuels accounted for more than two-thirds of our energy production. Since then, despite government efforts to prop up the failing coal...
by Admin | Apr 24, 2020 | Green Energy
In Iowa, 3.18 million people and all of their industry use an estimated 46 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity a year. A 2014 report by the state’s energy commission reported that 23 coal-powered plants produced the majority of that energy, approximately 36 TWh. But...
by Admin | Mar 30, 2020 | Conservation, Information
The anti-electric vehicle crowd has always been down on the energy-saving benefits of stepping away from internal combustion engines. Their claim is that electric vehicles (EVs) are more expensive in terms of energy overall when you factor in manufacturing,...
