“Over 6000 cities now monitor air quality – Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens their health. A record number of over 6000 cities in 117 countries are now monitoring air quality, but the people living in them are still breathing unhealthy levels of fine particulate… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Energy
The Science of Nuclear Weapons, Visualized
Visual Capitalist “an online publisher that creates data visualizations, has created an infographic depicting the scientific process of nuclear weapons. The infographic shows the process of nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, and the height and radius of atomic and hydrogen bombs used in the past. One section of the infographic displays the scale of atomic bombs… Continue Reading
The Razor’s Edge of A Warming World
“As we hurtle toward an ever-hotter future, GQ spotlights eight places whose very identities depend on a simple calculation: If we limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, these places could be saved. In a 2-degree scenario, they would be irredeemably lost…Julia Baum, a marine biologist at the University of Victoria, in British… Continue Reading
Tracking Devices Reveal Where Recycling Really Goes
YouTube – “Bloomberg placed trackers in three plastic bags and dropped them in Tesco supermarket recycling bins around London. Their journey revealed a netherworld of contractors, brokers and exporters that looks less like the circular economy and more like a game of pass-the-buck.” Continue Reading
TIME 100 Most Influential Companies of 2022
“Which businesses and corporate leaders are shaping our future? That’s the question at the heart of TIME 100 Most Influential Companies, an annual list that highlights businesses making an extraordinary impact around the world. To assemble it, TIME solicits nominations across sectors including health care, entertainment, technology, and more from our global network of editors… Continue Reading
Environmental Groups Pressure Bitcoin Community to Lower Energy Use
WSJ – Consortium launches effort advocating changes to the cryptocurrency’s code – “A consortium of environmental groups launched a campaign on Monday seeking to change bitcoin’s code to decrease its energy use, which has grown substantially in the past few years. Bitcoin is popular among some investors, but its energy use has riled environmental groups,… Continue Reading
Discover Which Corporations are Biggest Regulatory Violators and Lawbreakers Throughout US
Philip Mattera – Research Director of Good Jobs First & Director of the Corporate Research Project: “The latest expansion of Violation Tracker includes more than 2,000 consumer protection and safety cases brought by state public utility commissions across the country over the past two decades. We’ve published a report called Policing the Grid which analyzes… Continue Reading
electricityMap
electricityMap – “The leading resource for electricity CO2 data. We provide actionable data quantifying how carbon intensive electricity is on an hourly basis across 50+ countries. The data can be accessed historically, in real time, or as a forecast for the next 24 hours. You can also explore the real time data on the electricityMap… Continue Reading
Phaseout Pathways for Fossil Fuel Production Within Paris-compliant Carbon Budgets
Calverley, D., & Anderson, K. (2022). Phaseout Pathways for Fossil Fuel Production Within Paris-compliant Carbon Budgets. Tyndall Center for Climate Research, The University of Manchester, 22 March 2022 “To comply with the carbon budget for a 50:50 chance of not exceeding 1.5°C of warming requires immediate and deep cuts in the production of all fossil… Continue Reading
Net Zero Tracker and Green Finance Measures Database
Net Zero Tracker – “We analyse all countries and territories, every region in the 25 largest emitting countries and all cities with 500,000+ inhabitants… The Green Finance Measures Database includes policy and regulatory measures issued by public authorities, including governments, central banks, financial regulators, and public financial institutions. For more information on the database please see the… Continue Reading
11 rules for buying an ebike, and the 11 ebikes to buy now
Ryan’s Blog: “Ebikes are about to change the world. They are already the best selling electric vehicles, and are selling as fast as factories can make them. They will be a big driver of shifting more car trips to other modes. And shifting more families to owning fewer, or even no cars. When we need… Continue Reading
Over 400 Companies Have Withdrawn from Russia—But Some Remain
@JeffSonnenfeld: There are 33 companies that are defying demands for exit/reduction of activities from Russia [“The list is updated continuously by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and his research team at the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute to reflect new announcements from companies in as close to real time as possible.”] Click here to read the March 17th… Continue Reading
