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CSU Channel Islands is set to begin installing a solar array that will provide approximately 68% of the University’s electrical energy needs on an annual basis.
Ask the Editors: Sustainable aviation fuels are technically viable today; it is their economic viability that remains in question.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
This is a classic example of the common, partial assessment of sustainable practices. In these approaches, the onus is always on the solution/sustainable option to solve the entirety of the problem.
It is true that currently renewable aviation fuels cost more than the federally-subsidized fossil fuel production system. But this assumes that the damage caused by existing emissions from fossil fuels are "free" and do not factor into the cost of the traditional fuels.
Colorado and Wyoming charge $50 a year, California an added $100, and Illinois tried to introduce a flat fee of $1,000 for owners of electric vehicles.
“Neste brings great value to our company by offering a consistent supply of quality renewable diesel with a definite branding potential, along with an exclusive supply arrangement for our designated marketing area,” comments Ron Van De Pol, president of Van De Pol Petroleum.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
The shine of biodiesel and its brethren has turned dull over the past few years, limited by the availability and reliability of supply. Most of the consistent stream has been snapped up by larger entities with larger fleets. More supply should trickle down to the consumer market and help further wean us off of petroleum-based fuels.
Tax breaks cherished by both the fossil fuel and renewable energy industries emerged unscathed in a tax plan unveiled in the U.S. Senate, according to details of the bill released Thursday evening by the chamber’s main tax writing committee.
Brazil is in the midst of a hydropower construction boom that is inundating large areas of rainforest and driving indigenous people from their lands — all while failing to fully develop the country’s vast potential for solar and wind energy.
Hello World’s Ashlee Vance paid a recent visit to Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavik to see the next part of the green energy story. He found a start-u
About 15 years ago, Finnish energy company Neste decided to change its course. Since 1948, Neste was in the oil business, but the health of the planet and future generations began to weigh on the company’s leadership.
With much of the world still viewing climate change as an inconvenient truth, Neste’s executive committee and board of directors decided to embark on an ambitious transformation from fossil fuels to renewables. Now, Neste is a global leader in renewable fuels and the third most sustainable company in the world, according to Corporate Knights.
Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla’s new Cybertruck electric pickup truck will be offered with a solar roof option over the truck’s bed that will be able to add 15 miles of range per day. We’ve discussed solar roofs on electric vehicles before, most recently with the one on the new Prius Prime, but the recurring problem is that …
This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If you want to get electricity generated by fossil fuels in California you’re soon going to be out of luck. A bill that just made it through the legislature requires the state’s electricity to come entirely from zero-carbon sources by 2045. […]
The state has made major progress in its shift from oil to renewables but there’s still a lot to be done, according to a new report analyzing its ongoing transition.
Less than a month after Elon Musk's Tesla Inc. unveiled a new backup power system in Australia, the world's largest lithium-ion battery is already being put to the test. It appears to be far exceeding expectations.
Elon Musk is ready to tackle rebuilding Puerto Rico's electrical grid. Tesla has already implemented systemwide solar and battery projects on islands like Kauai in Hawaii and another American Samoa. When Scott Stapf of the consulting firm The Hastings Group tweeted to the Tesla founder that the damage to the island's grid after Hurrican
A nonprofit group backed by the wind industry is launching a seven-figure advertising blitz in D.C., touting the renewable energy's American bona fides, seeking to capitalize on President Trump's driving mantra of America First.
The advertisements will run on cable, radio and digital outlets across D.C., with the president, his new administration and Congress as the target audience. The ads will run on Fox and Friends, which Trump watches regularly, along with other influential cable shows.
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