By Jill Clayton Wysips, the abbreviation for “What you see is photovoltaic surface,” is a transparent layer that can be used to generate power and charge the battery of the device in […]
Could more of these give New York and other cities a resilience against extreme weather? By Anders LorenzenIs extreme weather making a case for an upscale in renewable energy and a move […]
By Jill Clayton The San Francisco 49ers may have been 2013’s Super Bowl Runner-ups, but they could be #1 in LEED (“Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design”) standards by the start of […]
By Anders Lorenzen Sweden’s IKEA does it, so does the United Kingdom’s Sainsbury’s and now USA’s Walmart does it too. We’re not talking about some new groundbreaking furniture or food project but […]
Solar lamps make students able to study longer after sunset. Credit: SolarAid. By Anders Lorenzen In the Western world, we mainly think of ‘solar’ as solar photovoltaic (PV) panels situated on rooftops, […]
By Anders Lorenzen Dutch oil giant Shell declared last night that it would abandon its ambitious plans for drilling in the Alaskan Arctic in 2013. In a press statement they said: “We’ve […]
Has Germany’s anti-nuclear protests driven up carbon emissions? By Anders LorenzenIn the past week Guardian columnist George Monbiot and green party MP Caroline Lucas have made compelling cases for and against nuclear […]
By Anders Lorenzen 2012 was a complex year for environmentalists; dark warnings were brought by the climate, however there were also flickers of hope eg. in the form of advancements in research […]
With less than a week to go to Cop 18 the, UN’s climate talks the past week have seen several sombre climate news announced. Last week, a report published by the International […]
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