How to Escape From the Iron Age?
We may not be able to escape the Iron Age, but we have an option to escape the catch-22 that inextricably links steel production with fossil fuels
Energy featured
How the Energy Transition is Like Farting under the Covers
During one week (Monday to Friday) the news ranged from the growing e-waste crisis, to oil companies’ long-term plans to drill, to green bonds for nuclear power. None of it makes sense, except in a culture that puts consumerism and growth ahead of everything else.
Of Life and Lithium
While we may change the kinds of cars we drive, we won’t change our lifestyles to fit a climate-challenged future. Millions upon millions of new zero-emission vehicles will be required and to create them, we’ll need staggering amounts of resources that are still lodged below the earth’s crust.
The Reality of the Green Transition
Energy is meant to supply vitality, not threaten destruction. It is the flow of life through an ecosystem.
How a small church in a Vermont town addresses climate change
A couple years ago a project launched at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Brattleboro, Vt., aimed at making the whole church campus– church, education wing, and rectory– powered 110% by clean, renewable energy by 2030.
Resiliency Hub provides safety and self-sufficiency in a disinvested community
Solar power plus battery storage will enable a Petersburg, VA Resiliency Hub to keep its doors open in times of crisis.
Analysis: Record drop in China’s CO2 emissions needed to meet 2025 target
China’s energy sector carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increased 5.2% in 2023, meaning a record fall of 4-6% is needed by 2025 to meet the government’s “carbon intensity” target.
UK Government Holds its Nerve on Heat Pumps as Clean Heat Policy Confirmed
A cornerstone of the UK’s plans to slash the use of gas in home heating has survived a bitter backlash from the gas boiler sector.
Alberta’s Brutal Water Reckoning
Alberta’s water emergency, which is also a fire emergency, was foretold by scores of water scientists. They predicted that prolonged water scarcity would hit southern Alberta hard for stubborn geographical reasons.
DRC Bleeds Conflict Minerals For Green Growth
As violent militias rampage across the country, activists in the DRC are urgently calling for a green transition that puts justice first, not new revenue streams, and that dismantles colonial exploitation once and for all.
Covas do Barroso: Local Resistance to Europe’s Lithium Race
Lithium may be at the heart of the green transition, but mining the metallic element also causes damage to natural environments. In lithium-rich Portugal, modest rural communities join national outrage against governmental deals bypassing local economies and threatening livelihoods.
We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy
Radical societal transformation is inevitable; a plan could make a difference between catastrophe and progress.
