Ten Charts Show How the World is Progressing on Clean Energy
By Iain Staffell, Carbon Brief
Rapid progress towards clean energy is needed to meet the global ambition to limit warming to no more than 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures.
Tag: clean energy transition
Just Transition – Part Four: the Highlands of Hydro
By Chris Silver, DeSmog UK
The achievements of the Hydro Board rank among the most successful and concentrated single instances of energy transitions. As the Scottish Government prepares to convene its commission on a Just Transition — a project to end reliance on fossil fuels in a socially equitable manner — a clear precedent does exist.
Just Transition — Part Three: Centuries of Shale
By Chris Silver, DeSmog UK
In a Scotland straining towards a two-thirds cut in emissions by 2030, the behemoth of Grangemouth represents by far the greatest single obstacle. In addition to the practical questions surrounding its future, it has become totemic for capital, unions, and the Scottish National Party.
Just Transition — Part Two: City of Oil
By Chris Silver, DeSmog UK
For those looking for answers as to how the Scottish economy can move away, as it must, from hydrocarbons, the harbour seems to offer hope for a just transition. The jobs and trades of tomorrow are jumbled up with the older hydrocarbon sector as it gradually reaches the end of its productive lifespan.
Just Transition — Part One: The Kingdom of Coal
By Chris Silver, DeSmog UK
In this first of our new series 'Just Transition, from Fossil Fuels to Environmental Justice', we look at the history of energy in Fife, and begin to mine the prospects for a more sustainable future to meet our climate crisis.
Principles of Energy Transition
By Chris Nelder, David Murphy, The Energy Transition Show
Dr. David Murphy, a professor of environmental studies at St. Lawrence University, returns to the show to interview Chris about energy transition in this live event
IEA: Clean Energy Transition Makes Reforms ‘Inescapable’ for Oil States
By Jocelyn Timperley, Carbon Brief
A changing energy system is posing “critical questions” for many of the world’s largest oil and gas producing countries, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says.
Energy: Missing from the Nuclear Story
By Don Fitz, Green Social Thought
The phrase “Precautionary Principle” is not even included in the index of Energy, much less discussed. Rhodes’ approach suggests a “Throw-caution-to-the-wind Principle.”
Richard Heinberg on Sustainable Nation Podcast
By Richard Heinberg, Josh Prigge, Sustridge
Richard Heinberg joins Sustainable Nation to discuss: The current state of energy and its contributions to the climate crisis The shale gas and tight oil bubble Community resiliency The transition to a fossil fuel free future Recommendations and advice for sustainability leaders
Secretary of Energy Moves to Save Coal: The Art of the Squeal
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
When the Department’s report was finally released, it admitted the rise of increasingly cheap and available solar and wind were not the culprits condemning coal and nuclear to the slag heap of U.S. power supplies. Still, the report suggested—strongly—the nation needed to prop up the two sectors the market was otherwise turning away from--for reliability and security reasons.