By Rapid Transition Alliance Staff, Rapid Transition Alliance
In 2021, 81% of Kenya’s electricity generation came from the low carbon sources of geothermal, hydro, wind, and solar power.
By Richard Heinberg, Independent Media Institute
We need a realistic plan for energy descent, instead of foolish dreams of eternal consumer abundance by means other than fossil fuels.
By Laurie Cone, Resilience.org
In my mind what must undergird any energy transition is the building of a new way of being that is made possible by a much lower-consumption world coupled with living more communally.
By Chris Nelder, David Murphy, The Energy Transition Show
Do renewable energy sources generate enough energy ‘profit’ to make them worth continued investment? And is any energy profit large enough to run our modern world, as renewables displace fossil fuels?
By Simon Evans, Carbon Brief
Fossil fuel use will peak within five years, says the World Energy Outlook 2022 from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
By James R. Martin, The R-word
The transition to a smaller, slower and less energy intensive economy will be made vastly more smooth and pleasant if we enact this transformation deliberately, intelligently and voluntarily.
By Chris Nelder, Energy Transition Show
What began as a “global energy crunch” one year ago, as we discussed with Will Kennedy in Episode #158, has now become a global energy crisis.
By Rob Hopkins, Rob Hopkins blog
This piece represents a return to my roots, to the origins of the word that has defined my life and work for the last 15 years, ‘Transition’.
By Rapid Transition Alliance Staff, Rapid Transition Alliance
Addressing the shortcomings of our housing stock in the face of increasingly frequent and severe heat waves could stimulate rapid transitions in a variety of key transition areas, such as heat pump installations and reclaiming streetscapes from cars.
By John Bistline, Carbon Brief
Our article shows that the next steps in reaching the 2030 US climate target are clearer and increasingly affordable, but require new supporting policies to get there.
By Tara Lohan, The Revelator
A surge in offshore wind projects has helped make wind power a renewable force.
By Robert Raymond, Shareable
A new report by the Democracy Collaborative has found that community utilities — those that are publicly or cooperatively owned — are better suited for a green transition than their for-profit corporate counterparts.