Climate Change Mitigation’s Best-Kept Secret
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas — but there’s a lot we can do about it.
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Energy Crunch: Clean energy gains ground
Ever since oil and gas prices started to plunge, speculation that cheaper fossil fuels would mean a serious setback for renewables has been rife.
Our Renewable Future
Or, What I’ve Learned in 12 Years Writing about Energy
Economics of the Anthropocene
Joshua Farley presenting at the Techno-Utopianism and the Fate of the Earth conference.
Fossil Fuel Use is Limited by Climate, if Not by Resources
It is fair to say that the crash in oil price was not anticipated by most people who keep an eye on the oil supply situation, and accordingly, its cause is a matter of intense speculation, with the future prognosis even more so.
Could Global Tide Be Starting To Turn Against Fossil Fuels?
From an oil chill in the financial world to the recent U.S.-China agreement on climate change, recent developments are raising a question that might once have been considered unthinkable: Could this be the beginning of a long, steady decline for the oil and coal industries?
Why Is There So Little Action on Climate Change?
In effect, humanity is playing a game of Russian roulette. So what’s getting in the way of taking the necessary action?
Vast reserves of fossil fuels should be left untapped
The sheer scale of the fossil fuel reserves that will need to be left unexploited for decades if world leaders sign up to a radical climate agreement is revealed in a study by a team of British scientists.
Carbon Counterattack
Around the world, carbon-based fuels are under attack. Increasingly grim economic pressures, growing popular resistance, and the efforts of government regulators have all shocked the energy industry.
The Day When Change Will Come
This is the vicious circle of capitalism, which is speeding up the destruction of the commons, driven by a world economy based on consumption and growth.
California Governor Proposes Most Ambitious Renewable Energy Target In U.S.
California Governor Jerry Brown used the occasion of his fourth inaugural address to propose an ambitious new clean energy target for the state: 50% renewable energy by 2030.
Wealth Creation and the New Energy Economy
Looking at the markets from a 30,000 foot level, some interesting shifts are occurring. And yet they are almost completely under the radar screen.
