Before she begins her talks about hydrogen’s potential at eco conferences and other events, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) senior climate scientist and Princeton Ph.D. Ilissa Ocko likes to ask how many people in the audience have seen the Hollywood film, Glass Onion. A show of hands—and murmurings about whether or not attendees enjoyed it—ensues. In […]
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) leapt into the conversation in late April with the release of its Global EV Outlook 2023, the latest in an annual series of market assessments. By then, the federal government had committed up to C$13 billion to an EV battery plant in St. Thomas, Ontario that will be Canada’s biggest factory when it goes […]
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Hidden in the ebb and flow of the tides is a wealth of energy. Primarily generated by the gravitational pull of the moon, tidal power is more predictable than wind, and it works well alongside solar power, generating electricity at night when the sun is down but when people fire up their computers, televisions, and […]
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It would take more energy than all the world’s houses will consume in 2100 to power a fledgling technology that captures enough carbon dioxide from the air to limit global heating at 1.5°C, according to British multinational oil company Shell. In a Shell scenario where the world limits global warming in line with the Paris […]
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A passionate talent pool, regulation, and a shift from education to implementation by businesses make 2023 the perfect moment to make our greenest dreams come true. Even Wall Street, where green is more likely to be equated with the color of money than trees, is paying close attention. The tech industry’s ubiquitous layoffs have left […]
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The following is an excerpt from GreenBiz Group’s 16th annual State of Green Business, which explores sustainable business trends to watch in 2023. Download the report here. After debuting 50 years ago, carbon tech — technologies that capture, store and use emitted carbon; reduce emissions from other sectors; or monitor physical assets containing stored carbon — was long considered […]
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Fossil investment is not the whole story, however. The International Energy Agency (IEA) collaborated with the European Patent Office (EPO) on a “first of its kind” report that analyzes the patenting trends in hydrogen production technologies over the past 20 years. The study shows “a clear shift of innovation from traditional, carbon-intensive methods to new technologies with […]
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Here’s a mind-blowing number: Roughly 2% of people in the United States grow the food that the other 98% of us consume. While farm owners continue to be a shrinking population, the U.S. population is still growing, albeit at a slower pace. The net result? We’ve got more mouths to feed and fewer farmers to […]
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