Rachel Gold from ACEEE writes on the GreenBiz website about the efforts by several states in the US to lean on local utilities to ramp up their energy efficiency programmes. What are utilities in your region doing? States step up climate efforts by requiring utilities to increase energy efficiency Before the COVID-19 pandemic adjourned … Continue reading Utilities in the US are being required to increase energy efficiency to address climate change challenges
The flow battery is staking a claim in the renewable energy world of the future
Flow batteries have longer lives than lithium-ion batteries and show great promise. The problem so far is that they rely on the costly material vanadium. Irina Slav writes on the OilPrice website that there are new developments that use cheap, sustainable materials. She explains that new developments are needed because the world will be needing … Continue reading The flow battery is staking a claim in the renewable energy world of the future
Road markings redrawn in many German cities after cyclists demand more space to comply with Covid-19 rules
Philip Oltermann writes on The Guardian website about the latest efforts to give cyclists “pop-up” cycle lanes for the duration of the Covid-19 lockdown. Is a similar initiative happening where you are? Pop-up bike lanes help with coronavirus physical distancing in Germany German cities are redrawing road markings to create “pop-up” cycle lanes for … Continue reading Road markings redrawn in many German cities after cyclists demand more space to comply with Covid-19 rules
“Hidden emissions” need to be counted as countries move to be carbon neutral
The “hidden emissions” in Britain have grown significantly from 14 per cent in 1990 of overall carbon footprint to 46 per cent in 2019. If Britain intends to be carbon neutral by 2050, these hidden emissions need to be accounted for. Ben Webster explains in an article on The Times website. Half of UK … Continue reading “Hidden emissions” need to be counted as countries move to be carbon neutral
Our throwaway society is unsustainable
Unrepairable phones and laptops are one of the scandals of our throwaway society. But the pushback is building – and the coronavirus crisis has added more pressure for change. John Harris explains in an article on The Guardian website. Planned obsolescence: the outrage of our electronic waste mountain ‘Imagine you showed someone a smartphone … Continue reading Our throwaway society is unsustainable
Discussing “The Uninhabitable Earth” by David Wallace-Wells
EiD doesn’t know whether you have read this book yet. If not, you should. It really looks at what the future will look like if we do not make drastic changes to life. This is particularly important now as we try to get through the coronavirus crisis and then have to more seriously address climate … Continue reading Discussing “The Uninhabitable Earth” by David Wallace-Wells
Large enterprises required to have regular mandatory audits but that policy is still not a game changer
For many organisations it was merely a box-ticking exercise required under the 2012 EU Energy Efficiency Directive. In Britain it was called the Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme and there were hopes it would really make a difference and drive energy efficiency investments. Andrew Warren, chairman of the British Energy Efficiency Federation and a friend of … Continue reading Large enterprises required to have regular mandatory audits but that policy is still not a game changer
The need to find the right approach to convince people to purchase electric vehicles
Swapnesh Masrani, Assistant Professor, Management Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University explains that it is necessary to address the barriers that are putting people off from buying electric vehicles in an article on The Conversation website. Zero emissions: government must address hurdles putting people off electric cars Ambitious targets have been set by the … Continue reading The need to find the right approach to convince people to purchase electric vehicles
What will the coronavirus crisis mean for how we travel in the future?
There are many now commenting on what the future will bring to various aspects of our lives. Marcus Enoch, Professor in Transport Strategy at Loughborough University and James Warren, Senior Lecturer, Engineering and Innovation at The Open University look at the opportunities for reshaping travel once the coronavirus crisis is over in an article on … Continue reading What will the coronavirus crisis mean for how we travel in the future?
Environmental racism exists and that the rhetoric of “conservation” and “saving the planet” does not only come from what is called the left
There appears to be “fake news” that is intentionally seeding confusion as we address the coronavirus while also needing to keep a long-term focus on addressing climate change. Marc Hudson, Researcher on Sociomaterial Transformations at Keele University, explains in an article on The Conversation website. Beware far-right arguments disguised as environmentalism Posters in the … Continue reading Environmental racism exists and that the rhetoric of “conservation” and “saving the planet” does not only come from what is called the left
