By Allie Gregory Continuing his campaign for saviour of the planet, Joaquin Phoenix has appeared in a Shaun Monson-directed film titled Guardians of Life — a two-minute short that “centres on the near-critical stage of the climate crisis the planet is facing.” The film arrives today in part from Extinction Rebellion and Amazon Watch and stars Phoenix alongside Rosario Dawson, Matthew […]
Coronavirus: ‘Nature is sending us a message’, says UN environment chief
Nature is sending us a message with the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing climate crisis, according to the UN’s environment chief, Inger Andersen. Andersen said humanity was placing too many pressures on the natural world with damaging consequences and warned that failing to take care of the planet meant not taking care of ourselves. Leading […]
The Largest State-Owned Power Utility in the USA Announces Collaboration with Zinc8 Energy Solutions
This may eventually turn out to be the biggest announcement for MGX Renewables Inc. (doing business as “Zinc8 Energy Solutions Inc.“; pending name change) on the road to commercialization of its low-cost, long-duration battery energy storage system. New York State appears to be the perfect place and the New York Power Authority the perfect partner […]
2020 Outlook: Utilities will be pushed to further embrace distributed energy resources
The 2010s saw the concept of the “utility death spiral” — the idea that improvements in distributed technology like rooftop solar and behind-the-meter battery (BTM) storage will make the electric utility business model increasingly irrelevant — become commonplace. Throughout the decade, there were fierce policy debates between advocates of distributed energy resources (DERs), for whom […]
Brundt ice sheet
Iceberg twice the size of New York City set to break off Antarctic ice shelf Scientists are unsure what this could mean for the future health and stability of the Brunt Ice Shelf. Previously stable for about 35 years, a crack in Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf recently started accelerating northward as fast as 4 kilometers […]