If you’re wondering why interest in microgrids is growing at a rapid clip, look no further than a new report “Billion Dollar Losses, Trillion Dollar Threats: The Cost of Climate […]
Creaky US power grid threatens progress on renewables, EVs
By Tim McLaughlin After decades of struggle, the U.S. clean-energy business is booming, with soaring electric-car sales and fast growth in wind and solar power. That’s raising hopes for the […]
California takes a first-of-its-kind step on building decarbonization
The California Energy Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to adopt changes to the state building energy efficiency standards that in part heavily encourage the use of electric heat pumps over […]
‘This is it. If we don’t amp up, we’re goners’: the last chance to confront the climate crisis?
The Earth’s climate has always been a work in progress. In the 4.5bn years the planet has been spinning around the sun, ice ages have come and gone, interrupted by […]
The thin green line: Scientists must do more to limit the toll of burgeoning infrastructure on nature and society
The Ecological Citizen is pleased to pre publish William Laurance’s new article on mega infrastructure projects titled “The thin green line: Scientists must do more to limit the toll of […]