The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Thursday voted to approve an 11.5 GW procurement package composed entirely of clean energy resources that will come online in the middle of the decade, marking its largest-ever capacity procurement ordered at once. The new resources are intended to prepare the state for more extreme weather and help […]
Building a Better Future
These building rules could be our climate salvation By James Glave in Features, Energy | November 4th 2019 #29 of 32 articles from the Special Report:Canada’s Clean Economy Photo courtesy Cascadia Windows Tou’ve probably never even heard of two of Canada’s more effective provincial and city-scale climate policies—and that’s probably not a bad thing. The BC Energy Step Code and the City of […]
Canadian Environmental News
Does the Planet, or any of its Parts Have Rights? Can we sue someone for violating those rights? Can we demand writs of mandamus against those who do not fulfill their duties to protect? The following article is from the Canadian Environmental Law Association covering a number of current events in Canadian environmental jurisprudence. CELA […]
50 Grand Challenges for the 21st Century
We asked experts from the world of science and technology to describe the societal challenges that they think matter in 2017 and beyond. Over the past month, Future Now has been covering the “grand challenges” we face as a society in a series of articles, videos and graphics. We polled a panel of people […]