Climate: Where Technology, Infrastructure, and Policy Meet
In his new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, a man who has left his mark on software, business, and philanthropy sets his sights squarely on the
Five Young Black Leaders Fighting For Racial and Climate Justice
By Belawoe Akwakoku February 5, 2021, Defend Our Future
This Black History Month, we are happy to add on to our list from last year, as we recognize and amplify the work of five more young Black leaders that …
Inside Clean Energy: Here Are 3 States to Watch in 2021
By Dan Gearino
The Biden administration promises to restart U.S. progress on clean energy and climate policy, after the backsliding of the last four years.
But one thing that won’t change from the Trump …
WE’RE BACK IN !
Oliver Milman The Guardian, Jan. 20, 2021.
Joe Biden has moved to reinstate the US to the Paris climate agreement just hours after being sworn in as president, as his administration rolls out a cavalcade of executive orders aimed at …
350.org on white supremacist attempted coup in the U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC — Today, as the U.S. Congress prepared to certify the November 2020 presidential election results, white supremacists breached four rounds of security around the U.S. Capitol, reaching armed conflict on the Congressional floor. Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump’s …
Consider a Passive House
Passive House standard is widely utilized in Europe, but to a much smaller extent here in the US; it achieves approximately 80% reduction in heating and cooling energy.
Passive building is designed and built in accordance with these five building-science …
Gyroscopic Precession Explained
There was a recent letter to the editor published in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette making the claim that the climate change we are currently experiencing is natural and is caused by the natural wobble in the earth’s axis of rotation. …
Wolf Administration Awards $2.5 Million Contract to University of Pittsburgh to Research Health Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing in Pennsylvania
12/22/2020 Press Release, Gov. Wolf office.
Harrisburg, PA – The Wolf Administration today announced that a $2.5 million contract is in place with the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health to conduct research on the potential health effects …
Plastic Market Trends Are Bad News for Appalachia Cracker Plans
by , Dec 14, 2020, Ohio River Valley Institute.
What Peak Plastic Means for the Petchem Buildout
The Ohio Valley petrochemical buildout is in big trouble. You know it when you hear things like this:
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