Federal tax cuts are one way governments can help renewable energy grow in both the residential and business sectors.
Tax cuts and renewable energy Emily Folk | 4th February 2021 | Comment Renewable Energy Tax Government Editor’s Picks USA 3078007784_9351ef30b4_b.jpg Federal tax cuts are one way governments can help …
Review of 'The Price is Wrong: why capitalism won’t save the planet' by Brett Christophers.
… Christophers also unpicks claims that renewables projects are subsidy-free. Even … counts: look at China, which is building new renewables faster than the rest of the world … produced by different methods. But for renewables, 80 per cent-plus of this cost is …
The Texas blackouts are the latest deadly consequence of climate breakdown. And a Green New Deal and climate jobs are the solution.
… does not mean that all energy will come from renewables. But it does mean that most energy … and all that electricity will come from renewables. That will not be an easy thing to … these are getting worse with climate change. Renewables If the whole system were to stop …
New book sets out 'the human side of the renewable energy revolution' - read an extract here.
… - read an extract here. As the transition to renewables speeds up, governments will have to … they are clear about new job creation (in renewables or any other sector) and how to …
The latest nuclear power ‘renaissance’ is going in reverse.
… about a new nuclear ‘renaissance’. Meanwhile, renewables enjoyed record growth for the 22nd … Energy Agency (IEA) has just released its ‘Renewables 2023’ report and it makes for a … generation (currently 9.2 percent ) whereas renewables have grown to 30.2 percent . The …
The Labour party conference adopted the most radical climate policy of any in a G20 economy - but there will be battles ahead: with the leadership, and with union bosses.
… the electricity to users) would stay private. Renewables It is hard to see how a Labour … reasons: 1. Modern electricity technologies – renewables, plus networks that distribute … are left in corporates’ hands, the shift to renewables will never happen on any timescale …
Fraud, counterfeiting, bribery, corruption, sabotage, theft, and other criminal activities are rife in global nuclear industry.
… maintain its 30-year pattern of stagnation. Renewables But construction starts have … global commercial primary energy consumption. Renewables reached an estimated 29 percent … generation in 2020, a record share. Non-hydro renewables at 10.7 percent in 2020 overtook …
More than half of UK oil workers would switch to work on renewable energy if given the opportunity to retrain, new survey shows.
… North Sea workers ready to switch to renewables Simon Pirani | 5th October 2020 | News Editor’s Picks Renewables Oil Platform London Edinburgh May … the responses were: Offshore wind 53 percent; Renewables 51 percent; Rig decommissioning 38 …
Could Tory MPs lose votes among their base support because of the party's perverse energy policies? The answer is blowing in the wind.
… bills is to get off gas by accelerating renewables, which we're lucky enough to have … oil and gas and towards energy generated by renewables. Moreover, 50 per cent of people …
Ecological and energy literacy are necessary if we’re to understand what is happening to us and why, and to develop productive ways to respond.
… is a rapid transition from fossil fuels to renewables. An all-renewable society will be … to not only transition from fossil fuels to renewables but also to reshape our economic, … tend to focus on ramping up the supply of renewables, but the carbon budget concept …
Building sustainability into the UK exit strategy from the pandemic is a win-win-win for the climate, public health and the economy.
… which is good news. However, the problem with renewables at present is intermittency and … to fossil fuels, which, unlike solar and wind renewables, can be used at any moment of the …
Review of No Miracles Needed: how today’s technology can save our climate and clean our air, by Mark Jacobson.
… policies to retrain workers, and making renewables-only electricity grids fully … electricity access, and decentralised renewables that will solve the problem. … problems. And third, while decentralised renewables are seen by many people, this …
'Sharpe’s favoured alternative to neoclassical economics is a form of evolutionary economics: when it comes to the energy transition this notion is deeply flawed.'
… electricity generation. Arguably, given that renewables still account for less than half of … This may represent a transition to renewables in Norway (where electricity is … subsidy for fossil fuel development than for renewables, and wastes increasing amounts of …
The decision to postpone constructing a new nuclear plant in Wales has left a hole in the UK’s post-Brexit, low carbon energy plans.
… | 29th January 2019 News Thought Leaders UK Renewables Nuclear Electricity EU Brexit Low … contentious and yet to be agreed. More renewables In 2008, the Labour government set … while the remarkable drop in the cost of renewables and flexible energy sources is …
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) systems put more greenhouse gases into the air than they take out.
… the manufacture of sorbents or amines, of renewables-powered DAC. What they did find is … grabbed from the global south for large-scale renewables.) For those who like numbers, the … total world electricity generation from renewables in 2019 was 2805.5 TWh. (See …
China’s national and provincial post-Covid recovery packages will put three times as much cash into fossil fuel projects as into renewable energy.
… that Xi is “abandoning the transition to renewables”. Transition In a book published … has effectively abandoned transitioning to renewables”. Investment He points to … on the grid. Smith is overstating his case on renewables in two ways, I think. First: if the …
Fossil fuel dependency is driving up the cost of living.
… The fight for renewables Simon Pirani | 31st August 2022 | … an integrated energy system based mainly on renewables and heat pumps, the better. War …
Deng Yingtao presented a scathing critique of economic growth thirty years ago - finally we must listen.
China’s coal-fuelled boom Simon Pirani | 14th May 2020 | Comment China Coal Energy Captalism Deng Yingtao Editor’s Picks screenshot_2020-05-13_at_17.43.36.png Deng Yingtao presented a scathing …
Returning carbon to the soil can help us produce better food and fight climate breakdown.
Carbon farming Anthony Myint | 1st October 2019 News Food And Farming Restaurants Thought Leaders Rural farming Returning carbon to the soil can help us produce better food and fight climate …
Offshore sheds light on one of the most overlooked and underrepresented workforces in the UK - oil and gas workers.
… that the transition from oil and gas to renewables is not only necessary but … willing and able to make the transition to renewables, if a proper infrastucture was in …
The fossil fuel industry could take important measures to mitigate climate change, but devotes itself to the opposite. The real scandal is their unwillingness to invest in renewables.
… Coal Energy Extraction Bp Chevron Equinor Renewables Power … scandal is their unwillingness to invest in renewables. How will future historians answer … companies invested their investment funds in renewables instead of in oil and gas, they …