Archive for 2015

Thanks and Happy New Year!

December 31, 2015 Add Comment Edit

At the start of 2015 we hoped for bold climate action in our New Year's greeting. Over the course of the last year we have made positive strides towards a more sustainable world. Despite the pessimism of naysayers, we proved that we can muster the will to act on climate change. As 2015 wraps...

2015 was the Most Important Year Ever for the Environment and Climate Action (Video)

December 31, 2015 Add Comment Edit

This was a landmark year for the environmental movement and efforts to combat climate change. The COP21 deal, Pope Francis' environmental encyclical, serious action from a wide swath of business leaders, investors and governments made 2015 a year that will be remembered by history as a turning point...

COP21 Deal Signals the End of Fossil Fuels and the Beginning of an Era of Unprecedented Growth for Renewables

December 30, 2015 Add Comment Edit

The Paris climate deal erases any doubt that fossil fuels will be replaced by renewable energy. Even before the start of COP21, the world had already begun to accept that the end of fossil fuels and the dawn of a low carbon economy powered by renewables. We now have the political will, investment dollars...

Market Reaction to COP21 Deal: Fossil Fuels Crash while Renewables Soar

December 28, 2015 Add Comment Edit

As predicted renewable energy stocks soared while fossil fuel holding have continued their slide after the announcement of the COP21 agreement. At the Paris climate summit a total of 195 countries effectively agreed to end fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy. This worsens an already grim...

Event - GRC Annual Meeting & GEA Geothermal Energy Expo

December 27, 2015 Add Comment Edit

This event will start on Thursday, October 20, 2016 8:00 AM and run until Sunday, October 23, 2016 5:00 PM. It will take place at the Sacramento Convention Center, in Sacramento, CA, United States. This is the premier gathering to learn about the latest developments in geothermal energy. Last year,...

Event - Environmental Leader 2016 Conference

December 27, 2015 Add Comment Edit

This event takes place on June 21-23, 2016 at the Hyatt Place Denver Tech Center, 7800 East Tufts Avenue, Denver, Colorado, USA, 80237. This conference is brought to you by Business Sector Media & Environmental Leader, whose websites, newsletters, reports and webinars have kept executives informed...

Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Renewable Energy Post COP21 (Infographic)

December 26, 2015 Add Comment Edit

One of the most important things we can do to curb climate change is to end fossil fuel subsidies. This would reduce the amount of fossil fuels burned and it would level the playing field for clean renewable sources of energy. Event thought 60 percent of all new investment is going into renewable...

Happy Holidays from the Green Market Oracle

December 25, 2015 Add Comment Edit

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December 24, 2015 Add Comment Edit

Record breaking heat and the absence of snow will make this a Christmas to remember in the eastern portion of North America. Cities from Florida all the way up to Canada are expected to shatter heat records on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. In many places temperatures will exceed 70 - 80 degrees...

Saudi Arabia is on the COP21 Naughty List

December 23, 2015 Add Comment Edit

Saudi Arabia continued to block climate action at the Paris climate talks. The COP21 negotiations were marked by opposition from oil-producing states like Russia and Venezuela, but no country was more focused on trying to scuttle the talks than Saudi Arabia. By resisting carbon caps, periodic reviews,...

COP21 Naughty List: Republicans Presidential Contenders

December 22, 2015 Add Comment Edit

Republicans vying for the presidential nomination have all opposed the COP21 climate accord. Republicans have a well earned reputation for denying the veracity of climate change and opposing anything with a "clean" prefix (energy air and water). The GOP did all it could to undermine the COP21 climate...

Republican Attempt to Kill the Clean Power Plan Vetoed

December 21, 2015 Add Comment Edit

As expected President Obama vetoed Republican attempts to dismantle his administration's efforts to combat air pollution and climate change. The vetoes came only one week after the signing of the COP21 climate agreement in Paris. The President played a crucial role in the signing of the deal and despite...

Climate and Clean Energy in the Third Democratic Presidential Debate

December 21, 2015 Add Comment Edit

Watching the third Democratic debate, the conspicuous absence of any questions on climate change could have led viewers to think they had tuned into a Republican debate. Although not a single question was asked about climate change, which is startling given the fact that the debate comes only a week...