Archive for February 2016

DiCaprio's Climate Focused Oscar Speech

February 29, 2016 Add Comment Edit

After winning the Best Actor Oscar for the film The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio took advantage of the opportunity to make a powerful statement about the urgency of combating climate change. While some may question the efficacy of stars making the pitch for climate action, DiCaprio is a man who takes...

February 28, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Infocast’s Microgrid Markets Summit East, March 16 – 18, 2016 in Washington, DC. Leading Utilities discuss microgrid adoption, integration and the grid of the future.Erik Limpaecher, Assistant Group Leader, MIT Lincoln Laboratory will perform a demonstration of real-time microgrid controller operations...

February 28, 2016 Add Comment Edit

This event will be held on March 15 & 16, 2016 at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel, in Arlington, Virginia. It is subtitled Meeting the DoD's 20 percent renewables goal and securing the nation's critical cyber and energy infrastructures. Leading Utilities and Renewable Energy Developers discuss...

Reflections on International Polar Bear Day (Videos)

February 27, 2016 Add Comment Edit

February 27th is International Polar Bear Day, sadly this icon of the north is at risk of disappearing due to climate change. International Polar Bear Day is a time to raise awareness, it is also a time to reflect on what we must do to protect this magnificent creature.A number of lifestyle campaigns...

February 26, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Market forces may be the primary driver of energy shifts in 2016. The future of energy in the long term is clear, more efficiency and renewables and less fossil fuels. While we are already moving forward on all these fronts no one can predict exactly how long it will take to supplant fossil fuels.It...

The Best and the Worst of Sustainability and Climate in 2015

February 25, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Last year was a momentous year for both climate action and environmental destruction. Perhaps most importantly, 2015 will be remembered as the moment in history when the world finally woke up to the threat of climate change.Here is a review of the ten best and the ten worst sustainability and climate...

The Top Sustainability Focused Innovations of 2015

February 24, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Innovation is more than a buzzword, it is an absolutely essential component of the required efforts needed to address the environmental and climate crisis we are facing. Here is a summary of some of the best sustainability focused innovations of 2015 from Sustainia. On December 6th, 2015 the fourth...

February 23, 2016 Add Comment Edit

It is now public knowledge that Exxon has known for decades that their core business is directly responsible for climate change. Even more damning is the fact that they covered up this knowledge. To make matters even worse, they actively participated and funded a sophisticated campaign to fuel climate...

Top 2 Climate Leaders of 2015: A President and a Pope

February 22, 2016 Add Comment Edit

When it comes to advocating and acting to combat climate change both Pope Francis and US President Barack Obama have made very significant contributions in 2015. Globally Pope Francis has been a stalwart advocate of climate action and US President Obama was the world's leading change maker last year....

Event - RRA Tanzania: Validation Workshop

February 22, 2016 Add Comment Edit

RRA Tanzania: Validation Workshop will take place on March 9-10, 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Renewables Readiness Assessment (RRA) validation workshop will bring together experts to discuss the needs-resource availability pairs previously identified and potential recommendations and actions...

Event - Cost-effective Renewable Energy Generation in South East Europe: Consultative Workshop

February 21, 2016 Add Comment Edit

This event will take place on March 3-4, 2016 in Vienna, Austria. IRENA, in collaboration with the Energy Community Secretariat, will organise a consultative workshop gathering governments, utilities, regulators, regional organisation and financial institutions from South East Europe to discuss implementation...

Event - Solar Power PV Conference & Expo

February 21, 2016 Add Comment Edit

PV America is now Solar Power PV Conference & Expo. This event will take place on February 24-25, 2016 at the Westin Boston Waterfront, in Boston, MA.Join over 1500 professionals to explore PV solar solutions. With a regional focus, PV Conference & Expo brings together manufacturers and service...

Oil Spill in Peru is a Life Threatening Emergency for Local Indigenous People (Video)

February 20, 2016 Add Comment Edit

There is another fossil fuel tragedy taking place that is going largely unnoticed by the world. This one is taking place in Peru and like so many oil spills it does not get press attention despite its destructive human and ecological impact. It could be that this is due to the fact that spills are...

Rising CO2 Emissions and Ongoing Heat Records Especially in the Arctic

February 19, 2016 Add Comment Edit

We may have signed a global climate agreement at COP21 in Paris but global levels of atmospheric emissions keep climbing along with temperature records.The NOAA reports that we have passed 405 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere this year. According to NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, the global...