Arguments for Climate Action that may Resonate with Trump and other Republicans

Acting on climate change should be a matter of common sense instead the GOP and the incoming Trump administration are opposed to climate action and many even deny the veracity of anthropogenic warming. However, there are some compelling reasons why even ideologically intransigent Republicans may want to consider reassessing their climate denial.

Logic dictates that we cannot afford to ignore the costs of climate change.  A robust economic argument can be made in support of climate action. The majority of Americans accept climate change and a number of cost-benefit analyses reveal that it is far less expensive to act than it is to wait. The longer we wait the more it will cost. Investing in the low carbon economy has also been found to create jobs and stimulate the economy.

A recent Bloomberg article explored arguments for climate action that may get through to some members of the GOP.

As explained in the article, increased US efforts to curb emissions through investing in new cleaner technologies will grow the economy and make America more competitive, China's Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin explained. "That’s why I hope the Republican administration will continue to support this process," he said.

Although the idea that the GOP could embrace science and support climate action seems impossible there are historical precedents that indicate the party is capable of rational thought. There was a time not too long ago when the GOP's policy positions on climate change were informed by science.

Prominent Republicans including Ronald Regan and his Secretary of State George Schulz supported the IPCC process. Schulz is one of the most prominent Republicans who continues to voicing concerns about the need to act on climate change.

The logic for acting on climate change comes from staving off some of the worst (and most expensive) impacts of global warming.

"The potential results are catastrophic," Schulz said in an interview with Bloomberg in 2014. "So let’s take out an insurance policy."

Outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry, who helped secure the Paris Agreement, said the majority of US citizens back action on climate change and he stated that no government has the right to polticize climate science.

"No one has a right to make decisions for billions of people based solely on ideology," Kerry said. He then went on to point out that this is a national security issue,"Climate change shouldn’t be a partisan issue. It isn’t a partisan issue for our military. It isn’t a partisan issue for our intelligence community."

It is also possible that we may be able to tap into Trump's desire to protect his own interests. Such self-interest has caused him to prepare for sea level rise by building a seawall at his golf course in County Clare, Ireland.

Perhaps the President Elect's self-interest can be leveraged for climate action. However, it is far more likely that Trump will simply ignore climate change in favor of the political gains he can make through denial.  The party to which Trump belongs is also likely to keep on deriding science and denying the veracity of anthropogenic climate change.

The era of US climate leadership is coming to an end and never before has the decline of America's global preminence been more likely.

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GMO's Annual Green School Series Review of Posts in 2016

This year the Green Market Oracle (GMO) published 32 articles as part of an annual series on green schools published at the end of summer and fall.

These articles include a review of the growing green schools movement, best practices and what sustainability professionals need to learn. That is followed by hundreds of sustainability-focused schools and accreditation, green school rankings, early education, impediments to green schooling, tools, resources and awards.

General

The Growth of Green Schools in 2016
Best Practices in Green Schools (Video)
What Aspiring Sustainability Professionals Should Learn in College

Schools and accreditation

150 Sustainability and Environmental Masters Degrees
Investing in Education Pays Lucrative Dividends
Institutions that offer Sustainability Focused Certificates and Degrees as Recommended By Linked-In Professionals
Adler University - Degrees for a More Just Society
Celebrating ASU's School of Sustainability (Video)
Green Futures: Sustainability in Philadelphia Schools
Sustainability Education: Teaching for sustainability (Videos)
Studying Sustainability at Hampshire College
MA in Global Sustainability at The University of South Florida
Hampshire College Going 100% Solar Saving Money and Reducing Emissions
MIT Gets a Fossil Fuel Divestment Letter from Scientists and Advocates

Ranking

Greenest Colleges in America: The Princeton Review
World Leading Canadian Sustainability Focused MBAs
The Top 50 Greenest Universities in America (Sierra Magazine)
Top 50 Green Colleges (Princeton Review 2015)

Early education and impediments

Teaching Kids in Nature May be our Best Hope for the Future
Energy Efficiency: Kids Teaching Parents
Bullfrog Power Contest Getting Kids Talking about Energy
The Right Wants to Crush Climate Science in Our Schools
Kids are Being Denied a Science Based Climate Education

Tools resources and solutions

Footprint Calculator: Measure Your Schools Footprint or Measure Your Own
Natural Light in Schools: Architectural Resource for Daylighting
Free Educational Resources at the Supply Chain Sustainability School (Video)
25 Back to School Books to be Well Informed on Climate, the Environment and Sustainability
Sustainable Educational Solutions from Sustainia

Awards

Space to Grow Wins the Green School Award for Collaboration
The Best of the 2016 Green Schools Honorees (Video)
Green Schools Honorees 2016 (USGBC and the GSNN)

Make sure to see the article titled, "Comprehensive Green School Information and Resources." It contains links to over 300 articles covering everything you need to know about sustainable academics, student eco-initiatives, green school buildings, and college rankings as well as a wide range of related information and resources.

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Obama Administration's Oil and Gas Initiatives

In their final year, the Obama administration has moved forward with some important actions to curtail extraction and reduce pollution from the oil and gas industry. Fossil fuels are responsible for the vast majority of greenhouse gases and deadly air pollution.

To help address these concerns President Obama has previously a raft of fossil fuel related actions. This includes, the Clean Power Plan, stopping the KXL, cuting Shell's Arctic drilling in half and halting the building of the Dakota Access pipeline.  In 2016 President Obama went even further and banned offshore Arctic oil drilling, changed the methane rules for the fossil fuel industry and canceled gas leases on Native lands.

Obama's initiatives are designed to protect the health of Americans, combat climate change, and decrease risks to ecosystems. In the context of a hostile and obstructionist Republican controlled Congress Obama has done what he could to advance climate action. Unsurprisingly, these actions have been vociferously opposed by the fossil fuel industry and their GOP minions in the House and the Senate.

The fossil fuel industry has used its considerable clout to challenge Obama's efforts. A recent Senate report, explained, "state officials, trade associations, front groups, and industry-funded scientists participating in the challenge actually represent the interests of the fossil fuel industry."

Moratorium on Arctic drilling

In 2015 Obama pledged leadership in Alaska and Just ahead of leaving office Obama found a creative way to deliver. Obama's actions ensure that there will be no oil drilling in the Alaskan Arctic until at least 2022. The move kills any hope of extracting fossil fuels from the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. The move also stymies new drilling in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (New England to the Chesapeake Bay). This means that the Gulf of Mexico is the only place in the US where new offshore extraction will be permitted for the foreseeable future. Obama's action was part of a joint announcement that included Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to prevent new drilling operations in the Canadian Arctic.

In a statement published by the Washington Post, President Obama said: "These actions, and Canada’s parallel actions, protect a sensitive and unique ecosystem that is unlike any other region on earth. They reflect the scientific assessment that, even with the high safety standards that both our countries have put in place, the risks of an oil spill in this region are significant and our ability to clean up from a spill in the region’s harsh conditions is limited...By contrast, it would take decades to fully develop the production infrastructure necessary for any large-scale oil and gas leasing production in the region – at a time when we need to continue to move decisively away from fossil fuels."

While the amount of water being protected is unprecedented, it should not be surprising as it makes both environmental and economic sense. The decision bodes well for animals that make up the Arctic's fragile ecosystem, this includes the bowhead whale, fin whale, Pacific walrus and polar bear. It will also protect what the White House has called biodiversity "hotspots" critical to fisheries.

Obama used Section 12-A of a 1953 law called "Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act" to prevent the sale of new offshore drilling and mining rights. The real genius of invoking this law is that it will take years for the next president to reverse the decision.

These moves bode well for the future of tourism, fishing and other less harmful forms of economic development in the Arctic. According to the White House, the president has protected 125 million acres in the region in the last two years.

Conservation groups hailed the decision. League of Conservation Voters President Gene Karpinski called it "an incredible holiday gift," saying that "an oil spill in these pristine waters would be devastating to the wildlife and people who live in the region."

Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, called it "a historic victory in our fight to save our Arctic and Atlantic waters, marine life, coastal communities and all they support." Carter Roberts, president and chief executive of the World Wildlife Fund, applauded what he called "a bold decision” that “signals some places are just too important not to protect."

New methane rules

Also in November the Obama administration released the final version of a new oil and gas rule for public and Native lands. Federal lands generate 11 percent of US natural gas production and 5 percent of domestic oil production. The new regulations are intended to capture flared natural gas and so-called "fugitive" emissions of methane from drilling operations. Large amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas are emitted during drilling and fracking operations.

The Interior Department and its Bureau of Land Management, which will implement the rule, says the move will reduce methane emissions by 175,000 to 180,000 tons annually. This translates to enough gas to serve the needs of 6.2 million American homes each year.

"We are proving that we can cut harmful methane emissions that contribute to climate change while putting in place standards that make good economic sense for the nation," said Interior department secretary Sally Jewell in a statement. "Not only will we save more natural gas to power our nation, but we will modernize decades-old standards to keep pace with industry and to ensure a fair return to the American taxpayers for use of a valuable resource that belongs to all of us."

The new rules are part of the president’s goal of reducing US methane emissions from the oil and gas sector 40 to 45 percent below 2012 levels by 2025.

"Natural gas is a valuable American resource, but when wasted into the air it causes dangerous pollution," Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, said in a statement. "Reducing the amount of gas that oil and gas operators release will conserve an important domestic resource, improve air quality, lower asthma attacks, and slow climate change."

Leases canceled on Native lands

In November, Obama administration cancels oil and gas leases on Blackfeet tribe’s sacred grounds

"This is the right action to take on behalf of current and future generations,” Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said on the department’s Web site. She said it would protect the region’s “rich cultural and natural resources and recognizes the irreparable impacts that oil and gas development would have on them."

Another Washington Post article quotes Harry Barnes, chairman of the Blackfeet Nation Tribal Business Council as follows:

"A lot of our creation stories emanate from this area. It’s a significant area, it always has been for thousands of years...While we’re not opposed to oil and gas exploration, we are opposed to oil and gas exploration in that area." Barnes called the settlement, a "victory for not only the Blackfeet people, but for all of America. It’s such a beautiful area. It’s Mother Earth, and it needs to be enjoyed by everybody."

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Searching for Christmas Hope

Christmas is a time for hope but this year many are feeling crushed by the US election results.  Last Christmas we were celebrating the great triumph of COP21, this year we are preparing for what is shaping up to be a very destructive US presidency. This is a pivotal moment in world history. On January 20th, an anti-science climate denier will become the leader of the most powerful nation on earth. We will do our best to remain hopeful and we promise to keep fighting the good fight. The stakes are too high to countenance failure. 

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How Conservatives Use Fake News to Control the Narrative

Donald Trump and many members of his administration have capitalized on the fact that conservatives love fake news and reject facts and scientific evidence. While there are fake news sites on both sides of the political spectrum, research shows that the problem is far worse on the right than it is on the left.

The Washington Post reports that conservatives are both more likely to post fake news and more likely to believe it compared to liberals.

Conservatives have been found to be highly receptive to stories that reinforce their existing worldview. While this may be somewhat true of many people, there is evidence to show that liberals are not as receptive to fake news. Not only are conservatives more likely to fall for fake news they are more likely to produce it. A Buzzfeed analysis of Facebook revealed that leading conservative pages were twice as likely to publish fake news compared to leading liberal pages.

According to research conducted by New York University research psychologist John Jost and his colleagues conservatives tend not to be critical thinkers. This lack of affinity for critical thinking may explain why conservatives are more receptive to fake news. In his review of 40 studies, Jost found that liberals were far more likely to think critically than conservatives.

As Stefan Pfattheicher of Ulm University explained in an email to the post, conservatives, "are less reflective in information processing, especially when information is consistent with [their] own worldviews."

Pfattheicher found that conservatives were more likely to be duped by nonsense than liberals. A small study conducted by Pfattheicher showed a significant correlation between susceptibility to nonsensical statements and support for Trump and other Republican candidates. No such relationship was found in those who support Democratic candidates.

It is interesting to note that conservatives may not be less intelligent they may simply be less motivated to process information critically. Simply put, conservatives would rather consume news that supports their existing beliefs.

Daniel Kahan, a Yale professor of law and psychology, said that his research suggests that conservatives have the same level of political bias as liberals. However, Kahan's findings are at odds with 11 other studies that show people on the left are more apt to engage in cognitive reflection than those on the right.

During the presidential campaign Trump repeatedly used a fake news related tactic that appears to have served him well. He would call Clinton the very things that he himself is guilty of. The one that may have gained the most traction is "crooked Hilary".

The Trump campaign and now the administration in waiting hijack certain words to take control of a narrative that could be otherwise used against them.

By redefining fake news in their own terms and claiming that reporting by outlets such as The New York Times and CNN constitute fake news, right-wing media figures are bolstering the President-elect’s continued efforts to delegitimize mainstream news sources. This blurs the distinction between real and fake news. While fake news represents a serious impediment to an informed electorate, it is being used by conservatives as an effective instrument of disinformation.

Fake news is a large and growing problem but efforts are underway to combat it.

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The Implications of the Trump Administration's Disdain for Science 
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The Slaughter of Innocents: Our Complicity in the Murder of Environmentalists
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Trump and the Darkness of Post Factual Media

Darkness is falling as a reality countering narrative is growing led by the subterfuge of unscrupulous fake news outlets. Facts undermine the alt-right agenda so they have created their own news which is little more than a collection of propaganda, spin and lies.

This will be the darkest night in half a millennia when the longest night of the year is accompanied by a lunar eclipse. However, the real darkness is emanating from the electoral victory of Donald Trump. The President-Elect was confirmed by electors on Monday, crushing the last hope of those who see him as unfit for the office. The result is that fact-based news is more likely than ever to be eclipsed by fake news. Trump's penchant for dishonesty and support for fake news are part of the reason why this is not a normal presidency. Trump's victory is but the latest example of a growing right wing movement whose political currency appears to be obfuscation. Trump's win can be tied to Brexit in the UK, and the surging popularity of the right in both France and Germany.

Steve Bannon has been a key Trump advisor throughout the campaign and after his win Trump announced that Bannon would be his chief strategist. Bannon is infamous for being the head of Breitbart, one of the world's foremost sources of racist fake news. To make matters worse Breitbart is expanding into France and Germany to try to influence the electoral outcome in these countries as it did in the US.

Fake news can sometimes appear to be real news, take for example an article on Trump.news which reports on Leonardo DiCaprio's meeting with Trump and his daughter Ivanka. The article starts out almost normally indicating that DiCaprio and his team made a presentation in support of green jobs. However, the article then begins to show its true colors when it asked the rhetorical question: "Isn’t DiCaprio the guy who flies all over the world while telling people not to fly all over the world?"

The article then goes on to its real purpose which is to question the scientific consensus on climate change.

"DiCaprio is a strong advocate of fighting so-called “climate change” that he insists is being created by humankind’s modern existence."

The article then makes it clear that, "Trump’s not ‘wavering’ on his global warming skepticism," and suggests that Trump was just being "presidential" when he agreed to meet with DiCaprio. The article reiterates the position of the President-Elect:

"Trump has made no secret of his disbelief in the notion of human-caused climate change/global warming, having mocked it in the past. Plus, it’s hard to take the “movement” seriously when its cultist adherents fake warming data all the time."

The article then goes on to say that Trump's decision to put Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt at the head of the Environmental Protection Agency makes the point that Trump is a bonafide climate denier. Trump agrees with Pruitt's view that global warming is a hoax, "perpetuated by the Left strictly for political purposes."

Then the article describes DiCaprio as an "environmental hack who has no special knowledge of such things." Then the article goes on to say, "...green jobs are not plentiful because green power production is not efficient or economically viable; the technology just isn’t there yet."

No mention is made of the scientific consensus on climate change, the ROI on sustainability or the fact that the opportunities associated with green jobs are far larger than the employment potential of the fossil fuel industry.

This is part of a wider trend that will see preferential access being given to fake news sites by the incoming administration. According to Salon, the conservative online media outlet Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN), dubbed “Trump TV” by the Washington Post, will get privileged access to Trump and the White House.

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The Implications of the Trump Administration's Disdain for Science 
The Science of Storytelling: Making Facts Matter in a Post-Factual World
Why We are Not Seeing More Action on Climate Change
Anti-Science Journalism Helped to End Progressive Climate Governance in Australia
The Slaughter of Innocents: Our Complicity in the Murder of Environmentalists
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What We Do to Our Oceans We Do to Ourselves (Infographic)

We are in what is being called the sixth great mass extinction and this is having devastating impacts on ocean wildlife.  Almost half of all species on earth are or soon will be extinct. What we are doing to our oceans mirrors what we did to terrestrial species some 50 - 100 thousand years ago.  Our oceans are also already in the midsts of a mass-extinction.

Pollution is a huge part of the problem from CO2 that acidifies our oceans to plastic and other waste materials that we are continuously flush into our waterways. What we have done to our oceans is not only harmful to wildlife it is also harmful to us.

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Event - AIREC (Argentina Renewable Energy Congress)

AIREC will take place on September 26-29, 2017 in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is Argentina's leading renewable energy congress. At this event, you can position yourself at the forefront of Argentina’s renewable energy revolution and learn about new regulatory environment in detail and get n-depth insight into legal and financing complexities. AIREC is a great way to help you identify the best project opportunities and attendees can meet key influencers from policy and regulation as well as participate in discussions while forging relationships through interactive roundtables.

At AIREC 2016, over 500 attendees gathered to hear insightful presentations, coordinate contract signings and partnership agreements, and cement existing relationships. Featuring representation from global experts and Argentinas’s industry leaders from across the renewable energy spectrum, AIREC provided in-depth perspectives and unrivaled business opportunities.

Exhibitors (2016)

ABB has more than 125 years of experience in developing technologies for power generation and has been involved in the various sectors of renewable energy since its beginning. Today ABB is the world leader in power solutions for wind power, develops and implements photovoltaic projects in several countries and their control systems are installed in most of solar thermal plants around the world. In addition, ABB has participated with electrical and automation solutions in those projects that have marked a milestone in hydroelectric generation as Itaipu in Brazil or the Three Gorges in China.

For more information please visit: new.abb.com/south-america/energias-renovables

For over 30 years, AWS Truepower has been a global leader in renewable energy. Through our expertise in engineering services, energy and resource solutions, software, and data platforms, we help develop, acquire, and support renewable energy projects throughout the complete wind and solar project lifecycle.

For more information please visit: www.awstruepower.com

Campbell Scientific offers automated data-acquisition systems specifically designed for the wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower energy industries. A full range of preconfigured monitoring systems is available for prospecting, permanent met tower installations, and performance certification. ModBus and DNP3 communication protocols are also used to interface with other manufacturers’ equipment when needed. Systems can also be customized to meet exact project needs, making it possible to do assessments for multiple disciplines with a single data-acquisition system. These systems also include multiple options for remote communication, making it possible for data collection, real-time monitoring, and integration into SCADA systems and popular databases.

For more information please visit: www.campbellsci.com

CINTER is a company that has more than 40 years of experience in the industrial construction market. Specialized in engineering and construction of several projects, the company has a strong participation in the local energy market. The company is the leading manufacturer of steel structures in Argentina. With a production capacity of 2,000 tons / month, CINTER has the largest and most modern steel processing plant in the country. CINTER has been certified according to the most demanding quality standards: AISC Fabricator and ISO 9000 standards are, among others, standards of its production. CINTER has a consolidated experience in carrying out projects under the EPC modality (Engineering, Procurement and Construction). CINTER has carried out projects for different economic activity areas and has been chosen by more than 1,000 domestic and foreign business companies for the construction of their works in Argentina and surrounding countries, such as SIEMENS, ABB, YPF, GENERAL MOTORS ARGENTINA, TECHINT, HONDA, BARRICK GOLD, among others.

For more information please visit: www.cinter.com.ar

DNV GL unites the strengths of DNV, KEMA, Garrad Hassan, and GL Renewables Certification DNV GL’s 2,500 energy experts support customers globally in delivering a safe, reliable, efficient, and sustainable energy supply. We deliver world-renowned testing, certification and advisory services to the energy value chain including renewables and energy efficiency.

For more information, please visit: www.dnvgl.com

Featuring technological sophistication and high quality standards, ENERCON has been setting benchmarks in the wind energy industry for more than 30 years. The company manufactures turbines ranging from 800 kW to 7,580 kW, having installed more than 25,000 turbines worldwide with a total rated power beyond 41 gigawatts. For more information please visit: www.enercon.de

ET Solar is an industry-leading monocrystalline module supplier with local sales & marketing subsidiaries and offices across Asia, Europe, Oceania and North & South America. In over 90 countries, ET provides mono modules of the highest conversion efficiency, giving clients better investment returns from their solar projects.

For more information please visit: www.etsolar.com

Huawei is a leading global ICT solutions provider, committed to creating maximum value for customers, with products and solutions deployed in over 170 countries, serving more than one third of the world’s population. Combining digital information technology, Internet technology and PV generation technology, Huawei provides innovative Fusion Solar smart PV solution featured as “higher yields, smart O&M, safe and reliable” with a global wide application.

For more information please visit: www.huawei.com/solar

With activities in Uruguay, Argentina and Bolivia, in Ingener we dedicate to the execution of generation power plants and high voltage substation projects. We have participated in the installation of more than 300 MW between solar PV and wind power projects with EPC contracts, including HV substations, civil works, electrical and mechanical installation, commissioning test and O&M, in order to guarantee the availability of the installations during their commercial operation.

For more information please visit: www.ingener.com

Isla Power develops grid-connected and grid-independent renewable energy (RE) projects, large-scale solar, hybrid energy systems, energy storage, and mini-grids.

-Focused in areas where renewables and efficiency can reduce the cost of energy and displace traditional fossil fuel supply -Strongly focused on the Caribbean and Latin America. -Also assisting local project developers to advance their RE projects by connecting quality opportunities to global equity and debt financiers.

For more information please visit: www.islapower.com

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd is a world leading manufacturer of high-performance solar power products for residential, commercial and utility-scale power generation. JA is committed to provide modules with unparalleled conversion efficiency, yield efficiency, and reliability to enable customers to maximize the returns of their PV projects. With its leading industry experience, continuous effort on R&D, customer-oriented service and sound financial conditions, JA Solar is your most trust-worthy partner. For more information please visit: www.jasolar.com

JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is a global leader in the solar industry. The Company distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a diversified international utility, commercial and residential customers. Currently the world’s largest crystalline module manufacturer, JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of 3.5 GW for silicon ingots and wafers, 3 GW for solar cells, and 6 GW for solar modules.

JinkoSolar has over 15,000 employees and over 200 dedicated R&D professionals spread across its 18 overseas subsidiaries, 15 global sales offices, and 5 productions facilities in Jiangxi and Zhejiang Provinces in China, Portugal, South Africa and Malaysia.

For more information please visit: www.jinkosolar.com

Since 1987 Power Electronics Industrial division has been producing high power variable speed drives and soft starters for low and medium voltage AC motor applications . This experience has allowed Power Electronics to position itself as the leading manufacturer of utility scale solar inverters thanks to our unique product features, patented designs, fastest global delivery times and unbeatable 24/7 Power on Support. Power Electronics fully designs and manufactures its Freesun inverters in Valencia, Spain and is proud to have some of the most advanced R&D labs and factories in the industry.

For more information please visit: power-electronics.com

As an industry leader, the Solar Business of Schneider Electric is focused on designing and developing products and solutions for the solar power conversion chain and providing best-in-class global customer services and technical support. As the solar market goes through a rapid wave of consolidations, Schneider Electric is one of the very few companies that can offer assurance that spare parts, service and technical support will be continually available over the 20+ year life of a solar installation.

For more information please visit: www.sesolar.com

Senvion is a leading global manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbines. The company develops, produces and markets wind turbines for almost any location – with rated outputs of 2 MW to 6.15 MW. Senvion makes use of the experience gained from the manufacture and installation of more than 6,600 wind turbines around the world.

For more information please visit: www.senvion.com

TYPSA is a leading consulting engineering group in the fields of transport, buildings, water, environment, energy and rural development. We have a long-standing relationship with public, private and institutional clients in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, assisting them in the development of infrastructure projects from concept to completion.

For more information please visit: www.typsa.com

Vaisala's weather observations and insights support profitable decisions across the project life cycle with a range of measurement, assessment, forecasting and asset management products.”

For more information please visit: www.vaisala.com

Ventus is an engineering company focused on renewable energy projects with presence in all Latin America. We offer services for all phases of the life cycle of projects: development, construction and operation. In Ventus we share the same passion - we care about the future

For more information please visit: www.ventus.com.uy

To register your interest for the 2017 event click here.

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Event - Indonesia Renewable Power

Indonesia Renewable Power will take place February 27, 2017 - March 1, 2017 at Le Meridien Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. At this event you will meet local and international power companies, municipalities and regulators, IPPs, renewable energy industry players (solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, waste-to-energy), project developers, EPC, equipment and technologies providers, delivery and transmission related companies, financial institutions, investors and project financiers, energy/power/legal consultants.

Pre-Conference Workshop

Optimal Thermochemical Utilization of your Agricultural Residues: Present & Future 27 February 2017, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Separately Bookable). Optimization of Dedicated Existing Thermal Assets Dealing with Agriculture Residues (palm oil or sugar based, rice, etc) - Current routes: improved dedicated combustion of biomass - Future routes: pyrolysis and biochar, gasification Optimization Through Biomass Upgrading: Upgrading Agri-Residues to Solid Bio-fuels - Torrefaction, pyrolysis and other ways to thermochemically valorize your residue streams

Partnering Investment, Technology & the FIT for Capacity Growth!

• Regulation Reforms in Feed-In Electricity Tariff (FIT);
• Opportunities Arising Enabling Renewables - PLN’s Snapshot;
• Projections Navigating the Challenges in Land Access & Regulatory Uncertainty Access to Project Financing;
• Investor’s Requirements for Bankability;
• Risk Viability & Progress of Solar;
• Wind Energy in Indonesia Developing Sustainable Hydropower Plant Tapping on Distributed Energy;
• Energy Storage for Scalability Technology Innovations to Accelerate Investment and Efficiency

Confirmed Speakers from:

• PT PLN (Persero)
• PT Star Energy
• UPC Renewables
• Mayer Brown JSM Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
• PT Indonesia Infrastructure Finance

For the agenda click here.
To register click here.

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Clean Energy for a Sustainable Future (Videos)

Clean energy will continue to grow despite the utter ignorance and abject corruption of the newly elected American administration. However, we cannot avoid the realization that those interested in creating a sustainable future are in for a very difficult four years. 

America has voted for a climate denying, racist and misogynist who has promised to gut regulations designed to protect the environment and ramp-up production of fossil fuels. The Trump administration is a kakistocracy that is far worse than most people realize. It is no exageration to say that the incoming administration will augur death on a planetary scale.

Many people are feeling justifiably terrified and hopeless. The situation is undeniably grim. Nonetheless sustainability efforts will continue led by clean energy. Trump will be a horror-show, but actions at the state and municipal levels will continue. As will corporate sustainability efforts and investments in cleantech.

Wind energy

Energy is a key part of a sustainable future and there are a wide range of innovative clean energy solutions on the horizon. This is particularly true of solar. However there are also some interesting innovations in wind power as well. One of these innovations is being developed by Vortex Bladeless. This Spanish innovation may be the wind power source of the future.

Rather use a blade to turn turbines the Vortex takes advantage of what’s known as vorticity, an aerodynamic effect that produces a pattern of spinning vortices. This type of turbine has a number of advantages over traditional wind turbines. There are no gears, bolts, or mechanically moving parts, which will make the Vortex cheaper to manufacture and maintain.

While each turbine captures about one third less wind energy than traditional turbines, the vortex wind systems can be far more dense than traditional wind fields.

Solar energy

One of the most important trends for the future of clean energy involves the rapildly falling costs. Nowhere is this more evident than in the domain of solar power.

According to a study from researchers at MIT,  "Solar electricity generation is one of the few low-carbon energy technologies with the potential to grow to very large scale." The 350-page The Future of Solar Energy report and othere publications suggests that a "massive expansion of solar generation worldwide by midcentury is likely a necessary component of any serious strategy to mitigate climate change."

As installed capacity has grown prices have declined.

Here is a video about the declining cost of solar from Singularity University:



The report suggests that, "federal R&D support should focus on fundamental research into novel technologies that hold promise for reducing both module and BOS costs...Federal PV R&D should focus on efficient, environmentally benign thin-film technologies that use Earth-abundant materials."

Federal concentrated solar power (CSP) or solar thermal generation R&D efforts should "focus on new materials and system designs and should establish a program to test these in pilot-scale facilities." Storage solutions partner very well with solar energy. Energy storage, which has seen tremendous cost reductions as well, should also be part of the R&D effort.   The report warns that drastic cuts in federal support for solar technology deployment would be unwise.

For more information on the future of solar energy click here to access research from MIT.

Future energy

There are a number of different futuristic energy concepts some of which can be expected to power our future. Here is a review of some of these



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The Electoral College is the Last Hope to Stop Trump

The  electoral college is our last best hope to avert an unprecedented calamity. The coalescing Trump administration has been described as the most dangerous group of individuals in the history of the world. Trump himself is a pathological liar and a horrifying combination of conceit and ineptitude.

Make no mistake about it a darkness is about to descend on America and the globe.  Environmentalists, social activists, and those with a modicum of common sense are grasping at straws to try to find some way, any way to keep this climate-destroying kakistocracy from taking power on January 20th.

The ramping up of fossil fuels will have devastating implications for climate change. Joseph Romm compared the Trump-Putin-Exxon alliance to the Axis Powers of the ‘30s.

Trump’s energy agenda will indeed be a catastrophe that represents a serious existential threat to life on this planet.

The Electoral College votes on December 19, and thousands of peple are begging the electors to save Ametica and the planet from the Trump administration.

It is important to remember that the Electoral College was meant to check the questionable wisdom of the electorate. It was also meant to serve the interests of slave owners. Even Trump has called for its removal. The system puts too much power in the hands of small conservative states.

Although Trump erroneously claims that he won by a "landslide" the truth is he narrowly squeked out a victory in one of the closest elections in American history. (Hilary won the popular vote by almost 3 million).

Geoffrey R. Stone, an Edward H. Levi Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Chicago argues that electors are obligated by the Constitution to reject Trump. He believes voting against Trump under these circumstances is faithful to the nation’s founding principles.

The anti-Trump movement is being led by citizens (the Democrats have remained silent). There is a petition calling on the Electiral College to teject Trump and it has already garnered almost 5 million signatures. Protests are planned in state capitols across the country on Monday, 12/19. People are also contacting their state electors directly.

The members of the Electoral College have the right and some would say the constitutional duty to deny Trump. He is exactly the kind of leader that the Electoral College was meant to reject.

We cannot afford to normalize Trump. He is the most egregious candidate in US history. This is not partisan hyperbole. There is a long list of mainstream Republicans that revile him (Mitt Romney, John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush to name a few).

It is not only Trump that we need to fear. Some of his cabinet picks want to dismantle the departments they have been charged to oversee.

Its a long shot but it is the only one we have. If only 37 of Trump's 306 Republican electors do not vote for him, he would not have enough electoral votes to assume office.

Some electors have already indicated that they will not vote for Trump. Harvard professor Larry Lessig, suggests there are 20 electors that think Trump is not fit to be president and as such they will not vote for him.  If Lessig is correct that means only 17 more are needed to avert a catasrophe.

There is a powerful case that can be made to reject the President-Elect. The framers of the Constitution created the Electoral College to be sure that the people vote for someome who has the ability to fulfill the obligations of the office. In Trump's case this is highly suspect.

In the words of Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers who created the Electoral College, the system is meant to protect the nation against men like Trump.

According to Hamilton electors have a duty to discern and analyze the situation and vote accordingly. Failing to vote against Trump can be construed as a failure to perform their constitutional duties.

As Hamilton explained in The Federalist Papers, the Electoral College was designed to ensure “that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.”

Trump has demonstrated himself to be woefully ignorant about global affairs yet he says he is smarter than the generals and he does not need intelligence briefings.

Trump is seen as a savior among white supremacists. He is also a friend of Russia's Vlad Putin, who according to intelligence reports  played a major role in Trump's victory.

In the wake of this news the Electoral College must realize that the 2016 presidential election was undermined by a foreign power.  This is precisely the kind of situation envisioned by the founding fathers for electors to reject a President-Elect.

Hamilton specifically mentioned protecting the nation against “the desire of foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils . . . by raising a creature of their own to the chief magistracy of the Union.”

Republicans are threatening electors with political reprisals if they vote their conscience and do as the Constitution suggests they should.

Trump's victory stokes the fires of the very worst in American society (racist, misogynistic, homophobic, zealots).

As Hamilton wrote in Federalist 68: "Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption. These most deadly adversaries of republican government..."

If the bid to reject Trump succeeds it will be up to the House of Representatives to decide who will be.

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Fake News is Serious but so are Efforts to Combat it

Fake news is not a joke it is a serious threat to the institution of democracy and planetary health. Indeed it is not overstating the case to say it threatens the very survival of our species. Fake news contributed to Trump's election victory, the Brexit vote in the UK and climate denial. To make good decisions people need to be well informed and this requires that they have access to accurate information.

After her election defeat, Hilary Clinton decried the "epidemic of fake news." She also said, "It’s now clear that so-called fake news can have real-world consequences." Hilary understands that fake news is a serious problem that has implications well beyond the election of 2016. "This isn’t about politics or partisanship. Lives are at risk," she said during a post-election speech on Capitol Hill.

In the most recent election cycle, Republicans bombarded digital media with fake news. According to G Shaw of Daily Kos, the Democrats have proven themselves to be feckless in their understanding of new media.

"Something created a bunch of fake news stories and they caused Democrats to lose. You don’t have to have a deep knowledge of the digital world to understand that."

The alt-right movement continues to dominate the net with a wide range of propaganda. The Democrats have yet to show any signs of understanding how new media factored into their defeat nor have they as yet articulated a cogent digital response.

There was a time when the serious purveyors of misinformation were pseudo-scientific conservative think tanks funded by the fossil fuel industry. They have been at the forefront of misinformation for decades. However, they are no longer the only purveyors of deceit, nor are they the most dominant.

Fake news is now the leading source of misinformation. While fossil fuel front groups tried to cast aspersions on climate science and sew doubt, fake news presents outlandish fabrications as facts. The number of fake news content creators and reach of such information through digital media is staggering.

We are living in dangerous times. When we most need to be reasonable we have become post-factual. We need a clear understanding of the facts if we are to have any chance of addressing serious global threats that we face. We need science-based action to combat climate change. We need a factual understanding of the issues if we are to address serious social problems, like poverty and inequality.

Vast numbers of people are ignoring science and embracing the alternate reality offered by fake news. This is leading to widespread confusion. People often consume the news without considering the source and its veracity. Alternatively, people become cynical and mistrust everything they read including science-based information related to climate change.

Traditional media has proven to be ineffective, they have failed to adequately cover the veracity of anthropogenic climate change and when they do they commonly get it wrong.

Despite the coming darkness, a number of individuals and organizations have vowed to fight fake news. In our post-factual age, there are people of conscience who still believe that facts matter. Among them is Clinton supporter David Brock. He said that Media Matters, a media monitoring arm of Brock's opposition research firm, will develop a coherent strategy to resist fake news.

For more information on how to distinguish fake news from real news by source see the graphic (top left). See Climate Feedback, a site that employs a team of scientists to evaluate the accuracy and credibility of information related to climate change.

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Truck Transport: Green Greener and Greenest (Video)

Truly "green" 18 wheeler transport trucks (aka Class 8 or semis) must have a little or no environmental impact.  A sustainable transport truck must be emissions free if it is to make a positive contribution to the environmental, social and economic sustainability of the communities they serve.  There is also a strong business case that can be made for reducing emissions in truck transport. Here are some examples of truck configurations that offer varying degrees of ecological benefit.

Advanced diesel

The combination of advanced diesel engines in tractor-trailers and better aerodynamics could lower the fuel consumption of semi trucks. Advanced diesel alone could increased efficiency by 20 percent and improved aerodynamics could deliver an 11 percent reduction in fuel use. However, even the most advanced diesel truck will still emit pollutants ranging from carbon to fine particulate matter.

Hybrid

Hybrid trucks use at least two forms of energy, that include diesel and electric or natural gas turbines and electric. Hybrid trucks are being widely used by local municipalities, refuse haulers, and parcel delivery companies. Regenerative breaking systems are ideal for hybrid trucks, particularly in urban settings where there is a lot of starting and stopping. Such systems generate power from the kinetic energy associated with breaking.

The four teams involved in the Department of Energy (DOE) "SuperTruck" initiative have succeeded in increasing efficiency by 50 percent. According to DOE if these trucks were to replace current trucks in the US it would result in cost savings of $30 billion each year using 300 million fewer barrels of oil. SuperTruck I program has also spawned twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached the commercial market.

According to tests done by the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) refuse vehicles average 43 percent savings in fuel consumption annually and improved engine efficiency compared to traditional variants. A typical Class 8 hybrid refuse vehicle reduces carbon emissions by 48 tons a year with a 50 percent fuel savings.

Fully Electric

Given the state of our current technology, there is no greener form of trucking than fully electric trucks. As reviewed in a 2015 ThinkProgress article by Ari Phillips BMW has a 100 percent electric 40-ton eighteen-wheeler that is already on the road in Munich, Germany. However, the range is only about 62 miles per charge, which takes three or four hours. However, this electric truck will save 11.8 tons of carbon dioxide per year compared to comparable diesel trucks.

Research

There are many research efforts currently underway that address some of the shortcoming of electric trucks. One of these concerns has to do with the downtime associated with charging. To overcome this problem researchers at Korea’s Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have built an electric bus that charges its batteries while driving. This design draws its power from cables buried in the ashfalt of the road.

The most recent US initiative is called the SuperTruck II.  It includes four projects to develop and demonstrate cost-effective technologies that more than double the freight efficiency. The engine and drivetrain will be developed and built by Cummins, Inc. (Columbus, IN). The tractor-trailer will be designed and developed by Daimler Trucks North America LLC (Portland, OR). Navistar, Inc. (Lisle, IL) will oversee electrified engine components and aerodynamic cab and Volvo Technology of America LLC (Greensboro, NC) will develop and demonstrate a tractor trailer.

Although not exclusively for trucks, another US initiative will see the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Vehicle Technologies, invest $57 million in 35 new projects that will help to develop and deploy a wide array of cutting-edge vehicle technologies, including advanced batteries and electric drive systems, to reduce carbon emissions.

Futuristic concepts

Here are 8 examples of some trucks of the future from Mercedes self driving vehicle to Walmart's lightweight aerodynamic hybrid semi.



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Marketing Sustainability and the Science of Storytelling

Marketing sustainability is about telling a good story and creating an emotional experience. While it may seem like an art there is a lot of science behind good storytelling. The advantages good sustainability focused storytelling benefit both the brand and the bottom line. The goal is to invoke drama that incites emotion. Well crafted branding can arouse the kinds of emotions that call for action and encourages customers to make buying decisions. This is what all marketers try to do but it is especially important when it comes to sustainability.  The buy in that is encouraged here goes beyond taking a product to the cash, it even goes beyond the forging of a loyal bond between a product and a consumer. Sustainability focused storytelling pushes us beyond our own experience and gives us potency to act on a global problem.

Despite this power, many companies have a hard time communicating their sustainability efforts in a fashion that people can relate to.  Why is it hard for corporations to leverage their environmental stewardship efforts when being a responsible corporate citizen should be a great marketing and public relations opportunity? Perhaps that is because there is nothing sexy about reams of data. 

Nancy Buzby published a piece on storytelling in a 2016 business blog post. Buzby does strategic marketing and communications for EDF, she asks why, "companies are often doing considerably more sustainability work than they publicize." Suzanne Shelton, President & CEO, Shelton Group answers that question this way:

“The problem isn’t that most companies don’t have strong, legitimate things to say about their sustainability efforts. It’s that they try to tell all of it in little bitty ways or they tell none of it — in either case, they don’t make a marketing impact. What works is boiling the story down to a tight, emotionally compelling narrative that aligns with what the market cares about, what the brand stands for and what a company’s internal culture can embrace.”

To bring this data to life it must be steeped in human experiences so that people can relate to it on an emotional level.  

To communicate sustainability we need to learn to tell the right stories. Science offers us some invaluable insights into how we can cultivate loyalty and passion from customers. There is a strong organic relationship between science and sustainability. Sustainability focused storytelling derives its veracity from science and we are seeing the ways in which science can help to make us better storytellers.

In an Op-Ed the EDF’s Fred Krupp said, "It’s time to go beyond the annual sustainability report and engage deeply on these stories."

For information on The Science of Storytelling see: Making Facts Matter in a Post-Factual World

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Historic Pan-Canadian Climate Deal

Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has delivered on his promise and succeeded in securing an historic national climate deal with the provinces. Under the new pan-Canadian agreement each province and territory will advance their own climate action plan.

The wide-ranging accord includes  carbon pricing, eliminating coal-fired power, lowering carbon content of motor fuels. The agreement will see more investments in renewable energy, electricity infrastructure, clean-technology and energy efficiency.

The deal is a creative mix of carbon tax and cap-and-trade with BC and Alberta using the former and Ontario and Quebec employing the latter. While cap-and-trade is less expensive under the deal companies must invest outside of Canada (California) to reduce emissions.

"I am very happy to share with you the results of many months of hard work, the pan-Canadian framework on clean growth and climate change," Mr. Trudeau was quoted as saying in the Globe and Mail. "An ambitious and achievable framework to address climate change and grow the clean economy for our children and our grandchildren."

The carbon reduction deal was signed despite opposition from Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The two dissenting premiers Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and Manitoba’s Brian Pallister are the only hold-outs, however there appears to be flexibility in Pallister's position. There was also some last minute drama from British Columbia (BC) who has led carbon pricing in Canada. BC already has the highest carbon tax in the country ($30 per ton) so BC Premier Christy Clark wanted, and was given assurances that there would eventually be equal pricing in all provinces. 

Although Saskatchewan on track to get half its energy from renewables, Brad Wall the premier of that province is averse to carbon pricing, arguing it will harm his province’s energy-intensive industries (oil and gas, agriculture and mining). Wall also argued that it will undermine Canada’s economic competitiveness. Wall pointed to the changing political landscape in the US with the election of Donald Trump who has promised to kill climate action and support fossil fuels.

"I think all Canadians know that Canadian climate policy will be set by Canadians, not by whomever happens to the president of the United States," Mr Trudeau countered. The Prime Minister argued that the deal will create jobs and grow the economy by incentivizing clean-tech investment in the country.
US Vice President Joe Biden assured Trudeau and the premiers that the election of Donald Trump will not kill climate action.

Given the nation's reliance on fossil fuels Ottawa will have to pay billions for carbon credits to meet Canada's climate targets (GHG emissions reductions of 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030).

Canada's primary fossil fuel producing province is on-board having recently launched a climate plan of their own. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley struck a pragmatic note when she said,  "Listen, climate change is real and in Alberta, we need to take action. We cannot delay on it."

The Alberta Premier is prepared to pay the price because of the net gains afforded by ramping up fossil fuel exports with the recent addition of two oil pipelines. The dualism in Canadian energy policy, namely increasing fossil fuel production while combating climate change, has been the subject of widespread condemnation by environmentalists.

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