Archive for October 2017

Tesla is Bringing Renewable Energy to Puerto Rico

October 31, 2017 Add Comment Edit

In the wake of the federal government's inaction in Puerto Rico, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is trying to fill the void. Early in October Musk said he was prepared to do what Trump won't. Musk said he could restore Puerto Rico’s severely damaged energy grid with solar panels and batteries. The island territory...

Event - National Summit of Conscious Leadership

October 29, 2017 Add Comment Edit

This event will take place on November 1, 2017, at the Montreal Convention Centre in Quebec, Canada.This unique and innovative event, organized by the International Centre for Conscious Leadership, will bring together 500 business leaders, thought leaders, political figures and other community organizations...

Energy Justice for Puerto Rico: Abandon Fossil Fuels and Adopt Renewables

October 28, 2017 Add Comment Edit

Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico's fossil fuel powered energy grid making this an ideal time to redraw the territory's energy map using renewable energy. More than 90 percent of Puerto Rico's energy is derived from fossil fuels and around 70 percent of the territory's electricity is generated...

Trump's Climate Denial Makes Storms and Wildfires Worse

October 24, 2017 Add Comment Edit

Against the backdrop of an eerie post-apocalyptic sky Trump fiddles on Twitter as California burns. As one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern American history unfolds Trump hands out paper towels in Puerto Rico declaring, "let them eat cake". ________________________________________________ Trump...

Event - DC Climathon at Gw: Hack Resilience

October 23, 2017 Add Comment Edit

This event will take place on Friday, October 27, 2017, 3:00 PM – Saturday, October 28, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT. It will take place at Duquès Hall, George Washington University, 2201 G Street Northwest, Washington, DC. The 2017 Climathon: Hack Resilience is produced by GW Office of Sustainability in partnership...

Event - 2017 Cleantech Open - Midwest Innovation Showcase

October 22, 2017 Add Comment Edit

The 2017 Cleantech Open - Midwest Innovation Showcase will take place on November 2 - 3, 2017 at 1000 Lasalle Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States.Cleantech open finds funds and fosters the most promising cleantech startups on the planet. This event is the culmination of 2017 accelerator, celebrating...

Evidence Linking Wildfires and Climate Change

October 19, 2017 Add Comment Edit

A hotter world is also a drier world. Less precipitation in the form of rain and snow. Warmer temperatures also contribute to earlier snowmelt and more evaporation. Climate change also augurs infect infestations that kill trees and provide more fuel for wildfires. Increasingly severe storms also contribute...

Trump's Climate Denial as Puerto Ricans Continue to Die in the Wake of Hurricane Maria

October 17, 2017 Add Comment Edit

Hurricane Maria unleashed wind and rain not seen in Puerto Rico’s modern history. This storm is known to have killed at least 50 people. When all is said and done the actual toll is likely to be in the hundreds. Hurricane Maria the strongest storm to hit the island in a century and the fifth-strongest...

Event - NAFTA's Environmental Side Agreement: Assessing the Past and Looking Towards the Future

October 16, 2017 Add Comment Edit

This open invitation event will take place on November 9, 2017 at the Courtyard Chicago Downtown/River, North Room, Michigan Avenue, 30 East Hubbard at State Street, Chicago, Illinois. People can also participate in this event online and in either English, French or Spanish.As Canada, Mexico,...

October 15, 2017 Add Comment Edit

The 2017 version of the annual Net Impact Conference will take place on October 26 - 28, 2017 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta Georgia. The conference is subtitled, "the path to purpose". Many people want to make a difference, but turning good intentions into tangible impact can be...

California Fires are Part of a Global Phenomenon

October 14, 2017 Add Comment Edit

The devastating fires in California are but the most dramatic example of a phenomenon that has ravaged many parts of the world in 2017. At least 30 people have been killed by the fires in northern California and thousands are missing. Tens of thousands of others have either lost their homes or...

Pruitt Lies to Justify Killing the Clean Power Plan

October 11, 2017 Add Comment Edit

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt's obfuscation is designed to kill the Clean Power Plan. Pruitt's decision to kill the Plan jeopardizes American lives and compromises their health. Pruitt's subterfuge ignores the fact that the EPA was created in 1970 to focus specifically on...

Celebrating Oxymorons: Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day

October 09, 2017 Add Comment Edit

Although they co-occur, in many respects Columbus Day and Canadian Thanksgiving are diametrically opposed to each other. While Canadian Thanksgiving is a harvest festival celebrating nature's bounty, Columbus Day marks the start of our systematic destruction of the new world. Monday October 9th is...

Event - SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing

October 08, 2017 Add Comment Edit

The 28th SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing will take place November 1-3, 2017 in San Diego, California. This annual event is Produced by The SRI Conference and Community, LLC. The SRI Conference is the industry’s seminal event. Thought leaders, investors, and investment...

Carbon Budget Exposes the Energy East Pipeline and Reveals that Fossil Fuels are Uneconomical

October 07, 2017 Add Comment Edit

In the context of our carbon budget, fossil fuels are anything but cheap. To illustrate this point consider the fact that market forces recently killed the largest tar sands pipeline ever proposed. When the Canadian government imposed a climate test on the Energy East pipeline project it ceased to...