In a first, renewable energy is poised to eclipse coal in the U.S.
Brad Plumer – New York Times, 5/13/20
The coronavirus has pushed the coal industry to once-unthinkable lows, and the consequences for climate change are big. The U.S. is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewable power than from coal for the first time on record, despite the Trump administration’s three-year push to revive the ailing coal industry…
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Time 2019 person of the year: Greta Thunberg
Charlotte Alter, Suyin Haynes, and Justin Worland – Time, 12/10/19
Greta Thunberg began a global movement by skipping school: starting in August 2018, she spent her days camped out in front of the Swedish Parliament, holding a sign painted in black letters on a white background that read Skolstrejk för klimatet: “School Strike for Climate.” In the 16 months since…
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Global renewable energy has quadrupled over past decade
Brian Bienkowski – The Daily Climate, 8/6/19
Renewable energy capacity quadrupled across the planet over the past decade and energy from solar power increased 26 times from what it was in 2009, according to an international report released…
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Climate change is accelerating, bringing the world ‘dangerously close to irreversible change’
Henry Fountain – New York Times, 12/5/19
“Things are getting worse,” said Petteri Taalas, Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization, which on Tuesday issued its annual state of the global climate report, concluding a decade of what it called exceptional global heat. “The only solution is to get rid of fossil fuels in power production, industry and transportation,” he said…
The story of sustainability in 2018: “We have about 12 years left”
Andrew Winston – Harvard Business Review, 12/27/18
We have about 12 years left. That’s the clear message from a monumental study from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). To avoid some of the most devastating impacts of climate change, the world must slash carbon emissions by 45% by 2030, and completely decarbonize by 2050…
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