Tag: renewable energy
With China’s help, Saudi Arabia is deploying solar power faster than...
The kingdom is aware that fossil fuels, the source of its fabulous wealth, are on their way out. Its leaders want to have a modern electro-state in place when the pumps fall idle.
Scientists warn the planet has crossed its first climate tipping point
Global heating has pushed warm-water reefs past a point of no return, scientists warn, with mass bleaching since 2023 affecting more than four-fifths of reefs and cascading risks for food security, coastal protection, and the global economy ahead of COP30.
Renewables are a global economic engine, not a culture war threat
While oil is a cyclical commodity, and prices rise and fall over time, this time the decline is structural.
Report warns governments plan double fossil fuel extraction allowed under 1.5°C
New analysis shows major producers moving further away from Paris climate goals as experts decry “reckless” policies and warn of climate chaos.
America may have invaded Iraq for its oil, but solar power...
The vogue for solar is sweeping other areas of Iraq, too, such as Kurdistan, where the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is also increasingly committed to solar.
Renewables helped prevent blackouts on New England’s hottest day this summer
As much as 22 percent of power usage in New England on June 24 came from behind-the-meter solar.
Ireland becomes sixth European country to end use of coal ahead...
Ireland became the sixth country in Europe to end its use of coal with an additional 23 European countries committing to a cleaner energy future.
Wind and solar power grows along side fossil fuel to help...
All major energy sources hit a record high in 2024 making renewable energy, oil, gas, coal, nuclear and hydropower responsible for the worldwide energy demand.
New report predicts abandoned coal mines turned into solar farms could...
These solar projects could equal 15 percent of the solar that's already been built globally and help triple renewables before the end of the decade.
Billions in clean energy projects canceled amid Republican tax bill and...
Clean energy investments are vanishing as the Trump administration’s tax plan and rollback of Biden-era climate policies threaten America’s transition to renewables.
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Make corporate complicity unprofitable: Gen Z campaign launches boycott of companies tied to ICE
As Trump intensifies immigration crackdowns, a new boycott movement targets the corporations supplying ICE with infrastructure, technology, and access to consumers.
Democrats’ last major obstacle to defeating MAGA for good
If all Americans regardless of their political beliefs, racial backgrounds, and economic standing were required to serve together and learn from each other to achieve a goal as a cohesive unit, it could be what helps future generations heal from the division that’s plaguing our political system.
UNICEF warns child casualties are becoming catastrophic as evidence grows in Iran school bombing
More than 1,100 children have been killed or wounded across the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched war on Iran while investigations point to outdated intelligence behind the Minab school strike.
How accent discrimination reinforces America’s deepest divides
The American Southern accent reveals how linguistic prejudice reinforces classism, regionalism, and subconscious bias across generations.
Where’s the resistance to the Iran war?
A majority of Americans already oppose the war in Iran, but the bombs won’t stop until public opinion is converted into real pressure.