A slate of clean energy bills has been introduced in Congress this year. Do they have any hope of passing before the 2020 election? What is going on in Washington, D.C.? A bubbling House Democrat feud followed by a series of racially offensive presidential tweets has unleashed chaos in the U.S. capital. Meanwhile, there’s one […]
ACORE Applauds New York For Taking Bold Action to Address Climate Change
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act into law and announced America’s largest offshore wind procurement. Following is a statement from Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE): “New York is walking the walk when it comes to renewable energy […]
Narendra Modi and India’s new climate change norms
At the start of the republic, India found a normative voice on the global stage through its moral stand against colonialism. Now a rising India needs a new normative agenda. It might get it through environmental policy. From the very beginning of the Indian republic, many of its leaders were convinced of its “unique capacity […]
3 Takeaways From New York’s Ambitious Climate Change Plan
California has long led on climate change policy in the U.S. The state, which boasts the world’s fifth-largest economy, plans to generate 100% of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2045. California is currently home to 38% of America’s installed solar capacity, and its alternative transportation fuels program has been so successful that other states […]
How To Solve Climate Change? With Giant Floating Solar Farms That Suck CO2 & Make Electricity
We all know climate change is real and it’s happening right now — we are all living and experiencing its devastating effects to the planet at large and our own personal lifestyles. Even though time’s dangerously running out on what remedial steps we can take to reverse the effects of climate change, there’s a school […]
Leonardo DiCaprio teams up with others for new alliance to battle climate change
The Earth Alliance initiative was launched on Wednesday by the actor’s The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF) in partnership with Laurene Powell Jobs, the wife of the late tech magnate Steve Jobs, and billionaire investor Brian Sheth. According to a press release, the Alliance convenes the communicating power of the LDF with the talent and capacities […]
UK launches green finance strategy to tackle climate change
The UK has unveiled a green finance strategy, setting out plans to increase investment in sustainable projects and infrastructure. The strategy will ensure that financial risks and opportunities from climate change are integrated into mainstream financial decision-making and increase the availability of finance to make the most of this economic opportunity, one which brings together […]
India’s per capita carbon dioxide emissions lowest among G20 Nations
India’s renewable energy consumption still fails to completely replace the conventional resources like fossil fuels. Climate change was put forth as one of the major challenges at the G20 Summit 2019 in Osaka. While experts have already declared a natural emergency, India has nothing to celebrate despite the lowest contributor to carbon footprint per capita, […]
‘India-EU should use clean energy as platform to tackle climate change’
India and the European Union should use clean energy as a platform for coordinating multilateral and bilateral approaches to tackle climate change and energy security, a delegation of the EU to the country said. Speaking at presentation of the Standard Operational Procedures for solar parks, Friederike Tschampa, Charge d’Affaires, the delegation of the European Union […]
Investors with $34 trn demand action on climate change ahead of G20 summit
Almost 200 nations agreed in Paris in 2015 to limit the global average temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times Investors managing more than $34 trillion in assets, nearly half the world’s invested capital, are demanding urgent action from governments on climate change, piling pressure on leaders of the world’s 20 […]