Carbon offsets are everywhere these days. You might see them in little disclaimers on your favorite sneaker brand’s site, or you can buy them to help offset your next cross-country flight. They may be ubiquitous, but what really are carbon offsets and what should you know before buying into
And now for a hopeful environmental story about climate policy that worked… new U.N. data shows that the ozone layer is recovering, a major development for health, food security, and the planet. This is all thanks to humans around the world coming together to solve an environmental crisis. (Yes, you
We recently covered a bunch of novel approaches to bring nuclear fusion to the market sooner than you may think. One form of fusion research we didn’t touch on in depth was Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) using lasers… and shortly after publishing that video some major news broke about
Here are four trends that we can expect in climate tech in 2023...
Where there’s tech, there’s magnets. The strong magnets that generate their own magnetic field, AKA permanent magnets, aren’t only on your fridge. They’re in multiple places inside your fridge, and in your cell phone, headphones, and hard disk drive, too. Permanent magnets are also a critical
COP27, the annual climate change conference hosted by the United Nations, concluded last month in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, with one of the main discussions centering around a new agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding to vulnerable countries that are experiencing the worst effects of climate
Wind generates enough energy to produce about 35 times more electricity than the entire planet could even use each day.1 It’s free, clean, and renewable, so why don’t we see more wind turbines used on rooftops like solar panels? In a nutshell, it’s the blades. More
Hindsight is 20/20. And we can all clearly give thanks that 2020 is in the rearview. But if we had to pick one silver lining or winner for the year, the power grid would be a strong contender. A new study from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh reports a 7.5% nationwide decrease in energy consumpti
The southwestern U.S. is in the throes of a “megadrought” so severe that we’ve broken the record — all 1,200 years of it. According to a study published earlier this year, soil hasn’t been this dry since the scientific record began around the year 800.1 This
Fusion is considered by many as the holy grail for supplying all of our clean electricity needs. However, the old joke is that nuclear fusion is always 30 years away, no matter what advances or promises are made. But maybe not this time; , there are several privately funded startups that
Bidirectional charging systems, V2G and V2H, are expanding the use of electric vehicles far beyond transportation.
Forty-four million households rent their homes12, but are they left out of the solar energy world entirely? As the solar industry grows we’re seeing innovations not just on rooftop solar panels and efficiency, but we’re seeing new areas and ideas for how we use solar, like community solar