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4.7.20: Power Dialogs In Every State To focus Americans on state-level and local solutions, the Center for Environmental Policy at Bard College organized simultaneous “power dialog” webinars, one in every state in the country, plus Washington, DC and Puerto Rico. On April 7, we heard from climate solutions experts in …

The launch of the publication of “The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking – Governing in a Climate Emergency” was broadcast live on April 16th 2020. Invited panel members from several industries who had input in this publication shared their views on a variety of topics. Our thesis is that it …

Australia’s superannuation funds are now responsible for more than $2.6 trillion, with which they invest in companies across the country and the world. Through activist shareholdings, Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility seeks to make super funds accountable for ensuring a safe climate future, by amplifying their influence over listed companies. …

[ad_1] The expansion of solar-powered electricity in the United States broke major records last year, accounting for nearly 40 per cent of all new generating capacity. At the same time total installed photovoltaic (PV) power was expected to more than double in the next five years, according to an annual …

This article was originally published on The Conversation. As wildfires, storms and other climate-driven disasters grow larger and more damaging, climate … source Y Not Freakin’ Recyclable Home

[ad_1] The French city of Nîmes recently welcomed the Ada Lovelace Secondary School, Occitania’s first-ever clean-energy school that’s earned both BEPOS energy level certification and a sustainability rating of Silver-level BDM (Bâtiments Durables Méditerranéens). Opened in the fall of last year, the eco-friendly school is the work of French design …

[ad_1] Get your daily dose of good news from Grist Subscribe to The Beacon This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Huge computer screens line a dark, windowless control room in Corvallis, Oregon, where engineers at the …

[ad_1] Huge computer screens line a dark, windowless control room in Corvallis, Oregon, where engineers at the company NuScale Power hope to define the next wave of nuclear energy. Glowing icons fill the screens, representing the power output of 12 miniature nuclear reactors. Together, these small modular reactors would generate …

[ad_1] Massive amounts of radioactive water being stored at Japan’s Fukushima power plant could be released into the sea under plans provisionally accepted by the country’s government. Tokyo Electric has collected nearly 1.2 million tonnes of contaminated water from cooling pipes used to keep fuel cores from melting since the plant …

[ad_1] On Finland’s windswept Turku archipelago, Helsinki-based design practice and log house kit purveyor Pluspuu has completed yet another ecological wood house — fittingly named the House on the Rocks. Designed to embrace landscape views in multiple directions, the three-bedroom, two-bath residence is a custom design based on Pluspuu’s pre-designed …