Today.com 5 snacks to boost your energy in the afternoonToday.comCarbs, fat and protein are the only three nutrients that provide your body and brain with true energy. Many other vitamins, minerals and nutrients we consume, like magnesium, iron and fiber, support our cellular processes for energy and help stabilize …

Forbes Electrification Alone Will Save 42 Percent Of World Energy Demand, Stanford Prof SaysForbesIf humans can kick fossil-fuels, they will benefit from massive efficiency increases in every sector—a net savings of 42 percent of world energy use that will both derive from and ease the transition to clean energy, a Stanford University professor …

NBC New York Energy Dept. Taps Into Oil Reserves as Gas Prices Rise NationwideNBC New YorkThe U.S. Energy Department announced Tuesday it will release half a million barrels of crude oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve as Hurricane Harvey continued to wreak havoc on U.S. oil production and gas prices remained on the rise.Energy…

Ars Technica Power company kills nuclear plant, plans $6 billion in solar, battery investmentArs TechnicaOn Tuesday, power provider Duke Energy Florida announced a settlement with the state’s public service commission (PSC) to cease plans to build a nuclear plant in western Florida. The utility instead intends to invest $6 billion in solar panels, grid …Duke…

Live Science Totally Active: Eclipse Photos Reveal Sunspots, Solar FlaresLive Science21 — and not just the “total solar eclipse” kind. Photos snapped from the path of totality during the solar eclipse reveal a flurry of activity, ranging from sunspots to solar flares, on Earth’s closest star. The shots were taken by amateur …NASA had all…

Washington Post Tesla starts production of solar cells in BuffaloWashington PostDETROIT — Tesla Inc. is starting production of the cells for its solar roof tiles at its factory in Buffalo, New York. The company has already begun installing its solar roofs, which look like regular roofs but are made of glass tiles. But until now…

Newsweek Incredible NASA Video Shows What the Total Solar Eclipse Looked Like From SpaceNewsweekThe excitement around the recent total solar eclipse—which passed through 14 states from Oregon to South Carolina on August 21—built and built in the weeks before the event. Now that it has passed, American eclipse enthusiasts will have to wait until …See…

Yale Environment 360 Utilities Grapple with Rooftop Solar and the New Energy LandscapeYale Environment 360In the prevailing narrative of the rooftop solar industry, the dominant theme is combat. The good guys are the innovative, climate-positive, customer-pleasing solar companies, which must be nimble to avoid being crushed by the plodding, influence …PUC issues net metering draft…

The Seattle Times The Climate Post: Harvey Shines Light on Issue of Climate ChangeHuffPost“The hurricane is a naturally occurring hazard that is exacerbated by climate change, but the actual risk to Houston is a combination of the hazard—rainfall, storm surge and wind, the vulnerability, and the exposure,” said Hayhoe of Houston’s …What do we know…

CNN Now we have a moral duty to talk about climate changeCNNNo, of course climate change did not “cause” Harvey in any singular sense. Nor does smoking definitively “cause” any individual case of lung cancer. Smoking increases the risk of cancer, just as increased global warming increases the risk of extreme …The Strange Future Hurricane…