Solar SmartFlower bring sexy, premium quality dual axis tracking to your *front* yard – Electrek
Electrek Solar SmartFlower bring sexy, premium quality dual axis tracking to your *front* yardElectrekOne of the most futuristic cool solar systems I’ve ever seen is made by SmartFlower. The analogies are built into the structure – like a flower, the machine rises with the sun, opens wide to catch the rays, tracks the sun across…
Charge your smartphone in 2 hours with this paper-thin solar panel – Mashable
Mashable Charge your smartphone in 2 hours with this paper-thin solar panelMashableSolar Paper works in essentially the same way as any other portable USB charger. When you need to juice up your phone just plug it into the device and it’ll charge it up for you. Unlike those other devices, Solar Paper is fueled by…
Project would double Delaware’s solar energy capacity – The News Journal
The News Journal Project would double Delaware’s solar energy capacityThe News JournalA Connecticut commodities company is formalizing plans to build a solar-panel array large enough to double the state’s capacity to generate power from the sun. Freepoint Commodities, headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, has a contract to lease or …
No Roof? No Problem. Community-Shared Solar Offers Solar Energy for All – Voice of America
No Roof? No Problem. Community-Shared Solar Offers Solar Energy for AllVoice of AmericaHead to the roof of the New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies and you’ll discover row upon row of solar photovoltaic panels. The solar panels generate about 159 kilowatts of renewable energy, just a drop in New York City’s energy bucket…
What do microtones have to do with global warming? Two concerts offer an answer – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times What do microtones have to do with global warming? Two concerts offer an answerLos Angeles TimesThe 18th-century theorists who devised the well-tempered system of tuning instruments meant merely to improve music. This is the mathematical way to fiddle with the size of intervals between notes so that fixed-pitch instruments, particularly keyboards …
Scientists plan to halt global warming by DIMMING the sun – Express.co.uk
Express.co.uk Scientists plan to halt global warming by DIMMING the sunExpress.co.ukAdditionally, once the geoengineering has stopped, temperatures would rapidly rise to where they were before. Mr Bellamy said: “Global temperatures would jump back to where they would have been without geoengineering.” This could ultimately present …
‘Deep Democracy’ — A Cure For Climate Change And Economic Inequality? – HuffPost
HuffPost ‘Deep Democracy’ — A Cure For Climate Change And Economic Inequality?HuffPostHeather McGhee, President, Dēmos, delivering keynote address to the Bioneers Conference, October 21, 2017 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Marin County, CA. October 21, 2017, Marin Country, CA.—Why has society not been able to solve the …
Exclusive: The Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Its … – The Nation.
The Nation. Exclusive: The Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Its …The Nation.A leaked draft of a five-year plan reveals how the DOI will prioritize “energy dominance” over conservation.So…the Interior No Longer Cares About Climate Change?Outside MagazineNo mention of climate change in Interior’s draft strategic plan | TheHillThe HillProposed Policy Change at DOI Would Fail…
US Government Accountability Office argues for acting on climate change – Ars Technica
Ars Technica US Government Accountability Office argues for acting on climate changeArs TechnicaRecently, two senators—Maine Republican Susan Collins and Washington Democrat Maria Cantwell—asked it to look into what has become a contentious political issue: the government’s response to climate change. The report that resulted suggests that the …Government Report Finds Climate Change Costing Taxpayers Billions Each…
New US ambassador discusses ‘both sides’ of climate change – KCRA Sacramento
KCRA Sacramento New US ambassador discusses ‘both sides’ of climate changeKCRA SacramentoThe new U.S. ambassador to Canada says that she believes in “both sides of the science” regarding climate change. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reports that Kelly Craft, who was sworn in last month, says that “both sides have their own results.”.Kelly Craft doesn’t understand clouds…