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16 inventions getting us off fossil fuels and into renewable energy

Much of the world's energy is sourced from fossil fuels.  Several innovators and companies have developed inventions to help get the world off of non-renewable energy.  For example, the HomeBiogas 2.0...

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A football game between Yale and Harvard was delayed for nearly an hour after...

Climate-change activists interrupted an Ivy League football showdown between Yale and Harvard for nearly an hour on Saturday.They were calling on their respective universities to divest from fossil...

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HSBC, Citi, and other banking giants involved in the Saudi Aramco IPO say...

Saudi Aramco, the world's most profitable company, is expected to debut on the stock market later this month. It could be the largest IPO in history.  The offering involves dozens of banks, including...

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An architecture firm reimagined offshore oil rigs as new housing in a world...

Design firm XTU Architects created a concept for turning offshore oil rigs into housing.The concepts imagines a future in which the world is no longer dependent on oil, so the structures can be...

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General Motors' $20 billion shift to EVs is just another example of how the...

Summary List PlacementIn March, General Motors announced further details surrounding its ambitious plan to add a whopping 20 electric vehicles to its current mainstream lineup by the year 2023. It's a...

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Trump says that if Biden is elected, seniors will have 'no air conditioning...

Summary List PlacementPresident Donald Trump said on Friday that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's energy plans would result in seniors not having air conditioning in the summer.During a...

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Green-energy stocks tumble on higher chance of a Republican-controlled Senate

Summary List PlacementRenewable-energy stocks slumped on Wednesday as investors reacted to the increased prospect of President Trump securing a second term and Republicans retaining the...

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Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer rates Biden's environmental efforts...

Summary List PlacementIn some other dimension, climate activist Tom Styer is president of the United States. There, he used his billions of dollars to outpoint a packed Democratic field, bounced Donald...

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As a former oil executive, I can tell you Biden is not at war with oil. The...

Summary List PlacementAs soon as President Biden began taking action on the environment, some lawmakers rushed to slam him for allegedly killing jobs in some sort of "war on oil." They've been keeping...

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Biden's historic Interior nominee wants to end fossil fuels. The committee...

Summary List PlacementRep. Deb Haaland, who would become the first Native American Interior secretary if confirmed, will appear before a Senate panel on Tuesday where she will face down two pro-fossil...

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HSBC will end all funding for the coal industry by 2040, narrowly avoiding...

Summary List PlacementHSBC said on Thursday it plans to end funding for coal-fired power and thermal coal mining projects by 2030 in developed economies by 2030 and worldwide by 2040, in response to...

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The biggest banks have poured $3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since 2016....

Summary List PlacementThe world's 60 largest banks have poured $3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since 2016, despite many of them committing to the Paris Agreement on fighting climate change in 2015 or...

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Here are 9 hurdles Biden's infrastructure plan would have to overcome in...

Summary List PlacementPresident Joe Biden last week released his opening bid for an infrastructure overhaul, and now the White House and Democratic leaders face the arduous task of getting enough...

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New York is about to spew a lot more carbon into the air, thanks to Andrew...

Summary List PlacementNew York's air is about to be filled with a whole lot more carbon dioxide, thanks in large part to the efforts of a couple of science-denying scions of political dynasties who...

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg tells Congress 'subsidizing fossil fuel'...

Summary List PlacementSwedish climate activist Greta Thunberg called subsidies for fossil fuel companies a "disgrace" during a congressional hearing on Thursday.The 18-year-old climate activist...

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Feel like fixing the climate crisis is your personal responsibility?...

Summary List PlacementWhen Naomi Oreskes lectures about climate change, she gets the same question over and over again."A member of the audience will say: 'Well, what can I personally do? What can I do...

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Almost half of all global assets under management are now geared towards...

Summary List PlacementAlmost half of all global assets under management are now geared towards net zero goals after 41 more firms joined the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative - a group of fund...

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A small Wyoming town is hoping Bill Gates' $1 billion nuclear power plant...

Summary List PlacementA small town in Wyoming is hoping that Bill Gates will pick it for his upcoming $1 billion next-generation nuclear power plant, which could save hundreds of local jobs.TerraPower,...

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4 ways extreme heat negatively impacts the economy

Summary List PlacementSummer 2021 will likely be one of the hottest on record as dozens of cities in the West experience all-time high temperatures. The extreme heat being felt throughout many parts of...

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Biden wants to fight the climate crisis and keep gas prices low. It doesn't...

Summary List PlacementThe United Nations on Monday released a harrowing report saying some of global warming's effects will be "irreversible for centuries to millennia." Two days later, President Joe...

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