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US: Powering the Data Boom

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists How Will the Grid Keep Up? Data use for everything from video conferences to cryptocurrency to...

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

A real-life story proves that everyone can make a difference in saving save the planet by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat In 2019,...

Residents of Kobe City, Japan, are fighting a coal power plant financed by Japanese megabanks

Source: BankTrack Kobe: a history of residents’ resistance against air pollution Kobe City has a history of serious air pollution. Many...

Film Review: Godzilla

How the decades-old Godzilla franchise has gradually encountered environmental themes by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat Ishirō Honda’s...

10 Lessons of Climate Change for Our Era

By: Roberto Razeto As the climate decade (2013-2023) comes to a close, it is vital to reflect on the lessons learned during this critical...

US: A Better Way of Paying for a Reliable Electricity Grid

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Last spring, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), which operates the electricity...

US: How Are Wind Turbines Made?

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Many humans feel at least a bit of “megalophilia”—a love of very, very big things. This might be...

US: Want Clean Energy? Then You Also Want Battery Recycling.

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Lithium-ion batteries are essential for decarbonizing transportation through electric vehicles and...

Removing Barriers to Energy Storage is Key to a Clean Energy Future

Source: The Union of Concerned Scientist In just one year—from 2020 to 2021—utility-scale battery storage capacity in the United States...

Oil and gas production

Source: Tyndall Centre Rich countries must end oil and gas production by 2034 to keep the world on track for 1.5°C and give poorer...

Why Are Gasoline Prices So Volatile?

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists When gasoline prices rise, as they have since the winter of 2020, or spike dramatically, as they...

Energy Communities: the alternative approach

By Cosimo Razeto In the last decades we have witnessed how the growth of renewable systems has contributed to the global energy demand...

Building Local Power With Neighborhood Microgrids

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists A new case study by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and Parker Village, a “smart...

Climate change, Inequality, and Energy seminar

Source: Tyndall Center This is a recorded seminar on the topic of Climate Change, Inequality, and Energy which took place online last May...

The Story of Sonali Bag: Global Hope, Local Struggles

Invented in Bangladesh, the Sonali bag is an eco-friendly and sustainable alternative to the current polyethylene and polypropylene bags...

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