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Earth’s Annual Resources Budget Consumed in Just 7 Months

On August 1, the world will reach Earth Overshoot Day, the day when humanity will have used up nature’s renewable “budget” of resources for 2018. This according to the Global Footprint Network, an international research organization. The carbon footprint, which represents the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to support human

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Energy Sustainability – RNG Coalition

   HOW SOUND POLICY DRIVES SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: NORTH AMERICAN CASE STUDY OF MAKING RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS FROM “WASTE”    Marcus Gillette, Director of Public Affairs, Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition)  If there is one thing we humans are universally good at, it is generating waste. With due respect given to the progress we have made toward a more

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Six-fold increase in renewable energy adoption required

Increasing the speed of global renewable energy adoption by at least a factor of six – critical to meeting energy-related emission reduction needs of the Paris Climate Agreement – can limit global temperature rise to two degrees, according to the latest edition of the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) long-term

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When Will Renewables Become The Dominant Source Of Energy?

As the amount of renewable energy in global electricity networks continues to surge, a new question arises – when will renewables become the dominant source of energy? A new report, the Lloyd’s Register 2018 Technology Radar, examines this issue and also looks at which technologies are likely to have the biggest impact

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Solutions that reduce energy requirements, health damage and climate damage

Renewable energy solutions are often hindered by the inconsistencies of power produced by wind, water and sunlight and the continuously fluctuating demand for energy. New research by Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, and colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley, and Aalborg University

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World Energy System Not On Track to Meet Paris Agreement Goals

Stronger Policy Signals Needed, Says IEA Renewable energy technology must be considerably ramped up in order to meet long-term climate change targets and governments need to support large-scale deployment with the necessary policies, the International Energy Agency said in a report published on Tuesday. Under the Paris Climate Change Agreement, countries have

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Mike Bloomberg Sends Statement to the United Nations Following Unprecedented Outpouring of Support for Paris Agreement

Launches “America’s Pledge” to quantify contribution of U.S. cities, states and businesses to Paris goals Today, Mike Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, submitted an unprecedented statement of unity from hundreds of U.S. mayors, governors, state attorneys general, CEOs and others to achieve and eventually

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