Can Solar Plants Make Good Bird Habitat?
A proposed state law could turn Minnesota’s solar gardens into actual gardens for native birds and pollinators. Source: Can Solar Plants Make Good Bird Habitat? | Audubon
Continue reading →Why Capitalism Needs Conscious Leadership
Conscious capitalism offers a holistic approach that puts people and moral conscience at the center of business practices. Source: Why Capitalism Needs Conscious Leadership
Continue reading →Paris Accord Could Make the World $19 Trillion Richer – Bloomberg
Source: Paris Accord Could Make the World $19 Trillion Richer – Bloomberg
Continue reading →Why Are Facts Not Effective With Climate Change Deniers?
Joe Hanson explains the psychology behind anti-science in a single video. Source: Why Are Facts Not Effective With Climate Change Deniers?
Continue reading →Texas positioned to lead hydrogen revolution – San Antonio Express-News
hydrogen and oxygen from the air over a catalys Source: Texas positioned to lead hydrogen revolution – San Antonio Express-News
Continue reading →The First Sustainable Urban Agrihood Brings Healthy, Fresh, Affordable Food to Residents and the Community
Could fresh, healthy, affordable food be the future of urban neighborhood development? In Detroit, Michigan, “the first sustainable urban agrihood” in the U.S. centers around an edible garden, with easily accessible, affordable produce offered to neighborhood residents and the community. … Continue reading →
Led by Congressman Lamar Smith, GOP coalition seeks to slow down push to new energy technology – San Antonio Express-News
WASHINGTON — Over the past decade, the U.S. government has spent tens of billions of dollars to speed onto the market the energy technology that many believe is the future — from solar panels to industrial-size batteries to modernized nuclear … Continue reading →
What is the Social Responsibility of Business?
What is the Social Responsibility of Business?Ever since Milton Friedman famously proclaimed “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits” (NYTimes 1970), pundits have pondered whether his purist interpretation was really the only way.Profit is certainly a lot … Continue reading →
Solar Embrace
More than a year ago, RMI announced it would focus on community-scale solar. Now, as we enable power purchase agreements (PPAs) at prices 40 percent below median bids, we are seeing increasing interest in community-scale solar, and we are expanding … Continue reading →
3 Trump Targets: Here’s What’s at Stake
President Trump signed another executive order on Friday aimed at eliminating regulations. The Washington Post has reported that the Trump administration may announce a number of executive orders in the coming days. The rumored targets—the Clean Power Plan, the Clean Water Rule and the federal coal … Continue reading →
H-E-B donates $1M to help construct Confluence Park
The San Antonio River Foundation (SARF) received a generous $1 million gift from H-E-B to help construct Confluence Park. The donation will be received over the course of five years. "This generous gift from H-E-B caps a momentous year and … Continue reading →
Agency wants to make SA no-kill honey bee city
The American Honey Bee Protection Agency has a goal to make San Antonio a no-kill honey bee city. In a response to its plea, District 2 Councilman Alan Warrick reached out to the agency for its services. More News Headlines … Continue reading →
Agency wants to make SA no-kill honey bee city
The American Honey Bee Protection Agency has a goal to make San Antonio a no-kill honey bee city.In a response to its plea, District 2 Councilman Alan Warrick reached out to the agency for its services.More News Headlines Bees may … Continue reading →
CPS Energy Readies Old Power Plant For Nonprofit | Texas Public Radio
CPS announced its intent to create a clean energy center through an independent nonprofit a few years ago, but it's only now that things are starting to take shape. The EPIcenter nonprofit has an executive director. They recently chose an … Continue reading →
‘Chasing Methane’ – Years of Living Dangerously
Should this be taken into account if we're going to spend money on infrastructure and current administration's energy policies? In 2016, the Obama Administration announced bold regulations to curb methane emissions. Now House Republicans are trying to undo those regulations. … Continue reading →
Thanks to Donald Trump, Corporate Social Responsibility May Have Just Became Mainstream
The unintended consequence of President Donald Trump’s travel ban is the birth of a new era of corporate responsibility. When the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) began to gain traction among mainstream consumers more than a decade ago, corporate … Continue reading →
Jimmy Carter’s Short-Lived White House Solar Panels
What took so long for solar power to return to the White House? In 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed 32 solar panels on the roof of the White House. Long before many Americans even knew what solar power was, Carter’s … Continue reading →
CPS Energy renews rooftop solar rebate program with $15M in funding
CPS Energy is renewing its rooftop solar rebate program with another $15 million in funding. CPS Chief Operating Officer Cris Eugster announced the program's renewal Monday afternoon during the city-owned utility company's board meeting. Under the new plan, CPS has … Continue reading →
Trump, Putin and the Pipelines to Nowhere
You can’t understand what Trump’s doing without understanding the “Carbon Bubble” American journalists, pundits and media executives have largely convinced themselves that climate change is not a serious political issue, because they think the polls tell them that. A majority … Continue reading →
Transforming Appalachia’s Coal-Powered Economy One Community At A Time
Grassroots organizations in coal states have been reaching out to people in coal communities — and seeking financial support from local, state, and federal governments — with initiatives to help ea… Conversation should be what's the best way to transition to renewable energy, not … Continue reading →
