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Look out Putin — Ukrainian woman invents ‘solar for balconies’ to wean Europe off Russian gas | TechCrunch

SustainableSA.com Posted on July 18, 2022 by stlaneJuly 18, 2022

Much has been made of how European countries are, on the one hand, supporting Ukraine in its fight against the heinous and illegal invasion by Russia but at the same time remaining heavily dependent on Russian energy sources. WeDoSolar, launched … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, Climate Change, Cool Tech, Doing Something, New Tech, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Resilience, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy | Leave a reply

The US may have an unexpected green energy source: abandoned oil and gas wells  – Vox

SustainableSA.com Posted on July 18, 2022 by stlaneJuly 18, 2022

The US is spending millions to explore a surprising source of untapped power. What’s old is new again That’s exactly what the agency’s pilot program, called Wells of Opportunity: ReAmplify, aims to do, awarding a total of $8.4 million to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Building, Carbon, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Energy Policy, Geothermal, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities | Tagged Geothermal | Leave a reply

Texas Will Get Billions for Environmental Projects from $1.2T Infrastructure Bill, from Clean Water to EV Charging to Public Transit » Dallas Innovates

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 7, 2021 by stlaneDecember 7, 2021

$550 billion in new infrastructure spending is coming to projects nationwide—and a big slice is bound for Texas. From new electric buses to rail projects to improved power infrastructure to lead water service line removal and more, Texas’ environment may … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Commercial Building, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Living Wage, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, Permaculture, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Resilience, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Jigar Shah’s big idea for getting rooftop solar and… | Canary Media

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 30, 2021 by stlaneNovember 30, 2021

How the DOE could marshal its loan guarantees to decarbonize the grid and boost energy equity in one fell swoop. Can a government program created to back industrial-scale energy infrastructure help get efficient smart appliances and solar-battery systems into the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, Commercial Building, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Job Creation, Net Zero Buiilding, Permaculture, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Resilience, Retrofits, Smart Growth, Solar Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Coronavirus Inspires 64 Percent of Americans to Be More Eco-Friendly

SustainableSA.com Posted on May 20, 2020 by stlaneMay 20, 2020

With people all across the U.S. spending more time at home during coronavirus quarantines, many Americans are rethinking their habits and trying to live more sustainably. According to a new survey, nearly two-thirds of people have been inspired to pick … Continue reading →

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Mitigation and Adaptation | Solutions – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

SustainableSA.com Posted on May 7, 2020 by stlaneMay 7, 2020

Responding to Climate Change NASA is a world leader in climate studies and Earth science. While its role is not to set climate policy or prescribe particular responses or solutions to climate change, its purview does include providing the robust … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Pollution, Resilience, Sustainability Metrics | Tagged Mitigation and Adaptation | Leave a reply

A Satellite Lets Scientists See Antarctica’s Melting Like Never Before

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 30, 2020 by stlaneMay 7, 2020

New data from space is providing the most precise picture yet of Antarctica’s ice, where it is accumulating most quickly and disappearing at the fastest rate, and how the changes could contribute to rising sea levels. The information, in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon, Climate Change, Cool Tech, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, New Tech, Pollution, Resilience, Security, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy | Leave a reply

Senator Booker Is Right about Factory Farming

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 20, 2020 by stlaneMay 7, 2020

Should we pass legislation to end factory farming? Contrary to common belief, Senator Cory Booker’s best idea wasn’t dropping out of the 2020 presidential race. That was his second-best idea. His best idea was introducing the Farm System Reform Bill … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food, Food Policy, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Resilience, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Healthy soil is the real key to feeding the world

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 4, 2019 by stlaneDecember 4, 2019

One of the biggest modern myths about agriculture is that organic farming is inherently sustainable. It can be, but it isn’t necessarily. After all, soil erosion from chemical-free tilled fields undermined the Roman Empire and other ancient societies around the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Carbon, Climate Change, Doing Something, Fertilizers, Food, Food Policy, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Resilience, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

San Antonio to Combat ‘Climate Emergency’ with New Action Plan

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 4, 2019 by stlaneNovember 4, 2019

One of America’s highest Latino-populated cities now has a strategy to address the climate crisis. Earlier this month, the San Antonio (64% Latino) City Council passed Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) by a 10-1 vote. It outlines objectives that … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food Security, Net Zero Buiilding, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Moss-growing concrete absorbs CO2, insulates and is also a vertical garden

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 23, 2019 by stlaneOctober 23, 2019

Sustainability has always been a game of catch up. The current energy production and construction trends mean that sustainability researchers have to come up with clever ways to lower emissions. Researchers at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona have … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Earthen Construction, Energy Efficiency, New Tech, Permaculture, Pollution, Resilience, Retrofits, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Fee-dividend climate plan right balance

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 10, 2019 by stlaneOctober 28, 2019

How to solve the political paradox of climate change? While most Americans accept that man-made climate change is real, they are divided about what to do in response to it and how urgently to take action. Recent polling from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions, study says

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 20, 2019 by stlaneJune 20, 2019

Just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988, according to a new report. The Carbon Majors Report (pdf) “pinpoints how a relatively small set of fossil fuel producers may … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon, Climate Change, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Resilience, Security, Total Cost of Energy | Leave a reply

What’s Worrying the Plastics Industry? Your Reaction to All That Waste, for One

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 20, 2019 by stlaneJune 20, 2019

HOUSTON — One by one, they stepped to a clear plastic lectern at the Global Plastics Summit here and talked about what their companies were doing in response to the world’s crisis in plastics waste. Representing businesses all along the … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food Security, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Reduce Reuse & Recycle, Resilience, Security, Sustainability | Leave a reply

Energy storage hits the fast track, doubling year-over-year installations

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 20, 2019 by stlaneJune 20, 2019

Fueled by increased interest in grid service applications like time-of-use (TOU) shifting, self-consumption and backup power, the U.S. market for energy storage doubled in 2018 and is expected to double again by the end of the year. Of the 777 … Continue reading →

Posted in Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Energy Storage, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Climate Change Poses Major Risks to Financial Markets, Regulator Warns

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 12, 2019 by stlaneJune 12, 2019

WASHINGTON — A top financial regulator is opening a public effort to highlight the risk that climate change poses to the nation’s financial markets, setting up a clash with a president who has mocked global warming and whose administration has … Continue reading →

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Just Add Water: New Salt Battery Could Help Spell the End of Fossil Fuels

SustainableSA.com Posted on May 21, 2019 by stlaneMay 21, 2019

This groundbreaking new project in Germany is testing the use of salt as an ingredient for a fossil fuel-free future.

The Reuter power plant in Berlin recently launched a new system of technology that is using calcium oxide, also known as quicklime, to store heat for long periods of time.

Germany already has the renewable energy capacity to power more than half of the country, but since many green energy sources are dependent on consistent weather conditions, the nation is forced to continue using fossil fuels as backup energy sources.

Quicklime, on the other hand, generates large amounts of heat when it is simply exposed to water.

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Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Net Zero Buiilding, Resilience, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Plastic Packaging Alternatives

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 9, 2019 by stlaneApril 9, 2019

Tired of plastic pollution? There are many alternatives. Why should we and brands care about plastic pollution? Plastics is one of the biggest challenges the world is facing right now. Thanks to David Attenborough’s Blue Planet, consumers are suddenly aware … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Circular Economy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food, Food Policy, Food Security, Fossil Fuels, Greenwashing, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Reduce Reuse & Recycle, Resilience, Security, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Power-Hungry Texas Oil Drillers Get a Little Help From Solar

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 5, 2019 by stlaneApril 10, 2019

Texas, home to the world’s largest oil reserve and America’s biggest source of coal-fired power, is on the verge of a clean-energy boom. Wind already supplies about 15 percent of Texas’s electricity, and now developers are about to quadruple the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Carbon, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Investing & Finance, Job Creation, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Solar, Solar Energy, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

San Antonio Chicken Walk Coop Tour | Food Policy Council of San Antonio

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 22, 2019 by stlaneMarch 22, 2019

The Food Policy Council of San Antonio‘s 2nd Annual San Antonio Chicken Walk coop tour will be held Saturday, April 13th, with great coops in north central San Antonio. The provide a map and passport to pre-registered visitors by email, … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Doing Something, Food, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Permaculture, Resilience | Tagged Food Policy Council of San Antonio | Leave a reply

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