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The Burden — American Resilience Project

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 12, 2018 by stlaneMarch 26, 2019

The San Antonio chapters of the Citizens Climate Lobby, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance held a panel discussion on June 9, 2018 about how fossil fuel dependence affects national security — and how the military … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, Climate Change, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Security, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities | Leave a reply

If You Want To Frac Clean Up Your Act

SustainableSA.com Posted on May 9, 2018 by stlaneOctober 1, 2018

An open verse to the National Petroleum Council, and who else to include? Please comment below and feel free to forward along to those who could most benefit… If you’re going to frac, at least, clean up your act. Have … Continue reading →

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

Companies knew about the link between fossil fuel and global warming as far back as the 1980s

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 11, 2018 by stlaneApril 11, 2018

Is it a surprise that Shell has known for years the dangers of fossil fuels? The same goes for ExxonMobil also having known. What should or can be done about it? A Dutch news organization has published a trove of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Greenwashing, Investing & Finance, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Security, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy | Leave a reply

San Antonio ranks 6th in U.S. solar

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 9, 2018 by stlaneApril 9, 2018

The Alamo City — which was in eighth place last year — now has 161 megawatts of direct current solar power installed, according to the latest Shining Cities report from Environment America. The numbers are through the end of 2017. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, City Planning & Urban Development, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Job Creation, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Solar, Solar Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

8 Answers to the Judge’s Climate Change Questions in Cities vs. Fossil Fuels Case

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 23, 2018 by stlaneApril 18, 2018

San Francisco and Oakland want to hold fossil fuel companies liable for sea level rise costs. In an unusual move, the judge ordered a climate tutorial for the court. Judicial review is about to meet peer review in a federal … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Doing Something, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food Security, Fossil Fuels, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Pollution, Resilience, Security, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy | Leave a reply

Meet the Satellites That Can Pinpoint Methane and Carbon Dioxide Leaks – Scientific American

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 14, 2018 by stlaneMarch 14, 2018

We have many ways of measuring methane and CO2 levels. When we measure it we can manage it…if we really want to know and manage it. Polluters can’t hide anymore. Source: Meet the Satellites That Can Pinpoint Methane and Carbon … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food Security, Fossil Fuels, Pollution, Resilience, Sustainability Metrics, Total Cost of Energy, Uncategorized, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

San Antonio’s CPS Energy faces criticism on clean energy strategy – San Antonio Express-News

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 9, 2018 by stlaneMarch 21, 2018

San Antonio’s public utility, CPS Energy, faced blowback from city leaders and environmental groups Thursday on its newly released strategic power plan that takes decades to fully transition to renewable sources of energy. “A lot of folks felt blindsided by … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Microgrids, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Solar Energy, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Designer Talks About Eco Positive Environmental Impact

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 2, 2017 by stlaneApril 9, 2019

Elegant design and engineering goes beyond being sustainable to being eco positive. New vocabulary, additional data collection and working with scientists is needed to most effectively stimulate and manage a circular economy, making the means by which we live to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Biomimicry, Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Export Economy, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Pollution, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Sustainability Metrics, Transportaton, Water, Wildlife | 2 Replies

Polyface Farms – The Future of Farming is Holistic

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 26, 2017 by stlaneFebruary 28, 2020

Polyface Farms – How our food is farmed is what matters most, as in biomimicry, study ecosystems and mimic ecosystems, rather than just blaming meat eaters. Animals can be good for the land and have an ecopostive affect. Regenerative farming … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Carbon, Circular Economy, Climate Change, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Resilience, Security, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

MIT’s new flow battery breathes air to cut costs of renewable energy storage

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 3, 2017 by stlaneNovember 3, 2017

Renewable energy might be clean, but it's not always reliable if the Sun ducks behind clouds or the wind slacks off. To counter that variability, the grid will need to combine a range of different sources, such as solar, wind, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Energy Storage, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Power Move: How On-Site Energy Solutions Can Help Save the Grid

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 7, 2017 by stlaneNovember 7, 2017

Across the U.S., energy users of all sizes are taking control of their power supply and relieving stress from the grid. That’s the idea behind distributed energy. Atlantic Re:think and Siemens partnered to explore this burgeoning energy revolution in 360º … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Commercial Building, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Solar Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Through 2030 District, Downtown Businesses Work to Cut Energy Usage

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 7, 2017 by stlaneOctober 7, 2017

Members of a local energy-efficiency initiative collectively reduced their carbon impact by more than 10,200 metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2016, according to an annual report from San Antonio 2030 District, which is leading the effort. The initiative, led … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency Metrics, Investing & Finance, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Retrofits, Security, Sustainability, Sustainability Metrics, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

A Call For An Equitable Climate Action Plan in San Antonio | Sierra Club

SustainableSA.com Posted on September 28, 2017 by stlaneDecember 20, 2017

Last week, I walked into the San Antonio City Council Chambers to present the Council members with nearly 700 petition signatures urging them to press forward with their pledged commitment to develop a Climate Action Plan for the city. While … Continue reading →

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

SIXTY DAYS A YEAR ABOVE 100° – San Antonio

SustainableSA.com Posted on September 25, 2017 by stlaneOctober 2, 2017

Climate change debates aside, the raw numbers show San Antonio is becoming much hotter, much more often. What does this mean to our city, and to a state where nearly 40 percent of the labor force is working outside? Most … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Carbon, Climate Change, Economic Development, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Security, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Almost every country in the world can power itself with renewable energy

SustainableSA.com Posted on September 10, 2017 by stlaneSeptember 13, 2017

The country’s energy mix is under scrutiny. A report commissioned by Energy Secretary Rick Perry acknowledges that low natural gas prices—not renewables—are behind the recent closure of coal energy plants, and that the grid has managed to withstand the increasing … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, Climate Change, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency Metrics, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Security, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sustainability Metrics, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities | Leave a reply

A two-decade lobbying crusade by tax-exempt conservative charities fueled Trump’s exit from the Paris Climate Accord

SustainableSA.com Posted on September 8, 2017 by stlaneSeptember 8, 2017

It's time to discredit the false choice between environmental protection and economic growth, that climate change is simply an ideological choice and giving government more authority to address it would stimulate a “regulatory onslaught,” damaging the U.S. economy and subvert … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Greenwashing, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Resilience, Security, Sustainability | Leave a reply

A victory for Texas trees — and for local control

SustainableSA.com Posted on September 7, 2017 by stlaneSeptember 7, 2017

When Gov. Abbott issued his call for a special legislative session this summer, he only included one environmental issue: eliminating local tree protection ordinances in over 110 Texas cities. This gave Texas environmentalists a unique opportunity to organize an all-hands-on-deck … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Pollution, Residential Building, Resilience, Security, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Utility Helps Wean Vermonters From the Electric Grid

SustainableSA.com Posted on August 1, 2017 by stlaneAugust 1, 2017

The program offers just one example of the continuing efforts at the local level to rethink a largely carbon-based power system. The initiatives are driven by financial advantages as well as environmental ones. Green Mountain’s chief executive, Mary Powell, sees … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, City Planning & Urban Development, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Microgrids, New Tech, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

CPS Energy and AACOG Partner to Better Serve San Antonio – CPS Energy Newsroom and Blog

SustainableSA.com Posted on July 21, 2017 by stlaneJuly 21, 2017

The Utility Will Coordinate Air Quality Data Collection Activities, Previously Handled by the Agency and Funded by the State CPS Energy has agreed to further partner with the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG), ensuring air quality data collection remains … Continue reading →

Posted in City Planning & Urban Development, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Pollution, Resilience, Security, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

CPS Energy Grants UTSA $500,000 for Local Climate Research

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 27, 2017 by stlaneJune 27, 2017

A $500,000 grant from CPS Energy will allow researchers at University of Texas in San Antonio to dive into San Antonio’s climate inventory and, for the first time, develop the framework for a local climate action plan to improve air quality and reduce … Continue reading →

Posted in City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Pollution, Resilience, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

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