March 2017 | Global Warming is Real

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How Bio-Based Chemicals Are Aiding in Sustainability Efforts

Bobbi Peterson March 29, 2017

The use of bio-based chemicals is on the rise around the world, and that trend is helping sustainability efforts. For reference, a bio-based chemical is a substance constructed from materials that are currently alive or were once living. Keep reading to explore how some of these bio-based chemicals are being used to help societies and […]Read More

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Executive Order Guts Clean Power Plan : Trump’s Imaginary War

Thomas Schueneman March 28, 2017

This morning, under the cover of “energy independence,” U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for a rewrite of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. The Plan is the cornerstone of U.S. commitment to curbing emissions under the Paris climate agreement, so the rewrite represents a significant rollback of U.S. global warming mitigation as a whole. Unlike […]Read More

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Events in Drought-Stricken India Parallel Recent Experience in California

Andrew Burger March 28, 2017

Groundwater aquifers are being sucked dry amidst a two year-long drought as Indian farmers drill and pump more groundwater in bids to make up for shortfalls in precipitation resulting from the delayed onset of weaker summer monsoon rains.Read More

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Global Energy Decarbonization Tipping Point At Hand, IRENA Asserts

Andrew Burger March 22, 2017

It's possible to reduce global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2050 and entirely by 2060 without sacrificing economic growth or job creation, according to IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency.Read More

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Azores Wind-Solar-Battery Storage System to Reduce Environmental Impacts 43 Percent

Andrew Burger March 14, 2017

Gracioa Island's pioneering hybrid renewable energy microgrid is enhancing the reliability, resiliency and overall, long-term costs of electricity generation and distribution.Read More

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Europe Launches Fourth Earth Monitoring Satellite as US Congress Readies

Andrew Burger March 7, 2017

The European Space Agency launched the fourth Copernicus-Sentinel Earth systems monitoring satellite this past week. Europe's ongoing investments in space-based earth systems monitoring comes as a plan to axe NASA earth science/climate research budget makes its way to President Trump's desk.Read More

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UN Clean Seas Campaign Aims to Eliminate Ocean Plastic

Andrew Burger March 1, 2017

Dell Computers and a cast of celebrities have joined UNEP's "Clean Seas Campaign" in a bid to eliminate ocean plastic.Read More

Month: March 2017