Good News Notes: “Amazon is buying 100,000 electric-powered delivery vehicles as part of a newly announced goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040 to help stop global warming.” “On Thursday, the e-commerce giant unveiled and became the first company to commit to The Climate Pledge, which is calling on all businesses to achieve the…
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Municipalities saving on electricity costs thanks to Elgin entrepreneur’s community solar project — a first in Illinois
Good News Notes: “Ken “Bucky” Buckman doesn’t deny it: Spending $3.7 million to install a solar panel array on top of his industrial building in Elgin was a risk.” “But now that Buckman’s solar system is providing lower-cost, renewable energy to municipal buildings in nine towns, including in his hometown of Elgin, he can bask…
Climate change: How World War One shipwrecks help renewable energy
Good News Notes: “Sonar is being used to survey ships which sank during World War One, but green projects are benefitting from data about tides and the seabed.” “Energy that can be generated at sea – such as offshore wind, tidal, wave, tidal ranges and turbines – “needs an understanding” of the seabed, Dr Roberts…
Google commits $150 million to renewable energy projects
Good News Notes: “Google on Tuesday announced plans to spend $150 million on renewable energy projects, looking to use the funding to bring green initiatives to the countries where its products are made.” “The announcement comes less than a month after Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled a broad initiative to reduce his company’s carbon footprint…
Danish brewer Carlsberg could soon be selling beer in paper bottles
Good News Notes: “Carlsberg unveiled its Green Fibre Bottle at the C40 Mayor’s Summit in Copenhagen late last week as part of the company’s initiative to end carbon emissions at its breweries and reduce its end-to-end carbon footprint by 2030.” “Carlsberg is joining the Coca-Cola Company, The Absolut Company and L’Oréal in a a so-called…
Portland Company Builds First Of Its Kind Renewable Wave Energy Device
Good News Notes: “A Portland-based industrial company completed the construction of a first of its kind renewable wave energy device.” “The buoy is shaped like an “L” with a long open chamber that sits below the water line and a turbine above the water. As water enters the open chamber it forces air upward, which…
Major Texas solar project underway to add relief for overloaded grid
Good News Notes: “Experts say generating power from a mix of fossil fuels and renewable energy will be crucial for a state that continually requires more electricity to meet daily needs, particularly during hot Texas summers.” “For the first time in history, production of wind power topped coal power in Texas over the first six…
Renewable energy is cost effective, says Michael Milken
Good News Notes: Renewable energy such as wind and solar are great for the environment as they reduce the increase in greenhouse gases and help protect the ecosystems that are often disturbed in the quest for more gas, oil, and coal. Now, we are beginning to see a shift in the view of these sources…
Rapid City, South Dakota Civic center commits to green energy
Good News Notes: The Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City, South Dakota is planning to be powered by wind energy by next fall. The Center is one of the newest customers of the new wind farm being built by Black Hills Energy outside Cheyenne, Wyoming The Center currently consumes approximately 1 megawatt of electricity…
Reactor turns greenhouse gas into fuel.
Good News Notes: Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is currently at it’s highest rate in 800,000 years. New reactor developed by researchers at Rice University will convert carbon dioxide into hydrogen cell fuel. Reactor will run on renewable energy such as wind or solar. So, no fossil fuels are used, fuel cells are created to…