Good News Notes: “Twenty-eight companies in the electric vehicle industry, including big names like Tesla, Lucid, and Rivian, have joined forces to create a new organization called ZETA, with the goal to push for 100% electric vehicle sales by 2030. Several markets have recently announced plans to move new car sales to electric vehicles only….
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Virginia Mandates 100% Clean Power by 2050
Good News notes: “Virginia has become the latest state to pass a law that sets it on a path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050, as well as setting targets for massive investments in energy efficiency, energy storage, and in-state solar and wind power. The Clean Economy Act passed Virginia’s House of Delegates by a 51-45…
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…
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…
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…