DERs: get or get got

For the last 10 years, converging technologies have been fundamentally changing energy generation, too. Distributed energy resources (DERs) are creating cleaner two-way power flows, challenging centralized, one-way power systems.

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ICYMI: Onwards towards the clean economy at VERGE 19

The future of food, future-thinking in policy and more.

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ICYMI: Onwards towards the clean economy at VERGE 19

Opus 12 is one startup on a mission to convert CO2 into useful products

It may sound a bit like alchemy to create building blocks out of thin air, but plants and algae have been doing essentially the same thing for hundreds of millions of years.

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Where’s your Zero Czar?

What if net zero were the default setting for everything we use and make?

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The power of community inclusion

What happens to a community when it feels accountable for and included in the clean energy transition? And how can we better engage those who have been disenfranchised for so long? The head of national climate justice non-profit Green For All and a long-standing energy equity advocate and corporate leader from Nevada join University of Hawaii’s Shalanda Baker for a discussion of the how’s and why’s of community inclusion and engagement as Hawaii pursues its 100% renewables mandate.

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Entertainment – ukelele virtuoso Taimane

Ukulele virtuoso, Taimane, graces our stage with her her musical talents.

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How to be a trusted messenger on climate change

Today, many of us have been personally harmed by climate change, although we might not recognize the cause.

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Clinton vs. Trump On The Environment

While this year’s presidential election has been getting no shortage of press, one subject has been largely absent from the conversation: the environment. Issues related to conservation and energy have been overshadowed by topics like…

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Sharks have been discovered living inside an active volcano

Click here to view the embedded video. There’s little doubt that sharks are a force to be reckoned with, but it turns out that the natural world can provide something more baffling and fearsome that any made for TV movie: a phenomenon that can only reasonably be termed a “sharkcano.” A group of scientists surveying Kavachi , a very active volcano 60 feet below the ocean’s surface near the Solomon Islands, were stunned to discover that there are two species of shark living in the hot, highly acidic waters within the crater. Read the rest of Sharks have been discovered living inside an active volcano Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: active volcano , deep sea exploration , kavachi , marine life , National Geographic , sharkcano , sharks in volcano , Solomon Islands , underwater volcano

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How to make energy efficiency an easy sell

Consumers have been lukewarm about energy-efficiency measures. "It's good for you" isn't good enough. Here’s how to drum up excitement.

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