By Kenny Stancil The European Commission [in December] approved the German government’s €28 billion ($29.69 billion) plan to rapidly expand clean energy production. According to Reuters:...
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Energy Solidarity: A Southern Italy Solution to Energy Poverty
By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL In San Giovanni a Teduccio, a coastal suburb in Naples, a new people-driven project has become Italy’s first renewable “solidarity...

Leaders in Energy Year-In-Review 2022
This Year-in-Review highlights Leaders in Energy’s activities in 2022. Climate, Green Economy, and Energy Leadership LE representatives took part in attending and speaking at a...

Microgrids in Cambodia: Promoting Rural Energy Access
By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL Cambodia has one of the lowest electrification rates in Southeast Asia: roughly half of Cambodia’s population does not have access...

Decarbonizing US Energy System Would Save 50,000 Lives and $600 Billion a Year: Study
By ANDREA GERMANOS The findings, the authors write, “offer a clear rationale for mitigating climate change on public health grounds.” A new study adds to...
Hawaii Youth Launch Landmark Climate Case Targeting Transportation Pollution
By KENNY STANCIL “The Hawaii Department of Transportation has been a flat tire in our transition to a decarbonized future for too long. With this...

Conservationists Warn the ‘Save Our Sequoias Act’ Would Do the Opposite
KENNY STANCIL One critic called the legislation “nothing more than a trojan horse” that would do more to harm than help the iconic trees. A...

The Inflation Reduction Act: How Does It Benefit Everyday Americans?
By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL and KATE RINGNESS On August 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) into law, which...

“Almost Heaven” Appalachia IS Heaven Without a Fracked Gas Pipeline
By MELINDA TUHUS Images from my 12-day Walk for Appalachia’s Future Of all the indelible images from my 12-day Walk for Appalachia’s Future along the...

Green Business Ideas For The Eco-Minded Entrepreneurs
By Rohit Lahia The average person produces about 4.4 pounds of trash each day. The United States alone produced 268 million tons of trash in 2021....

Biodiversity Risks Could Persist for Decades After Global Temperature Peak
By JESSICA CORBETT One study co-author said the findings “should act as a wake-up call that delaying emissions cuts will mean a temperature overshoot that...