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How the GOPs Debt-Limit Plan Impacts Clean Energy Transition

As the nation prepares for a showdown between President Biden and House Republican leadership over the impending default date of the federal debt ceiling, a House Republicans’ proposal to avoid the country’s first default could raise the federal debt limit but would undermine President Biden’s climate law— the Inflation Reduction Act.

11 May 2023

Temperature Shift Drives Call Change in Puerto Rico’s Frogs

The coqui frog is one of Puerto Rico's most iconic animals. It gets its name from its distinctive two-note call, "co-qui," which can be heard throughout the island every night.

11 May 2023

Survey: Many Floridians are Concerned About Human-Caused Climate Change

An increasing number of Floridians agree that human actions are causing climate change, including a record number of Florida Republicans, according to a new survey from Florida Atlantic University

11 May 2023

Progress in ATT of Biomass for Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen, viewed as the “ultimate energy” for the 21st century, promotes benefits like being clean and renewable and is storable and adaptable.

10 May 2023

Tool Developed to Assist Urban Planners to Keep Up Climate Goals

A team of Aalto University researchers has created a new tool to assist urban planners in keeping urban developments in accordance with climate goals.

10 May 2023

Cost-Effective Clean Energy Production Inspired by Prickly Pear Cactus

More than 100 years ago, scientists discovered how to turn water into hydrogen gas — a highly desired green energy that’s been nicknamed “the fuel of the future.”

10 May 2023

Sandia Switches to Hydrogen-Filled Balloons to Reduce Costs and Carbon Emissions

Hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle, Sandia National Laboratories researchers ensure the collection of important weather and climate data. By switching the gas used in their weather balloons, they have reduced their metaphorical footprint on the fragile Arctic ecosystem.

10 May 2023

Birds Become Smaller and Longer-Winged in the Warming World

Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest.

10 May 2023

Tapping Wind Energy for Decarbonizing the Electric Power System

The MIT Energy Initiative’s Spring Symposium highlights the vast potential of offshore turbines in decarbonizing the grid.

10 May 2023

Supporting Grassroots Wind Power

In February, England’s largest wind turbine was erected in Bristol. The Lawrence Weston wind turbine is 150 metres tall with a capacity of 4.2MW.

From Katrick Technologies Ltd 10 May 2023

Itron Accelerates Digital Transformation of Water Utilities in Australia and New Zealand

Itron, Inc., which is innovating the way utilities and cities manage energy and water, announced the launch of AMI Essentials in Australia and New Zealand to accelerate the digital transformation of water utilities.

10 May 2023

The Green Techprepeneur Partners with Climate-Marketplace, to Launch a Global Multi-Faceted Platform Supporting and Linking Greentech Startups with Investors

The Green Techprepeneur can today announce its partnership with climatetech investor database Climate-Marketplace, as well as the launch of the new Green Techpreneur platform for climatetech and startups, enabling introductions for startups to the right accelerators and founders.

10 May 2023

Argonne-Led Project Aims to Help Neighborhoods Understand and Adapt to Chicago’s Changing Climate

Climate change is bringing flooding, heat islands and extreme weather to Chicago. An Argonne-led project from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Urban Integrated Field Laboratory will help neighborhoods understand and adapt to the city’s changing climate.

9 May 2023

Climate Warming Reduces the Diversity of Soil Archaea

Led by Jizhong Zhou, Ph.D., the director of the Institute for Environmental Genomics at the University of Oklahoma, an international research team conducted a long term experiment that found that climate warming reduced the diversity of and significantly altered the community structure of soil archaea.

9 May 2023

Canada’s e-Waste has More Than Tripled in the Last Two Decades, Research Finds

New research finds that Canada's electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) has more than tripled in the last two decades, the equivalent of filling the CN tower 110 times and generating close to a million tons in 2020 alone.

9 May 2023