Archive for August 2023

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. The global renewable energy market is growing faster than most analysts had forecast — and it’s being led by solar power and a resurgent onshore wind market, much of it in China. After modest…

Canary Media’s Charging Up column chronicles gender diversity in the climatetech sector. Part one is a short Q&A with an industry role model about their career path. Part two features updates on career transitions. Please send feedback and tips to wesoff@​canarymedia.​com. Becca Jones-Albertus: An engineer with a…

Education and community organizations can apply to receive a living piece of spaceflight history to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: a seedling grown from a tree seed that flew around the Moon on the NASA’s Artemis I mission in late 2022.

U.S. commercial and industrial buildings waste an enormous amount of energy — about 30 percent of their total energy use, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That adds up to about $65 billion per year. Denver-based startup Redaptive is one of a growing number of “energy-as-a-service” companies…

The United States is about to expand its offshore wind ambitions into brand new territory. Next week, the Biden administration is set to hold the first-ever auction for offshore wind leases in the Gulf of Mexico, opening up large swaths of water between New Orleans and Houston to potentially gigawatts’ worth of…

One of the nation’s first and most prolific home battery programs is gearing up for unprecedented growth. Vermont utility Green Mountain Power got in early on using small-scale solar and storage in customers’ homes to improve the overall functioning of the grid. Since 2015, the company has subsidized customers who…

In 2021, the South African government committed to shutting down the country’s captive-lion breeding industry, which provided animals for canned hunts. Among the sticking points slowing progress is what should happen to the thousands of lions that remain on private ranches.

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Even as unprecedented wildfires hamper Canadian oil drilling, fossil fuel firms are seeking to boost production by 8 percent over the next two years.

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This story was first published by Energy News Network . Critics say a pair of proposals to make Appalachian Ohio part of regional hydrogen hubs is likely to benefit the state’s oil and gas industry more than the climate. The two proposals are among 21 projects competing for shares of a $7 billion pot of grant money…

Welcome to Canary Media’s newest column, Electrified Life . With real-world tales, tips and insights, we’ll demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and cars to electric power. Canary thanks Lunar Energy for its support of the column. Ah, vacation: a perfect time to relax, unwind — and maybe even…