NYC Divesting From Fossils
Citing the need to battle climate change, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced plans to divest the city’s pension funds from fossil fuel investments and launched a lawsuit against five major oil companies.
Nevada legislature passes legislation to return net energy metering
June 7, 2017
Nevada legislature clarifies rules around solar net energy metering and will end up bringing solar jobs back to Nevada.
Sustainability Talks at Liberty High School
May 18, 2017
Local-e sponsoring #SustainabilityTalks at #LibertyHS with the Sustainability Ambassadors. Great student and industry speakers. So much to be optimistic about when it comes to Sustainability.
Solar Panels v. Hail Storm
May 10, 2017
Amazingly, out of 3,168 solar panels on National Renewable Energy Lab’s Research Support Facility, only one sustained damage. It’s a true testament to the resilience of renewable energy.
The Solar Singularity
March 24, 2017
The “solar singularity” is the point where solar becomes so cheap in a majority of countries around the world that it is established as the default new power source….
The short summary of 2017 so far is that we are progressing at an even more rapid pace toward the solar singularity and the related energy revolutions just described than initially expected. Many key goals are being met earlier than anticipated. Some key challenges remain, however, particularly with a new Republican administration that’s generally perceived to be very pro-fossil fuel and anti-renewables. But it’s likely that even a highly fossil-fuel oriented White House won’t do much at all to slow down the solar singularity.