CLEAN ENERGY INNOVATION
‘The Challenge Is How To Deploy, Not Just Invent’
Stephen Lacey talks about the state of clean energy innovation with Ron Pernick, author of the book Cleantech Nation.
CLIMATE COMMUNICATIONS
Do The Math: Mr. McKibben Goes To Washington
Climate activist and scientist Bill MicKibben asks America to “get serious” about climate on his “Do The Math” tour. Keeping the global temperature increase below 2 degrees will require firm action to reduce the burning of fossil fuels.
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Television News Outlets Ignore Climate Change During Sandy Coverage
Should we be surprised that little if any television coverage of this week’s multiple-record-breaking hurricane mentioned the relationship between climate change and stronger, more frequent storms?
CLIMATE COMMUNICATIONS
American Newspapers Give Far More Coverage To Climate Deniers And Skeptics Than Other Countries
America is unique when it comes to giving a platform to climate deniers and skeptics. Stephen Lacey reviews a study that compares U.S. papers to their international counterparts, and finds a serious discrepancy in coverage for climate deniers.
INNOVATION POLICY
The Solyndra Standard
Today’s crash landing of the Defense Department’s $300 million experimental hypersonic scramjet puts the Solyndra bankruptcy in perspective, and illustrates how we need to reconsider how we define “failure” in the technology innovation discourse.
ENERGY INNOVATION
Three Charts That Illustrate Why Solar Has Hit A True Tipping Point
A new report from the prominent global consulting firm McKinsey shows how process improvements and incremental technology innovation have brought solar photovoltaics to a tipping point.
ENERGY INNOVATION
Top 5 Coolest Clean Electricity Grid Technologies You’ve Never Heard Of
Stephen Lacey shows us the top five clean energy technologies you’ve never heard of that are integrating clean energy into the grid and exploding the myth that renewables can’t be brought to scale.
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