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Fossil Fuels & The Maslow Hierarchy Of Needs
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (620+ words) Credit: Hamish.croker CC BY-SA 4.0 At the micro level, things are far worse. In Thailand, farmers report they can't find diesel to keep the pumps that irrigate rice paddies running. The World Food Program has warned that food production costs…...
More On Batteries, Or How To Grow Lemons In Vermont
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (887+ words) In my last CleanTechnica article on batteries, "A Backup Battery For The Rest Of Us," I took a look at the general concept of such battery systems. They are quite different from anything available in times past, so different, in…...
Why Are We Bombing Iran, Again?
6+ hour, 31+ min ago (153+ words) With all of these costs, it's hard for me to not constantly ask, "But why are we even bombing Iran?" Why did we we go bomb a country halfway across the world? Why did we start another stupid, costly, deadly…...
Connecticut Organizations Urge Federal Leaders to Protect Climate Accountability Efforts
16+ hour, 48+ min ago (409+ words) Advocates warn that fossil fuel industry efforts to secure federal legal immunity could undermine Connecticut's climate accountability and polluter pays efforts. CONNECTICUT" As Big OillobbiesCongress and the Trump administration for legal immunity from laws and lawsuits aiming to hold them…...
Coming To You From Big Oil Profits: The Vermont Climate Superfund
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (644+ words) Passed in May 2024, the Vermont Climate Superfund Act allows the state to recover financial damages from the impacts of climate change to Vermont caused by the fossil fuel industry. These funds are targeted for climate adaption projects. Not surprisingly, in…...
CleanTechnica's first published book — Outta Gas
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (194+ words) This book is medicine for the moment. Cooney provides a roadmap to the climate solutions we need, peppered with inspirational stories of the progress, often hidden in plain sight, that we are making along the way.David Hochschild, Chair, California…...
Fossil Fuel FUD Is Targeting Your Children
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (517+ words) Baseload Capital is a Swedish organization that invests in and manages geothermal projects that generate clean energy. Its current portfolio includes projects in the United States, Taiwan, Japan, and Iceland. He explains to his classmates that modern society has been…...
We Need To Tax Billionaires At 2%, & Economist Gabriel Zucman Just Explained Exactly How
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (512+ words) We Need To Tax Billionaires At 2%, & Economist Gabriel Zucman Just Explained Exactly How'CleanTechnica The most talked-about economics book of 2026 fits in your jacket pocket. Here are the five things you need to know. Gabriel Zucman is having a moment. The…...
How Should Progressive US Midterm Candidates Frame Their Arguments About Climate Change?
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (474+ words) How should progressive candidates tackle the existential crisis of climate change in their upcoming campaign speeches? The language of a net zero society can be invigorating or alienating, hopeful or dark. All too often, climate action is posed as a…...
Are Landfills The Wrong Place To Dispose Of Food Waste?
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (316+ words) It's time to rethink how we dispose of food waste, and it might not be that difficult to make the switch to a more emissions-efficient method. Typically, uneaten food and inedible parts, such as stems, pits, and peels, ends up…...