Creative Greenius

APRIL 1, 2012

Climate scientists now agree that we won’t be able to restrict warming to just 2 degrees – which would have been bad enough. Those in the know, including NOAA say there is no doubt that the world’s extreme weather is being caused by climate change. That funding is putting solar PV on high schools.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

I started learning about, writing about, and promoting electric cars in 2007. The 2007 EV Parade in Santa Monica with State Senator Fran Pavley. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. kW solar PV system on our own house in 2015.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $145 million to 69 projects in 24 states to help shape the next generation of solar energy technologies. The SunShot Initiative seeks to make solar energy systems more cost-competitive, without long-term subsidies, by reducing the cost of these systems about 75% by the end of the decade.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 1, 2012

Climate scientists now agree that we won’t be able to restrict warming to just 2 degrees – which would have been bad enough. Those in the know, including NOAA say there is no doubt that the world’s extreme weather is being caused by climate change. That funding is putting solar PV on high schools.

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Environment Climate Climate Change Solar 150

Creative Greenius

MARCH 2, 2009

The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in the future, which will have its world premiere in London on March 15th 2009 and then be released in UK cinemas on March 20th 2009, followed by other countries. Killer Coal Environmental Politics Saving Energy Pete Postlethwaite Sustainability solar power.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Visibility in the clear sky is reduced by the presence of aerosols, whose types and concentrations have a large impact on the amount of solar radiation that reaches Earth’s surface. Creation of this database is a big step forward for researching long-term changes in air pollution and correlating these with climate change.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 2, 2014

To those of you who know me best and have been reading Creative Greenius since we started publishing in October 2007 it seems pretty silly that any candidate for elected office would seek my endorsement or think that it would do more good than harm. and Councilman Wayne Powell. Without Henry Waxman as our Representative we lose a giant.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2018

The power sector has become less carbon-intensive as natural gas-fired generation displaced coal-fired and petroleum-fired generation and as the noncarbon sources of electricity generation—especially renewables such as wind and solar—have grown. In 2005, noncarbon sources accounted for 28% of the US electricity mix.

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MARCH 6, 2014

Since 2007, RCUK has invested more than £29 million (US49 million) in joint UK-China energy research projects, most of which have been supported by matched resources from Chinese funders, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

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MARCH 26, 2009

Business must do even more for climate protection, even in difficult times, said Franz Fehrenbach, chairman of the Bosch board of management, an a talk at the Baden-Württemberg sustainability congress held in Stuttgart on 25 March ( Nachhaltigkeitskongress Baden-Württemberg 2009 ). In Fehrenbach’s view, this would be a breach of trust.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

Overall, US energy-related CO 2 emissions have fallen 15% from their peak of 6,003 MMmt in 2007. in 2019, but power sector CO 2 emissions fell by even more (-8.2%), largely because of increases from renewable sources such as wind and solar. Total net electricity generation fell by 1.5%

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

As our climate change crisis worsens and spins out of control with each passing day there’s no time to spare for those of us whose job it is to educate and motivate our fellow citizens to actions that cut our greenhouse gas emissions. SOLAR FINANCING – WHO GETS IT AND WHO DOESN’T. Most have no idea.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2019

Emissions from transportation sources were relatively constant from 2002 through 2007, declined through 2013, then increased by 9.0 In-State Hydro, Solar, and Wind Electricity Generation. The transportation sector represents tailpipe emissions from on-road vehicles and direct emissions from other off-road mobile sources. Source: ARB.

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is arguably the most significant piece of climate legislation the United States has ever seen, including significant investments in clean energy and consumer incentives to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption. How the IRA will help tackle climate change.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

While renewable energy has made promising gains in just the last few years—the cost of solar dropped by about two-thirds from 2009 to 2014—new drilling and extraction techniques have made fossil fuels cheaper and markedly increased the amount of oil and gas available. But in 2015, the average price of oil was about $49 per barrel.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

I contributed the following to the World Wildlife Climate Witness site last week and it was published this morning. So not only is climate change-driven drought cutting our fresh water supply, but the way we use water here also adds to our greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2011

We have had a long debate about climate change in this country. Most Australians now agree our climate is changing, this is caused by carbon pollution, this has harmful effects on our environment and on the economy—and the Government should act.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

per year over 2007-2015 due to the displacement of coal by natural gas, wind and solar for power production as well as energy efficiency gains. Additional measures, including ways to offset the CO 2 emitted by liquid fuel use, will be needed to address the transportation-climate challenge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2009

The report’s authors, Max von Bismarck and Anuradha Gurung from the World Economic Forum, and Chris Greenwood and Michael Liebreich from New Energy Finance, argue that “ enormous investment in energy infrastructure is required to address the twin threats of energy insecurity and climate change. billion) in 2004.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Tuesday released a draft of far-reaching energy and climate legislation that targets job creation, promotes renewables and energy efficiency, and places limits on emissions of greenhouse gases. Waxman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Chairman Edward J.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 3, 2009

“Pack Up Your Toxic, Fossil Fuel Factory With Its Climate-Changing Products & Get Out of Town By 2020!&# is also the very same company that has paid tens of millions of dollars, year after year to spread FUD about their role in climate change. How would that be for a change? Greenius Rules. Uncertainty.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Our 2020 study , published in Nature Climate Change , found that manufacturing a typical EV sold in the United States in 2018 emitted about 7 to 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared with about 5 to 6 tonnes for a gasoline-fueled vehicle. And it produces almost all its electricity from hydro and solar.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 15, 2009

In the 15 months that have passed since I wrote the following, ALL the climate change news has gone from bad, to worse, to much worse than that. For the past three months I’ve been working night and day as the Chairman of the South Bay Los Angeles 350 Climate Action Group. The truth is George W. That’s 18 months away.

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JULY 29, 2010

However, climate models to date have mischaracterized the effects of soot in the atmosphere, according to Jacobson, director of Stanford’s Atmosphere/Energy Program. Black carbon is highly efficient at absorbing solar radiation in the atmosphere, just like a black shirt on a sunny day. Tags: Climate Change Emissions.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

For more than a year now in this blog I’ve been researching and reporting on climate change, energy and transportation issues and related environmental stories covering them on both a personal and a global perspective. First off you might be surprised that our cities have Climate Action Plans, but don’t be.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Health and other non-climate damages by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom). Damages are expressed in cents per VMT (2007 USD). Climate-related monetary damages range from 0.1 Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

But I will admit that one thing has changed even more than the size of our electric bill and that’s the size of the solar PV system we now need to generate 100% of our electricity – because the same moves that cut our electric bill also cut the number of solar panels we need by 50% too.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

But in a year that has seen both a worsening recession and state budget crisis, residents’ support for urgent action on climate change has slipped and a partisan divide on the issue has widened. Support has declined 7 points from July 2008 (73%) and 12 points from 2007 (78%). Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of PPIC.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 22, 2023

In 2007, he joined John Deere’s electronics-solutions group, in Fargo, N.D., As staff engineer from 2007 through 2011, he led, managed, and contributed to the design, development, and deployment of electrification technologies. That includes working on solar and wind power, electric vehicles, industrial power, and consumer electronics.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

These emissions were highest in 2007, prior to the recession, and have not returned to those levels, although they have increased since 2012. Wind and solar (combined) accounted for about 17% of non-fossil electricity generation in 2015 after rising from less than 1% in 2000 to 2% in 2005.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 16, 2009

Admittedly I am a geek when it comes to AB811 type programs that give people loans to put solar on their roof and add energy efficiency to their homes. I hadn’t met Flanigan before this conference knowing him only through his EcoMotion work with Santa Monica Solar Santa Monica and Palm Deserts 30:30 program.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 5, 2009

Our relationship started about a month ago when we spent an evening together carpooling to a UCLA workshop on communication climate change that we both participated in. Climate Change: The State of Current Knowledge - 2005. Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement. I dug Lillian right away. They coined that name.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 7, 2009

Change is but mere weeks away. It’s all coming eight years later than it should, but the Climate Change Calvary has now arrived and they’re riding hard and fast. Climate Action Plan. In fact, you can bank on our country following the green lead that’s been set here in California. Green Building.

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Water Climate Change California Climate 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

Each resource has individual objectives for measuring success: The objectives of the solar forecasting project are to: Develop solar forecasting products for hour-ahead solar forecasting. Demonstrate the application of this solar forecasting at Sempra Generation’s 48 MW Photovoltaic (PV) Plant. Weisenmiller.

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JULY 3, 2015

The implication for biofuels is important, to the extent they are aimed at meeting climate and petroleum use reduction goals. The reference case scenarios assume no change to GHG intensity from current levels. while the climate-targeted scenarios assume that electricity supply is decarbonized by 80%. —Meier et al.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2009

The Greenius Plan To Spread Rooftop Solar Faster Then The Common Cold. If you’ve followed The Adventures of the Solagnelist thus far you know that I am seriously jonesing to generate all my electricity from my own rooftop solar power. The only thing stopping me - a even more serious lack of the do-ray-mi.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 26, 2023

Can advanced semiconductors cut emissions of greenhouse gases enough to make a difference in the struggle to halt climate change? Such a change is actually well underway. Why Power Conversion Matters in Climate Calculations Before we get to the semiconductors themselves, let’s first consider why we need them.

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