Game changer? Bill Gates seems to think so. He’s put a good pile of cash into this potential industry-altering power supply! Heliogen, a clean energy company that emerged from stealth mode on Tuesday, said it has discovered a way to use artificial intelligence and a field of mirrors to reflect so much sunlight that it…
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Designing “CarFree” Cities to Welcome Millions Fleeing Rapid Sea Level Rise
Juneau’s Bill Leighty of The Leighty Foundation, recently presented at the 2019 American Society of Mechanical Engineers – International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Salt Lake City. Humanity’s attempts at “mitigation” of “climate change” — the suite of imminent and future dangers caused by unrestrained burning of fossil fuels and forests … will be…
Oslo wants to build the world’s first zero-emissions port | Grist
Here’s a challenge! Juneau was the first port in the world to provide shore power for a cruise ship. But only one can hook up at a time, and now is the time to expand our capacity. The Port of Oslo’s 17-point climate action plan includes refitting ferry boats, implementing a low-carbon contracting process,…
Sentinel Coffee to Offset Carbon Locally!
Dave Thomas’ Sentinel Coffee has joined the swelling ranks of Alaskan businesses taking responsibility for their carbon emissions by seeking the help of the Juneau Carbon Offset Fund. Sentinel Coffee is a boutique coffee roaster in Juneau and Gustavus dedicated to providing the freshest organic coffee. Their roaster has been in the coffee business for…
Capital Chat and Carbon Offset
Renewable Juneau board members Catherine Hatch and Doug Woodby took the airwaves yesterday morning with KINY’s Capital Chat interview series. The Juneau Carbon Offset Fund was on the agenda. Catherine and Doug discussed this exciting win-win program and addressed the Fund’s local roles in addressing carbon emissions, affordable housing assistance and responsible travel for Juneau…
Is renewable energy’s future dammed?
Renewables struggle to match power supply to common patterns of demand. The result is a renewable energy bottleneck. If the U.S. is to meet global climate goals, an enormous, rapid shift away from fossil fuels is needed. This creates what one recent academic paper calls “green vs. green trade-offs,” exemplified in the West by the…
“I’m a Climate Scientist Who Believes in God. Hear Me Out.”
For her stalwart commitment to quantifying the effects of climate change and her tireless efforts to transform attitudes, Canadian climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe was chosen as the 2019 United Nations’ Champion of the Earth for science and innovation. One of the world’s most influential communicators on climate change, Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist who studies…
KTOO story on the Juneau Carbon Offset Fund
Kudos to KTOO’s Jeremy Hsieh for his good story on Renewable Juneau’s Carbon Offset Fund. Our advisory committee just today reached out to the first two local families to inform them of their successful applications for funding. If all goes well, these two homes could be off oil heat in a matter of weeks or…
Economics of Electric Vehicles Mean Oil’s Days As A Transport Fuel Are Numbered
With the economics of road transportation already moving so dramatically in favour of renewables in tandem with EVs, once the other advantages of renewables and EVs over oil as a road-transportation fuel are factored in the case for accelerating the roll-out of renewables capacity becomes unanswerable. Source: Economics of Electric Vehicles Mean Oil’s Days As…