WASHINGTON – The coming weeks on Capitol Hill will be pivotal to President Biden’s climate agenda, including whether the president can convince the rest of the world that the United States will deliver on its promise to reduce emissions Warming planets, drastically reducing them. In Congress, details of climate and clean energy policies are emerging … Read more
The Partnership for Southern Equity, a participant in the Justice40 Accelerator, is among the youngest recipients of grants from the Bezos Earth Fund. (Partnership for Southern Equity via Twitter) The Bezos Earth Fund today announced $ 203.7 million in grants and pledges aimed at advancing climate justice, supporting climate-focused economic recovery projects, and driving innovation … Read more
Solar panels. (Photo by American Public Power Association on Unsplash) Eager investors keep coming. It is the Amazon employee who see the company’s share price rise steadily; the ex-venture capitalist looking to make big financial returns in a new hip sector; Parents or parents-to-be who panic about leaving their children with an earth ravaged by … Read more
The planet was at least one degree cooler when our ancestors created these pictograms near the Green River in Colorado about 700 to 2,000 years ago. (Brent Roraback photo) While the world’s leading coalition of climate scientists says the planet is warming faster than ever, with dire human consequences, it also stresses that quick, aggressive … Read more
GeekWire-Illustration Glenn Kelman, CEO von Redfin, begleitet uns in dieser Folge des GeekWire-Podcasts, um die neuesten Entwicklungen auf dem Immobilienmarkt zu diskutieren; Verzögerungen bei der Rückkehr ins Büro; die Rolle des Klimas bei Immobilien; wie die Technologie den Eigenheimkauf verändert; und die Auswirkungen von Fernarbeit und Migration auf Seattle und andere US-Städte. In gewisser Weise … Read more
As a kid growing up in Portland, Oregon, Luna Abadia was always curious about the nature around her. She carried a diary with her, which she called her “Book of Questions”, and filled it with observations of her world. What if we sneeze? She wrote. Why is my dog’s nose wet? She’s not sure if … Read more
The pandemic recovery might not be all positive, at least not for the environment. Reuters reports that the International Energy Agency has warned that a resurgence in gas demand after the pandemic could jeopardize the goal of global net-zero emissions by 2050. A forecast increase in gas consumption of 3.6 percent for 2021 could not … Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we experience urban spaces. In no time at all, there was a mass migration to the suburbs in densely populated city centers as people were looking for greener and larger spaces. If the pandemic is an indication of the challenges of a changing climate, what lessons can … Read more
Electrifying the ferry system in Washington is one of the plans to reduce the state’s carbon footprint. (Brent Roraback photo) Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill this week that many consider to be the country’s most ambitious climate policy package. One of the key lawmakers behind the legislation is giving the region’s technology and … Read more
Bill Gates during his message to the Leaders Summit on Climate on Friday. (YouTube screenshot) Bill Gates participated on the second day of President Joe Biden’s virtual “Leaders Summit on Climate” on Friday with a message to the world leaders on the steps necessary to avoid a climate catastrophe. Microsoft co-founder and co-chair of the … Read more