Articles by: Tina Casey

Agrivoltaics: The Farm-to-Solar Trend That Can Help Accelerate the Renewable Energy Transition

Agrivoltaics: The Farm-to-Solar Trend That Can Help Accelerate the Renewable Energy Transition

Using the same land for the production of both agriculture and solar energy is a win-win for the climate and farmers. Access to solar power is increasing in rural parts of the U.S., partly with the support of farmers who lease out their land for utility-scale solar arrays. This farm-to-solar trend known as “agrivoltaics”—defined by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as[Read More…]

by 11/04/2023 Comments are Disabled Counter Solutions
600 Million Metric Tons of Plastic May Fill Oceans by 2036 If We Don’t Act Now

600 Million Metric Tons of Plastic May Fill Oceans by 2036 If We Don’t Act Now

 Fossil fuel stakeholders have been seeking new revenue in the petrochemical industry in general, and plastics in particular. As the private transportation sector shifts focus to batteries, biofuels, and green hydrogen, fossil fuel stakeholders have been seeking new avenues of revenue in the petrochemical industry in general, and in plastics in particular. That’s bad news for a world already swimming—literally—in plastic[Read More…]

by 11/10/2022 Comments are Disabled Environmental Protection