Different Factors Affect EV Charging Price

Renewable Energy Tipping Point

According to an analysis presented this April at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Annual Summit in New York, the race for renewable energy has passed a turning point: The world is now adding more capacity for renewable power each year than coal, natural gas, and oil combined.

Students Calling for Divestment

A phenomenon is sweeping university campuses across the country:  students are organizing to demand their schools divest from fossil fuels. 

Earth Day Origins

Coal Shrinking - Solar Growing

While the solar sector is currently experiencing exponential growth and opportunity, the coal industry is seeing an opposite situation.  Government regulations and lowered costs of renewable energy and natural gas are driving a nationwide transition away from coal (over 187 coal plants have already been closed to date.)   SNL Energy reported that in 2014 coal mining jobs had fallen 8.3 percent to 79,658. As the movement away from coal-powered energy continues, what are the options for the coal industry employees? One option is job retraining programs in renewable energy fields.

Investment Tax Credit - Critical for Solar Development

As part of its annual Environmental Poll, Gallup just reported that 91% of respondents said the U.S. should place more emphasis, or the same emphasis, on solar development. In this newly released nation-wide poll, solar was voted as the #1 domestic energy source that should be developed with greater emphasis.

Doomsday Climate Change Reporting

We all know climate change is a major threat - potentially a catastrophic one.  But it is not too late to still tackle the worst effects of climate change and there are many solutions available. Unfortunately, a recent study published in Nature Climate Change revealed that news outlets almost exclusively report climate change doomsday scenarios and rarely report solutions. This unbalanced reporting leads to hopelessness, disengagement - even fatalism (when what is really needed right now is effective action).  

Solar development is spreading throughout the United States as PV costs fall and utilities rush to take advantage of federal subsidies for solar, which could expire at the end of 2016 if Congress fails to renew them. 

Founded in 2003, The Post Carbon Institute’s mission is to lead the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world by providing individuals and communities with the resources needed to understand and respond to the interrelated economic, energy, and ecological crises of the 21st century.