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In case you missed it… It’s us against greenhouse gases In an interview with Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes last night, Bill Gates, who was once a youth activist with a vision to change the world, laid it out there.”Without innovation, we will not solve climate change. We won’t even come close.” He also said, “We have more educated…

Swedish Environmental Activist, Greta Thunberg  “The climate and ecological crisis can unfortunately no longer be solved within today’s systems,” said Greta Thunberg to the Davos Group in January. Thunberg, a Swedish teen and worldwide phenomenon, is now 18 years old and has become internationally known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action against climate change….

Duke Energy’s Chairman and CEO, Lynn GoodUnder Good’s leadership, Duke Energy has made substantial investments in solar energy, modernizing the power grid and natural gas infrastructure. Since 2005, the company has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 31% and hopes to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Good was previously CFO and earlier led the company’s commercial…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Releases Green New Deal Outline With the pandemic taking center stage, it seems like eons ago when AOC released the Green New Deal in February of 2019. She said, “It could be part of a larger solution, but no one has actually scoped out what that larger solution would entail. And so…

Construction of Europe’s largest vertical farm is underwayThe first phase of construction on the new Nordic Harvest vertical farm has been completed after just 6 months of work. Once finished, the facility will become Europe’s largest vertical farm at 14 stories high in a 7,000-square-meter facility at Copenhagen Markets in Denmark. The Nordic Harvest farm will highlight…

Tasmanian island to be powered by wave energy In about one month’s time, a remote Tasmanian island will be powered by wave energy. If the test project is successful, King Island residents will enjoy renewable energy harnessed from wave swells. This will make the island one of the few places on Earth where three forms…