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Green news- What climate comedians can teach us about storytellingClimate isn't exactly a natural setup-punchline subject, but these two comics have built careers making it funny. The post What climate comedians can teach us about storytelling appeared first on Trellis.
- Employee retirement plans are the next frontier for corporate decarbonization For sustainability leaders searching for the next frontier of corporate decarbonization, addressing employee demands for carbon-free investments is a fiduciary responsibility. The post Employee retirement plans are the next frontier for corporate decarbonization appeared first on Trellis.
- SBTi’s shift on electricity decarbonization attracts praise and criticismThe organization’s corporate net-zero revision requires companies to set separate targets for Scope 2 emissions. The post SBTi’s shift on electricity decarbonization attracts praise and criticism appeared first on Trellis.
- Jet fuel made from captured carbon begins to flow from new plantMicrosoft and Shopify are among the buyers of credits from Alaska Airlines, one of the first carriers to use the new fuel from startup Twelve. The post Jet fuel made from captured carbon begins to flow from new plant appeared first on Trellis.
- How autonomous vehicles can move EV policy forwardElectric AVs make perfect sense as fleet vehicles: they can be charged at a central location, and they’ll be cheaper to operate over the long term. The post How autonomous vehicles can move EV policy forward appeared first on Trellis.
- What climate comedians can teach us about storytelling
Daily Archives: 22/04/2012
Home Solar Systems: Worth the Cost?
Humanity has acknowledged the power of the sun since prehistoric times, awed by the glowing orb whose presence creates day and whose absence plunges the world into darkness.
For all our advances in science and technology, most of the power from the sun still eludes us. NASA reports that we use only one ten-thousandth of the sun’s energy.
Photovoltaic (PV) solar electrical systems offer new and ever-changing ways to harness that energy. The term “photovoltaic” literally means light-electricity.
In 1839, French physicist Edmond Becquerel discovered that sunlight could produce an electric current. Another century would pass before scientists fully understood that this process happens at the atomic level. Albert Einstein’s only Nobel Prize was awarded for his work on the photoelectric effect. By 1958, the space program was using solar cells. Continue reading
Small enterprises: Shift to green economy underway, but not at full speed yet
According to the Eurobarometer survey on “SMEs, resource efficiency and green markets”, 37% of EU SMEs have at least one full or part-time green employee. Green jobs are largely created in SMEs as opposed to large firms: In 2012, 1 in 8 employees of small and medium-sized firms had a green job or almost 13% of all SME jobs.
In large firms it was only 1 in 33 equivalent to 3% of all large company jobs. Green jobs in SMEs are also estimated to expand dynamically with a rate of 35% in the next 2 years. Continue reading
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