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- How the right language can convince skeptics to support corporate climate actionClimate-skeptical Republicans will back action on emissions provided there is a business angle to the argument. The post How the right language can convince skeptics to support corporate climate action appeared first on Trellis.
- What sustainability teams need to see comingData centers, energy shocks, extreme weather and anti-oligarch anger are converging as front-burner issues. Is your sustainability team watching? The post What sustainability teams need to see coming appeared first on Trellis.
- Why software firm Genesys will reset its emissions reduction baselineThe company’s adoption of Watershed’s data collection system exposed the limitations of its historical data. The post Why software firm Genesys will reset its emissions reduction baseline appeared first on Trellis.
- Why AI carbon footprinting tools are prone to misleading resultsFrontier models produce accurate footprints but can’t replicate the steps involved in estimating the final result. The post Why AI carbon footprinting tools are prone to misleading results appeared first on Trellis.
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Category Archives: Alternative Energy
The wind power is nothing new
Though our scientists may claim that they are inventing something new by using wind as a source of generating energy, the truth is that wind is being used for centuries for this purpose. An example of this is an article published in 1838, which clearly shows that even in those times, wind was considered an important source of energy.
Here are a few quotes that were recorded in the past, which prove that wind was always important in generating energy. Continue reading
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European Commission consults public on unconventional fossil fuels (e.g. shale gas) in Europe
The European Commission is holding a public consultation on the future development of unconventional fossil fuels such as shale gas in Europe. All interested individuals, organisations and public authorities are welcome to share their views on the possible opportunities and challenges that may arise from the development of such projects and on the best ways to address the challenges identified so far. The consultation is open until 20 March 2013. The consultation is available in all 23 EU languages. Continue reading
Apple Quickly Caves on Rejecting Green Rules
Apple’s removal prompted the city of San Francisco to instruct its city workers not to purchase Apple laptops and computers. The issue was of concern for federal procurement, where there are environmental targets for purchases; iPhones and iPads are not part of the rating. Continue reading
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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
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