Joshua Marks
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Washington, DC, United States
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The 6 most pressing environmental issues—and what you can do to help solve them
Here are the top six environmental issues and what you can do to help restore ecological balance to our spinning blue ball. → Read More
Google wants to solve renewable energy storage with salt and antifreeze
The Malta project, from Alphabet's secretive research lab X, uses cold antifreeze and hot salt to store power. → Read More
Shell Oil CEO says his next car will be electric
Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden just announced that his next car will be an electric Mercedes-Benz S550e. → Read More
Finnish scientists make food from electricity
A team of researchers from Finland might have solved world hunger. The scientists just produced a single-cell protein from electricity and carbon dioxide. → Read More
Google enters nuclear fusion clean-energy race
Google has jumped into the race to commercialize nuclear fusion technology, teaming up with California-based fusion company Tri Alpha Energy to develop a new computer algorithim that optimises plasma -- an ionized gas that conducts electricity. → Read More
World's first autonomous, all-electric cargo ship to launch next year
The world’s first crewless, autonomously operated ship is set to sail in late 2018. → Read More
Germany expects to add 900 MW of new offshore wind capacity in 2017
Industry groups said in a joint statement Thursday that they expect to see total installations of 900 MW by the end of the year. → Read More
World's first solar-powered hot air balloon visits UK school
The world's first solar-powered hot air balloon visited a UK school Monday. → Read More
Canada launches world's first glow-in-the-dark coin
In celebration of Canada's sesquicentennial the Royal Canadian Mint has released world’s first glow-in-the-dark coin in circulation. → Read More
What's next for the Paris Accord
What happens to the Paris Climate Agreement now that the leader of the world's second biggest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions has signaled his intent to withdraw from the landmark accord to limit global warming adopted in 2015? → Read More
Tesla's Musk to quit White House councils if Trump pulls out of Paris climate deal
Elon Musk threatened on Twitter to quit the two advisory councils he sits on (business and manufacturing jobs) if the president abandons the Paris accord. → Read More
UK solar smashes record, supplying 25% of electricity demand
Solar supplied nearly 25 percent of electricity demand in the United Kingdom at 1 p.m. last Friday, according to the National Grid. → Read More
Elon Musk reveals boring tunnels are for Hyperloop
Elon Musk has revealed that part of the reason he started The Boring Company, besides finding a solution for LA's soul-destroying traffic, is to launch and test Hyperloop by using his new Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) to dig underneath the City of Angels. → Read More
Scientists discover enough new forests to cover 60% of Australia
A new survey of the world's dryland habitats has found a massive amount of previously unreported forests -- 467 million hectares (over 1.1 billion acres), which is 45 percent more forest than found in past suveys. → Read More
The sweet moment California got a record 50% of its electricity from solar
For three hours on March 11 California got 50 percent of its electricity from solar -- 40 percent from large-scale solar power pants and 10 percent from distributed solar installations on homes and businesses. → Read More
Senate Republicans could save methane rules from Trump
On at least one Trump action, it is Republicans in the Senate who are pushing back — a bill to overturn a methane regulation for public lands has stalled in the Senate (it passed the GOP-controlled House in February) because, according to reporting from Mother Jones, a number of moderate and Western state Republican senators have worried about the implications of permanently restricting the… → Read More
California governor marks official end of state's historic drought
On Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown lifted the drought emergency order in effect since January 2014 for all of the state except for the Central California counties of Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Tuolumne that are still dealing with dried-up wells. → Read More
6 reasons the clean energy revolution doesn't need Trump’s blessing
Here's why the renewables revolution will continue without Trump's blessing. → Read More
European electricity sector pledges no new coal plants after 2020
In another sign that the world is rapidly moving away from coal, the European electricity sector just announced a commitment to not invest in new coal-fired power plants after 2020. → Read More
California defies Trump with tough emissions rules
The California Air Resources Board finalized its rules for vehicle emissions through the year 2025, bringing tailpipe emissions down from about 36 miles per gallon today to 54 mpg in 2025. → Read More