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Republished From The New York Times By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, MARK LANDLERand CORAL DAVENPORT MIDWAY ATOLL — Seventy-four years ago, a naval battle off this remote spit of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean changed the course of World War II. Last week, President Obama flew here to

Republished From The Guardian By Jigar Shah Some journalists are still pushing a false narrative about wind and solar jobs, argues Jigar Shah. Like many Americans, I am an avid listener to American Public Media’s program Marketplace. The show bills itself as “the most widely heard program

Republished From Waste Dive By Kristin Musulin “Consumers are doing their homework on companies before they choose to do business with them,” said Nielsen Project Development Director Erica Parker at the recent Global Sustainability Summit in New Orleans. Parker and colleague, Elizabeth Kiniorski, presented on the importance of

Republished From Gizmodo By George Dvorsky   Olympic organizers have made climate change a central theme at the current games—and for good reason. A sobering new study shows that by the 2084 Olympics, rising temperatures will make it practically impossible for most cities to host the

Republished From The Telegraph By AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD   The world’s next energy revolution is probably no more than five or ten years away. Cutting-edge research into cheap and clean forms of electricity storage is moving so fast that we may never again need to build

Republished from Takepart.com By John R. Platt   A federal program is bringing solar energy and other green technology to farms and small communities. A winery with a solar array in rural Oregon. A greenhouse in Montana tapping geothermal energy. A farm in Kansas that deployed