by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Sep 18, 2019 | Clean Energy, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Jobs
According to ClimateNexus, there were about 3,155,933 “clean energy” jobs in the US in 2018: (To increase the size of the text in the images, hit Ctrl and + as many times as you need, then to get it back to normal size hit Ctrl and -.) These numbers match...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Sep 16, 2019 | Clothing, Food, Fossil Fuels, Resilience, Security
Recently, a bunch of oil blew up in Saudia Arabia, so suddenly US shale oil producers are all: OK let’s ramp up production, more oil and natural gas! How about an alternative to that option, since: Nearly half of U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions are from...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Sep 10, 2019 | Carbon Footprint, Start
Consider this: @AssaadRazzouk An American’s fridge uses 458 kw/h per year. That’s 7 times more electricity than the average Ethiopian uses in total in one year 3 times a Nigerian or Kenyan 1 times a Pakistani a or a Bangladeshi 57% of an Indian or...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Sep 5, 2019 | Visions of The Climate Economy
The New Climate Economy’s report: “Unlocking the Inclusive Growth Story of the 21st Century: Accelerating Climate Action in Urgent Times” is one of those reports that I’m reading from cover to cover, with lots of highlighting and written-in...
