by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Oct 5, 2020 | Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Finance and Investment, Externalities, Fossil Fuels, Jobs
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has performed a “harmonization,” or a further refinement, of hundreds of studies of life cycle analysis of solar photovoltaics, and compared it to the life cycle analysis greenhouse gas emissions of coal. The image... 
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 | Jun 21, 2019 | Biochar, Blockchain, Carbon Sequestration, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Finance and Investment, Collaboration, Community, Education, Energy Efficiency, Entrepreneurship, Fossil Fuels, Get Local, Jobs, Land Use and Agriculture, Nature, Resilience, Science and Technology, Southern Illinois, Waste
PresentationsFifteen presenters helped to set the stage for community resilience in southern Illinois. NetworkingOne senior executive from St. Louis said: This is the best networking I’ve ever had. Panel DiscussionsPanel discussions... 
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Jun 8, 2018 | Collaboration, Community, Entrepreneurship, Fossil Fuels, Health and Recreation, Jobs, Land Use and Agriculture, Nature, Resilience, Waste, Water
With summer upon us, you may be looking for vacation ideas. Not to rain on your parade, but your vacation is probably not going to be great for the environment. Most mass-market tourism, the way we often practice it nowadays with no-holds-barred travel, accommodation,... 
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Feb 14, 2018 | Clean Energy, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Resilience, Start
We are optimists at TheClimateEconomy.com, but we deal with reality and facts. We look at the facts, sometimes unpleasant, right in the face to understand what we need to do. This post is a reality blast in the face. It’s alarming, but there’s hope. If we... 
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Jan 11, 2018 | Clean Energy, Climate Equity - Just Transitions, Electricity, Externalities, Fossil Fuels, Transportation
Do you want cheaper energy? Maybe you need to go clean. Google “fossil fuels aren’t cheap” (with quotations) and you get something like 300+ results. Why is that? Lots of fossil fuel folks say we need to keep them around because they’re so...