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Life Cycle Analysis – Coal produces 25 times more greenhouse gases than solar photovoltaics

Life Cycle Analysis – Coal produces 25 times more greenhouse gases than solar photovoltaics

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...
Saltwater Batteries

Saltwater Batteries

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Feb 24, 2020 | Clean Energy, Climate Equity - Just Transitions, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Externalities, Transportation

A major talking point of electric vehicle naysayers is that lithium-ion batteries are bad for the environment and not able to be recycled. This is mostly correct, and is leaving out the biggest problem. The materials for these batteries are coming primarily from...
Labels for Impact

Labels for Impact

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Feb 1, 2018 | Circular Economy, Clean Energy, Clothing, Consumables and Resource Use, Energy Efficiency, Externalities, Food, Waste, Water

The world needs a meaningful measure developed for products (and services) that provide information about life cycle environmental/social impact. How much energy is used, how much waste is produced, water used, if they stay under a certain carbon footprint (or zero...
Fossil Fuels Aren’t Cheap

Fossil Fuels Aren’t Cheap

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...

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