by Amy McMorrow Hunter | May 3, 2019 | Biochar, Carbon Sequestration, Community, Decarbonization, Get Local, Resilience, Soil, Southern Illinois
Biochar is an example of flipping our traditional way of thinking on its head. There are so many crazy things that humans do in mindless ways that result in damages to the environment. All we have to do is think differently. We have a choice before us now,...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | May 16, 2018 | Blockchain, Climate Change, Climate Finance and Investment, Decarbonization, Economics and Finance, Entrepreneurship, Science and Technology
Well there’s a mouthful! It might sound like a foreign language to you, but probably in less than a decade it will be the source in billions of dollars of economic activity. We gave a brief introduction to “blockchain for energy” in a previous post;...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Feb 28, 2018 | Biochar, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Decarbonization, Jobs, Land Use and Agriculture, Nature, Resilience, Soil, Water
Building on the soil theme, there’s a fabulously detailed new study on “natural climate solutions” (NCS); it tells us how to use conservation, restoration, and land management actions across forests, wetlands, grasslands, and farmland. The actions...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | May 12, 2017 | Buildings and Shelter, Decarbonization, Energy Efficiency
I’m not going to be able to say it better: Any successful climate protection strategy must consider residential and commercial buildings, which are responsible for almost 40 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions. From houses and hotels to schools and...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Apr 3, 2017 | Decarbonization, Electric Vehicles, Illinois, Transportation
Just today we’re hearing: Tesla Passes Ford by Market Cap Before Musk Delivers Model 3. Ouch, who would’ve thought! Now you never know if that will stick but it’s a pretty substantial moment. Why should we be thinking about electric vehicles...
