Why We Need to Recycle Clean Energy Technologies — And How to Do It
Millions of tons of spent solar panels, wind turbine blades and lithium-ion batteries could be wasted in landfills — or put back to use.
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Brooklyn Startup Addresses Gun Violence with Climate Jobs
BlocPower gives Brooklyn residents on the frontlines of climate change and gun violence a new opportunity via jobs in clean energy.
How Indigenous Communities and Artists Honor and Work with Solar Energy
This episode of "Planet Forward" asks Lakota Elder Henry Red Cloud, founder and owner of Lakota Solar Enterprises, about the role of solar energy in Indigenous culture as well as the innovative climate and economic solutions it provides Indigenous communities.…
New Jersey wants to go 100% renewable energy by 2050 — is it possible?
Gov. Phil Murphy’s landmark clean energy bill is set on having 100% of the state’s power to come from clean renewables like wind and solar by the year 2050.
What You Can Learn From the Solarpunk Movement
By Lynne Peskoe-Yang Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Peril and Promise and Rewire. The solarpunk environmental movement is for anyone who’s digitally inclined but unafraid of dirt. Think post-apocalyptic hacker aesthetics, but with a sunnier disposition. With origins…
Morocco Turns the Sahara Desert into a Solar Energy Oasis
Morocco says it wants to be the Saudi Arabia of solar energy. Its flagship project is a first-of-its-kind, $9-billion energy plant called Noor, meaning "light" in Arabic, and the size of the city of Paris.