Our Friday morning began with a visit to the PUB, or the Singaporean equivalent of the EPA, for a presentation on one of their water education outreach programs. Proceeding through the impregnable building’s security toContinue reading
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A Big Port and a Warrior’s Farm
Happy March to everyone interested in our great SE Asia adventure. Many of us woke up this morning wondering where February went, having spent most of it in the relentless heat and humidity of Singapore’sContinue reading
Warming the Gulf of Maine, revisited
Like rising sea-level and more acidic seawater, warmer ocean temperatures will extract an economic cost
William Schlesinger
biodiversity, conservation, faculty, forests, natural habitat, population growth
biodiversity, conservation, faculty, forests, natural habitat, population growth
Roads to Nowhere
Each road creates new “edge” habitat in nature, and fragments the landscape into small units that are often less conducive to the persistence of wildlife.
Feb. 2018 – 8 Snippets – Clean Energy Finance Trends
BLOCKCHAIN HYSTERIA: 200+ Use Cases in the Energy Sector? Let’s Dissect Fact v. Fiction It’s estimated that over $300M has been invested in companies focused on blockchain uses in the energy sector. More broadly, theContinue reading
William Schlesinger
environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, toxicology, waste, water, water pollution
environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, toxicology, waste, water, water pollution
Microplastics
Like booze, sex and profanity, plastics have become a sin.
Humus
If we are to store carbon in soils, better management of agricultural lands might be one avenue to pursue.
Let there be darkness
Recent studies have shown strong correlations between breast and prostate cancer, night-time work and blood hormone levels in humans.
Jan. 2018 – 5 Snippets – Clean Energy Finance Trends
Financing Microgrids A New Model for Resilience: Microgrids-as-a-Service Although end use customers own 83% of operational microgrids, in 2017 only 54% of installations were owned by on-site hosts. Said differently, 46% of last year’s new microgrids were ownedContinue reading
Dec. 2017 – 5 Snippets – Clean Energy Finance Trends
RE-BUILDING PUERTO RICO Fighting the Power: Distributed vs. Centralized Generation A new 63-page report from the Puerto Rico Energy Resiliency Working Group details a vision for investing $17B to rebuild the grid there. Entitled “Build BackContinue reading