The drastic effects of climate change are understandably causing climate panic or climate anxiety for many. However, in addition to the plethora of conspicuous negative examples, we can read more and more news that can give cause for optimism.
At the GREEN BRANDS Organization, we aim to promote environmentally conscious companies, ie “GREEN BRANDS“, as a positive example for consumers and other business players. Our organization has audited more than 500 brands over its more than 10 years of operation. The number of applicants and, at the same time, the number of awarded brands is constantly growing.
Now, looking out from the world of brand evaluation, we have collected 40 articles and studies from recent years that show that there is indeed light at the end of the tunnel. News listed from the United States or even Bangladesh shows that green trends are becoming more prevalent at individual, corporate, economic and state levels around the world.
Just reading through the headlines can give you hope, but we encourage everyone to read each piece of content and delve further into topic and evaluate the different climate change solutions.
1. 100% renewable electricity is viable
Physics World
2018
2. New EU ‘Right to Repair’ laws require technology to last for a decade
INDEPENDENT
2021
3. The Argument For Renewables Is Purely An Economic One
The Guardian
2017
4. Shell says its oil production has peaked and will fall every year
CNN
2021
5. Critics say green policies stifle growth. The opposite may be true
The Academic Times
2021
6. 2/3rds of Americans Say Alternative Energy Over Fossil Fuels
7. Oil is dead, renewables are the future’: why I’m training to become a wind turbine technician
The Guardian
2021
8. Renewables create more electricity than coal
Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis
2019
9. Why Renewables & Natural Gas Are Taking Over: Interactive Map
Vox
2016
10. Unsubsidized Wind & Solar Now Cheapest Source For New Electric Power
Computerworld
2017
11. Why the offshore wind industry is about to take off
Business Insider
2018
12. Putting New York City’s Waterfront at the Heart of a Renewable Energy Revolution
Next City
2019
13. Hurricane Florence crippled electricity & coal, while solar & wind were back the next day
14. Offshore wind stagnated under Trump, but Biden policies could create a wind energy boom
Cape Cod Times
2021
15. Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest Sources of Electricity, and It’s Getting Cheaper
Scientific American
2017
16. Offshore Wind Power Cheaper Than New Nuclear
BBC News
2017
17. Governor Murphy Announces $250 Million Total Investment in State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Facility to Build Wind Turbine Components to Serve Entire U.S. Offshore Wind Industry
NJ Gov
2020
18. The Empire State Building and its related buildings are now powered by wind
The Washington Post
2021
19. Evidence that offshore wind farms are changing the oceans for the better
MIT Technology Review
2017
20. The price of solar electricity has dropped 89% in 10 years
Fast Company
2021
20. It’s now cheaper to build a new wind farm than to keep a coal plant running
CBS News
2018
21. First U.S. steel plants powered by wind, solar energy are coming
CNBC
2019
22. 77–80% of New US Power Capacity Came from Solar & Wind in 2020
CleanTechnica
2021
23. Solar & Wind Energy Propel Growth In US Renewables
Nature.com
2017
24. There Are Now 2x As Many Solar Jobs As Coal Jobs In The U.S.
Vox
2017
25. U.S. Solar Power Employs More People Than Oil, Coal & Gas Combined
The Independent
2017
26. Republican Mayor Fighting For Renewable Energy In Louisiana
Vice
2017
27. Irving plans to use 100% renewable energy by 2023
The Dallas Morning News
2021
28. How six small towns and cities are going green
Curbed
2017
29. America Can Nearly Quadruple Its Renewable Electricity By 2030
CleanTechnica
2016
30. U.S. Department of Energy wants electricity grid to be able to handle 100% mid-day peak solar power
Electrek
2016
31. COVID Took a Toll on Coal, Clearing Way for a Green Recovery
Intelligencer
2021
32. Bangladesh scraps nine coal power plants as overseas finance dries up
Climate Home News
2021
33. U.S. Secretary of Energy: ‘Flow batteries are good for grid storage’
Energy-Storage.News
2021
34. In Boost for Renewables, Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is on the Rise
Yale
2020
35. U.S. Looks To Boost Energy Storage By 525% By 2025
Oil Price.com
2020
36. Scientists Create Liquid Fuel That Can Store The Sun’s Energy For Up to 18 Years
Science Alert
2019
37. California wastes its extra solar, wind energy. Could hydrogen be the storage key?
The San Francisco Chronicle
2021
38. ‘Water battery’ a winner for Australian university “In the first year of operation, the thermal energy storage tank saved 4,232 tonnes of CO2 emissions – with 3,082 tonnes saved by the University of the Sunshine Coast through using solar power instead of grid electricity”
PV-Magazine
2020
39. Latest development on China’s largest battery energy storage project
Power Engineering International
2021
40. Largest battery in Australia to be built at ageing NSW coal-fired power plant
2021
