Positive Future #738 (Feature photo – Solar Panels – By AleSpa – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29290121) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley brings us the story of a Chinese company – GCL Systems Integration Technology. This company plans to build the world’s largest solar panel factory. With a goal of producing 60 gigawatts of solar…
Positive Future #737 (Feature photo – Coffee Trees – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Jmhullot) Inhabitat News portal brings us the story of planting trees. Trees help with air quality. While it is not mainstream yet, questions are being asked about the link between air pollution and respiratory diseases. Th obvious question people are looking for…
Positive Future #736 (Feature photo – Unpolluted Garden – CCA SA 4.0 International, Basile Morin) Inhabitat journalist Teresa Bergen brings us a story that makes one wonder what happens when no one is looking. Recently the EPA announced that it will suspend enforcing environmental laws for the duration of the coronavirus situation. Since air pollution…
Positive Future #735 (Feature photo – The Dophin – By AllenMcC. – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3952055) BrightVibes news portal brings us an interesting story of the 10 superpowers of dolphins. The story also comes with a great video clip to explain the powers. You can read and see the story here: https://brightvibes.com/915/en/10-surprising-superpowers-of-dolphins
Positive Future #734 (Feature photo – Public Housing Buildings – Public Domain) Curbed News journalist Jeff Andrews brings us news about the government stimulus package and housing – real estate. In short there is an escalation of money going into aspects of affordable housing. The federal money flowing into aspects of housing is in the…
Positive Future #733 (Feature photo – Volkswagen All-Electric ID3 – CCA SA 4.0 International, Alexander Migl) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley brings us some behind the scenes insights worthy of note. While oil companies flounder with prices that cause alarm, Volkswagen just made a powerful announcement. Volkswagen now says it will have over 75 all electric…
Positive Future #732 (Feature photo – Palm Oil Plantations on Previous Rainforest Land – CCA 2.o Generic, Achmad Rabin Taim) Amid allegations of lawbreaking, rainforests in the largest stretch of intact rainforest in Asia are being decimated to create the world’s largest palm oil plantation. The project is estimated to decimate 700,000 acres of rainforest…
Positive Future #731 (Feature photo – Tesla Cybertruck – By u/Kruzat but modified by User:Smnt – https://imgur.com/a/tp7JG6P but modified by User:Smnt, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84813507) InsideEVs journalist Eric Loveday brings us the story of the top ten countries according to their pre-orders of the Tesla Cybertruck. Back in November 2019, Tesla reported over 250,000 pre-orders…
Positive Future #730 (Feature photo – Dakota Access Pipeline Protest – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Desiree Kane) CleanTechnica Journalist Steve Hanley brings us news of how a Federal Judge ruled that the environmental permits were granted without adequate review or input by the indigenous communities impacted. The Judge ruled that all Federal Permits for the…
Positive Future #729 (Feature photo – Electric Brammo Motorcycle at Charging Station – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Hbmallin) CleanTechnic journalist Zachary Shahan brings us the story of how market shares for electric cars in Norway, Iceland, the Netherlands and Sweden are up in 2020. These four countries have a combined population of around 34 million…
