Positive Future #437 (Feature photo – Small Solar Farm – CCA SA 4.0 International Generic) CleanTechnica journalist Tina Casey covers a story from Michigan where legislators are considering allowing solar panels on farmland. This makes sense for rural electric cooperatives and maybe even the farmers. You can read the full story here: https://cleantechnica.com/2019/04/15/rural-electric-co-ops-dive-into-gas-killing-solar-panels-farmland-fray/
Positive Future #436 (Feature photo – Mercedes Benz Citaro Electric Bus – CCA SA 4.0 International) Mercedes is not just a car company, they also make electric buses. Inside EVs journalist Mark Kane brings us the latest story as Mercedes just sold 56 electric buses to just one municipality in Germany. Mercedes sells its electric…
Positive Future #435 (Feature photo – Washington State Capitol – By User:Cacophony – Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1055907) Happening more frequently, cities, counties and states are taking matters into their own hands. Natural Resources Defense Council expert Noah Long reveals how Washington State has 5 bills in the works that are related to clean…
Positive Future #434 (Feature photo – Flowering Hemp – Public Domain) WHSV News reports on how one local farmer decided to stop growing chickens and start growing hemp. This story is not just about Hemp, but how prices to farmers can be kept at very low levels. You can read the full story here and…
Positive Future #433 (Feature photo – Tesla Cars – CCA 2.0 Generic) According to federal statistics, there was a motor vehicle theft or attempted motor vehicle theft every 40.8 seconds in 2017. That’s over 2,100 times a day or almost 770,000 times a year. Tesla cars have what is called “sentry mode” in which a…
Positive Future #432 (Feature photo – Rivian Truck – CCA SA 4.0 International Generic) The video clip below pretty much sums up the company. Spending 10 years in research and development, some large companies think its vehicles have merit. Leading the charge, Amazon was behind a recent $700 million investment into Rivian. Speculation is that…
Positive Future #431 (Feature photo – Downtown Boise – CCA SA 4.0 International) Curbed journalist Patrick Sisson brings insights to an unprecedented court decision relating to homeless people. The court decisions says if a homeless person is turned away from a shelter, the city cannot arrest or punish people for sleeping on public property. Homelessness…
Positive Future #430 (Feature photo – Target Retail Store – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) There is a connection between wage increases and solving hunger in America. Target, with over 1,800 stores and over 300,000 employees is the 8th largest U.S. retailer. With almost 50 million Americans food insecure, every dollar helps. For full time employees,…
Positive Future #429 (Feature photo – BYD Electric Bus – By 写意人生 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18318429) Dozens of nations have set or are contemplating an end to the sale of new fossil-fuel vehicles in their countries. Within the context of this changing political and regulatory environment, the infiltration of electric buses into…
Positive Future #428 (Feature photo – Renewable Energy – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) Access and availability to energy is the cornerstone of agriculture, housing and transportation. The International Renewable Energy Agency reports that one third of all energy is now generated by renewable sources. Most interesting is that most of the new capacity in renewable…
