Tag: Huck Fairman
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SOLUTIONS: Sierra Club’s report reveals the truth
By Huck Fairman While fossil fuel companies have for years promised to decarbonize, the truth is that very few are living up to their promises. This revelation was published by the Sierra Club’s report, “The Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges.” The report includes an interactive tool that allows residents to see if their local…
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A SOLUTIONS article on the recent Andlinger Meeting
By Huck Fairman The most recent Andlinger Center Meeting on clean energy brought together academic and industry specialists to explore and discuss the role of geopolitics and global supply chains in the efforts to reach net-zero carbon emissions. The Center called for research proposals connecting clean energy and the environment. Traditionally, scientists, planners and policymakers…
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SOLUTIONS: University electric buses
By Huck Fairman Princeton University’s first all-electric bus arrived in late October. It is an important step by the university toward reaching net-zero emissions, its goal for 2046 or sooner. This was the first of 17 scheduled to arrive by the end of February, and it will hopefully serve as an inspiration and influence for…
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SOLUTIONS: A NPR report on tracking emissions
By Huck Fairman In the fight to reduce emissions, one of the longstanding challenges has been figuring out who is exactly producing them and how much. Now, a new global tracker is helping to make clear exactly where major greenhouse gas emissions are originating. Created by the nonprofit Climate Trace, the interactive map uses a…
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SOLUTIONS: Our changed and changing world
By Huck Fairman Most observers would acknowledge that the world has changed dramatically since the end of the 19th century. Much of the change has been beneficial, but not all. Look at the climate crisis, Hurricane Ian, and other storms and draughts around the globe. Look at the number of authoritarian regimes that now exist,…
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SOLUTIONS: Breakthrough in direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries
By Huck Fairman Princeton NuEnergy (PNE,) a US-based, innovative clean-tech start-up, founded out of Princeton University in 2019 and launched into commercial production in 2022, is quickly revolutionizing the critical materials supply chain with its patented direct recycling technology for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) used in most electric vehicles. Using a novel plasma-assisted process, PNE successfully reclaims high-value…
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SOLUTIONS: Hudson Canyon National Marine Sanctuary
By Huck Fairman This week the Hunterdon, Warren, and Central New Jersey Sierra groups presented a Zoom talk on the proposed Hudson Canyon National Marine Sanctuary. Kip Cherry spoke for the Princeton members. The talk was delivered by Noah Chesnin, associate director for the New York Seascape Program and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which uses…
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SOLUTIONS: FIRES AND FLOODS
By Huck Fairman The changes to our planet from the increasing emissions and trapped heat are profound and everywhere. They are changing the oceans and continents. India’s billion-plus population is roasting, literally to death, without sufficient means to respond. Antarctica is seeing record temperatures, as is our Northwest. Parts of Texas have seen no rain…
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SOLUTIONS: Global Devastation
By Huck Fairman Our region has certainly seen greater than average heat, some powerful downpours, and even several tornadoes. But as most of us know, we have not experienced the extremes ranging across much of the planet. Great Britain just baked under record 104-degree temperatures. Spain and France have also suffered from heat and wildfires.…