April 15 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• “NASA Fights Campaign To Remove 97% Climate-Change Claim As ‘Consensus’ Challenged” • Nothing sends climate skeptics into orbit faster than seeing NASA repeat the 97% climate-consensus claim, but the effort to have the Obama-era declaration removed from the government website is suffering from a failure to launch. [Washington Times]

Earth (Nasa via AP)

• “New Cascadilla Solar Farm Sustainability Powers 10% Of Cornell University’s Annual Electricity Usage” • Cornell celebrated the opening of its sixth, and largest, major solar project on March 1. The newly minted 18-MW Cascadilla Community Solar Farm will be responsible for generating 10% of Cornell’s energy. [The Cornell Daily Sun]
• “Stronger Action On Climate Change Would Benefit The Economy, Study Finds” • One main argument against taking action on climate change has always been that it’s too expensive. But research published in the journal Nature finds the opposite is true. The net global economic benefit would range between $127 trillion and $616 trillion by 2100. [CBS News]
• “Europe Can Become Climate-Neutral Before 2050 With 100% Renewables” • Europe could become climate neutral even before 2050, a report by the industry federation SolarPower Europe together with Finland’s LUT University has found. The study presents three different transition pathways with varying degrees of ambition. [Recharge]
• “The Impact Of The Coronavirus On The Renewable Energy Industry” • A Center for American Progress Action Fund analysis finds that the Trump administration’s policies led to the loss or suppression of over 600,000 renewable energy sector jobs. But the analysis does not account for the significant disruptions of Covid-19 pandemic. [Center For American Progress]

For more news, please visit geoharvey – Daily News about Energy and Climate Change.

April 15 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times