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Utilities are deploying smaller-scale energy resources rather than building larger projects to supply or deliver electricity. But they are going one step further — gathering the collective energy from such things as battery storage and demand response devices to form “virtual power plants.”

The voluntary carbon market is under scrutiny once again. Follow the Money has written an expose on South Pole, the globe’s largest seller of carbon credits. The investigative journalists allege that South Pole exaggerates the number of trees it saves, causing major companies to spread such falsehoods to their customers and shareholders.

During peak load, the price of electricity can spike 5 to 10 times, forcing building managers to adjust temperatures and setting off thermostat wars. But the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has created a grid-integrated personal heating and cooling system that adjusts the temperature and air quality at the workstation — an intelligent hub that sits on the desk. The hub also integrates with a “smart desk chair” with personalized temperature controls.

The electricity network is among the greatest inventions ever, ushering in global economic and social progress. Yet, the system faces enormous tests and presents unique challenges to the nation’s 1,600 utilities, which center on decarbonization and electrification. How will power companies cope?

Disruption is coming to food and farming. 

Globally, many livestock farmers are leaving the land; policymakers are targeting the harmful environmental and social impacts of industrial meat production; and consumers are shifting away from meat to embrace healthier, more environmentally sustainable alternatives.

Travel is back!
As spring begins to awaken and stretch its post-winter arms, people worldwide are brightening and eager to return to traveling, anxious to escape their pandemic-limited confines and once again explore or marvelous globe.

An international body representing the voluntary carbon market is suggesting to its members that they should oppose sovereign carbon credits created under the Paris climate agreement. Its claim: Corporations are faster than countries in the race to meet climate targets.

Global stakeholders are witnessing the effects of climate change — a phenomenon that caused hundreds of billions in economic damages in 2022, ranging from Pakistan’s floods to Europe’s wildfires to California’s droughts. Altogether, 29 events wreaked havoc, including Hurricane Ian, which cost $20 billion

The shipping industry is hard to decarbonize, fueled by diesel oil, and challenging to electrify. But shipping giant Maersk is trying to ride a new wave, and it has ordered several ocean-going ships that run on cleaner fuels so that it can hit its net-zero goals by 2040.

Lunched in 1911 to encourage and celebrate advances made by women in the business world, International Women’s Day keys on March 8th each and every year, celebrating social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women everywhere.

As more women worldwide take strides to enter and even own businesses large and small, their impact is felt globally, celebrating social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women everywhere.