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Common Dreams reports
More than 100 cities across the globe are now mostly powered by renewable energy, a number that has more than doubled over the past three years, according to a review of environmental data collected from entities worldwide.
The new analysis, a tally of information collected by the U.K.-based group CDP [Carbon Disclosure Project] and released [February 27], accounts for towns and cities that get at least 70 percent of their electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar. In addition to publishing its complete list, the group created an interactive map that features key details about some municipalities' transitions.
While only four U.S. cities made the list--Aspen, Colorado; Burlington, Vermont; Eugene, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington--the group says 58 localities in the United States have committed to a full transition. Among the largest cities on CDP's list are Auckland, New Zealand; Nairobi, Kenya; Oslo, Norway; and Vancouver, Canada. Forty-seven of the cities listed are located in Brazil. More than 40 cities--from Burlington to Reykjavik, Iceland to Basel, Switzerland--are fully powered by renewables.
[...] The new data reflects the rapidly growing trend to commit to a renewable energy transition at a local level. CDP noted in a statement that Tuesday's analysis "comes on the same day the UK100 network of local government leaders announce that over 80 UK towns and cities have committed to 100 percent clean energy by 2050, including Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, and 16 London boroughs".
(Score: 5, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday March 01 2018, @01:24AM (1 child)
Decades ago a hydroelectric damn was fixing to inundate some Native American villages. The Native Americans eventually gave up on fighting it when they were assured that new villages would be built for them - at taxpayer expense.
Just a few years ago it finally made the news that those poor bastards were living mostly in cardboard boxes. The Gummint promised to make good on its broken promises.
Fast forward to today, and even that last promise has been broken.
I see some progress though: the Native Americans seem to be penetrating the public mind when they use social media to point out that Native American history isn't taught in school.
The only time my own history class mentioned them was when the Native Americans won a Supreme Court case and the president - Andrew Jackson - pointed out to the Supremes that he had guns and they didn't.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01 2018, @06:37AM
There's a famous quote that goes along with that story:
John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it. [google.com]
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