By: Leo Wiegman “Cradle to grave designs dominate modern manufacturing” architect Bill McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart,(2002) Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. www.mbdc.com T-shirts are arguably the most popular and common clothing item on Planet Earth. Life cycle assessment—often abbreviated as LCA and also termed “life cycle analysis,” “cradle to grave,” or “material flow analysis”—is the…
Where on Earth is Dot tv?
By: Leo Wiegman As one of the youngest nations on Earth, Tuvalu could be among the first countries to disappear from the face of the Earth as rising sea levels render some islands uninhabitable. Just over 11,000 Tuvaluans live on the 9 atoll islands of Tuvalu. Tuvaluans have inhabited their archipelago for thousands of years. Located about midway between Hawaii and…
Five Trends in Solar Energy for 2021 in New York State
By: Leo Weigman The massive 5,500 page COVID-19 bill that Congress approved and President Trump toyed with not signing and then signed after all contains good news for the renewable energy sector. 1. Federal tax credits for 2021 remain at 26%, same as 2020, The federal tax credit for renewable energy dropped from 30% to 26% a year ago on…
Power to the People: Community Solar Comes to Croton!
By: Leo Wiegman* What is Community Solar? Solar for the rest of us. New York State is a leader in adopting clean energy policy innovations with the most aggressive climate change program in the nation. It plans to have 6,000 MW of solar power by the year 2025. One of the most promising ways to get there is a new…
Croton100 Carbon Tracker: Peering Behind the Curtain
By: Leo Wiegman Or how I stopped worrying and learned to love my data! “If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.” — Lord Kelvin “The environment and climate change are the most critically important policy priorities we face.” — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo The formation of Croton100 traces back to the October 2018 Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report…
