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Selfridges’ resale commitment and California’s clean energy legislation: The sustainability success stories of the week

Published every week, this series charts how businesses and sustainability professionals are working to achieve their ‘Mission Possible’ across the campaign’s five key pillars – energy, resources, infrastructure, mobility and leadership. Across the UK and the world, leading businesses, cities, states and regions are turning environmental ambitions into action. Here, we round up five positive sustainability stories from […]

KPRC 2 Investigates: Solar panel sales explode in Houston; Here’s what you need to know to avoid being taken advantage of

MAGNOLIA, Texas – You’ve heard the phrase “selling like hotcakes.” Well right now in Texas, new companies and vendors are getting a lot of sales of solar panel power systems to homeowners. All of this creates the perfect environment for solar panel scam artists and shady business people. That’s something 92-year-old Tommy Ellis, a Navy […]

Families save thousands each year with solar power and electric car combo

Dropping $30,000 on a solar power system and forking out for an electric vehicle while the cost of living continues to soar might seem counterintuitive. But those who have made the switch, including Christchurch technical consultant Mike Walker, say the investment is worth it in the long run. When petrol prices began to rise last […]

Amazon took all of its US solar roofs out of the country last year after a fire, a power outage

Amazon shut down solar power systems at all of its US facilities in 2021 after a series of fires and explosions, including one at its Fresno warehouse in 2020. On the afternoon of April 14, 2020, dozens of firefighters arrived at an Amazon warehouse in Fresno, California, as thick plumes of smoke billowed from the […]

The Best Solar Panel Loans of 2022

Photo: istockphoto.com Many homeowners are intrigued by the idea of installing solar panels on their property. Not only can solar panels help lower utility bills by using solar energy in addition to—or instead of—the electrical grid, but homeowners who pivot to solar energy may also be able to shrink their environmental footprint. Although solar panels […]

Preparing for water scarcity using hybrid desalination technologies

Clean water is essential for human survival. However, less than 3% of fresh water can be used as drinking water. According to a report published by the World Meteorological Organization, there is scarcity of drinking water for approximately 1 billion people worldwide, which is expected to rise to 1.4 billion by 2050. […]