By 2020, Tesla believes its Gigafactory will produce more lithium-ion batteries in one year than were produced worldwide in 2013 Reposted from Computerworld Tesla Motors next week will announce two battery lines, one for households and another for utilities, that will store power from renewable sources, such as solar and…

Reposted from Reuters (4/23/15) Beverly Hills, the southern California city renowned for Hollywood-tinged glamour and luxury, approved stricter water restrictions on Tuesday, including bans on filling new swimming pools and $1,000 fines for water violations. Faced with an order from the governor to cut water use dramatically as the state…

Reposted from Yahoo! News (4/21/15) London (AFP) – A group of top international experts on Wednesday urged governments to stick to their promises to combat climate change and said the aim should be to create a “zero-carbon society” by 2050.  To coincide with Earth Day, research institute The Earth League…

Reposted from The Guardian by Lauren Gambino The governor of California has ordered unprecedented and mandatory water restrictions in the state as officials conducted a regular measurement of the Sierra Nevada snowpack and found “no snow whatsoever” amid the state’s ongoing drought. “This was the first time in 75 years…

Reposted from msnbc.com by Joseph Neese California Gov. Jerry Brown said on Sunday the water rations he imposed in the wake of an historic drought should serve as a “wake-up call” not just for residents of his home state but everyone. “I can tell you, from California, climate change is…

Reposted from The Guardian by Damian Carrington The UN organisation in charge of global climate change negotiations is backing the fast-growing campaign persuading investors to sell off their fossil fuel assets. It said it was lending its “moral authority” to the divestment campaign because it shared the ambition to get…

Article/Transcript and Video from 60 Minutes & Charlie Rose Forty-five years ago, astronauts landed on the moon and space travel captured the country’s imagination. But NASA isn’t launching astronauts anymore and America’s fascination with space has come down to Earth. Neil deGrasse Tyson is on a one-man mission to change…

Original post at Sciencealert.com by Myles Gough Well done Costa Rica, well done. The Cental American country has achieved a major clean energy milestone, meeting 100 percent of its power demand with renewable energy for 75 straight days. “The year 2015 has been one of electricity totally friendly to the…

Warm Greetings to everyone in the PrimaMundi.com family! Spring has come early to the high desert of Colorado, with sunny days, warmer temperatures, green shoots and melting snow. The birds have already been busy, as have we. Although this winter was less than quiescent for me (and fond memories of…

Repost from Phys.org Pioneering techniques that use satellites to monitor ocean acidification are set to revolutionise the way that marine biologists and climate scientists study the ocean. This new approach, that will be published on the 17 February 2015 in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, offers remote monitoring of…