Pollution Impacts Archives - Center for Community Energy

Upcycling Batteries to Powerplants: The Exciting Evolution of Electric Vehicles

by Eva Roufe | Mar 29, 2025 | Pollution Impacts

Moment Energy: Leading by Example in the Evolution of Electric Vehicles The transition towards electric vehicles in California is an essential step towards establishing cleaner energy. However, for this transition to be truly effective, we must prioritize the...

The Importance of Recycling Batteries and Electric Vehicle Systems

by Cooper Ketelaar | Mar 26, 2025 | Pollution Impacts

As the world shifts toward sustainable energy, electric vehicles (EVs) and battery-powered technologies have become cornerstones of this green revolution. However, with this rise comes a new question and challenge: What happens to these batteries once they reach the...

The Rise of Renewables

by Susan Wayo | May 21, 2021 | Climate Change, Climate Disaster, Pollution Impacts

Photo by Nicholas Doherty on Unsplash The Covid-19 pandemic has had damaging effects on many industries. Many individuals have faced economic stress due to job loss and other factors causing them to limit discretionary spending and change their spending habits to...

The Impacts of Wildfire Pollution

by Susan Wayo | Mar 30, 2021 | Climate Change, Climate Disaster, Pollution Impacts

Photo by Patrick Campanale – from Unsplash Looking back at the 2020 fire history: The Guardian recently released an article outlining some of the severe consequences of wildfire smoke in California. In 2020 California experienced the “state’s worst wildfire...

A CHANGING OCEAN, a CHANGING CLIMATE

by Susan Wayo | Mar 17, 2021 | Climate Change, Opinion of Experts, Pollution Impacts, Warming Oceans

Scientists are looking at a change in ocean currents and what that means for the overall climate. Analysis and images from the New York Times are stunningly freightening.

Key Lesson from Texas: Grid Structure Matters!

by Susan Wayo | Feb 18, 2021 | Decarbonization Strategies, Grid structure, Opinion of Experts, Pollution Impacts, Supporting CCE

The power disaster unfolding in Texas this week is strong evidence that the structure or our power grids matters! So do the sources of electricity that we transmit on our grids. This is why CCE is focusing on issues like vehicle-to-grid (V2G). At CCE we believe...