ACAPULCO - Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday said that if elected, her administration would focus on water management and renewable energy as part of a plan to boost the country's sustainability.
This Alaska Insight, host Lori Townsend and her guests discuss how realistic a transition to renewable energy is, and how long it could take.
Ryan Connon, a hydrologist with the Environment and Climate Change, said that also means an elevated risk of high water at breakup this year for the Peel River.
Tit-for-tat attacks have breached taboo of direct strikes on each other’s territory but Tehran has no ‘immediate’ plans to retaliate Middle East crisis – live updates World leaders urged calm on Friday after Israel conducted a pre-dawn drone sortie over Iran following a cycle of tit-for-tat attacks that crossed an important red line that has for decades held the Middle East back from a major regional conflict. There were tentative hopes late on Friday that the apparent strike attempt against an airbase near the city of Isfahan was sufficiently limited to fend off the threat of a bigger Iranian response and an uncontrolled spiral of violence between a nuclear power and a state with the capacity to develop nuclear weapons quickly. Continue reading...
NASA has selected six new airborne missions that include domestic and international studies of fire-induced clouds, Arctic coastal change, air quality, landslide hazards, shrinking glaciers, and emissions from agricultural lands. NASA’s suite of airborne missions complement what scientists can see from orbit, measure from the ground, and simulate in computer models. Funded through the […]
The United States on Friday blocked oil, gas and mining operations across tracts of unspoiled wilderness in Alaska, winning praise from environmentalists for safeguarding habitat for polar bears, caribou and other Arctic species.
“The Department of the Interior seems to believe that they care about this land more than we do,” said North Slope Borough Mayor Josiah Patkotak.
Some projects that will receive support are in communities with closed coal mines or coal-fired plants.
Plastic waste gets lots of attention, but producing plastics actually produces more planet-heating greenhouse gases than the airline industry and coal-fired powerplants - notoriously bad sources.
The UN body on climate change in New Delhi announced the launch of the global Art Charter for Climate Action (ACCA) to unite arts and entertainment sectors for impactful climate action, aiming to decrease carbon footprints in alignment with the Paris Agreement's goals.
Despite significant progress, Scotland was falling short on cutting vehicle emissions, switching to heat pumps and even restoring peatland, the government said.
[New Era] Johannesburg -- A drought that pushed millions of people into hunger across southern Africa has been driven mostly by the El Nino weather pattern -- not climate change, scientists said yesterday. Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi have declared a national disaster over the severe dry spell that started in January and has devastated the agricultural sector, decimating crops and pastures.
Environmentalists celebrate new rules but Alaska politicians call it an ‘illegal’ attack on state’s livelihood and predict lawsuits The Biden administration said on Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13m acres (5.3m hectares) of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm. The decision – part of an ongoing, years-long fight over whether and how to develop the vast oil resources in the state – finalizes protections first proposed last year as the Biden administration prepared to approve the controversial Willow oil project . Continue reading...
A new Bureau of Land Management rule says that conservation is a "use" of public land, just like grazing, mining or recreation. The State of Utah is ready to sue over it.
The Israeli military attacked Iran early Friday, and oil markets have gotten the jitters in response. Initial reports suggest that Iran is downplaying the impact of the strikes, which might mean that tensions between the two countries could de-escalate. Read more...
[TI] The rising demand for land due to the global food crisis, climate change, rising sea levels, desertification, and extreme weather events, all limit its availability and accessibility. As global crises exacerbate inequalities, people who experience discrimination see their land rights affected the most.
YANVARTSEVO, Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan braced on Friday for levels on the Ural River to rise sharply, something that could threaten two of its western regions and key oil infrastructure, while Russia grappled with floods in and near Siberia.
Experts warn that if deep-pocketed tech companies buy up carbon-free electricity from large nuclear baseload power plants and take that power off the grid too quickly, they will exacerbate the reliability risks now facing the broader network.
The poll suggests that although the Inflation Reduction Act has already affected some Americans, it's not widely known among the general population.
The regulation will determine which fossil fuel operators have to pay fees for leaked gas.
From low birth weight to wildfire smoke, kids can bear the brunt of climate change.
The Interior Department finalized a rule limiting future oil and gas development across 13 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
[UN News] Renewable energy, if supported by governments, can "truly change the landscape" in terms of achieving equitable access to affordable and clean energy, but only if those governments can move from "commitment to action"; That's according to the Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa is feeling the impacts of global warming. Heat is frequent and more intense. Human-induced climate change made the severe 2015-2017 drought three to six times more likely. But climate change also doubled the likelihood of the heavy rain that hit parts of South Africa in April 2022, which led to 400 people being killed and many thousands forced to flee their homes.
[IFRC] This press release was originally published by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. An expert from the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre contributed to the study and is quoted below.
An older demographic and greater use of electric vehicles (EV) are the driving forces behind the solar power business in Thailand, says New Energy Plus Solutions Co (NEPS), which expects 66% growth in its earnings this year from sales of rooftop solar panels and installation.
By Jeremy Rose Former Tuvalu prime minister Enele Sopoaga declared Australia’s climate change policy a threat to the survival of the Pacific at a gathering in Wellington yesterday.
Indian experts dismiss cloud seeding as the cause of Dubai's flooding, attributing it to climate change. The heavy rainfall in Dubai is linked to a synoptic system and global warming, leading to extreme weather events in the region.
As extreme weather events increase around the world due to climate change, the need for further research into our warming planet has increased as well. For NASA, climate research involves not only conducting studies of these events, but also empowering outside researchers to do the same. The artificial intelligence (AI) efforts spearheaded by the agency […]
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden revealed that a top-level review is under way into whether hostile states could use the vehicles (EVs) as intelligence-gathering devices.
Images of a saturated desert metropolis startled the world, prompting talk of cloud seeding, climate change and designing cities for intensified weather.
Patrick Harvie will tonight face angry members of the Scottish Greens - some now questioning the value of the Bute House Agreement - following this afternoon announcement by the Scottish Government to formally ditch a key climate change target.
[RFI] An extreme heatwave in the Sahel region in March and April would not have been as lethal without human-caused climate change, the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group of climate researchers has found. It warned of an increase in extreme weather if carbon emissions are not rapidly reduced.
[Leadership] Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) on Tuesday clear the air over the purported crisis between it and other unions stating that it neither had any issues with Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Petroleum Tanker Drivers nor any other group in the downstream sector of the petroleum industry in the country.
Consider the weasel. It is Scotland’s smallest carnivore, the nemesis of mice and other small animals, and a sleek, elusive shadow when spotted in the wild...
[The Point] The Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources, Rohey John Manjang, has informed lawmakers that the forestry department is working on implementing a participatory forest management scheme for communities to take ownership of their forests to avoid bush fire and other forest disasters.
The annual and interim climate targets will be replaced with a system measuring emissions every five years.
The burning of fossil fuels plays a major role in the region's unusually intense heat wave.
The United States said it will snap back sanctions on Venezuela’s crucial oil industry after President Nicolas Maduro’s government continued its repression of opponents.
The lawmakers pointed to the categorical exclusions used to permit Deepwater Horizon before the 2010 oil rig blowout that killed 11 workers and caused an 87-day oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
Renewable energy, if supported by governments, can “truly change the landscape” in terms of achieving equitable access to affordable and clean energy, but only if those governments can move from “commitment to action”; That’s according to the Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 129, Issue 8, 28 April 2024.
Using existing expertise and innovative new data management software to ease teething troubles in the offshore sector is the way forward in Scotland’s renewable energy journey, says Mike Allan, Global Director, Operational Support, at Xodus
In a heartbreaking moment on BBC series Mammals, desperate foxes are seen feeding on one of their own who himself is believed to have collapsed and died from starvation.
A extreme once-in-a-century heatwave in Africa's Sahel and western regions that saw temperatures soar to a high as 48.5 degrees Celsius at the end of March and early April was caused by human-induced climate change.
Ampace is betting on a boom in home energy storage systems and the ‘batterification’ of tools and electronic devices as it aims to solidify an already dominant position in a part of the market away from electric cars and smartphones.
Scottish Government plans to scrap a flagship climate target have been branded “the worst environmental decision in the history of the Scottish Parliament.”
While electric vehicles (EVs) gain in popularity as an option to replace oil-powered cars, hydrogen still holds promise as a future energy that may suit mobility technology and help reduce air pollutants, says national oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc.
The company's acquisition of a major Gulf Coast terminal is seen by analysts as a key earnings driver.
The Solar for All program is meant to reduce energy costs and lower pollution in poor areas across the U.S.
The state House stripped the bill of provisions that would have granted some local control over CO2 injection wells.
A recent poll from AAPI Data and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds 84 percent of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults agree climate change exists.
[VOA] Windhoek, Namibia -- Environmentalists in Namibia have accused local wildlife officials of hiding the real extent of rhino poaching in the Etosha National Park, which holds the highest concentration of black rhinos in the world. The Ministry of Environment recently acknowledged that rhino killings at the park quadrupled during the first quarter of 2024.
[IPS] Abu Dhabi -- Investors, regulators, researchers, policymakers, and representatives of renewable energy companies, acknowledged the key challenges of shifting away from fossil fuels to renewable energy in Africa when they gathered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week.
Deaths from record temperatures in Mali reportedly led to full morgues turning away bodies this month The deadly protracted heatwave that filled hospitals and mortuaries in the Sahel region of Africa earlier this month would have been impossible without human-caused climate disruption, a new analysis has revealed. Mali registered the hottest day in its history on 3 April as temperatures hit 48.5C in the south-western city of Kayes. Intense heat continued across a wide area of the country for more than five days and nights, giving vulnerable people no time for recovery. Continue reading...
Sen. Bert Stedman said the state has been "blessed" the last couple of years by high oil prices — but warned high prices won't last forever.
Relief had been granted after president Nicolás Maduro promised to hold free and fair elections this year The Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela, admonishing the president Nicolás Maduro ’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the US eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading hopes for a democratic opening in the Opec nation. A senior US official, discussing the decision with reporters, said any US company investing in Venezuela would have 45 days to wind down operations to avoid adding uncertainty to global energy markets. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss US policy deliberations. Continue reading...
With a bolder policy and flexible payment mechanisms, perhaps Alexis Rodríguez would have opted for solar panels for his home, instead of the portable generator that has made it possible for him to weather the frequent blackouts caused by Cuba’s recurrent energy crises. “It’s a little noisy, the fuel is expensive, but I can tolerate […]
ADVISORY: Embargoed WRI Press Call on Cities Climate Hazards Analysis casey.skeens@wri.org Wed, 04/17/2024 - 15:23 Registration is for members of the media only. Register here. WASHINGTON (April 17, 2024) – Join the World Resources Institute (WRI) team on April 23, 2024 at 8:30 AM EDT / 14:30 CEST , for a preview of new analysis highlighting climate hazards under different warming scenarios – including heatwaves, cooling demand, and disease – for the world’s cities. The speakers will present findings on potential climate hazards for nearly 1,000 cities across the world – currently home to 2.1 billion people representing 26 percent of the global population. The data analysis and projections show the shifts, patterns and links between climate...
The United States on Wednesday announced that it will be reimposing sanctions on Venezuelan oil after the government had conceded that the South American country had not gotten close enough to free and fair elections.
Lightning and heavy rains led to the heaviest downpour in decades, flooding villages in Pakistan’s southwestern coast.
The United States said Wednesday it will snap back sanctions on Venezuela's crucial oil industry after President Nicolas Maduro's government continued its repression of opponents.
The United States is to snap back sanctions on Venezuela's crucial oil industry after President Nicolas Maduro's government continued its "repression" of opponents, US officials said Wednesday.
The Alaska House of Representatives is set to vote for House Bill 50 on Wednesday, sending it to the Senate.
Clerics in the world’s largest Muslim country are mobilising congregants to rein in climate change.
In anticipation of Earth Day, NASA invites media to a briefing at the agency’s headquarters on Friday, April 19, at 11 a.m. EDT. The event will share updates on NASA’s climate science and early data from the agency’s ocean-watching PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission, as well as reveal upcoming Earth airborne missions. The […]
Addressing our planet’s climate crisis requires commitment, cooperation, and urgency – all underpinned by finance. But our international financial systems were not designed for a challenge of this scale, and we are falling behind in meeting the needs of developing countries in combatting climate change.
Development Banks Are Starting to Spark Climate Action. Will They Complete the Task? shannon.paton@… Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:14 The World Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) are on the cusp of evolution. Their transformation is fundamental to the world’s ability to simultaneously tackle the climate crisis and poverty. Ten years ago, having had no substantial policies for climate change, development banks began to gather climate data and increase attention to the impacts of climate change. This process gradually led to where we are today, with the MDBs recently releasing principles on how to align all their investments with the international Paris Agreement on climate change. The World Bank also committed to combat climate change as part of its mission...
Fossil Fuels Are in Everything from Plastics to Makeup, but Cleaner Alternatives Are Emerging margaret.overh… Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:00 Fossil fuels aren’t just used to power cars, heat buildings and keep the lights on. They are, quite literally, woven into almost every facet of our lives. From crayons, cosmetics and carpeting to fabrics, fertilizers and pharmaceuticals, around 70,000 everyday products are made with “petrochemicals” produced from fossil fuels. These products are so ubiquitous that many oil and gas companies are betting on chemical production to stay in business even as fossil fuel use in energy, heating and transport declines. This comes with serious consequences for people and the planet. In the United States alone, chemical production directly...
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Site of the proposed Te Kuha coal mine. PHOTO: Forest & Bird By Jeremy Rose Resources minister Shane Jones told RNZ this morning that digging up more coal would help deliver the economic surplus required to meet the...
“I hate wind,” the former president told oil industry officials at a recent Mar-a-Lago dinner, doubling down on promises to end this form of clean energy.
Herders in Kenya are substituting camels for cows, whose numbers have declined by the millions as drought has devastated eastern Africa.
Investors, regulators, researchers, policymakers, and representatives of renewable energy companies, acknowledged the key challenges of shifting away from fossil fuels to renewable energy in Africa when they gathered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week. The latest estimates by the African Development Bank show that Africa’s energy potential, especially renewable energy, is enormous, […]
The report found that U.S. LNG had a lower emissions intensity than coal when used for power generation in 13 European and Asian countries.
Steel is one of the most carbon-intensive industries, producing roughly 8 percent of energy sector emissions annually,
Tuesday's agreement with Norway outlines cooperation on green transportation, energy, agriculture and recycling.
Climate change is heating oceans faster than the world's coral reefs can handle. So scientists are breeding corals that can withstand hotter temperatures – but only to a point.
Co-authors say ‘no-regrets policy’ would save consumers €2.8bn a year while cutting emissions by 48m tonnes Healthier ready-to-eat meals could cut EU emissions by 48m tonnes annually and save customers €2.8bn (£2.4bn) each year, as well as reducing disease, a report has found. Fast food and ready meals provide more than a sixth of the EU’s calories but contain far more salt and meat than doctors recommend, according to an analysis from the consultancy Systemiq commissioned by environmental nonprofit organisations Fern and Madre Brava. Continue reading...
At a South African wine farm, dry, uprooted grapevines are stacked at the bottom of a hilly stretch of brown fallow land.
Gunmen attacked fuel tankers in Tamenglong, causing oil spill and injuring a driver. The incident prompted reinforcement before Manipur's Lok Sabha elections. Constable suspension resulted in mob violence, leading to SP transfer.
Former environment secretary Theresa Villiers called for the substance to be outlawed by 2024 to restore peatlands, which are the UK's largest carbon sink.
One of the world’s richest people is awarding $100 million in grants for AI solutions to tackle climate change and nature loss.Read more...
Bumblebees can surprisingly withstand days underwater, according to a study published Wednesday, suggesting they could withstand increased floods brought on by climate change that threaten their winter hibernation burrows.
In the UK, anxiety over the crisis after Iran’s missile strike on Israel drives down UK shares An escalating Middle East conflict risks leading to higher oil prices, a reversal of the recent fall in inflation and a puncturing of the optimistic mood in financial markets, the International Monetary Fund has warned. The Washington-based IMF said it was closely monitoring events in the region after Iran’s missile strike on Israel at the weekend and stressed the possibility that a war between the two countries could lead to higher interest rates. Continue reading...
OPEC and its economic allies in the OPEC+ bloc have been trying to cut global oil supplies in order to bid up prices lowered by record production from the United States. Russia, for its part, pledged earlier this year to cut crude oil exports as part of that mission. But it has actually been ramping up its exports.Read more...
The task force aims to create a global trading system that cuts pollution and prevents buying goods made with weak environmental regulations elsewhere.
The challenge for a resource-rich, medium-sized economy such as Australia is to identify the right green industries to focus on, while minimising the risks to taxpayers Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast It’s taken a while to get here, but Anthony Albanese is on the verge of promising what some economists and most clean energy advocates have been urging Australian governments to do for years. Or at least a version of it. The prime minister’s promised “future made in Australia” act is clumsily named, and the announcement last week had few details, but the idea – that the government will need to use its weight to help develop green industries if the country is to make a rapid transition from fossil fuels to a clean economy – has been a long time...
We need nature-based climate solutons to work. Yet as a recent study shows, questions remain on how we can achieve the best ground-level outcomes and maximize the enormous potential of these solutions to lower greenhouse gas concentrations.
An expert said said that oil-related sanctions have not been strictly enforced in the past couple of years.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, April 16 -- Tunisia, which has suffered six years of drought over the past decade, is considered to be the 5th most vulnerable country in the world to the growing risk of droughts and water shortages, according to the latest report published in March 2024 by the Tunisian Institute of Competitiveness and Quantitative Studies (ITCEQ).
Coal at Lyttelton Port. PHOTO: Liz Kivi By Jeremy Rose Resources minister Shane Jones’ announcement of changes to the Resource Management Act to facilitate more coal mining have been met with incredulity by...
Dr Sarah Benn, 57, is fighting to keep her licence to practise medicine after being jailed for 31 days for contempt of court by breaching an injunction not to demonstrate outside Kingsbury oil terminal.
The recent oil price spike fueled by rising Middle East tensions has the potential to derail the IMF's "relatively good" outlook for the world economy, its chief economist told AFP. "We are projecting a global economy that is quite resilient for 2024," Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said in an interview ahead of the publication of the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook (WEO) report on Tuesday.
Oil prices rose on Tuesday amid heightened tensions in the Middle East after Israel's military chief said his country would respond to Iran's weekend missile and drone attack amid calls for restraint by allies.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00318G, Paper Zimin Yang, Yi-Lun Sun, Siting Deng, Hao Tong, Mingqiang Wu, Xinbin Nie, Yifan Su, Guanjie He, Yinghe Zhang, Jianwei Li, Guoliang Chai Irreversible Zn plating/stripping along with interfacial degradation seriously affect the practical applications of aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Herein, 3-(hydroxy (phenyl) phosphoryl) propanoic acid (HPA) is introduced as an electrolyte additive that... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine has come under a series of drone attacks since April 7.
U.S. West Coast refiners that have relied on Basrah Heavy and other crudes from the Middle East will have incentives to switch to Canadian oil, which is cheaper and located right next door, said an energy analyst.
A quarter of a million households now have home batteries to store the electricity their rooftop solar generates and help them avoid sky-high power bills.
Humanitarian work in Afghanistan and Yemen now classified as climate finance, FoI request reveals, as £11.6bn pledge slips The UK government has been accused of double counting £500m of overseas aid as climate finance in an attempt to meet its commitments under the Paris agreement . Money for humanitarian work in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia is now being classified as climate finance, according to documents released under a freedom of information request by the website Carbon Brief . Continue reading...
WASHINGTON - The World Bank and other multilateral development banks are making good progress on reforms to expand their lending capacity to help countries brace for climate change and other challenges, but more work is needed, a senior U.S. Treasury official said.
Asian stocks fell and oil prices climbed Tuesday on growing fears of a wider war in the Middle East after Israel's army chief vowed a response to Iran's unprecedented attack on his country at the weekend.
MOSCOW - Russia has been able to swiftly repair some of key oil refineries hit by Ukrainian drones, reducing capacity idled by the attacks to about 10% from almost 14% at the end of March, Reuters calculations showed.
During a recent visit to Ketchikan, Rep. Mary Peltola discussed her approach to housing, mental health resources and addressing climate change.
Climate change is making extreme cold upwellings more common in certain regions of the world, and these events can be catastrophic for animals such as bull sharks
Intense patches of cold water rising from the depths are killing sharks, rays and other creatures, researchers say A climate-disrupted ocean is pushing sharks, rays and other species to flee ever-hotter water in the tropics, only for them to be killed by increasingly intense upwells of cold water from the depths, a study has found. One of the authors of the paper described the “eerie” aftermath of a mass die-off of more than 260 marine organisms from 81 species in a singular event of extreme cold upwelling off the coast of South Africa in 2021. Continue reading...
As American oil floods the planet, the biggest domestic players producing it are happy that the Biden administration’s relationship with the industry is less frosty than anticipated. The Wall Street Journal reports that they’re not getting everything they want, it but maybe more than they had expected when Biden was…Read more...
Citigroup Inc has increased its three-month target for West Texas Intermediate by $8 a barrel. Additionally, Citigroup analysts, including Max Layton, expressed in a note that the current market has not fully accounted for the possibility of an ongoing direct conflict between Iran and Israel. They estimate that such a scenario could drive oil prices up to over $100 per barrel, depending on how events unfold.
Energy market sanctions imposed on Moscow have already had a dramatic impact on China’s buying habits, helping Russia surpass Saudi Arabia to become the largest oil supplier to Beijing last year.
Billionaire says ‘there is nothing I hate more’ than cutting staff as more than 10% of workforce to be affected Business live – latest updates Tesla is laying off more than 10% of its global workforce, equivalent to at least 14,000 roles. The electric carmaker’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said he had made “the difficult decision to reduce our headcount by more than 10% globally”, in a memo first reported by the online publication Elektrek . Tesla employs 140,473 people, according to its annual report . Continue reading...
Humanity needs to burn less fossil fuels. But that means fewer aerosols to help cool the planet—and a potential acceleration of global warming.
Study connects heatwaves and cold snaps to surges in payday lending, keeping people in debt and harming communities of color Two competing payday loan stores stand on the corners of an intersection in south Los Angeles. An area of persistent poverty, south LA is also a banking desert where payday lenders fill the gap. Long lines form inside the stores on the first of the month, when rent is due. Guillermina Molina, a 60-year-old retired housekeeper, visits the same Speedy Cash each month. During the summer months – which are becoming increasingly hot – she runs her air conditioner but frets about her utility bills. “It’s kind of hard because the [power bill] is coming up too high because you gotta have the air conditioner on,” Molina said. Continue reading...
The Biden administration views Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil facilities as reckless. Kyiv sees them as essential.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00580E, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Luyin Tang, Tianyu Li, Wenjing Lu, Xianfeng Li The robust and reversible solid bromine complexation effect was incorporated into electrodes, endowing bromine-based flow batteries with ultralow self-discharge. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The move is the latest in a long battle over Enbridge's plan to replace part of the Line 5 pipeline that runs under the waterway linking lakes Michigan and Huron.
More than 900 filmmakers from 110 countries have submitted short films for the 5th edition of the WHO Health for All Film Festival on themes ranging from climate change, refugees, tobacco, and gender-based violence. Some 60 films have been selected for the shortlist, for review by a jury of international artists and health experts, before the announcement of the winners on 26 May 2024.
The annual tally of U.S. climate pollution has some conservative supporters.
[UN News] Fishing communities in the south of Madagascar are facing sometimes deadly sea conditions due to climate change, but with the help of the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) are finding ways to adapt to the new circumstances they face.
It is a Caribbean paradise with stunning beaches and practically guaranteed year-round sunshine.
Indigenous groups see hope in the environmentally friendly process of bioremediation. But will cities pay attention? It almost looked like a garden. In Taylor Yard, a former railyard near downtown Los Angeles, volunteers knelt down to tend to scrubby plants growing in neat rows under the sweltering sun. But beneath the concrete of the 60-acre site overlooking the Los Angeles River, the soils were soaked with an assortment of hazardous heavy metals and petrochemicals like lead, cadmium, diesel, and benzene. As the volunteers worked to dig up entire plants for closer study – some with roots nearly 12ft deep – they wore protective gear and carefully avoided inhaling or touching the toxic soil. Even a brief exposure to the contaminants could cause serious health consequences. Continue reading...
Andriy Kobolyev calls for more weapons after Russia destroys one of Ukraine’s largest power plants A dramatic rise in European energy prices is inevitable if the Russian destruction of Ukrainian energy infrastructure continues unabated, the former chief executive of Ukraine’s state-owned oil company has warned. Andriy Kobolyev, a former head of Naftogaz, said in an interview with the Guardian: “Russia is trying to wage a global energy war and Ukraine is part of that war and if the markets perceive that Russia is winning that war the consequences will be very serious. You will see a spike in prices all round the globe”. Continue reading...
Amy Westervelt and Kyle Pope have covered climate disinformation for a combined 20-plus years – here’s their guide on how to decode it Increasingly sophisticated and better-funded disinformation is making climate coverage trickier both for journalists to produce and for the public to fully understand and trust. But telling the story, and understanding it, has never been more urgent with half of Earth’s population eligible to vote in elections that could decisively impact the world’s ability to act in time to stave off the worst of the climate crisis. Continue reading...
KYIV - Safety at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine remains precarious but the shift to a cold shutdown of all six reactor units, completed on Saturday, is positive, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said in a statement.
At the Harvard College China Forum on Saturday participants said existential threats such as global warming cannot be solved unless the two countries move beyond their mutual distrust.
The legal repression of activism has been fast and frightening, yet it won’t make protesters disappear and only sows division Years ago, when Dr Sarah Benn recognised the scale of the climate crisis, she made sure that she was doing all the right things. She recycled, she went vegan, she stopped flying, she voted Green, she signed petitions. It was because she didn’t see real change happening, despite doing all those things, that she then went further. She glued her hand to a building. She sat down in front of an oil terminal. And she stood on a grass verge with a handwritten sign, saying, “Stop New Oil”. Benn’s story will be pretty familiar to anyone with a passing interest in the current wave of climate protest. This wave grew out of deep frustration with existing avenues for change...
Fishing communities in the south of Madagascar are facing sometimes deadly sea conditions due to climate change, but with the help of the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) are finding ways to adapt to the new circumstances they face.
A new poll found that nearly half of Ontarians polled would scrap the price on carbon price, with a majority saying affordability is more important than climate action.
Bulldozed tracks and informal byways in tropical forests and palm-oil plantations ‘almost always’ an indicator of future deforestation, say researchers A vast network of undocumented “ghost roads” is pushing into the world’s untouched rainforests and driving their destruction in the Asia-Pacific region, a new study has found. By using Google Earth to map tropical forests on Borneo, Sumatra and New Guinea islands, researchers from James Cook University in Australia documented 1.37 m kilometres (850,000 miles) of roads across 1.4m sq kilometres of rainforest on the islands – between three and seven times what is officially recorded on road databases. Continue reading...
LONDON - Trustees of a climate targets verification group at the centre of a governance storm on Friday sought to assuage concern over their plan to allow offsetting of companies' supply chain emissions.
The Trypilska plant, which was the biggest energy supplier for the Kyiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions, was left ablaze after the transformer, turbines and generators were wiped out.
Company is fighting Dutch court ruling that says it must emit 45% less CO2 by 2030 than in 2019 Shell has argued that it “lobbies for, not against, the energy transition” on the final day of its appeal against an important climate ruling. The fossil fuel company is fighting the decision of a Dutch court in 2021 that forces it to pump 45% less planet-heating CO 2 into the atmosphere by 2030 than it did in 2019. In court on Friday, Shell argued the ruling is ineffective, onerous and does not fit into the existing legal system. Continue reading...
STOCKHOLM - Greenpeace activists painted slogans on an Estonian-owned tanker in the middle of the Baltic Sea on Friday, and said the ship's supply of bunker fuel to vessels transporting Russian oil poses a danger to the environment.
In a resignation letter, an adviser called carbon credits "scientifically, socially, and from a climate perspective a hoax."
On Earth Day, Learn How NASA Investigates the Blue in Our Blue Planet This Earth Day, join us in person and online to learn how NASA studies the ocean from space. Explore the complex connections between sea, air, land, and climate through a mix of in-person and virtual activities, talks, and trivia. For nearly five […]
The Interior Department finalized a rule requiring oil companies to pay more for drilling on public lands, a move aimed at saving taxpayers money.
The heat records keep tumbling – 2023 was the hottest year in recorded history. Extreme weather events keep mounting up. And yet the voices most strongly calling for action to prevent climate catastrophe are increasingly being silenced. It’s a sad fact that climate campaigners in the global south – in many countries in Africa, Asia […]
Inflation continued to hold investors back from pouring more money into the stock market Friday. JPMorgan Chase and other major banks beat Wall Street’s earnings expectations, but their stocks dropped anyway. Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East fueled higher oil prices. And higher oil prices could fuel further…Read more...
The EPA regulation requires energy companies to do more to crack down on leaks and other releases of the climate-warming pollutant.
GENEVA/ZURICH - Switzerland for all its snow-capped mountains and crisp Alpine air has failed to protect its people from the ravages of climate change, as a top European court ruled this week.
WHO and Netherlands Strategic Dialogue in The Hague, Netherlands 10 April 2024. Credit: WHO The WHO and the Netherlands convened in The Hague on 10 April 2024, to discuss joint priorities and alignment between the Dutch Global Health Strategy and WHO’s key strategic goals, marking a new milestone in their longstanding partnership. Rooted in the Netherlands' unwavering commitment to global health, human rights, and universal access to comprehensive health services, the collaboration between the WHO and the Netherlands is instrumental in addressing global health challenges and fostering health and well-being, worldwide and in the country. Against the backdrop of ongoing conflicts, disasters, and the escalating impact of climate change, and the interconnectedness of the Dutch public...
Electric vehicle drivers have saved Americans billions of dollars on their electric bills — and that’s only the beginning, according to recent studies. Read more...
EXCLUSIVE: The monarch has applied for planning permission to install around 2,000 solar panels on horse grazing paddocks to provide zero-carbon energy for the 20,000 acre estate.
"If countries do not protect their people, then they may be undermining the human rights. That's completely climate justice," said former Ireland President Mary Robinson.
Some families are expected to save up to $700 a year on their electricity bills. The post Solar canopy over Denver school parking lot will provide energy to low-income families appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Nicola Willis The finance minister and associate Climate Change minister told a business gathering that the Climate Change Commission is not “a deity” and its Emissions Trading Scheme advice was “not...
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With just two weeks left until the Democratic primary for western Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district, climate and environmental groups have overwhelmingly endorsed the anti-fracking incumbent, Rep. Summer Lee. One of the only contested Democratic congressional primaries in the state, the […]
[Vanguard] Libya has emerged as the highest crude oil producer in Africa following the drop of Nigeria's output by 6.8 per cent to 1.23 million barrels per day in March 2024, from 1.32 bpd in February 2024.
LIMA - Deaths caused by the mosquito-born dengue disease have more than tripled in Peru so far this year, according to data from the South American nation's government, which is redoubling efforts to contain an epidemic that has hit poor areas the hardest.
[SAFCEI] It has been just over two (2) weeks since the deadline for comments on the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy's (DMRE) draft 2023 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP2023). T he Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute (SAFCEI) assessment is that the draft IRP does not provide a realistic assessment of the costs of nuclear power .
Washington state voters will decide in November if they want to keep the system, which critics say has contributed to higher gasoline prices.
The government's public health response to rising temperatures isn't "partisan," the leader of the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity said.
Oil majors are refusing to remove two offshore platforms in California, sparking a dispute that could stymie nationwide decommissioning efforts.
London mayor expected to criticise Susan Hall in speech launching panels on school roofs Sadiq Khan will accuse his Conservative rival in the race to be London’s next mayor of being “Trumpian” over the climate crisis, as he announces plans for solar panels on schools. Khan is expected to acknowledge resistance to his expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) in a speech on Friday but insist that he still intends to “go further”. Continue reading...
Tim Eicke said the decision from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) could slow down the fight against climate change.
Food waste is a worldwide problem but is particularly pressing in Asia, which is home to hundreds of millions of hungry people. Not only is wasted food not getting to the people who urgently need it, that which ends up in landfills produces methane which exacerbates climate change.
NASA is now publicly distributing science-quality data from its newest Earth-observing satellite, providing first-of-their-kind measurements of ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate. The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite was launched on Feb. 8, and has been put through several weeks of in-orbit testing of the spacecraft and instruments to ensure […]
Russia launched a series of missiles at Ukrainian natural gas storage facilities and power plants Thursday, the Kyiv Independent reports. No workers were injured, but the incident does further complicate Europe’s energy situation.Read more...
Climate Change Authority says goal could be achievable if more action is taken by governments, business, investors and households Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Australia could meet an “ambitious” target to cut national greenhouse gases by at least 65% and up to 75% by 2035, according to an initial assessment by the Albanese government’s climate advisory body. The Climate Change Authority has been commissioned to advise the government on a 2035 target and plans to cut emissions from electricity and energy, transport, industry and waste, agriculture and land, resources and buildings. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
By Anna Lóránt The EU is striving to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. As one of the fastest warming continents in the world, with climate risks threatening its energy and food security, ecosystems, infrastructure, water resources, financial stability and people’s health (EEA, 2024), ambitious climate action is a necessity. It’s clear that the […]
The White House energy and climate adviser also said the White House will “stand behind” its pause on new LNG export facilities.
[IPS] Bulawayo -- While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on women is growing, more is needed to enable them to realize their rights to climate justice.
Intense weather fluctuations caused by climate change could be contributing to an increase in stroke deaths, a new study claims.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A group of advocates and Democratic senators gathered in Washington, DC, on Tuesday to decry utilities’ practice of spending customers’ money to advance a pro-fossil fuel agenda. “Americans are already paying the price of climate change,” said Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) at […]
New analysis finds "quite a big gap" between 51 companies' emissions targets and their plans to actually achieve them.
China accounted for two-thirds of the coal-burning power capacity that came online last year, according to Global Energy Monitor, which ‘starkly contrasts with the global trend, putting China’s 2025 climate targets at risk’.
Details in the climate rule are shifting as EPA prepares its release.
DOJ warned of the trade implications of shuttering an oil pipeline that runs from Ontario to Wisconsin.
The state's highest court agreed to hear environmental groups' challenge to the California Public Utilities Commission's 2022 net-energy metering decision.
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is an excerpt from the book “On The Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America,” about climate migration in the U.S. For more, see abrahm.com. Another great American migration is now underway, this time forced by the warming that is altering how and where people can live. For now, it’s just a trickle. But in the corners of the country’s most vulnerable landscapes — on the shores of its sinking bayous and on the eroding bluffs of its coastal defenses — populations...
While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on women is growing, more is needed to enable them to realize their rights to climate justice. Researchers argue that women and girls have unequal access to food, water, health, education, and even income, thanks to climate change. This makes them more vulnerable. Pedi Obani, an […]
These titles recommended by conservationists and other environmental experts can help you feel a bit more optimistic about the state of the planet.
BRUSSELS - European Union lawmakers on Wednesday adopted a law to place methane emission limits on Europe's oil and gas imports from 2030, pressuring international suppliers to clamp down on leaks of the potent greenhouse gas.
Compulsory lessons on climate change should be taught in all Scotland's primary and secondary schools, according to a report published today for a Holyrood body.
Mining superpower Australia will on Thursday announce a US-style scheme to pour public money into manufacturing and clean energy industries, joining the global race to build a cleaner and more resilient economy.
The Arctic Domain Awareness Center will receive $46 million to study Arctic geopolitics, commerce, food security and climate change.
The price of oil has been on a steady climb all year, but the talk at Canada's biggest oil and gas conference is still focused on spending discipline.
NOAA is using $2.7 million in federal funding to deploy a new data-gathering device that will improve measurements of ocean temperatures and climate change, officials said Wednesday.
A landmark climate change ruling from the European Court of Human rights on Tuesday found that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change, in a case brought by a group of older Swiss women.
Gas Leaks Project launches campaign targeting the American Gas Association, which claims nearly all utilities in the US as members A group of advocates and Democratic senators gathered in Washington DC on Tuesday to decry utilities’ practice of spending customers’ money to advance a pro-fossil fuel agenda. “Americans are already paying the price of climate change,” said Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts at a gathering at the US Capitol. “They shouldn’t have to pay the salaries of those who are fueling it.” Continue reading...
“Let’s require Rocky Mountain Power to pay for a small part of their harm,” writes Jan in Los Angeles. “My bet is that they will switch to clean energy and avoid the fees.”
Recently, the United Nations in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization released a report that highlighted the impacts of climate change including on agriculture. Additionally, the report highlighted the economic losses and other impacts extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, heatwaves, and tropical cyclones have on agriculture. Indeed, globally, and in the United States, […]
This year's General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) will take place as a fully hybrid conference in both Vienna and online from April 15 to 19. I decided to join the event virtually this year for the full week and I've already picked several sessions I plan to attend. Among them are two sessions, I'll be presenting in. This blog post provides an overview of my itinerary. Monday The week kicks off right away at 8:30 in the morning with a Union Symposia (US2) about the Climate emergency, human agency: making sense of the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change to strengthen climate literacy . This Union Symposium will build on key findings from the Sixth Assessment Cycle of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It will...
Climate change is coming for your morning joe. Startups are betting that substitutes made out of date seeds and chickpeas are the answer.
Under threat from murder hornets, climate change, and habitat loss, UK honeybees are getting help from AI-enabled apiculturists tracking everything from foraging patterns to foreign invaders.
In the short term, the bridge disaster will push U.S. coal exports down 33 percent for April and 20 percent for May compared to the agency's prior forecast.
The Rhodium Group estimates that the U.S. needs to vastly increase taxpayer spending on technology to meet Biden's climate goals.
BP has increased oil production amid a surge in crude prices fuelled by concerns about potential fallout from the conflict in Gaza and Russia's war on Ukraine.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00219A, Paper Hua Zhang, Kang Xu, Yangsen Xu, Fan He, Feng Zhu, Kotaro Sasaki, Yongman Choi, Yu Chen Ammonia protonic ceramic fuel cells (NH3-PCFCs) are promising and attractive energy conversion devices owing to their high energy density, zero-carbon emission, and safety. Development of NH3-PCFCs, however, hinges largely on... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 129, Issue 4, April 2024.
Tareck El Aissami latest in purge of politicians, human rights advocates and critics by government of Nicolás Maduro Venezuela’s former oil minister Tareck El Aissami – once one of President Nicolás Maduro ’s closest allies – has been arrested for allegedly participating in an international scheme that syphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars from the country’s state oil company. The charges against El Aissami are part of a wider government purge that has so far led to charges being brought against more than 50 people, including some of Venezuela’s most important political and business figures. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE03913G, Paper Zhengxin Zhu, Zehui Xie, Wei Ping Wang, Zaichun Liu, Mingming Wang, Yahan Meng, Qia Peng, Shuang Liu, Taoli Jiang, Kai Zhang, Hongxu Liu, Yirui Ma, Wei Chen Self-charging aqueous metal-based batteries are attracting extensive attention in energy conversion and storage technologies. However, they are constrained to chemically self-charging mode by oxygen gas (O2) reactants and suffer from... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Scientists said the record highs are caused by a mix of human-caused climate change and the El Niño climate pattern.
In a landmark ruling, the European Court of Human Rights found that Switzerland had not done enough to protect its citizens from climate change—blowing open the door for further cases against governments.
STRASBOURG - Europe's top human rights court ruled in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who said their government violated their human rights by not doing enough to combat climate change.
A new sustainable aviation fuel company is being set up through a collaboration between Energy Absolute Plc (EA) and Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services (BAFS), in a bid to serve demand for cleaner fuel to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
BRUSSELS - The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled in favour of a group of Swiss elderly women suing their government for alleged \"woefully inadequate\" efforts to fight climate change, agreeing that their government had violated some human rights by missing past emissions reduction targets.
Only half of the states factored in climate adaptation in their plans, putting over $1.2 billion in federally funded water projects at risk, a report said.
Rising climate change impacts, from floods to droughts and extreme heat, are taking a disproportionate toll on women.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland violated some rights by failing to slow effects of climate change, although it tossed out two other cases.
Russia's crude oil imports to India surged to 35% in FY24 from 23% the previous year, surpassing other major suppliers like Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and the US. Russian supply rose to 1.57 million barrels a day, while Iraq and Saudi Arabia experienced declines. Despite challenges, Indian refiners favor Russian crude for discounts.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00357H, Review Article Haoyang Ge, Xian Xie, Xuesong Xie, Bingyao Zhang, Shenglong Li, Shuquan Liang, Bingan Lu, Jiang Zhou Zinc-based batteries are regarded as promising power sources for flexible and wearable electronics due to their merits of low cost, durability, intrinsic safety, satisfactory theoretical energy density, and simple structure.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
They’re helping students take action in their communities. The post Retired teachers return to Colorado classrooms to teach students about climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr Zoomed into the briefing By Jeremy Rose New Zealand’s current Net Zero 2050 emissions reduction target may need to be strengthened, the Climate Change Commission says...
"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin blamed Monday’s solar eclipse, Friday’s earthquake and the expected cicada breeding season on "climate change."
If you’ve been feeling especially stuffy and sneezy lately due to your pollen allergies, you’re not alone. Pollen seasons have been growing longer over the years in many parts of the world, the U.S. included. And while there may be several factors behind this trend, climate change is one of the largest culprits.…Read more...
The European Court of Human Rights in France ruled in favor of four older Swiss women on Tuesday that Switzerland's lack of action on climate change was harming them.
The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said Tuesday that at 1.68 degrees Celsius hotter than the "pre-industrial" era.
Europe's highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that its member nations have an obligation to protect their citizens from the ill effects of climate change.
Europe’s highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that its member nations have an obligation to protect their citizens from the ill effects of climate change, but still threw out a high-profile case brought by six Portuguese students aimed at forcing count.
Supporters of the Uinta Basin Railway said a lower court overstepped when it ordered further environmental review of the planned line.
The funds form part of a $3.3 billion prepayment facility arranged by the African Export-Import Bank that will be repaid using crude cargoes from Nigeria’s state-owned energy firm National Petroleum.
The sustainability ratings are expected to include protections against floods, wildfires and other climate-related dangers.
Climate change-related fires have been a serious problem for Greece in recent years. In 2023, wildfires scorched almost 675 square miles of forest, or 1.3 percent of the country’s total land area.
Onshore wind and solar could provide 226GWh of electricity without impairing food production, says Friends of the Earth England could produce 13 times more renewable energy than it does now, while using less than 3% of its land, analysis has found. Onshore wind and solar projects could provide enough electricity to power all the households in England two and a half times over, the research by Exeter University, commissioned by Friends of the Earth (FoE), suggested. Continue reading...
G20 countries spent $142bn in three years to expand operations despite a G7 pledge to stop doing so, study finds The world’s biggest economies have continued to finance the expansion of fossil fuels in poor countries to the tune of billions of dollars, despite their commitments on the climate. The G20 group of developed and developing economies, and the multilateral development banks they fund, put $142bn (£112bn) into fossil fuel developments overseas from 2020 to 2022, according to estimates compiled by the campaigning groups Oil Change International (OCI) and Friends of the Earth US. Continue reading...
If the anomaly does not stabilise by August, ‘the world will be in uncharted territory’, says climate expert Another month, another global heat record that has left climate scientists scratching their heads and hoping this is an El Niño-related hangover rather than a symptom of worse-than-expected planetary health. Global surface temperatures in March were 0.1C higher than the previous record for the month, set in 2016, and 1.68C higher than the pre-industrial average, according to data released on Tuesday by the Copernicus Climate Change Service . Continue reading...
VIENNA - Russia's ambassador to the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday his country had called an emergency meeting of the watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors over what it says are Ukrainian attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).
The ViewThe View’s Sunny Hostin inexplicably tried connecting solar eclipses, earthquakes and the periodic emergence of cicadas to climate change on Monday, prompting the show’s co-hosts to openly call her out over the mind-boggling claim.The midday talk show, like the rest of the media, devoted much of its broadcast to the eagerly anticipated total solar eclipse that millions of Americans witnessed on Monday. However, after the hosts reminded viewers to wear safety goggles when viewing the sky during the celestial event, things soon became decidedly weirder.Alyssa Farah Griffin, the program’s resident conservative panelist, noted that “people are having all sorts of conspiracies about the end of the world” following last week’s earthquake in New York and the eclipse, seemingly referring to...
Both countries deny attacking the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
Sustained and major investments are needed to help Southeast Asia’s energy sector provide renewable energy at affordable prices. An approach that supports rapid, off-grid deployment of renewable projects with project-specific support can lead to more investment.
MOSCOW - Russia said on Monday that Ukraine had endangered European nuclear security by attacking the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station with a drone which was shot down over a reactor.
From carmakers to fast fashion, dozens of major international companies are failing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions at the pace required to slow climate change, a report said Tuesday.
MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Monday that Ukrainian drone attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station were very dangerous.
BASRA/BAGHDAD - Baghdad is repairing a pipeline that could allow it to send 350,000 barrels per day (bpd) to Turkey by the end of the month, an Iraqi deputy oil minister said on Monday, a step likely to rile oil foreign companies and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
Watchdog condemns ‘reckless’ attack after inspectors find damage at Russian-controlled power station Russia and Ukraine have each accused the other of launching kamikaze drones at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in an incident condemned by the International Atomic Energy Agency for recklessly endangering safety. The nuclear watchdog said onsite inspectors had seen the damage caused by drone detonations at three locations, including “superficial scorching” at the top of the roof of reactor 6, although it said its structural integrity was not compromised. Continue reading...
Russian-controlled power station says drone shot down over roof over reactor number six, which is currently shut down The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has condemned a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. “This cannot happen,” director general Rafael Grossi wrote on a social media post, adding, “No one can conceivably benefit or get any military or political advantage from attacks against nuclear facilities. This is a no go.” The Kremlin continues to blame Ukraine for the attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, calling them “very dangerous”, but a senior Ukrainian intelligence officer has denied Kyiv’s involvement. The Guardian is unable to independently verify either account...
[allAfrica] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- The fight against climate change is seeing women emerge as powerful leaders around the globe, and Tanzania is no different. At the WomenLift Health conference in Dar es Salaam, Zuhura Ahmad, Program Head at the Women in Recycling Foundation in Tanzania, proudly took center stage to contribute to this crucial movement.
LONDON - Does government inaction on climate change violate human rights? That is the question the European Court of Human Rights will for the first time seek to answer in Strasbourg, France, as it rules this week on three separate climate cases.
The lawsuit contends a Fish and Wildlife Service assessment ignored the effect on endangered and threatened species of climate change caused by oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Adani Green Energy plans a massive investment of Rs 2 lakh crore by 2030 to increase renewable energy capacities to 45 GW. The expansion includes a major boost in Khavda, Gujarat, to 30 GW from 2GW, with additional investments for 6-7 GW beyond Khavda.
A new study warns that 5,000 meteorites could be sinking beneath Antarctica's icy surface every year as a result of climate change, depriving scientists of vital information about our solar system.
Mexico's decision to reduce its crude exports is intensifying a worldwide oil supply constraint, affecting refineries in the United States, the globe's leading oil producer. This situation has led to an increased reliance on domestic oil supplies. The scenario is further aggravated by American sanctions that have left Russian oil cargoes stranded, with the potential for Venezuelan supplies to face similar challenges.
Acidifying oceans are leading to sensory loss in fish. Scientists fear people might be next.
The plan to export crude through a pipeline to the coast of Tanzania has faced opposition from environmental groups and the European Union.
Floods, wildfires and other natural disasters are squeezing the insurance industry, which has led to higher prices and less coverage for consumers.
Singapore sees green finance as key in accelerating the world’s progress towards net-zero emissions.
RBI emphasized that recurrent inflation shocks caused by climate change can undermine policy transmission and need stricter monetary policies. According to RBI's monetary policy report, climate change has potential to increase inflation and impede GDP. It said global average temperatures are rising, with an accompanying increase in extreme weather events, and the economic and social impact is becoming increasingly evident.
The Supreme Court of India forms a 7-member expert committee to identify the critical habitat of the endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and recommend a ban on overhead power lines. Emphasizing conservation and renewable energy, the court aims for a balance between development and preservation. India's renewable energy goals align with global sustainability targets.
The head of the UN’s atomic watchdog agency condemned a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
The Supreme Court struck a delicate balance between the country's drive to transition from fossil fuel-based electricity to renewable energy and protection of the highly endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) in a first-ever judgment recognising the dangers of climate change and supporting India's ambitious international commitment to achieve 'zero emission' by 2070.
Rafael Grossi says three direct hits against the main reactor containment structures ‘significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident’ See all our Ukraine war coverage The head of the UN’s atomic watchdog agency has condemned a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine, saying such attacks “significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident”. In a statement on X, Rafael Grossi confirmed at least three direct hits against the ZNPP main reactor containment structures. “This cannot happen,” the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said. Continue reading...
Russia's nuclear power corporation, Rosatom, accused Ukraine's military on Sunday of launching a series of attacks on the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, and the UN's nuclear watchdog called for such incidents to cease immediately.
International Atomic Energy Agency warns about safety after Russia says Ukrainian drone detonated at nuclear power plant See all our Ukraine war coverage The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was informed on Sunday by authorities at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that a drone detonated on site today. “IAEA experts have been informed by ZNPP that a drone detonated on site today. Such detonation is consistent with IAEA observations,” the nuclear watchdog said in a post on a social media. Continue reading...
Per the Department of Energy, 10 percent of electricity could be generated by geothermal systems by 2050.
Environmental and animal welfare groups call on lender to phase out support for ‘industrial’ livestock operations The private sector arm of the World Bank is facing claims that it contributes to global heating and the undermining of animal welfare by providing financial support for factory farming, including the building of pig farming tower blocks in China. A coalition of environmental and animal welfare groups is calling on the World Bank to phase out financial support for large-scale “industrial” livestock operations. More than $1.6bn was provided for industrial farming projects between 2017 and 2023, according to an analysis by campaigners. Continue reading...
Gas platforms in the area are among the oldest offshore oil and gas operations in the country Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The offshore oil and gas regulator is investigating after an undersea gas pipeline ruptured off the Victorian coast, causing a visible “sheen” on the ocean’s surface. The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (Nopsema) confirmed it received a notification about a potential spill from ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso on Saturday morning. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
The central United States is expected to face multiple weather threats this weekend, from high winds to fire to severe storms, as a powerful storm system moves across the region. Over 30 million people across more than a dozen states, from Texas to North Dakota, are under wind and critical fire danger alerts as the large storm system slowly makes its way eastward across the central U.S. Wind gusts of 40-60 mph on in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday in several states as the storm system sweeps across the region. Portions of the central Rockies could see wind gusts over 80 mph in the higher elevations. A high wind warning is in effect for cities including Denver; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Amarillo, Texas. MORE: Weather forecast for April 8 along the solar eclipse path of totality More than...
Winnipeg demonstrators protested RBC's investment in fossil fuels after a report revealed RBC invested over 40 billion in the fossil fuel industry in 2022.
Polestar, which has dreams of toppling Tesla one day, is making a gorgeous phone that will live as part of its connected electric car ecosystem.
West Asia oil shipments remain stable amidst Israel-Iran tensions. Speculators influence Benchmark Brent prices. Opec's Hai Tham al-Ghais engages with India on oil imports. Potential disruption if Hormuz Strait blocked."}
The Scottish Greens have called an EGM after the Scottish government ditched key climate change targets.
Volt Typhoon hacking campaign is waiting ‘for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow’, says Christopher Wray Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into US critical infrastructure and are waiting “for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow”, the director of the FBI , Christopher Wray, has warned. An ongoing Chinese hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon has successfully gained access to numerous American companies in telecommunications, energy, water and other critical sectors, with 23 pipeline operators targeted, Wray said in a speech at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday. Continue reading...
Humans aren’t the only mammals working to mitigate the effects of climate change in the Western United States. People there are also enlisting the aid of nature’s most prolific engineers – beavers. Using NASA-provided grants, two open-source programs from Boise State University in Idaho and Utah State University in Logan are making it possible for […]
The environmental reviews for the projects come a week after the Biden administration released its rule to streamline permitting for renewable energy on federal lands.
The rule is part of a suite of Biden administration actions to elevate the fight against climate change and aid communities saddled with pollution.
It's a major blow to New York's climate plan and to President Joe Biden's energy ambitions.
The Biden administration moved to restrict the use of 13 million acres of federal petroleum reserves in Alaska leading to fury from the state's lawmakers who say the energy is vital to the local economy.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00865K, Paper Muyang Chen, Tingting Niu, Lingfeng Chao, Xiaozheng Duan, Jingpei Wang, Tengfei Pan, Yajing Li, Junhan Zhang, Chenyue Wang, Biyun Ren, Lijuan Guo, Mohammad Hatamvand, Jing Zhang, Qingxun Guo, Yingdong Xia, Xingyu Gao, Yonghua Chen Preparation of low defect density FAPbI 3 perovskite thin films by adjusting the process temperature to −20 °C for high-performance perovskite solar cells. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[New Dawn] Government of Liberia strategizes on Climate Change regime.
Small-scale farmers and local NGOs work together to create resilience in the face of climate change in this Western African country. The post Water is at the heart of farmers’ struggle to survive in Benin appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers have tucked sanctions on Iran's oil exports in the House of Representatives' aid package for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific after Tehran's missile and drone strike on Israel last weekend.
At the time of writing, the national average price of regular gas is $3.62 per gallon, $0.02 higher than this time last year. Drivers who use premium gas are paying $0.07 more this year than last year at $4.42 per gallon. While Americans are currently paying about 15 percent less for gas than in 2022, prices are expected to climb higher throughout 2024. Numerous factors impact the price drivers pay at the pump, including the cost of crude oil, taxes, distribution and refining. Gas prices also depend on the ZIP code you fill up in, with states in the West paying the highest gas prices on average and Southeastern states paying the lowest. Key gas price statistics Here’s what to know about regular gasoline prices: The current national gas price average is $3.62 per gallon. The average cost of...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00796D, Review Article Shipeng Jia, Shinichi Kumakura, Eric McCalla With the increasing demand for energy and growing environmental concerns, sodium-ion batteries have garnered significant attention in recent years as a potential alternative to lithium-ion batteries. This is due to... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
MOSCOW - Russian oil producer Bashneft has installed anti-drone nets to protect key facilities at its refineries from potential Ukrainian attack, the head of the republic of Bashkortostan where the company is based was quoted as saying on Friday.
A flood of cheap Chinese electric car exports has raised the specter of another trade war with the U.S. And it has Tesla worried.
The decisions underscore the Biden administration’s attempt to curb mining and drilling on public lands.
The new bank boss is trying to stretch balance sheets to address climate and other shared global challenges, largely at the urging of G7 countries that continue developing fossil fuels.
Now, climate change is adding urgency to those pledges.
Are fossil fuel companies guilty of actual murder?
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00341A, Paper Xiaoru Zhao, Feng Zhang, Houzhen Li, Huitong Dong, Chuncheng Yan, Chao Meng, Yuanhua Sang, Hong Liu, Yu-Guo Guo, Shuhua Wang Manganese oxide (MnO2) has attracted significant attention for aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) due to its excellent theoretical capacity and high output voltage. However, irreversible phase transitions, the manganese dissolution and... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
OKYO: Asian shares and bond yields sank on Friday while the dollar, yen, oil and gold surged after reports of a sharp escalation in Middle East hostilities.
[African Arguments] Projections that assume the Global North will continue to over-emit help perpetuate inequalities and violate principles of equity, warn scientists.
Disney had previously committed to ditching gasoline engines but left open hybrids as a possibility and hadn't set a firm timeline.
The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said on Thursday that officials at Ukraine's Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had reported a new attempted drone attack on the facility's training centre -- less than two weeks after other similar incidents.
Oil prices rallied and equities sank Friday as reports said explosions had been heard in Iran and Syria, fuelling fears of an escalation of the Middle East crisis after last weekend's missile attack on Israel by Tehran.
The Amazon founder is looking for innovators with ideas about how to combat climate change with technologies powered by artificial intelligence.
This blog was authored by Francisco Pinto and Rodrigo Bórquez, economists of the Climate Action Teams (CAT) initiative, and by Environmental Defense Fund economist Luis Fernández Intriago. Source: Climate Action Teams Reducing emissions is imperative to address climate change. The mechanisms established in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can serve as vital tools in […]
Trudi Warner was arrested on March 27 last year for holding up a sign outside an entrance used by jurors at Inner London Crown Court.
A brutal, deadly stretch of heat in West Africa would not have been possible without human-caused climate change, a new report has found.
The European Court of Human Rights has given one of the most extraordinary judgments it has ever handed down. It ruled that Switzerland had acted unlawfully in failing to take adequate steps to combat climate change, and that this failure was a breach of human rights.
Two new studies show the unseen toll smoke is taking on people across the country. Climate change is likely to make the problem even bigger.
Màiri McAllan has confirmed that the Scottish Government is scrapping a key climate change target.
Science in Space: April 2024 Everyone on Earth is touched by the effects of climate change, such as hotter temperatures, shifts in rain patterns, and sea level rise. Collecting climate data helps communities better plan for these changes and build more resilience to them. The International Space Station, one of dozens of NASA missions contributing […]
[The Point] Rohey John Manjang, the minister for Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resource, has made it clear that the government would not take "lightly" the illegal sale of the Manduar Forest.
[Global Witness] Together with Access Now and IPANDETEC, we're hosting a side event at the UNESCO 2024 World Press Freedom Day Conference on the online dangers to freedom of expression in Latin America and the fundamental links to environmental and climate communication globally.
Combining engineering, earth system science, and the social sciences, Course 1-12 prepares students to develop climate solutions.
The change in the much-anticipated BLM rule puts protection and restoration of lands on par with other uses, such as oil drilling and grazing.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00020J, Paper Michael W. Martinez-Szewczyk, Steven J. DiGregorio, Owen Hildreth, Mariana I. Bertoni ITRPV silver consumption of standard low-temperature and high-temperature paste as compared to reactive silver ink. As little as 16.4 mg of silver is consumed when a busbarless cell is metallized with reactive silver ink. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The recent deadly heat in West Africa is driven by human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, particularly in the wealthy Northern Hemisphere, according to an international report.
Japan expects AUVs to be used for inspecting offshore wind power generation facilities and underwater surveillance.
Climate Change and Revenue minister Simon Watts and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon are leading a business delegation to South East Asia. New Zealand has signed separate partnership agreements with Singapore and Thailand,...
The grass pea is one: a hardy crop that can thrive in a drought. An agriculturist is spearheading an effort to diversity what farmers grow as climate change threatens staples like corn and wheat.
Recycling more of the copper, aluminum, and other minerals in our old electronics could reduce the need for mining.
[IPS] London -- The heat records keep tumbling - 2023 was the hottest year in recorded history. Extreme weather events keep mounting up. And yet the voices most strongly calling for action to prevent climate catastrophe are increasingly being silenced.
The world economy faces significant losses if carbon emissions are not curbed.
Dr Sarah Benn from Birmingham was part of a demonstration at the Kingsbury oil terminal in 2022.
Scientists said extreme temperatures that reached 119 degrees Fahrenheit and killed at least 100 people would normally occur every 200 years.
California joins a group of states trying to pass climate Superfund bills to fine oil and gas companies for damages caused by climate change.
The study shows that the economic harms over the next 25 years are locked in with emission cuts producing only small changes in the income reduction.
[The Conversation Africa] A greater part of Africa's population can't afford a healthy diet than any other regional population. Food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa is caused by climate change, high levels of poverty, rapid population growth, low economic growth, inadequate infrastructure and conflicts. Women are the backbone of agricultural labour in the region. The problems of limited access to land, water and technology faced by these women also worsen food insecurity.
[The Conversation Africa] The effects of ocean warming are profound and well-documented. But sometimes changes in the patterns of winds and ocean currents cause seawater to suddenly cool, instead.
Foreign minister warns of environmental catastrophe in Baltic Sea as he accuses Moscow of using unseaworthy vessels Russia appears prepared to create “environmental havoc” by sailing unseaworthy oil tankers through the Baltic Sea in breach of all maritime rules, the Swedish foreign minister has said. Speaking to the Guardian during his first visit to London since Sweden became a Nato member, Tobias Billström called for new rules and enforcement mechanisms to prevent the ageing and uninsured Russian shadow fleet causing an environmental catastrophe. About half of all Russian oil transported by sea the passes through the Baltic Sea and Danish waters, often operating under opaque ownership, and using international waters to try to avoid scrutiny. Continue reading...
The United States is to snap back sanctions on Venezuela's crucial oil industry after President Nicolas Maduro's government continued its "repression" of opponents, US officials said Wednesday. "The areas in which they've fallen short include... what we see as a continuing pattern of harassment and repression against opposition figures," the official added.
Cloud seeding almost certainly did not play a significant role in the flooding on the Arabian peninsula this week – but the heavy rains may have been exacerbated by climate change
Post readers respond to articles on climate change, Trump’s comments on Jewish voters and calls for a cease-fire in Gaza.
Decades ago, humans began employing chemicals to enhance clouds' ability to produce rain and snow, a practice that is increasingly relevant as climate change exacerbates heat and dryness in certain areas. While embraced in countries like the US and the United Arab Emirates, cloud seeding remains contentious due to potential unintended outcomes such as excessive precipitation or heightened pollution levels.
Environmental campaigners have warned the Scottish Government against trying to "weasel out” of their 2030 climate change targets.
Negative thinking is unpopular but it could drive more realistic efforts to limit harm from global warming
The Scottish government is to scrap its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.
A senior U.S. official, discussing the decision with reporters, said any U.S. company investing in Venezuela would have 45 days to wind down operations to avoid adding uncertainty to global energy markets.
As the Orkney Islands position themselves as a pivotal hub in Scotland’s renewable energy landscape – leveraging centuries of innovation and strategic natural assets – the focus now shifts to infrastructural advancements and collaborations to harness the region’s full potential, writes Paul Olvhoj, Business Development Manager at Orkney Harbours
Cost of environmental damage will be six times higher than price of limiting global heating to 2C, study finds Average incomes will fall by almost a fifth within the next 26 years as a result of the climate crisis, according to a study that predicts the costs of damage will be six times higher than the price of limiting global heating to 2C. Rising temperatures, heavier rainfall and more frequent and intense extreme weather are projected to cause $38tn (£30tn) of destruction each year by mid-century, according to the research, which is the most comprehensive analysis of its type ever undertaken, and whose findings are published in the journal Nature . Continue reading...
Government support for green manufacturing is actually the easy part. To truly reduce emissions, we must stop digging up and burning fossil fuels Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Last week Anthony Albanese finally announced the government’s major plan for the transition to a renewable energy economy. The Future Made in Australia plan was quickly derided by critics as “picking winners”, in the misguided view that the market is better at deciding how to tackle climate change and that the market is in any way free or lacking distortions. It’s an article of faith among many economists and commentators that governments should not try to “pick winners”, despite the fact that Australia has a long and glorious tradition of doing so. Continue reading...
Renewable energy experts from around the world will arrive in Glasgow next month for the prestigious All-Energy and Dcarbonise conference – a two-day extravaganza that will be also attended by political leaders and top academics
CNN — It’s not just ocean heat that’s affecting marine life – new research shows extremely cold events are welling up and causing mass mortalities. And the same planet-warming pollution that’s driving the climate crisis is likely to blame for these “killer events” on the other end of the temperature spectrum. The world’s oceans have … The post How climate change could be driving ‘killer’ cold outbreaks in oceans appeared first on Egypt Independent.
WASHINGTON/HOUSTON - The Biden administration has signaled that it could reimpose oil sanctions on Venezuela on Thursday in response to what U.S. officials see as President Nicolas Maduro's failure to meet his commitments for free and fair elections this year.
“To bring prosperity and business investment to all the cities and towns in our amazing state, our leaders need to face market realities and support the BLM Oil and Gas Rule,” writes Jacques Hadler.
Climate change caused by CO2 emissions already in the atmosphere will shrink global GDP in 2050 by about $38 trillion, or almost a fifth, no matter how aggressively humanity cuts carbon pollution, researchers said Wednesday.
[Seychelles News Agency] Climate mitigation will play a big role in the strategic plan of the Islands Development Company (IDC) and it is crucial to put adequate measures in place sooner rather than later if Seychelles wants to preserve its islands, said a top official in a press conference.
Virginia data centers that process nearly 70 percent of global digital traffic need more electricity. Coal-fired power plants in neighboring states are going to provide it.
Pressure piles on World Bank and IMF to steer countries to low-carbon transition at spring summit Governments of wealthy countries must pledge hundreds of billions more in overseas aid payments channelled through the World Bank to avert the worst effects of the climate crisis, civil society experts and economists have said. The International Development Association fund, the arm of the World Bank that disburses loans and grants to poor countries, is worth about $93bn (£b75n) but that figure must be roughly tripled by 2030, according to economic experts . Continue reading...
TOKYO: Oil prices eased in early trade on Wednesday as worries about global demand due to weak economic momentum in China and fading hopes for U.S. interest rate cuts in the near term outweighed supply fears on heightened tensions in the Middle East.
Steel is one of the most carbon-intensive industries, producing roughly 8 percent of energy sector emissions annually.
The president's global climate adviser wasn't as optimistic about EPA climate regulations surviving a Trump victory.
More than 1,800 people in North and South America have died this year from the mosquito-borne disease.
It will support investments in early stage companies focused on renewable energy, biomanufacturing and rare mineral processing.
[Greenpeace] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned Switzerland for violating the European Convention on Human Rights. The verdict is a major victory for a women's association that had brought a complaint against the country for its inaction on climate change.
The Panama Canal has been dubbed the greatest engineering feat in human history. It's also (perhaps less favorably) been called the greatest liberty mankind has ever taken with Mother Nature. But due to climate change, the Canal is drying up and fewer than half of the ships that used to pass through are now able to do so. So how did we get here? Today on the show, we're talking to Cristina Henriquez, the author of a new novel that explores the making of the Canal. It took 50,000 people from 90 different countries to carve the land in two — and the consequences of that extraordinary, nature-defying act are still echoing through our present.
Offsets are sold on a promise to help wipe out emissions. But studies show they often don’t deliver. A project targeting Asian coal plants aims to change that.
El Niño weather phenomenon depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants Ecuador has begun to ration electricity in the country’s main cities as a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants that produce about 75% of the nation’s power. “We urge Ecuadorians to cut their electricity consumption in this critical week,” the ministry of energy said in a statement late on Monday. “And consider that each kilowatt and each drop of water that are not consumed will help us face this reality.” Continue reading...
EDF's 2024 Climate Corps fellowship program empowers a new cohort of 185+ global fellows to advance climate solutions at over 130 organizations.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE01258E, Paper Jiaqi Sang, Tianfu Liu, Pengfei Wei, Hefei Li, Conghui Liu, Yi Wang, Youwen Rong, Qi Wang, Guoxiong Wang, Xinhe Bao Cu-based catalysts selectively convert CO2/CO into valuable C2+ oxygenates and hydrocarbons electrochemically, which is regarded as a promising strategy for carbon cycle utilization. Herein, we synthesized CuxP2Ox+5 (x=2, 4, 5)... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A bakery, fruit pulp processing and water pumped from springs are empowering women farmers in Goiás, a central-eastern state of Brazil. New renewable energy sources are driving the process. “We work in the shade and have a secure, stable income, not an unsteady one like in farming. We cannot control the price of milk, nor […]
Modelling that shows how the world can remain below 1.5°C of warming assumes we can store vast amounts of carbon dioxide underground, but a new analysis reveals that achieving this is extremely unlikely
Its revised energy mix target would provide companies a better long-term outlook for investment decisions.
Shortages raised expectations of an accerated shift to green energy, but India's response was exactly the opposite.
Amid threats of a weekend driving ban to hit emissions targets, Germany's governing coalition has reached a last-minute agreement on reforms to climate protection rules. Here's what you need to know.
Minnesota’s Lower Sioux Indian Community is pioneering green building with its fully integrated hempcrete facility – a first in the country When Earl Pendleton first heard about building houses out of hemp more than a decade ago, it seemed like a far-fetched idea. To start, it was still illegal to grow hemp – the non-psychoactive strain of Cannabis sativa – in the US. Importing it from overseas was prohibitively expensive. But Pendleton, a member of the Lower Sioux Indian Community , was intrigued by early research that showed hemp could be transformed into non-toxic construction materials that allow for faster build times and result in low-carbon, energy-efficient houses. Continue reading...
The change announced Monday will follow policies adopted by the Forest Service and Navy.
Progress roundup: Digging up paved surfaces inspires others to reap the climate benefits. In Australia, landlords are installing solar to help meet emissions goals.
In an unprecedented deal, a private company purchased land in a tiny Arizona town – and sold its water rights to a suburb 200 miles away. Local residents fear the agreement has ‘opened Pandora’s box’ One of the biggest battles over Colorado River water is being staged in one of the west’s smallest rural enclaves. Tucked into the bends of the lower Colorado River, Cibola, Arizona, is a community of about 200 people. Maybe 300, if you count the weekenders who come to boat and hunt. Dusty shrublands run into sleepy residential streets, which run into neat fields of cotton and alfalfa. Continue reading...
WASHINGTON/HOUSTON - The U.S. will not renew a temporary license that widely eased sanctions on Venezuela's oil and gas sector unless progress is made by President Nicolas Maduro on commitments for free and fair elections this year, a State Department spokesperson said on Monday, three days before the license is to expire.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00445K, Review Article Farid Attar, Hang Yin, Simon Lennard Schumann, Julien Langley, Nicholas Cox, Zhiyuan Zeng, Kylie Catchpole, Siva Krishna Karuturi, Zongyou Yin New sustainable energy technologies are an important current research field, which aim to address the global environmental challenge caused by our excessive reliance on fossil fuels. Underpinning this field is... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00048J, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Hakhyeon Song, Carlos A. Fernandez, Hyeonuk Choi, Po-Wei Huang, Jihun Oh, Marta C. Hatzell Electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR) offers an environmentally friendly method to transform and harness sequestered CO2. While gas-phase electrolysis systems provide high efficiency, gas-phase electrolysis systems face challenges related to carbonate... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Revamped financial assurance regulations could provide as much as $7 billion in new insurance bonds from oil and gas companies, the department said.
The residual blazes underscore how Canada’s energy industry — underpinned by an oil-sands sector — is imperiled by climate change.
[WHO] More than 900 filmmakers from 110 countries have submitted short films for the 5th edition of the WHO Health for All Film Festival on themes ranging from climate change, refugees, tobacco, and gender-based violence. Some 60 films have been selected for the shortlist, for review by a jury of international artists and health experts, before the announcement of the winners on 26 May 2024.
Is There Such a Thing as “Better” Meat? It’s Complicated margaret.overh… Tue, 04/16/2024 - 00:00 Meat and dairy are major contributors to climate change. Animal agriculture is responsible for more than three-quarters of agricultural land use, 11% - 20% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and more than 30% of global methane emissions. Meat production is also a leading driver of recent tropical deforestation. The good news is that companies and consumers are increasingly looking for more sustainable animal products. But reducing emissions is just one piece of the puzzle. So are addressing water use, water pollution and biodiversity loss driven by animal agriculture; improving animal welfare; supporting local farmers and more. The problem is that there’s...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00086B, Paper Bo Yan, Hao Sun, Xueping Liu, Xinyuan Fu, Changqing Xu, Tiantian Zhang, Lu-Lu Zhang, Huachao Tao, Xifei Li, Xue-Lin Yang, Renheng Wang Self-supporting electrode materials play a pivotal role in advancing the progress of flexible potassium-ion batteries (PIBs). However, crafting self-supporting electrodes with unique compositions and structures to surmount the volume effect... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
New deep-sea mobile operation can reportedly drill to a depth of 9,085 metres, a record for China as Beijing looks to rely less on imported oil and gas amid rising geopolitical uncertainties.
John Avery, 97, was one of thousands of men who were made to work in the mines to increase coal production - even though they put themselves forward for the military.
The issue of climate change continues to dominate the political discourse, with the ban on wood-burning stoves in new-builds claiming many column inches over recent days.
Mr. Gore spoke at a climate leadership conference hosted by his nonprofit organization.
Revamped financial assurance regulations could provide up to almost $7 billion in new insurance bonds from oil and gas companies, the federal government said.
Nearly four dozen countries would risk default if they invested the necessary amounts to hit Paris Agreement goals.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections The June general election in Mexico could mark a turning point in ensuring that the country’s climate policies better reflect the desire of its citizens to address the climate crisis, with both leading presidential candidates expressing support for renewable energy. Mexico is the 10th-most populated country with the 15th-largest economy and is also the 11th-most climate-polluting country in the world. In international surveys conducted in 2022 and 2023 , Mexico had one of the highest percentages of citizens worried about human-caused climate change at 92%, compared to just 63% of Americans.* And 88% of Mexican respondents reported that they consider climate change an important issue that their country should...
For the women who pick and prepare Maryland’s famous crab, the once profitable work is far more uncertain – and the climate crisis has had a damaging impact In the evening light, Maribel Malagon stepped outside into a rain storm. It was late October and Malagon, 53, had worked all day picking crab off the eastern shore of Maryland. That night, she and a handful of other seasonal workers walked to a neighbor’s house for an evening of prayer. On the way, Malagon clutched a pendant of St Judas, the patron saint of lost causes, that hung around her neck; she hoped he would hear her prayers for more work. Continue reading...
[Daily Trust] Research has demonstrated that majority of food crops are producing less due to climate change, which is caused by rise in temperature and altered rainfall patterns.
PHOTO: NIWA By Liz Kivi New Zealander of the Year Jim Salinger says government cuts to science funding will put Aotearoa even further behind other countries in terms of economic well-being and tackling climate change.
Winning a battle for survival requires understanding the opponent. And, for the peoples of 22 island nations and territories scattered across more than 155 million square kilometres of Pacific Ocean, the volatility and wrath of the climate are their greatest threats. The region harbours three of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, while eight are among […]
Long-awaited Interior Department policy will raise financial assurance and royalty rates. The post Drilling for oil on public land is about to cost a lot more appeared first on High Country News.
A highly misleading new documentary claims soil carbon storage can redeem the livestock industry – it’s all so much ‘moo-woo’ We draw our moral lines in arbitrary places. We might believe we’re guided only by universal values and proven facts, but often we’re swayed by deep themes of which we might be unaware. In particular, we tend to associate the imagery and sensations of our earliest childhood with what is good and right. When we see something that chimes with them, we are powerfully drawn to it and attach moral value to it. This results from a combination of two factors: finding safety and comfort in the familiar, and what psychologists call “ the primacy effect ” – the first thing we hear about a topic is the one we tend to recall and accept. These tendencies contribute to the illusory...
California gas prices are on the rise again as Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration mulls a cap on refiner profits.
Atmospheric physicist Susan Avery once spoke out about the need to "get off fossil fuels." But her appointment didn't stop Exxon from doubling down on oil and gas.
The move comes as European banks step back from fossil fuel lending over concerns about violating climate-related legislation.
BJP emphasizes rooftop solar for PM Modi's third term, targeting India's 2047 energy independence. Focus on electric mobility, renewable energy, energy efficiency, China challenge, clean energy center, manufacturing hub, and green hydrogen.
The spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are due to open Tuesday, with two clear objectives: help countries combat climate change, and assist the most indebted nations.
Oil prices are expected to rise on Monday after Iran's attack on Israel over the weekend, analysts said on Sunday, but further gains may depend on how Israel and the West choose to retaliate.
Paris agreement negotiator Todd Stern attacks premiers who say that decarbonisation programmes are unrealistic and should be slowed down Political leaders who present themselves as “grownups” while slowing the pace of climate action are pushing the world towards deeper catastrophe, a former US environment chief has warned. “We are slowed down by those who think of themselves as grownups and believe decarbonisation at the speed the climate community calls for is unrealistic,” said Todd Stern, who served as a special envoy for climate change under Barack Obama, and helped negotiate the 2015 Paris agreement. Continue reading...
The US fixation on a China threat distracts it from its serious domestic challenges and holds the world back from addressing critical challenges, from climate change and wars to AI risks.
Modi met top gamers to discuss e-sports regulations, emphasizing no need for regulations. Talks included terms like 'noob', women's participation, and climate change games. The focus was on allowing e-gaming industry growth without restrictions.
With ties at ‘crucial juncture’, Beijing and Washington should find common ground on challenges such as climate change, AI and debt, according to leaders in business, academia and politics at annual China forum at Harvard University.
A club of nations that imposed tariffs on imports from high emission countries would put the global effort to combat climate change on a more promising track.
Heavy rains spurred by climate change earlier resurrected a prehistoric lake in Death Valley. Now the area is covered by colorful blooms.
The province says the three-month timeline to repair a pipeline supplying gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel to Winnipeg, is still on target.
ABUJA - Nigeria's military said on Friday it had inflicted heavy losses on Islamist militant groups in the north and oil thieves in the south, arresting hundreds, seizing weapons and rescuing kidnap victims in a week-long operation.
Founded in 1866 in , Centralia, Pennsylvania was known for its local coal mines and bustling economy. An underground coal fire has caused the town to crumble, leaving behind five residents
STOCKHOLM - Sweden will not reach its climate targets without further political action to cut carbon emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday.
EDF to Vigorously Oppose New Effort to Block Oil and Gas Methane Protections in Court
Facebook's AI bot flagged an article about climate change as a security threat, showing its bias. Google's chat bot was also accused of doing something similar earlier this year.
(This post was co-authored by EDF attorney Richard Yates) The Environmental Protection Agency is soon expected to update our national protections against mercury and other toxic pollution from coal-fired power plants – pollution that is extremely dangerous to human health and has been linked to brain damage in children. EPA proposed strengthening the Mercury and […]
Rule adds stronger requirements for cleaning up wells but does not ban leasing on public lands, as called for by environmentalists Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on public lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells, according to a final rule issued on Friday by the Biden administration. The interior department’s rule raises royalty rates for oil drilling by more than one-third, to 16.67%, in accordance with the sweeping 2002 climate law approved by Congress. Continue reading...
For the first time since 1920, the government has raised the rates that companies pay. The fossil fuel industry says it will hurt the economy.
The target can be achieved if additional action is taken by governments, businesses, investors and households.
Oil companies drilling on public lands must post larger bonds and pay higher royalties under a rule finalized Friday by the Biden administration.
It shows that human rights courts are open to arguments that challenge commitments to tackling climate change.
Low home-produced capacity and new undersea cables will see Britain buy surplus energy from nuclear-powered plants operated by French state-owned energy giant EDF.
A suite of regulatory changes from the Bureau of Land Management will increase royalties on oil and stiffen cleanup requirements for the first time in decades.
A draft priority list for the next five years goes heavy on defense, barely mentioning climate change.
El Niño weather phenomenon has contributed to warm, dry conditions in US, leading to more fires much earlier in the year The US midwest typically spends the start of spring emerging from snow. But this year, after a warm winter left landscapes parched, the region instead was primed to burn. Hundreds of blazes ignited in recent months in states more accustomed to dealing with just dozens for this time of year, as extreme fire behavior defied seasonal norms. Experts say the unusually early and active fire season was a symptom of El Niño, a climate pattern characterized by warmer surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean that was predicted to supercharge global heating and extreme weather. But the climate crisis turned up the dial, and helped create conditions in the midwest where winter ...
Speaker Mike Johnson has delayed aid for Ukraine for months in effort to include Republican demands in package A Russian drone damaged equipment at a substation in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast overnight, cutting power to a number of households and individual consumers, Ukrainian energy operator Ukrenergo said on Telegram. The attack came after Russian missiles and drones destroyed a large electricity plant near Kyiv and hit power facilities in several regions of Ukraine on Thursday, destroying the Trypilska coal-powered thermal power plant near the capital. Continue reading...
The Climate Council wants petrol and diesel cars banned by 2035 while Anthony Albanese is planning to impose new penalties on car maker that aren't going electric. Aussies have other ideas.
Adnoc decided move was not right fit but it is latest sign of foreign buyers circling UK firms Abu Dhabi’s state-owned oil company reportedly recently explored a multibillion-pound bid for BP in a sign that depressed share values in London are making even the biggest British businesses takeover targets. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) considered options including purchasing BP or acquiring a large stake before deciding it was not the right fit and abandoning preliminary discussions, according to Reuters. Continue reading...
[WFP] Violence, economic turmoil, climate change and shrinking humanitarian assistance among factors propelling food insecurity
NHDC assesses damage to the floating solar plant at Omkareshwar Dam after a storm. Despite setbacks, the plant is expected to resume power production, aiming for 100 MW by end-April. NHPC, employees, and various villages impacted.
Ajay Banga’s comments come after the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change urged the World Bank, other financing institutions and G7 and G20 countries to “step up the pace” on climate finance.
Every state competing for $4.3 billion in EPA climate grants included proposals targeting the hard-to-decarbonize sector.
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors told members Woodside Energy Group’s climate strategy was not sufficiently developed and to vote against it.
A proposed framework could help create a new electricity market that taps more renewable energy.
Drones attacked Zaporizhzhia - Europe's biggest nuclear power plant - on April 7, hitting a reactor building.
Mayor Karen Bass, Judd Apatow, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, and more gathered at the Gagosian to support a ban on oil drilling in California neighborhoods
Scorching hot days and frigid cold spells may be contributing to an increasing number of deaths and disabilities from stroke, according to a new study.
Biden administration officials put pressure on the fact-checking website Snopes to change claims that the government was going to ban gas stoves over climate change concerns.
The Interior secretary also said the Bureau of Land Management had reached a goal to permit 25,000 megawatts of onshore renewable energy by 2025.
[The Herald] Wallace Ruzvidzo -- Zimbabweans will be the primary beneficiaries of the recent oil and gas discoveries in Muzarabani and to this end, the Second Republic is in the process of establishing mechanisms to ensure the country derives maximum value from its mineral wealth, President Mnangagwa has said.
Employees at SBTi have called for their CEO to resign over controversial plans which they fear will enable greenwashing Staff at one of the world’s leading climate-certification organisations have called for the CEO and board members to resign after they announced plans to allow companies to meet their climate targets with carbon offsets. They fear that companies will use the offsets for greenwashing, while avoiding making the necessary cuts in greenhouse gas emissions – without which the world faces climate catastrophe . Continue reading...
“I believe we all have a responsibility to do our part for the planet,” writes Ty in Salt Lake City. “I’ve been biking to work for almost 20 years now, and I try to be mindful of my consumption by eating vegetarian and buying local produce.”
Organizers of the Games have set a goal of generating no more than half the planet-warming emissions produced by other recent Summer Olympics.
Biden administration hopes funding will spur enduring cuts to planet-heating emissions no matter who is in White House Amid rising global temperatures and a looming election against an opponent who has indicated he will gut his climate policies, Joe Biden’s administration is shoveling billions of dollars into efforts it hopes will spur enduring cuts to planet-heating emissions, no matter the occupant of the White House. In recent weeks, large tracts of funding has been announced by the administration to help overcome some of the thorniest and esoteric challenges the world faces in driving down carbon pollution, seeding the promise of everything from the advent of zero-emissions concrete to low-pollution food production , including mac and cheese and ice-cream, to driving the uptake of solar...
In 2019, the European Commission launched the European Green Deal (EGD) (1), an ambitious plan to achieve a sustainable economy in Europe. The plan’s goals included protecting and recovering nature, guaranteeing a sustainable food system, and boosting renewable energy capacity. Unlike previous EU strategies, this plan established targeted and time-bound objectives. However, misinformation and lobbying driven by the agriculture sector have led to policy changes that undermine the EU’s ability to achieve these goals.
The world's main benchmark for vetting corporate climate action has been accused by its own staff of "greenwashing" after allowing businesses to use carbon credits to offset pollution from their value chains.
[VOA] London -- Environmental and human rights activists are calling on the Nigerian government to withhold approval of plans by the London-based oil giant Shell to sell off its operations in the Niger Delta, unless the oil giant does more to tackle pollution in the region caused by the industry.
The world "can't afford a talkfest," said the U.N.'s top climate official Wednesday as global financial leaders prepare to meet in Washington.
The oil company said it will begin producing again from assets in the eastern part of the Gulf “in the coming days” after a leak at the Main Pass Oil Gathering system was discovered in November.
Elon Musk is set to come to India to meet PM Modi and announce a much-awaited plan to make Tesla electric cars in the country. The visit aims to address stock decline, sales slump, and investor concerns in the growing Indian market. Musk will be travelling to India later this month and his visit comes during the peak election season
Increase of 2% last year driven by plant expansion in China and slowdown in US and Europe closures The world’s coal power capacity grew for the first time since 2019 last year, despite warnings that coal plants need to close at a rate of at least 6% each year to avoid a climate emergency. A report by Global Energy Monitor found that coal power capacity grew by 2% last year, driven by an increase in new coal plants across China and a slowdown of plant closures in Europe and the US. Continue reading...
The country, along with India, is still building power stations that run on coal. Elsewhere, retirements of older plants have slowed.
Electric cars are a key part of Europe's green transition plans but the road ahead remains littered with obstacles with 10 years to go before a crucial milestone.
Private energy retailer behind the project above Lake Burragorang says venture would be about half the generation size of Snowy 2.0 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Sydney’s main source of drinking water could also supply enough renewable energy to power almost a third of the city’s households by 2031 if a pumped hydro project using a former coal washery proceeds as planned. Zen Energy, an energy retailer, announced on Thursday it had signed an agreement with the state-owned Water NSW to build a reservoir at Nattai on the escarpment about 400m above Lake Burragorang on Sydney’s south-west fringe. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your...
Wind and solar operators in Canada are being urged to reduce the likelihood of future catastrophic grid outages by making their infrastructure more resilient to climate change.
BMW was one of the few companies selling electric vehicles to report a surge of growth in the first quarter of 2024, even as rivals like Tesla and Volkswagen struggled.Read more...
Earlier this year, the Biden administration paused action on pending approvals for U.S. liquefied natural gas exports to countries without a U.S. free-trade agreement, with President Biden citing ”the urgency of the climate crisis.” The decision was hailed by climate activists and criticized by oil and gas industry representatives. While the Biden administration intended to send a […]
The controversy arises as global oil prices hit a six-month high, a situation the US attributes to conflicts in the Middle East and asserts that its sanctions and price cap on Russian oil have been effective. However, Russia reports an increase in oil exports in 2023 compared to pre-conflict levels, challenging the narrative of sanctions' impact.
Simon Stiell calls for reform at development banks to enable governments to provide more climate finance to developing world The World Bank must take a “quantum leap” to provide new finance to tackle the climate crisis or face “climate-driven economic catastrophe” that would bring all the world’s economies to a halt, the UN climate chief has said. Simon Stiell warned that there were just two years left to draw up an international plan for the climate that would cut greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goal of limiting temperature rises to 1.5C above preindustrial levels . Continue reading...
Simon Stiell, executive secretary for the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, told an event in London that politicians must embrace the "transformative potential of bold climate action."
In a landmark ruling, Europe’s top human rights court has ruled the Swiss government violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change. But what happens next?
Coal mines in the Illawarra struggled with last weekend’s deluge, sending coal deposits into residential areas and the Royal National Park where the platypus live.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judged that Switzerland's weak climate policies violate fundamental human rights - its first such verdict against a state on the issue.
[The Conversation Africa] Average fish catches by traditional fishing communities along the west African coast have declined significantly over the past three decades.
A final rule was released in late March but had not been published in the Federal Register until Wednesday.
The court found that climate change is a human rights issue, providing a blueprint for Europeans to force their governments to tackle rising temperatures.
With the impact of wars, geopolitics and climate change, the unknowns have multiplied
CARACAS - Venezuelan former oil minister Tareck El Aissami, once one of the most influential officials in President Nicolas Maduro's government, has been arrested in a corruption probe into state oil company PDVSA, the attorney general said on Tuesday.
Dooars faces climate change impacts on tea estates, with Gorkha community seeking Gorkhaland. Political contests intensify in LS seats. Mamata's initiatives lead to conflicts over land ownership. PM Modi urges patience for a lasting solution in Siliguri meeting.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who said their government's inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves.
The region’s electric grid needs to find a replacement for Cook Inlet natural gas. One study suggests over the long term, the cheapest option is to ramp up renewable energy.
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President Joe Biden has repeatedly bragged about all he's done to fight climate change but a shocking new poll from the Wall Street Journal shows voters don't care.
Europe’s top rights court on Tuesday ruled that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change, in its first such ruling against a state on the issue.
Capturing renewable energy from the sun becomes easier and more efficient each year. How simple would this option be to power a little house?
VIENNA - An extraordinary meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors called by Russia to discuss attacks on the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine is due to be held on Thursday, four diplomats said.
Oil prices have risen to around six month highs putting North Sea firms on course to grow revenues while stoking fears about a potential rise in inflation.
Venezuelan authorities announced the arrest Tuesday of influential ex-oil minister Tareck El Aissami, who had resigned from his post last year amid a corruption scandal at state oil company PDVSA. "We have managed to reveal the direct participation and consequent arrest" of El Aissami, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said, adding that charges would be announced "in the next few hours."
The city’s pioneering step fell flat after a long fight in court, but campaigners – and leading chefs – say they’re still going electric Four years ago, Berkeley made history when it became the first city in the United States to ban natural gas hookups in new buildings. It was a natural step for the famously progressive California community, which was an early adopter of curbside recycling in the 1970s, banned styrofoam in 1988, and more recently led the charge to outlaw single-use packaging and plastics. Continue reading...
Ben van Beurden says company is undervalued in UK and US investors are ‘more positive’ about fossil fuels Business live – latest updates Shell’s former chief executive has stoked fears that the oil company will quit the London Stock Exchange in favour of a New York listing because US investors are “more positive” about fossil fuels. Ben van Beurden used his first public interview since stepping down in 2021 to echo concerns that the £180bn company is “massively undervalued” by the UK market compared with its US listed rivals. Continue reading...
LONDON - The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decides on Tuesday whether insufficient government action on climate change can amount to a human rights violation, in three rulings that could give legal leverage to climate activists across the continent.
Weak government climate policies violate fundamental human rights, the European court of human rights has ruled. In a landmark decision on one of three major climate cases, the first such ruling by an international court, the ECHR raised judicial pressure on governments to stop filling the atmosphere with gases that make extreme weather more violent. The court’s top bench ruled that Switzerland had violated the rights of a group of older Swiss women to family life Human rights violated by inaction on climate, ECHR rules in landmark case Continue reading...
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a group of older Swiss women won their climate case.
Court finds in favour of group of older Swiss women who claimed weak policies put them at greater risk of death from heatwaves Weak government climate policies violate fundamental human rights, the European court of human rights has ruled. In a landmark decision on one of three major climate cases, the first such rulings by an international court, the ECHR raised judicial pressure on governments to stop filling the atmosphere with gases that make extreme weather more violent. Continue reading...
BRUSSELS - The world just experienced its warmest March on record, capping a 10-month streak in which every month set a new temperature record, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said on Tuesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency is considering strengthening a climate rule for coal- and gas-fired power plants, people familiar with the matter say.
The ruling is a major boost to the Golden State's ability to set tough tailpipe emissions standards — and the Biden administration's climate agenda.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government's inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heat waves.
The battle against climate change is increasingly being fought in the courtroom, as national governments, specific laws and individual companies are targeted over their role in the crisis -- sometimes successfully.
National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc says it believes its liquefied natural gas (LNG) reserves can help the country generate sufficient electricity when power demand peaks during the hot season.
More than 160 renewable energy projects in the Upper Midwest hinge on the Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission Line.
The lawyers are promoting new ways to hold oil companies criminally accountable for climate change. Progressive district attorneys are listening.
Some experts argue that the Dubai-based company's carbon credit model offers little climate benefit, while activists label it "carbon colonialism."
Europe's highest human rights court began its session Tuesday on a group of climate change cases aimed at forcing countries to meet international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Singapore is currently facing an unprecedented heatwave, with “feels like” temperatures of 40 deg C. As we face warnings of excessive heat and UV radiation levels reaching new highs, it’s important to discuss the potential consequences of extreme heat conditions on our young athletes.
It's official - last month was the warmest March on record, the EU's climate change programme has revealed.
Monthly hot streak continues in March with scientists struggling to explain the scale of recent heating.
Judges are to rule on complaints brought against Portugal, Switzerland and France over carbon emissions. The ruling of the European Court of Human Rights could set a precedent for all its signatory members.
Europe's climate monitor said Tuesday that March was the hottest on record and the tenth straight month of historic heat, with sea surface temperatures also hitting a "shocking" new high.
Electric cars have a long way to go before they'll be considered cheap -- so should you buy used? It can get a little complicated.
Though the strikes' impact on the Russian economy is so far negligible, Russia's energy infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to these attacks.
MOSCOW/VIENNA - Russia said Ukraine struck the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station controlled by Russian forces three times on Sunday and demanded the West respond, though Kyiv said it had nothing to do with the attacks.
Iwnetim Abate aims to stimulate natural hydrogen production underground, potentially unearthing a new path to a cheap, carbon-free energy source.
According to their website, the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport will “maximise the local benefits from a pipeline of renewable energy projects which will create business opportunities and employment, attract inward investment, research and development, and position the Highlands at the heart of the country’s commitment to becoming a net-zero economy”. Sounds marvellous, doesn’t it? Well, it would be if it was true.
Pathways for six key commodities aligned with SBTi FLAG guidance for food companies to more strategically work toward climate targets.
Law enforcement agencies are struggling to keep track of illicit shipments entering via Turkey, Russia or Ukraine.
LONDON - Does government inaction on climate change violate human rights?
A thick bloom of varying hues drifts in the turquoise waters of Aragua in Venezuela, a surreal vision attributed to climate change that has decimated fishing stocks.
[Daily Maverick] Readers need information from professional journalists that regularly include -- or at least question -- understandings different from the mainstream ones.
Alexander Ermochenko/ReutersThe U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency said the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine was targeted by drone attacks on Sunday, with the agency demanding an end to the strikes which dramatically increased the risk of a nuclear accident taking place.Russia, which has occupied the plant since March 2022, blamed the attacks on Ukraine—an allegation which Kyiv has denied. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has a team stationed at the plant, said the incident was the first such assault on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant since November 2022.In a statement Sunday, Rosatom—Russia’s state nuclear corporation—said the plant had been “subjected to an unprecedented series of drone attacks” and called on the IAEA and European leaders to “immediately respond.”Read...
Livestock bosses celebrate outcome at online summit, while critics condemn failure to tackle meat and dairy consumption Lobbyists for the world’s biggest meat companies have lauded a better than expected outcome at Cop28 , which they say left them “excited” and “enthusiastic” for their industry’s prospects. US livestock bosses reflected on the conference’s implication for their sector on a virtual panel , fresh from “sharing US agriculture’s story” at the climate summit in December. Campaigners and climate scientists had hoped the summit, which was billed as a “Food Cop” because of its focus on farming , would result in governments agreeing to ambitious action to transform food systems in line with the goals of the Paris climate agreement. Continue reading...
CNN — The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine was damaged Sunday in a drone attack, the International Atomic Energy Agency said, calling the strike “a serious incident (with) potential to undermine integrity of the reactor’s containment system.” In a statement posted to X, the IAEA stressed that the damage at the Russian-controlled facility “has … The post Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor damaged following drone attack appeared first on Egypt Independent.
“This is a major escalation of the nuclear safety and security dangers,” said the U.N. atomic chief.
The European Court of Human Rights will decide this week whether to require dozens of countries to reduce their planet-warming emissions.
Claudia Sheinbaum was a co-author of the 2007 Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.
Rosatom accuses Ukraine's military of attacking the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, leading to injuries among staff. Both sides deny involvement as the UN's nuclear watchdog calls for a halt to incidents. Concerns arise over the risk of a nuclear disaster as accusations escalate.
MEXICO CITY - At least one contractor was killed after a fire struck an offshore platform operated by Mexico's national oil company Pemex, the firm said in a statement on Sunday, adding that two others were in \"grave\" condition.
The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog agency on Sunday condemned a Ukrainian drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
Ukraine's Russia-occupied nuclear power plant was attacked by drones Sunday in an incident the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said endangered nuclear safety and security.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been hit by another drone strike.
Countries must match their rhetoric with action to solve pressing problems such as climate change and the regulation of artificial intelligence. Despite paralysis at institutions like the United Nations, organisations like the Arctic Council and International Seabed Authority are making progress.
It's baseball season! And when we here at Short Wave think of baseball, we naturally think of physics. To get the inside scoop on the physics of baseball, like how to hit a home run, we talk to Frederic Bertley, CEO and President of the Center of Science and Industry, a science museum in Columbus, Ohio. He also talks to host Regina G. Barber about how climate change is affecting the game. Interested in the science of other sports? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we'd love to hear from you.
Georges-Louis Leclerc proposed species change and extinction back in the 1740s, a new book reveals Shortly after Charles Darwin published his magnum opus, The Origin of Species, in 1859 he started reading a little-known 100-year-old work by a wealthy French aristocrat. Its contents were quite a surprise. “Whole pages [of his book] are laughably like mine,” Darwin wrote to a friend. “It is surprising how candid it makes one to see one’s view in another man’s words.” In later editions of The Origin of Species , Darwin acknowledged Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, as one of the “few” people who had understood that species change and evolve, before Darwin himself. Continue reading...
Europe's top rights court will on Tuesday issue unprecedented verdicts in three separate cases on the responsibility of states in the face of global warming, rulings that could force governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies.
Extreme winter weather worsened by climate change has led to the death of millions of livestock in Mongolia, impacting nomadic communities heavily reliant on animals for income. The UN reports a doubling of natural disasters in Mongolia over the past two decades, exacerbating land degradation, desertification, and water scarcity, making survival harder for livestock during harsh winters.
Despite the recent cancellation of a next-generation US nuclear plant, backers of the carbon-free power source remain hopeful new projects will come on line by the end of the decade.
Ramon Von Flymen/Getty ImagesActivist Greta Thunberg, 21, was detained at a Saturday climate demonstration in The Hague, where she and the other protesters planned to block the intercity A12 motorway.Thunberg was one of several protesters forcefully dragged away by police when they refused to move from the small roadway where they had set up camp. Their protest was intended to protest Dutch tax breaks given to companies that invest in fossil fuels, according to the climate activism group Extinction Rebellion.A heavy police presence in the area prevented the action from totally shutting down the A12 highway, although a small number of people sat down on a different road and defied orders to leave, the Associated Press reported.Read more at The Daily Beast.