These landfills are belching methane at almost three times the rate reported to federal regulators.
The new rules were touted as evidence of Mr Joe Biden’s commitment to tackling climate change.
The B.C. government says to offset that, about 65 per cent of British Columbians will qualify for a tax credit, meaning roughly 35 per cent will not.
BERLIN - China has initiated dispute consultations with the United States regarding tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act to promote the production of electric vehicles and renewable energy, the World Trade Organization said on Thursday.
By Abimarie Otaño Cruz The results of the Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100) contain an important conclusion: “Puerto Rico can make a feasible transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050, but significant improvements and investments in the system, guided by meaningful community participation, are necessary to achieve this.” […]
Home property damages could cost $109 billion by 2050, scientists estimate. But the findings are likely an underestimate ignoring damage to bridges, hospitals and more
Canada's Quebec province is rich with minerals needed for everything from electric cars to cell phones, but residents living atop the potential windfall are worried their backyards will be dug up -- and they won't get a dime.
YBH builds any style of home, specializing in energy efficiency, ensuring a beautiful and lasting structure for future generations to cherish.
[The Herald] IN the face of the current challenges caused by the El Niño weather, Government is pushing for the adoption of new agricultural technologies and research projects that proffer solutions on drought mitigation and avoidance.
This blog was co-authored by Maureen Lackner (Senior Manager of Economics and Policy Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund) and Lauren Beatty (High Meadows Postdoctoral Economics Fellow, Environmental Defense Fund). Climate change is a pressing issue, partly fueled by methane: a greenhouse gas responsible for about 30% of today’s global warming. Reducing methane emissions will slow down […]
DailyMail.com has obtained two UFO videos recorded by an Indian police official, depicting an apparent craft near India's Kudankulam nuclear plant.
MOSCOW - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Russia was working with partners amid unprecedented pressure from the U.S. and European Union after Reuters reported Moscow was experiencing some delays for oil payments.
Aerial monitoring of hundreds of landfills finds they emit methane at levels at least 40 percent higher than previously reported to the EPA.
Melting ice is slowing the Earth's rotation, affecting how time is calculated, a new study says.
China is still adding coal-fired power capacity, but officials say they will eventually be back-up to cleaner fuels
Melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica has slowed Earth's rotation and delayed the need to put clocks back a second.
"Addressing these high methane sources and mitigating persistent landfill emissions offers a strong potential for climate benefit," one of the authors said.
[Liberian Observer] Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy, Charles Umehai, revealed that the administration of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is fully dedicated to advancing Liberia's clean energy sector, which is crucial for attaining the country's 2030 climate change objectives.
[African Arguments] Displacements, environmental damage, and CO2 emissions from projects in Mozambique and Uganda are just the latest chapter in a long story.
Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5.4 per cent last year from 2022 as the UK used less natural gas due to soaring prices.
The funds are earmarked for nonprofit lenders that will make climate financing accessible to more Americans.
RELEASE: 17 New Partnerships Receive $6.5 Million in Funding from P4G for Innovative Climate Solutions nate.shelter@wri.org Thu, 03/28/2024 - 08:00 WRI’s Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals (P4G) initiative will provide grant funding and technical assistance to help these partnerships become investment ready Washington, D.C. (March 28, 2024) — Today, Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) announced $6.5 million in grant funding and technical assistance for 17 new startup partnerships in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. This funding will help early-stage businesses become investment ready so they can scale climate solutions such as solar-powered battery charging hubs, biodiesel production, climate smart agriculture...
An interview with Hannah Ritchie, author of the provocative new book, ‘Not the End of the World.’ The post A data scientist’s case for ‘cautious optimism’ about climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Just as they first ventured to do over a century ago, the world’s largest oil companies are staking claims far from home — this time to swallow, rather than spew, planet-warming industrial emissions.
China, the leading global producer and consumer of antibiotics, faces growing antimicrobial resistance as a result of inappropriate use of antibiotics in clinical, agricultural, livestock, and aquacultural settings (1, 2). China’s first national action plan to contain antimicrobial resistance yielded positive outcomes, but the prevalence of clinical multidrug-resistant bacteria in China remains high (3). The effects of global climate change and pollution are exacerbating the problem (4). China has now announced a second national action plan (5), with the goal of helping to prevent the global spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria.
A German court ruled Thursday that auto giant Mercedes-Benz knowingly installed emissions-cheating devices in some diesel vehicles, opening the door for owners to seek compensation.
Scots ministers are standing firm over what has been described as "ideological opposition" to nuclear energy despite being warned that it risks the potential creation of thousands of new Scots jobs.
World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report finds The world’s fossil-fuel producers are on track to nearly quadruple the amount of extracted oil and gas from newly approved projects by the end of this decade, with the US leading the way in a surge of activity that threatens to blow apart agreed climate goals, a new report has found. There can be no new oil and gas infrastructure if the planet is to avoid careering past 1.5C (2.7F) of global heating, above pre-industrial times, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has previously stated . Breaching this warming threshold, agreed to by governments in the Paris climate agreement, will see ever worsening effects such as heatwaves, floods, drought and more, scientists...
The decision comes amid a national debate about the role of fossil fuels in avoiding power shortages.
Researchers say renewable energy, when paired with energy efficiency, will be able to meet growing electricity demand.
The oil and gas industry is reviewing a regulation that aims to curb emissions of the greenhouse gas from drilling on public lands.
Kemmerer, Wyo., is on the front line of America's energy transition, with its coal plant slated to close and a nuclear plant in the works. But some think the rush to quit fossil fuels is impractical.
French president tells Brazil forum both parties need to be ‘much stronger’ on biodiversity and climate Emmanuel Macron has called a proposed trade agreement between the EU and South America’s Mercosur bloc a “very bad deal” that lacks proper climate considerations. “As it is negotiated today, it is a very bad deal, for you and for us,” the French president told Brazilian businessmen in São Paulo on Wednesday while on a three-day trip to Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy. Continue reading...
From cars to coal, the Baltimore bridge collapse will affect a variety of goods and the global economy.
The Prime Minister will travel to the Hunter Valley, the heartland of NSW coal mining, where site of the closed Liddell power station near Muswellbrook will be redeveloped as a solar manufacturing hub.
Allergy causing pollen has been arriving earlier in many parts of Canada in recent years. Researchers say climate change is having an effect on allergy seasons, making them weeks longer and contributing to higher concentrations of pollen in the air.
Struggle to wrap your head around daylight savings? If the need for an "unprecedented" negative leap second was delayed, that would be "welcome news indeed," Patrizia Tavella, the head of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, which is responsible for UTC, commented in Nature.
The Bureau of Land Management finalized a rule limiting releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas drilling operations on federal and tribal lands.
The majority of American homeowners are increasingly nervous about weather hazards from climate change.
Global adoption of diet low in meat would aid health, land and food systems as well as reducing emissions, researchers say A global shift to a mostly plant-based “flexitarian” diet could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help restrict global heating to 1.5C, a new study shows. Previous research has warned how emissions from food alone at current rates will propel the world past this key international target. Continue reading...
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current plays an important part in global overturning circulation, the exchange of heat and CO2 between the ocean and atmosphere, and the stability of Antarctica’s ice sheets. An international research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have now used sediments taken from the South Pacific to reconstruct the flow speed in the last 5.3 million years. Their data show that during glacial periods, the current slowed; during interglacials, it accelerated. Consequently, if the current global warming intensifies in the future, it could mean that the Southern Ocean stores less CO2 and that more heat reaches Antarctica. The study was just released in the journal Nature.
Perhaps in a bid to survive financially, an absolutely massive price cut has slashed the MSRP of various Fisker Ocean variants by thousands of dollars.
GettyA couple in their 70s won a lawsuit against a cruise operator after they successfully argued the company was in the wrong to cancel their Arctic cruise over cold weather without returning their money.The couple said they were suing because their cruise of a lifetime, billed as a voyage through the “Northwest Passage—in the Wake of the Great Explorers,” was hardly that. Instead of sailing through the treacherous waters of Arctic Canada, the couple said they mostly just cruised the coast of Greenland, with some time at Baffin Island. The cruise operator, Reader Offers, offered apologies and cited abnormally cold weather and ice as the reason the trip couldn’t go on as planned but offered no compensation for the letdown. Read more at The Daily Beast.
Museums are reckoning with their own carbon footprints as they work to safeguard their collections from heat and storms.
The additions will work in Arnold & Porter's environmental practice.
EPA officials described the money as the largest investment in local assistance ever for the watershed.
[Nile Post] Uganda is taking significant strides towards achieving universal electricity access by 2040, with the launch of a groundbreaking financial project aimed at improving access to off-grid solar products in underserved refugee communities and their host districts.
Samoa will be the first Pacific small island state to host the annual meeting.
The first phase of the erosion mitigation project in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., aims to protect the shoreline of the community on the Arctic Ocean, and will involve placing rocks along the shore in a strategic manner.
‘If ever there was a perfect case-study of the negative impacts on taxpayers of privatisation of strategic public assets, Eraring is it’, Tim Buckley says Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast New South Wales may end up paying $150m a year to subsidise the extension of Australia’s biggest coal-fired power plant , money better spent accelerating the take-up of rooftop solar with storage, Tim Buckley, an energy analyst said. It comes as the Labor government will on Thursday announce $1bn for solar panel manufacturing in Australia, with the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, travelling to the Hunter region to spruik the government’s new Net Zero Economy Authority. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for...
Imperial Oil has notified the province that repairs, which are slated to take three months, are on schedule.
In a letter to seven premiers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that he is open to 'credible' carbon pricing systems that are unique to differing provincial priorities.
The West Virginia senators are blasting the agency, saying a new proposal for cutting methane emissions would raise costs and "sow regulatory confusion."
The Interior secretary faced questions about the controversial Enbridge oil pipeline Tuesday during a stop at the University of Michigan.
Democratic and Republican senators introduced a bill to boost research and offer farmers incentives to reduce cows' greenhouse gas emissions.
Adventurers Nicholas Sherman, 76, and wife Rosemary, 75, have spent their later years travelling, ticking off Antarctica, Canada and India as they made their way around the world.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00551A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Jinhyuk Lee, Eunryeol Lee, Dae-Hyung Lee, Stephanie Bessette, Sang-Wook Park, Nicolas Brodusch, Gregory Lazaris, Hojoon Kim, Rahul Malik, Raynald Gauvin, Dong-Hwa Seo The global transition to electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage systems requires cost-effective and abundant alternatives to commercial Co/Ni-based cathodes (e.g., LiNi0.6Mn0.2Co0.2O2) for Li-ion batteries (LIBs). Manganese-based disordered rock-salts (Mn-DRXs)... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Earlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic's polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is now spinning in the wrong direction, which has triggered a record-breaking "ozone spike" and could impact global weather patterns.
And some of it’s hazardous. The post After a hurricane or wildfire, communities can be overwhelmed by debris appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
SEOUL - The United States and South Korea this week launched a new task force aimed at preventing North Korea from procuring illicit oil, as deadlock at the United Nations Security Council casts doubts over the future of international sanctions.
The Biden administration wants America to transition to electric cars. But who’s actually opting in? Post Opinions columnists talk about how to navigate the speed bumps and what needs to happen to rev up this revolution.
Arizona's Republican legislative leaders and the state's Chamber of Commerce sued the Environmental Protection Agency over new pollution standards.
The aftermath of the collapse throws another spotlight on the fragile nature of global supply chains.
The United States and South Korea launched a task force to counter North Korea's illicit oil smuggling operations, both governments said Wednesday, as Russia appears to be helping the regime circumvent U.N. sanctions.
Both remain some way off the valuation of China’s leading energy firm, oil and gas producer PetroChina.
The sudden destruction of a major bridge at the Port of Baltimore has implications for some of the largest U.S. energy industries.
The value of private credit deals in the oil and gas industry topped $9 billion in the 24 months through 2023, up from $450 million in the preceding two years, says an analytics company.
[VOA] Harare, Zimbabwe -- The United Nations children's fund says there is a "dire situation" in several eastern and southern African countries, where at least 45 million children are dealing with severe food insecurity made worse by climate change.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00173G, Paper Jianyun Liu, Tanyuan Wang, Zijie Lin, Mengyi Liao, Shuxia Liu, Shiyu Wang, Zhao Cai, Hao Sun, Yue Shen, Yunhui Huang, Qing Li The development of efficient and durable earth-abundant electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is crucial for the large-scale application of proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs). Here, we report... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
India plans to triple nuclear power capacity by 2030, emphasizing energy security and sustainable development. AEC chairman Mohanty highlights milestones in fast breeder reactor and international cooperation for nuclear energy expansion.
A catalyst tethered by DNA boosts the efficiency of the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to CO, a building block for many chemical compounds.
On April 1, the Alberta gas tax and the federal carbon tax are scheduled to increase. On Tuesday, gas prices jumped in Edmonton and Calgary.
Readers debate whether the Biden administration make a savvy move or an unacceptable compromise in setting standards and timelines for vehicle emissions.
Schemes to use renewable energy to process seawater may be cheaper and easier than air capture
Senior Indian police officials reported the UFOs made baffling 'zigzag movements.' Apparent UFO craft came near local nuclear plants over 10 times in August, per police
English wines could benefit at the expense of French and Italian vines as climate change shifts the landscape in traditional wine growing, according to a new study published on Tuesday.
Experts want to compile a glossary of Alaska Native words and phrases holding information that can help track climate change and other conditions.
Extreme heat and droughts are making it harder to grow grapes in many traditional regions. Here’s how scientists are helping the industry adapt.
The Adani Green Energy Gallery at the Science Museum in London, led by Gautam Adani, highlights sustainability, transformative technology, and climate science. Through interactive exhibits and commissioned models, the gallery explores innovative energy solutions for a #SustainableFuture.
People have been trying to find alternative energies in an effort to curb our use of fossil fuels and protect the planet. Luckily, solar panels can help.
Extreme sports are not just for young people. Climate activism isn’t either. Yamandù Pagliano is proof. The 59-year-old father of two is gearing up for an epic feat. He plans to cross the longest beach on Earth, the Praia do Cassino, stretching from the border of Uruguay 250 kilometres up Brazil’s southern coastline, on his […]
The list, which includes widely used chemicals found in plastics, hints at which substances EPA may prioritize for review.
Insured property losses could double in the coming decade due to climate change and more frequent and more intense severe weather events, reinsurance giant Swiss Re warned Tuesday.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00315B, Paper Jong Chan Hyun, Hyeong Min Jin, Jin Hwan Kwak, Son Ha, Dong Hyuk Kang, Hyun Soo Kim, Sion Kim, Minhyuck Park, Chan Yeol Kim, Juhee Yoon, Ji Sung Park, Ji-Young Kim, Hee-Dae Lim, Se Youn Cho, Hyoung-Joon Jin, Young Soo Yun A systematic investigation established a significant correlation between the 2D to G band intensity ratio ( I 2D / I G ) in the Raman spectrum and the internal kinetic barrier for sodium-ion transfer, achieving the highest sodium plateau capacity of ∼400 mA h g −1 (A30 sample). 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
He is a longtime fossil fuel critic and anti-pollution activist.
Making plastics from algae or plant material instead of fossil fuels could help. The post The plastics industry’s carbon footprint has doubled in the past few decades appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Campaigners say activities leading to severe environmental harm usually also violate human rights The international criminal court (ICC) has been urged to start investigating and prosecuting individuals who harm the environment. Academics, lawyers and campaigners from around the world have sent expert opinions to the court outlining what they call its current regime of “impunity” for serious environmental crimes. Continue reading...
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Hon. Tanneh Brunson, the Deputy Minister of Budget revealed that the government is totally dedicated to tackling climate change-related intervention through a paradigm shift.
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — Although many Americans and policy wonks see climate change as the major existential issue of our time, it ends up feeling like a relatively small piece of the American political conversation, which is more focused … The post You don’t have to admit there’s a climate crisis to be fighting climate change appeared first on Egypt Independent.
A community-based approach to restoration combined with an ingenious device can bring back reefs traumatized by dynamite fishing.
The sustainable and cost-saving structure could dissipate more than 95 percent of incoming wave energy using a small fraction of the material normally needed.
[The Herald] WITH climate change challenges showing no signs of abating, the Government is targeting to put 50 000 hectares under irrigation at schools, villages and youth centres.
The California city's decision could have a ripple effect for similar restrictions on fossil fuels.
The state oil company is promising to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 54 percent over the next six years and is targeting net-zero emissions by 2050, executives said.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park's spruce and fir forests are rebounding but may be no match for higher temperatures.
BRUSSELS - A group of EU countries led by Austria is calling for urgent revisions to the bloc's anti-deforestation law set to go into effect at the end of the year, saying it could hurt European farmers, according to a document reviewed by Reuters on Monday.
The cost - which is likely to have been added to consumer bills - has been highlighted by the Renewable Energy Foundation and is now under investigation by industry regulator Ofgem.
Century Aluminum Co., once a central beneficiary of former President Donald Trump's trade war, is set to receive as much as $500 million in funding to build the facility, according to a statement Monday. That would double the size of the nation's current domestic production of the energy-intensive metal while also reducing emissions by an estimated 75%.
Isro's POEM-3 from PSLV-C58/XPoSat mission re-entered Earth's atmosphere on March 21, impacting the North Pacific Ocean after carrying out technology demonstrations to ensure a sustainable space environment and collaboration with academia.
A potentially significant storm could arrive in Southern California this weekend, a rarity for this time of the year, the National Weather Service says.
A drought in China’s southwest has stoked fears the dry period could have severe knock-on effects, with agriculture, hydroelectric power and aluminium production all facing potential shortfalls.
Oil made — and continues to make — Saudi Arabia one of the world’s richest countries. But as the threat of climate change becomes too large to ignore, “Big Oil” is looking to cash in on the renewed interest in cleaner alternatives, namely electric vehicles.Read more...
Solar-Powered Battery Swap Stations Could Speed Rwanda’s Shift to Electric ‘Motos’ alicia.cypress… Mon, 03/25/2024 - 13:45 Like many parts of Africa, motorcycles are the most popular form of transportation among Rwanda’s 13.3 million people. Whether they’re commuting to work or school, transporting jugs of water from the local taps or just running everday errands, people on “motos” can be found zipping up and down most busy streets in the East African nation. Many locals also rely on these motos for their livelihoods as taxi drivers. But despite their convenience and popularity, motos — mostly powered by fossil fuels — leave behind more than just dusty roads. The two-wheeled vehicles produce greenhouse gas emissions, noise, hazardous air pollution and contribute...
Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 15.01 million square kilometers (5.80 million square miles) on March 14. The 2024 maximum is the fourteenth lowest in the 46-year satellite record. Overview of conditions On … Continue reading →
Government has repeatedly used figure to justify more fossil fuel developments despite climate crisis Are 200,000 jobs really supported by the oil and gas industry in the North Sea? Campaigners and MPs are questioning the longstanding government claim. Ministers have repeatedly used the 200,000 jobs figure as justification for pushing ahead with more fossil fuel developments despite the escalating climate crisis and widespread opposition from scientists and energy experts. Continue reading...
Smoke from wildfires made worse by climate change is set to cause thousands of additional deaths each year in the US
This story was originally published by Grist and is part of Covering Climate Now , a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. This story is part of a collaboration with Grist and WABE to demystify the Georgia Public Service Commission, the small but powerful state-elected board that makes critical decisions about everything from raising electricity bills to developing renewable energy. On a Tuesday morning in January, college student Aurora Gray stepped up to the podium in a windowless room in Atlanta, around the corner from the state capitol building. In front of her sat a five-member panel of elected officials that oversees how and where nearly every Georgia resident gets their power. “The generation...
Winter weather alerts are in place across vast swathes of the country, split into warm and cold parts of a fierce storm that is set to bring power outages and make travel 'nearly impossible'.
This week, Harvard University has shut down a Bill Gates-funded geoengineering experiment.
The government estimates that geothermal energy could overtake hydroelectric and solar power by 2050.
PM says handling China is an ‘epoch defining challenge’ as deputy prime minister expected to blame Beijing for hack and to announce new sanctions Andrew Bowie, the energy minister, said the government should have revived investment in nuclear energy “years ago” in an interview this morning. While doing an interview round on behalf of the government, Bowie told Times Radio that the government is investing £350m in nuclear energy . But it should have happened sooner, he said. I make no bones about it. We should have done this years ago. We are running to catch up, but we have just this year delivered our civil nuclear roadmap . We’ve announced our intention to build a third gigawatt project. We’re investing £350m in new nuclear power to ease Vladimir Putin out of the nuclear fuels market...
STATEMENT: U.S. Heavy Industry Awarded $6 Billion to Modernize and Decarbonize nate.shelter@wri.org Mon, 03/25/2024 - 08:39 WASHINGTON (March 25, 2024) — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $6 billion worth of projects to catalyze greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions in energy-intensive heavy industries. The Industrial Demonstration Program — by far the largest federal funding program for industrial decarbonization — was authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) announced 33 first- or early-of-a-kind commercial-scale projects across 20 states that will demonstrate technical and commercial viability of decarbonization technologies. Investments...
Elise Gout is the Council on Environmental Quality’s new public engagement director.
As he upheld BLM's actions, the U.S. District Court judge said that "there is wisdom in the conservation groups’ warnings" about the agency's oil and gas leasing.
If you have a 401(k) or an individual retirement account, it may be funding Big Oil. The post How can I make my retirement plan climate-friendly? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
New emissions rules threaten to throw the transition to EVs into reverse.
Industries produce 25 percent of America’s planet-warming emissions but so far have proved very hard to clean up. The Biden administration is trying.
The state is spending big on adapting to sea level rise, but Republicans don't want to name the cause.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00283K, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Yoshinari Makimura, Chikaaki Okuda, Toshihisa Munekata, Azusa Tsukigase, Hideaki Oka, Tooru Saeki, Ryohei Morimoto, Megumi Sasaki, Hiroyuki Nakano, Yuichi Itou, Mamoru Mizutani, Tsuyoshi Sasaki Future energy storage applications emerging from technological innovations, such as drones and smart devices, require batteries to be small and slender while maintaining energy density, power capability, fast charging, cycling/calendar... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Turkey’s 8th National Antarctic Science Expedition is seeking answers to questions about the future of the world with 22 different projects on the continent. Anadolu Agency’s photojournalist Sebnem Coskun is documenting the expedition’s scientific research, climate change impacts and life in the region to share the findings with the world. The expedition involves uncovering concealed data within the ice, gathered from years of research on crucial topics like sea ice and glacier dynamics. Continue reading...
In part eight of our series exploring myths surrounding EVs, we examine whether they will break our infrastructure Do electric cars really produce fewer carbon emissions? Are EVs too costly to tempt drivers? Is it right to have range anxiety? Cars have a weight problem. Consider the Mini, designed to save precious fuel during rationing ; it has ballooned in size. It is not alone. Cars have got bigger and bigger, with the rise of the SUV only accelerating the trend. Electric cars might look the same ( for now ) but they have one important difference: a heavy battery. Continue reading...
The Department of Energy is releasing its "single largest industrial decarbonization investment": $6 billion in 33 grants.
The agency is being asked to strengthen a toothless rule that requires only a heads-up before experiments to modify the weather.
The House Republican is leading the polls to replace Mitt Romney. But how much is he talking about climate change, one of his biggest issues?
An international shipping regulator plans to charge ships for greenhouse-gas emissions and is debating how much to levy.
IIT Bombay study reveals alarming soil erosion rates in Western Ghat Region since 1990. Urgent conservation measures are crucial to combat climate change impact and preserve biodiversity in the biodiverse hotspot recognized by Unesco.
Budget Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse invited Olympic skier Gus Schumacher to give his perspective as the committee considered the impact of climate change on the recreation industry.
The two-day 19km-long track is a tourism boost to the area, which was hit hard by bushfires and La Niña Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A $10m walking track in the Blue Mountains has been opened by the New South Wales government in the hope of attracting more international visitors to a region still healing from years of flooding and bushfires . “The Grand Cliff Top Walk provides visitors with a new, adventurous opportunity to connect with nature while exploring this track through the Blue Mountains National Park,” said the NSW environment minister, Penny Sharpe. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue...
At a time when Bengaluru is reeling under severe water crisis, a 75-year-old retired army officer strapped on his shoes and set off to live his dream 18,000km away amidst penguins and humpback whales on sheets of ice. On Feb 14, Lt Col (retd) Upendra Kalyan left his hometown for a rendezvous with Antarctic islands. He was one of the only 10 from a group of 140 expeditioners to dare to back-dive into the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Though geothermal represents only a tiny fraction of current US energy production, several businesses and President Joe Biden's administration are betting on technological advances to make it a backbone of the green transition.
Researchers devise tool that uses satellite and weather station data to optimise placement of PV modules, finding that Tibetan Plateau and deserts of Xinjiang are best spots in China for double-sided solar panels.
A new alliance between pro-Palestine groups and those linked to Just Stop Oil - called Energy Embargo for Palestine - targeted the historic building in London.
A new study from the Canadian Climate Institute shows that the industrial carbon price is the main driver in Canada's emission reduction, more than double the fuel charge.
Exclusive: State’s 2024 total on track to reach about 20% above 2005 levels, modelling obtained by Guardian Australia shows Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Western Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising with little sign that the main power grid can decarbonise rapidly, leaving other states to make bigger cuts if Australia’s legislated carbon reduction goals are to be met. Modelling results presented to the state government late last year and obtained by Guardian Australia showed that the state’s carbon emissions in 2024 are on track to reach 91.5m tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent, or about 20% above 2005 levels. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue...
A listing of 36 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, March 17, 2024 thru Sat, March 23, 2024. Story of the week Thanks to John Mason having the stamina to sit down to watch "Climate - the Movie" and jotting down several pages worth of notes on Friday morning, we were able to quickly put together a blog post debunking the many false and misleading claims made in the film . The first 42-odd minutes of this 80 minute long festival of misinformation are dedicated to "The Science". But instead of that, what one is exposed to is a veritable Gish-gallop of climate myths, with the phrase, "we are told" liberally scattered among them. In addition to a list of the 25 myths identified by John, we also checked them off on...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has touted technology as a solution to climate change, as opposed to the federal carbon price, a similar case made by ex-premier Brad Wall.
CAIRO - A Panama-flagged crude oil tanker caught fire after being struck by an unidentified projectile off Yemen on Saturday, in the latest attack on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
Coal and lignite production hit the billion tonne-mark on Friday — rising almost 7% from the last fiscal year — with coal minister Pralhad Joshi crediting the Modi govt for the reforms initiated since it assumed office in 2014. Faced with a shortfall in coal production and supply, govt has been seeking to push domestic output to reduce imports. While a break-up was not immediately available, coal production was estimated to have increased to 870 million tonnes between April and Feb 26.
[African Development Bank (AfDB)] Water is a vital resource that ignores geographical boundaries. Climate change is transforming our relationship with it, creating shortages and flooding. The number of water-related disasters is growing, cracking desiccated earth in the Horn of Africa, creating extreme flooding in Los Angeles and beaching the gondolas in Venice in dry canals.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 129, Issue 6, 28 March 2024.
The largest global environment movement is happening on Saturday, when the UN invites people around the world to shut the lights to remember the planetary crisis during Earth Hour as young partners find new ways to drive climate action.
Farmers worry there will be a 10 per cent reduction in vegetable planting if weather conditions persists.
BRUSSELS - Leaders from pro-nuclear European countries and energy experts called for a nuclear energy revival on Thursday at a summit in Brussels, seeking to rebuild the European industry after years of gradual decline.
The bill has $125 million to buy a ship that Shell used in its ill-fated Arctic drilling venture. The Coast Guard plans to base it in Juneau.
Blue whales, facing challenges from global warming and human threats, show genetic differences among populations. Natural selection plays a role. Researchers call for conservation efforts based on their findings to protect the species. Researchers found the greatest genetic differences among the blue whale populations in the eastern Pacific, Antarctic subspecies and the pygmy subspecies of the eastern Indian and western Pacific. Blue whales average about 27 metres in length.
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Puerto Rico on Friday to promote more solar power on the island, even as residents continue struggling to rebuild basic power infrastructure.
KYIV - A Ukrainian deputy prime minister said on Friday Russian oil refineries were legitimate targets for its forces, after a media report said the United States, a close ally, had asked Kyiv to stop conducting drone strikes on refineries.
Over 90 minutes, the four major candidates answered a series of questions related to topics like homelessness, an impending natural gas shortage and climate change.
The United States has urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, warning that drone strikes risk provoking retaliation and driving up global oil prices, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
MOSCOW - The Russian-controlled management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, said on Friday that a high-voltage line supplying it with electricity has been repaired after an outage earlier in the day.
From mountaintops to deep underground, researchers are monitoring how the world’s freshwater supply is being hit hard by climate change and direct human pressures — and they're also learning what we need to change in order to protect this vital resource before it's too late.
The report lands as House Republicans push a much broader overhaul of the agency's reviews of soot, ozone and four other pollution limits.
Chinese electric cars could remotely be stopped by Beijing to bring Britain's roads to a standstill and steal drivers' data, MPs have been warned.
Saudi Arabia makes a lot of money from oil. But as the world tries to stave off the worst effects of climate change and transition to a world where we aren’t so reliant on petro-products to fuel our lives, Saudi Arabia has been doing everything in its power to figure out a way to make money from something else. One of…Read more...
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National parks are increasingly adopting cashless fee policies.
The rule applies to around 5,400 facilities across a wide swath of industries, including oil and gas producers, utilities, mining, and manufacturing plants.
Rediscovered magnetic recordings reveal just how extreme the largest recorded solar storm in history, the Carrington event in 1859, really was, highlighting the danger such storms could present to us nowadays
Extreme temperatures have shattered the grimmest expectations of a warming world and tested climate models.
Cruise ships in Christchurch's Port of Lyttelton. PHOTO: Liz Kivi Climate activists are urging Christchurch City Council to include cruise ship emissions in the city’s emissions reduction plan.
Dramatic footage shows the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant - Ukraine's largest - erupting in flames following a strike there which also hit a bus, causing several civilian casualties
Just a few years ago, Sudarshana Chakma (35), a resident of the remote Digholchari Debarmatha village under Bilaichari upazila in the Rangamati Hill District, had to traverse a long hilly path to fetch water for her household because there were no local water sources. “Unchecked deforestation and degradation of village common forests (VCFs) led to […]
On Wednesday, the Climate Change Committee eviscerated the Government over its failure to meet its target of reducing 1990 levels of greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030. Emissions are already down by around 50 per cent, so categorising the Government’s performance as an abject failure is harsh.
"We commit to support all countries, especially emerging nuclear ones, in their capacities and efforts to add nuclear energy to their energy mixes," the statement said.
The penalty is part of EPA's crackdown on the planet-warming hydrofluorocarbons used in refrigeration and air conditioning.
Campaigners call on banks to cease funding Ithaca, which is playing a key role in Rosebank oilfield plan Two major UK high street banks have been accused of continuing to finance fossil fuel expansion in the North Sea despite signing a pledge to align their activities with the net zero climate goal. HSBC and NatWest have provided tens of millions in finance to Ithaca Energy, a British oil and gas company that is playing a key role in plans to exploit the controversial Rosebank oilfield north-west of the Shetland Islands. Another high street bank, Lloyds, also provided finance but has since sold down the debt. Continue reading...
The researchers found that with AI, they could predict floods five days in advance in river basins without gauges.
“This is not a plan to reach neither the national targets, nor the EU’s 2030 targets,” said the country’s climate policy council.
[VOA] London -- As the United Nations observes World Water Day on Friday, there is a growing risk of conflict over water resources as climate change takes hold, the international body said.
Federal transport department issues urgent recall for 123 Audi e-Tron vehicles. Follow latest updates live Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast As part of the latest Aukus developments, Australia will send A$4.6bn to the UK to clear bottlenecks at the Rolls-Royce nuclear reactor production line. Richard Marles was asked why it costs so much, and why this component needs to be done in the UK. He told ABC News Breakfast: We made clear a year ago that we wouldn’t be building the nuclear reactors in Australia. They will be built by Rolls Royce at its facility in Derby in the UK and once the sealed reactors are built, they will be taken here to the Osborne Naval ship yard and placed in the submarines which the rest of which will be built here at...
Sen. Sullivan says Biden wants to "force people to buy certain cars." He says he'll try to overturn the rule.
This measure, developed by MIT researchers, reflects direct effects on people’s quality of life — and reveals significant global disparities.
The state identified almost a billion dollars in need for projects that would help lower energy costs for an EPA grant program.
States including Texas, Louisiana and Florida say federal government lacks authority to broadly deny permits Sixteen US states, including Texas, Louisiana and Florida, have filed a lawsuit to challenge the US federal government’s ban on approving applications to export liquefied natural gas, the office of Texas attorney general Ken Paxton said on Thursday. The lawsuit argues the federal government lacks the authority to broadly deny those permits. Continue reading...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sixteen U.S. states, including Texas, have filed a lawsuit to challenge the federal government's ban on approving applications to export liquefied natural gas, the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Thursday. The lawsuit argues the federal government lacks the authority to broadly deny those permits. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Lake Charles, Louisiana, by a coalition of states including Texas, Louisiana and Florida that claim the U.S. Department of Energy's pause will harm the U.S. economy and undermine efforts to supply foreign allies in Europe with steady supplies of LNG as the region seeks to wean itself off piped gas from Russia. The administration of President Joe Biden said in January that the pause will allow officials...
A ubiquitous, resilient and seemingly harmless plant is fueling an increase in large, fast-moving and destructive wildfires in the United States. Grass is as plentiful as sunshine, and under the right weather conditions is like gasoline for wildfires: All it takes is a spark for it to explode. Planet-warming emissions are wreaking havoc on temperature and precipitation, resulting in larger and more frequent fires. Those fires are fueling the vicious cycle of ecological destruction that are helping to make grass king. “Name an environment and there’s a grass that can survive there,” said Adam Mahood, research ecologist with the US Department of Agriculture’s research service. “Any 10-foot area that’s not paved is going to have some kind of grass on it.” Grass fires are typically less intense...
(This blog was co-authored by EDF Climate Scientist Fiona Lo) Washington D.C.’s famous cherry blossoms are once again blooming earlier than expected. In fact, this year’s peak bloom occurred two and a half weeks earlier than the average over the past 100 years, due to near-record warm temperatures in March. This ranks as the second […]
The Pathways Alliance consortium of oilsands companies has confirmed it will apply for regulatory approval of its proposed $16.5-billion carbon capture project.
MethaneSAT will add new capabilities to the existing set of methane-detecting satellites and usher in a new era of transparency and accountability.
BEIJING - China's coast guard said a number of Philippine personnel ignored its warnings and illegally landed on a reef that is part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on March 21.
Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) new restrictive rules on tailpipe emissions have been praised by climate activists and automotive groups, they’re facing pushback from opponents of electric vehicles. Read more...
Yukon Party MLA Wade Istchenko, who represents Kluane, brought a motion forward Wednesday to condemn an increase to the federal carbon tax. The motion ultimately failed.
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A long-term sea level dataset shows ocean surface heights continuing to rise at faster and faster rates over decades of observations. Global average sea level rose by about 0.3 inches (0.76 centimeters) from 2022 to 2023, a relatively large jump due mostly to a warming climate and the development of a strong El Niño. The […]
Video: 00:17:57 Air pollution is the largest environmental health risk in Europe and significantly impacts the health of the European population, particularly in urban areas.Following on from the Sentinel-5P satellite – the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring our atmosphere – the Sentinel-4 and Sentinel-5 missions will take current air quality measuring capabilities to the next level.Together, the Sentinel-4 and -5 missions will provide information on atmospheric variables in support of European policies. This will include the monitoring of air quality, stratospheric ozone and solar radiation, and climate monitoring.This video features interviews with Giorgio Bagnasco, Sentinel-4 Mission Project Manager, Ben Veilhelmann, Sentinel-4&5 Mission Scientist and Didier Martin...
The UN global campaign sees children calling for action to prevent the worst impacts of climate change.
The agency's annual analysis of industry-submitted data shows a slight increase in waste releases between 2021 and 2022.
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An expedition to study Antarctic krill and the baleen whales that feed upon them is underway in the Antarctic Peninsula. The team of researchers, who departed the UK a fortnight … The post Antarctic expedition to study krill stocks appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
[Nile Post] In a joint effort, the Office of the Prime Minister and Compassion International have initiated a comprehensive five-year collaborative plan to tackle the various disaster situations worsened by climate change.
[Daily Maverick] The oppressive heat that has persisted in parts of South Africa over the past few weeks is neither unusual for this time of year, nor during El Niño. However, climate change is making heatwaves more frequent and severe, and making the impact of El Niño more intense.
Utah-based clean energy developer rPlus Energy is quadrupling the batteries on its Emery County solar plant, which will make it one of the nation's largest battery installations.
By Liz Kivi The carbon price has dropped to its lowest since July last year, following yesterday’s partial auction clearance.
A new peer-reviewed study finds that four nature-based climate solutions have robust scientific foundations, while others need urgent additional research before their role as a climate solution is understood.
The world needs nature-based climate solutions (NbCS). These approaches use conservation, restoration, and management of natural and agricultural systems to retain existing, and sequester additional, carbon while reducing emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. NbCS have been suggested to meet 20-30% of the world’s climate goals. Correspondingly, nature-based actions are included in the national […]
[IPS] Pretoria, South Africa -- Like surface waters, groundwater resources frequently cross international boundaries, potentially igniting disputes among nations that rely on this essential resource. Disagreements over shared groundwater can arise from various issues, such as inequitable resource distribution, competing water needs and economic dependencies, governance challenges, and the varying effects of climate change on water availability.
This video includes conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy . It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). The Amazon Rainforest is a unique ecosystem on our planet - providing home to incredible wildlife and hundreds of indigenous native communities. But the rainforest is under threat - whether from the catastrophe of climate change or the devastation of deforestation. And as the climate continues to change, scientists are increasingly concerned that the rainforest could pass a tipping point. Now, breakthrough research shows us not only how at risk the Amazon is, but how fighting to save the rainforest would also boost the local economy. So, which future will we choose for the Amazon Rainforest?...
New industries such as cryptocurrency and cannabis are boosting industry forecasts, straining efforts to cut emissions What’s happening with US energy? Demand for power is soaring, creating a new energy crisis for the United States – one that could make the climate crisis even worse. Continue reading...
[COP28 UAR] COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber today addressed global climate leaders and ministers at the opening session of the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial. Addressing climate ministers and leaders, Dr. Al Jaber highlighted the role the COP Presidencies Troika will play in driving ambition in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
More than 30 countries -- including European nations, the United States, Brazil and China -- took part on Thursday in the first-ever summit held by the United Nations' atomic energy agency to promote nuclear as a "clean and reliable source of energy".
The main cost of an electric vehicle is its battery. The high cost of energy-dense batteries has meant EVs have long been more expensive than their fossil fuel equivalents.
Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt is inviting Bangkokians to stop using electricity for one hour this Saturday to help reduce global warming, along with 7,000 other cities around the world taking part in "Earth Hour 2024."
Egypt’s economy continues to face significant challenges, but amidst these, the Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant project emerges as a beacon of hope. This ambitious collaboration with Russia signifies a potential game-changer, promising to invigorate the nation’s energy landscape and bring about economic upliftment. Despite the international sanctions imposed on Russia, the project marches forward undeterred, […]
The California Natural Resources Agency said the fines total $13 million.
Temperatures in the region rose above 40 degrees Celsius in February, with humidity pushing the heat index even higher.
Chocolate prices rise in the run up to Easter after high temperatures curb cocoa crops in West Africa.
Southern Tier Solutions says on its website that it wants to use carbon captured from power plants, rather than water, to extract natural gas in New York.
A court faulted an Amsterdam-based air carrier for painting "a too-rosy picture" of its efforts to tackle climate change.
Can electricity grids withstand the storms and floods that climate change has brought in its wake?
Promoting nuclear power was long taboo in Brussels, but a high-profile international summit Thursday will send loud and clear the message that atomic energy -- now touted by its champions as key to fighting climate change -- is back.
The FOX Forecast Center said it'll all begin later Friday as upper-level energy from a Midwest snowstorm combines with energy and moisture coming up from a Gulf of Mexico storm aimed at Florida.
Government departments spent £8.2million on Chinese aid engagement last year on projects including Chevening scholarships for Chinese students and deforestation efforts.
Biden's administration introduced climate regulations requiring most new US cars to be electric or hybrids by 2032, aligning with his goal to cut emissions by 50% and providing significant societal and economic benefits.
Automakers back the tighter emissions regulation, which climate advocates welcome but feel "falls far short of what is needed."
Asia is a major source of e-waste and accounts for nearly half of global e-waste generated in 2022.
EDF statement from Katelyn Roedner Sutter, California Director
For Alaska Native communities along the Yukon River, fishing for salmon has always been a central part of life. But climate change is driving a massive collapse in salmon populations.
The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) insists power supply in Thailand will be sufficient as it plans to import more liquefied natural gas (LNG) to support power generation in the country, says Thepparat Theppitak, the newly appointed governor of Egat.
Bill Gates-founded nuclear power company TerraPower announced plans to begin building a sodium-cooled reactor in Kemmerer, Wyoming, this June, and that it could be functioning by 2030.
Despite a historic global climate deal, demand for oil is booming, executives emphasized at an energy conference in Houston.
A U.S. EPA rule would require car manufacturers to increase sales of electric vehicles while cutting carbon emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles.
A divided three-judge panel concluded that a federal agency failed to justify a regulation that allows some oil and gas work.
The Environmental Protection Agency is imposing America’s strictest limits on greenhouse gas emissions from light-duty vehicles.
A Conservative motion to stop the carbon price increase will face a vote in the House of Commons, while the environment minister warns, 'We can't put climate change on pause.'
Global witness analysis suggests 11.5 million deaths could be caused by burning of fuel produced by 2050 The emissions from burning oil and gas produced by the world’s leading fossil fuel companies could cause millions of excess heat deaths before the end of the century, according to a new analysis. The study from Global Witness found that the combined emissions from fossil fuels produced by Shell, BP, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil and Chevron up to 2050 could result in 11.5 million excess deaths from heat by 2100. Continue reading...
The White House released on Wednesday a finalized new Environmental Protection Agency rule regulating vehicles that leans heavily on a significant increase in electric and hybrid cars on the market in eight years.
Nearly three years in the making, the new tailpipe pollution limits from the Environmental Protection Agency would transform the U.S. automobile market.
A NASA-funded commercial space station, Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef, recently completed testing milestones for its critical life support system as part of the agency’s efforts for new destinations in low Earth orbit. The four milestones are part of a NASA Space Act Agreement originally awarded to Blue Origin in 2021 and focused on the materials […]
Media release | Consumer NZ, the Environmental Law Initiative and Lawyers for Climate Action NZ are doubling down on claims that Z Energy is greenwashing New Zealanders.
Racism is “an evil infecting countries and societies around the world” the UN chief has said in his message marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination but it impacts communities differently.
All major oil and gas companies plan fossil fuel expansion incompatible with limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a new report said Wednesday.
Pterofin's technology operates through an oscillating fin controlled by a counterbalance that changes the pitch of the wind.
[Ethiopian Herald] Working to preserve and conserve the environment using natural methods is known as "nature-based environmental protection." Reforestation, wetland restoration, habitat preservation, and sustainable land management techniques are a few examples of these. These methods can assist in addressing environmental issues including water pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change sustainably and cost-effectively by cooperating with nature rather than against it.
DOE officials unveiled details Tuesday about plans for a U.S. hydrogen industry after oil execs raised questions about the low-carbon fuel.
The world's largest fossil fuel firms are still planning increases in production and continue to sanction new projects, according to the Carbon Tracker Initiative.
TotalEnergies, two years after Russia rolled its tanks into Ukraine, continues to be a major importer of Russian liquefied natural gas into Europe.
"Right now we are focused on ensuring all drivers are treated the same,” Gov. Phil Murphy’s chief of staff Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti said Monday.
The SNB “may not influence economic, political or social developments through its investment policy,” it said.
[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria's forest cover has been dwindling fast for decades. With one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world, there are concerns about the survival of its forest resources. We asked forest management and biodiversity conservation expert Amusa Tajudeen to explain why the country's forests are disappearing and what to do about it.
Climate change is altering the way animals, insects and plants behave, and it has cascading effects in delicately balanced ecosystems that also can affect humans.
Removing cars from urban areas means lower carbon emissions, less air pollution, and fewer road traffic accidents. So why are residents so resistant?
Super-reflective clouds could shelter coral from scorching sunlight. But environmentalists are concerned that such plans could prolong our addiction to fossil fuels.
The shift to electric vehicles is exciting, but it will leave us with thousands of tonnes of spent batteries.
Two Just Stop Oil supporters hijacked an event featuring Emily Thornberry yesterday, after she ignored a letter the eco-protest group sent to her home last week.
GENEVA - Cooperation between the U.S. and China on methane is advancing, the deputy U.S. special envoy on climate change said on Tuesday, saying there was an opportunity for Beijing to slash emissions from its massive coal sector at little or no cost.
If there is a place where the interlinkages and dependencies between the effects of climate warming and biodiversity loss are clearly at display, it’s Nepal. There is clear evidence on the impact of climate change on the country’s ecosystem considering the fact that Nepal is an important biodiversity hotspot. Climate change and biodiversity loss, if […]
National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc is considering building a green methanol production facility at an estimated cost of 3.1 billion baht to support its plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and produce methanol-derived fuels.
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday he supports Manitoba's request for an exemption from the federally imposed carbon price.
Timekeepers worldwide are grappling with the impact of climate change on Earth's rotation, potentially delaying the need for a 'negative leap second' by three years. The delicate balance between Earth's rotation and atomic time poses challenges for global timekeeping infrastructure, with uncertainties and skepticism surrounding the introduction of a negative leap second.
Today, the state of Washington took a big step toward linking its cap-and-invest program with the carbon markets in California and Quebec, a move that could boost climate action and create a more stable, more predictable market for all. Governor Inslee signed E2SB 6058 into law, which will further align Washington’s program with the joint […]
Alberta’s recent delegation at the UN climate change conference COP28 was the largest in the province’s recent history at a cost of more than $160,000.
Terri Lang, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada said the weather system is moving in from Alberta and is already on its way.
The 2024 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro Hybrid is one of the sportier trucks you'll drive since it takes a different approach to its hybrid drive train.
[The Herald] Environment and wildlife patron First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday joined thousands of people, stakeholders and the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Wildlife in celebrating four special events on the ministry's calendar as she maintains a foothold in promoting awareness on environmental conservation and protection.
Decades of buried trash is releasing methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, at higher rates than previously estimated, the researchers said.
Climate change is now altering how we keep time.
Supercomputers play a vital role in scientific discoveries — from helping us forecast climate change to discovering new drugs. We've rounded up the top fastest on the planet right now.
LONDON - Britain’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 5.4% in 2023 partly due to lower gas use in the electricity sector, provisional government data showed on Thursday.
Open access notables A survey of interventions to actively conserve the frozen North , van Wijngaarden et al., Climatic Change: The frozen elements of the high North are thawing as the region warms much faster than the global mean. The dangers of sea level rise due to melting glacier ice, increased concentrations of greenhouse gases from thawing permafrost, and alterations in the key high latitude physical systems spurred many authors, and more recently international agencies and supra-state actors, to investigate “emergency measures” that might help conserve the frozen North. However, the efficacy and feasibility of many of these ideas remains highly uncertain, and some might come with significant risks, or could be even outright dangerous to the ecosystems...
Global warming potential of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is more than 24,000 times that of carbon dioxide.
[The Point] Even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, ocean levels would continue to rise. Not only is dangerous sea level rise "absolutely guaranteed", but it will keep rising for centuries or millennia even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, experts say.
Operators of oil and gas projects on federal land would be required to do more to arrest methane leaks.
As the installed wind turbine price hits a record low, China has secured its place as a global green energy leader.
[African Arguments] The privately-led quintupling of rooftop solar in 2 years takes some pressure off the grid but, without planning, risks deepening energy apartheid.
GOP senators urged the Federal Trade Commission against enforcing Democrats' climate goals.
Congress never authorized the Federal Highway Administration to require states to set greenhouse gas emissions targets, the ruling says.
Many scientists and adventurers are motivated by the effects of global warming to help document changes, collect data and learn how to preserve our natural world for future generations.
Experts say an international study that has found species in mountain regions are at risk of extinction due to rapidly rising temperatures has worrying implications for New Zealand.
High-tech greenhouses and vertical farms are a response to drought and other impacts of climate change. But the electricity they consume adds to the problem.
In "H Is for Hope," Kolbert explores the contradictions of a global problem, from A to Z.
Chocolate eggs and bunnies cost more than ever this Easter -- but the farmers who make these treats possible are in dire straits.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday during his visit to Brazil that a potential agreement between the European Union and the South American Mercosur trade bloc as it stands is a \"very bad deal\" and more climate commitments are needed.
The regulation is one of several the Biden administration has billed as a reform of the nation’s massive oil and gas program.
A survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas found an industry pointing to uncertain conditions.
An updated emissions plan “makes it clear that for production to continue in the North Sea, it must also become cleaner,” the North Sea Transition Authority said.
Melting polar ice could affect the timing of the planet's next "leap second."
[The Conversation Africa] A global group of scientists has predicted that climate change may cause dramatic movements in venomous snake populations across many countries in Africa. The scientists took into account climate change predictions about changes to the current habitats of 209 venomous snakes, and mapped where those environments were found elsewhere. Based on this, they predict that snakes were likely to migrate to those African countries whose environments remained suitable for snakes after 2070. This could modify the
We already have evidence that rock dust can remove carbon dioxide from the air – now there are signs that spreading the dust on farm fields also enhances crop growth
1,500 tonnes of drinking water from Tibet's glaciers donated by China reached Maldives amid water shortage. Decision made during China's chairman's visit. Maldives plans to distribute clean water to various islands.
Pointing to the still paltry share of renewable energy in global supply, the head of Saudi Aramco described the current energy transition strategy as a misguided failure on Monday.
Michigan's nuclear power plant, outside of Kalamazoo, was shuttered in 2022 due to safety issues, but is set to be revived thanks for a loan from the Biden Administration.
Coalition of environmental groups support national efforts to reduce methane waste on public lands.
EVs, in general, lean towards the more expensive side, but there are still a number of budget-friendly options out there from reputable automakers.
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice rejected a renewable energy bill, claiming it would increase the cost for consumers. Instead, he said the state should focus on coal-fueled energy.
A team of about 40 scientists pulled deep-ocean sediment samples out of the most remote region of the Southern Ocean - discovering how a vortex melts Antarctic ice
Adding solar panels to your home can be a great way to save money in the long term while simultaneously reducing your carbon footprint.
Canada's oil industry has been fighting tooth-and-nail against the promised cap, which the federal government has said it expects to finalize later this year.
The melting of polar ice due to global warming is affecting Earth’s rotation and could have an impact on precision timekeeping, a new study says.
A new study using NASA satellite data reveals how drought affects the recovery of western ecosystems from fire, a result that could provide meaningful information for conservation efforts. The West has been witnessing a trend of increasing number and intensity of wildland fires. Historically a natural part of the region’s ecology, fires have been exacerbated […]
This story by Naveena Sadasivam and Kate Yoder was originally published by Grist and is part of Covering Climate Now , a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. The long-awaited jobs board for the American Climate Corps, promised early in the Biden administration, will open next month, according to details shared exclusively with Grist. The program is modeled after President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps, launched in 1933 to help the country make it through the Great Depression. The positions with the new corps could range across a number of fields including energy-efficiency installations, disaster response preparedness, recycling, and wildfire mitigation. The White House plans...
The agency has opened a “non-regulatory docket” to collect comments before it writes a climate rule for the existing gas fleet.
The final regulation will require oil and gas companies to pay royalties on vented or flared natural gas.
There were more natural catastrophes causing insured losses in 2023 with a record of 142.
Alcohol intake, smog and diabetes are the three greatest risk factors for developing dementia that people can modify, a study conducted by Oxford University researchers recently concluded.
The Energy Department Wednesday announced a $1.52 billion loan guarantee for Holtec Palisades to finance restoration and restart of the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan.
When you look out your window or walk your dog in the year 2100, the animals you spot may be quite different from what you see today, a new study suggests. Many species are moving due to climate change, and Canadian cities could get an influx of wild climate refugees.
[Ghanaian Times] Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, popularly known as WASH, constitutes a critical sector in the national quest for sustainable development. The sector, however, remains threatened by the brutish impacts of climate change especially as they relate to water and its complex interactions with sanitation and hygiene services.
A nuclear power plant hasn’t been built in Texas in decades because of cost and public fears of a major accident.
A faster Antarctic Circumpolar Current could cause ice to melt even faster.
The Biden administration is counting on nuclear power to help the U.S. reach its goal of 100 percent clean electricity by 2035 and a net-zero emissions economy by 2050.
The deal comes as Administrator Michael Regan has spotlighted his agency's international reach recently.
Boats had been barred from landing since July 2022 owing to virus, which has ravaged populations of seabirds The puffins started arriving two weeks ago – and now there are thousands of them fizzing around in a mad frenzy. They have joined kittiwakes, guillemots, razorbills, fulmars and shags. Soon Arctic terns will arrive after their epic journey across the world from the Antarctic. This week humans arrived after a two-year ban from the Farne Islands in Northumberland, one of the UK’s most important sanctuaries for breeding seabirds. Continue reading...
“What you do makes me cry at night,” 13-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki told the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil in a message that resonates today as the world grapples with climate change.
Every attempt I make to drive my electric car simply exposes me to new and hidden charges and fines
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly has stressed that the State is keen on taking intensive actions on the dues of foreign petroleum companies working in Egypt through implementing a mechanism for repaying such dues. The premier’s remarks came at a meeting held on Tuesday 26/3/2024 to follow up on the repayment of the dues of foreign … The post Gov’t Starts Repaying Foreign Partners’ Dues Of Oil Projects appeared first on Egypt Independent.
It may be time to add human-caused climate change to the list of factors likely to worsen inflation, a new study finds.
When it comes to predicting what our climate will be like in the future, vegetation matters. Plants and trees exert a powerful influence over both the energy cycle and the water cycle. And, crucially, it is estimated that vegetation draws down well over three billion tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year – this is equivalent to a third of greenhouse-gas emissions from human activity.Accounting for vegetation growth is clearly important in the complex climate puzzle – and the release of a new satellite dataset is set to help climate modellers with the challenge of evaluating the impacts of climate change.
Blustery conditions, showers, thunder and hail will hit the UK tonight and tomorrow as Storm Nelson sweeps in after the low pressure system was named by the Spanish weather service Aemet.
New research shows that climate change is already driving up food prices, with worse to come.
The international development agency would be remade under a plan by Trump allies and former officials.
Fracking companies that successfully stopped the rule in the 5th Circuit are trying again now that the litigation has moved to a different court.
Some ‘ecologically sound’ brands contain as little as 2.7% of the eco-friendly paper alternative In the bathrooms of the ecologically conscious, bamboo toilet paper is the new bottom line – a supposedly green alternative to the bog-standard pulp-based loo roll that requires the chopping down of 1m trees a year, just to be flushed down the pan. But new findings from consumer watchdog Which? will wipe away that smug feeling: samples of three out of the five of the UK’s top bamboo brands were actually made from other woods, some of them heavily implicated in deforestation. Continue reading...
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The ABC has apologised to Dick Smith after the outraged businessman wrote to it demanding corrections to a fact check report on renewable energy and nuclear power he said was 'full of lies'.
Agriculture ministers from 20 of the EU's 27 member countries supported a call by Austria to revise the law.
Deal had been thrown into doubt during election campaign in Tuvalu over sovereignty concerns Australia and Tuvalu will go ahead with a security and climate migration pact, after the latter’s new government agreed not to change the deal, Australia’s Pacific minister, Pat Conroy, has told parliament. The two countries had announced the deal in November , but it was thrown into doubt during an election campaign in the remote Pacific atoll of 11,000 people that is threatened by rising sea levels. Continue reading...
Just 2% of continent’s gas capacity has planned retirement date despite pledges to decarbonise, study shows Europe’s “tone-deaf” expansion of fossil gas is accelerating climate breakdown and increasing reliance on hostile regimes, campaigners have warned. Just four of Europe’s gas-fired power plants have a retirement plan and new projects will increase the continent’s gas generation capacity by 27%, according to analysis from the campaign group Beyond Fossil Fuels. Continue reading...
State Sen. Click Bishop, R-Fairbanks, urged the Air Force to move ahead with the small nuclear power plant after a presentation last week.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In Florida, the effects of climate change are hard to ignore, no matter your politics. It’s the hottest state—Miami spent a record 46 days above a heat index of 100 degrees last summer—and many homes and businesses are clustered along beachfront areas […]
Warm weather has left maintainers of the melting ice road recommending against all vehicle travel on the Kuskokwim for now.
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But vineyards in other locations such as the UK and Tasmania could benefit from warming temperatures, report experts at the University of Bordeaux.
[African Development Bank (AfDB)] The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved a $50 million loan for the Yobe State Environmental and Climate Change Action Project (ECCAP) to enhance climate change resilience, boost food security, and improve livelihoods for over 3.5 million people in northeast Nigeria.
[New Dawn] The World Bank launches the Liberia Country Development and Climate Report here. The report highlights Liberia's vulnerability to climate change, identifies developmental risks and opportunities, and models various climate impact scenarios and interventions.
The east Malaysian state is surrounded by water, but years of infrastructure neglect and an El Nino-triggered drought have brought severe shortages as tankers are deployed to supply water to villages ‘around the clock’.
There is limited public information about how PFAS enter wastewater treatment plants, but the new effort may help shape future rules.
CNN — Artificial intelligence is energy-hungry and as companies race to make it bigger, smarter and more complex, its thirst for electricity will increase even further. This sets up a thorny problem for an industry pitching itself as a powerful tool to save the planet: a huge carbon footprint. Yet according to Sam Altman, head … The post ChatGPT’s boss claims nuclear fusion is the answer to AI’s soaring energy needs. Not so fast, experts say appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D3EE04563C, Paper Qingtong Li, Lei Zhang, Chi Zhang, Yu Tian, Yanyun Fan, Bo Li, Zhengang An, Dachao Li, Zhong Lin Wang A hybrid magnetic energy harvester is demonstrated for self-powered sensors in transmission lines, showcasing unprecedented power density, compact size, lightweight, waterproofing, resilience to current fluctuations, and environmental robustness. 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
Some of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies are not as excited about a possible Trump victory in the 2024 election as one might expect.
Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship sued after Trump called him a "felon" on social media in 2018.
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project . This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a "bump" for our ask. This week features " Human fingerprints on climate change rule out natural cycles ". More will follow in the upcoming weeks. Please follow the Further Reading link at the bottom to read the full rebuttal and to join the discussion in the comment thread there. At a glance The passage of time reveals many things. Consider for a moment the myth in the box above. It is dated 2008 and says, "Global warming (i.e, the warming since 1977) is over." Fifteen years on from that...
Media release | New research from Kantar and the Sustainable Business Council (SBC) reveals Kiwi consumers believe business action is falling short of business responsibility, both in terms of climate change and environmental issues and...
Inexpensive and easy to use, drones are proving invaluable for activists monitoring illegal fishing, hunting and deforestation – as well as keeping tabs on zoos and aquariums Late last year, UrgentSeas received an anonymous tip from a former employee at the Miami Seaquarium about animal tanks away from public view. The advocacy group went to investigate. In November, they posted a short clip of what they found by flying a drone over the property: an elderly manatee living alone in a decaying private pool. Within a month, the clip had been watched millions of times and the outcry had grown so intense that the US Fish and Wildlife Service moved the manatee, Romeo, and his mate, Juliet, to a sanctuary. Continue reading...
Planting trees in the wrong places can actually contribute to global warming, scientists said on Tuesday, but a new map identifies the best locations to regrow forests and cool the planet.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00680A, Paper Ben Zhang, Weijie Chen, Haiyang Chen, Guang Zeng, Rui Zhang, Hongxiang Li, Yunfei Wang, Xiaodan Gu, Weiwei Sun, Hao Gu, Feng Gao, Yaowen Li, Yongfang Li Enabling green-solvent-processed large-area organic solar cells (OSCs) is of great significance to their industrialization. However, precisely controlling the temperature-dependent fluid mechanics and evaporation behavior of green solvents with high-boiling points... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Asymptomatic cases may seem reassuring for the penguins, but scientists fear they could act as ‘Trojan horses’ for other species Adélie penguins in Antarctica are testing positive for bird flu without showing outward signs of disease, according to researchers who travelled around 13 remote breeding sites on an ice-breaking cruise ship. Since bird flu arrived in the region this year , there have been concerns about the virus reaching the Antarctic’s fragile penguin populations. In November last year, researchers warned in a pre-print research paper that if the virus caused mass mortality in these colonies, “it could signal one of the largest ecological disasters of modern times”. Continue reading...
Researchers are identifying genes in the hop plant to produce varieties that will be more resilient to climate change.
Backers of the legislation say it would help fortify the grid, but environmentalists warn it could worsen emissions.
The Bucks County lawsuit is the first climate liability case out of the energy-rich Keystone State.
“We seem to be in retreat for some of the commitments we have made," said Ireland’s Climate Minister Eamon Ryan.
The Scottish Government has been slated for its record on climate change as energy giants underline their willingness to invest in big UK projects.
As Sir Keir Starmer outlined plans for a publicly owned clean energy company in North Wales yesterday, Offshore Energies UK said the oil and gas sector was facing 'big challenges'.
Environment Secretary Steve Barclay announced new legislation in December which will ban businesses from selling goods containing certain commodities sourced from land used illegally.
For the city’s plan to work without Chena Power’s involvement, the Ounalashka Corp. would likely have to break ties with Chena.
Exclusive: gas commission to play key role, with reference groups created comprising landholders, councils, cultural representatives and consumers Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The Queensland government is launching a plan to use the gas commission and local consultation bodies to help maintain land-use harmony during the state’s $1bn renewables build-out. The energy minister, Mick de Brenni, is expected to launch the Queensland Renewable Energy Zone Roadmap at an industry event on Tuesday. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
City’s finance chief and California’s secretary for environmental protection Yana Garcia call for political differences to be put aside at a University of Hong Kong forum.
The storm, rated 4 out of 5, fizzled out before northern lights could shine on the United States.
Low-lying islands standing less than 3m above sea level are at high risk of disappearing.
Sea ice at both the top and bottom of the planet continued its decline in 2024. In the waters around Antarctica, ice coverage shrank to near-historic lows for the third year in a row. The recurring loss hints at a long-term shift in conditions in the Southern Ocean, likely resulting from global climate change, according […]
Consumption of palm oil for biodiesel in Indonesia surpassed that for food for the first time in 2023.
From the atmosphere down to the surface of the ocean, data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) satellite benefits ecosystems, human health, and underrepresented communities. Years before the launch in February 2024, mission leaders from NASA teamed with dozens of applied scientists and environmental professionals to prepare for the many practical uses that […]
Energy insecurity and the fallout from the war in Ukraine are pushing countries back to coal.
Changes in wind patterns and desertification may be increasing the amount of dust from the Sahara desert blown over western Europe and the frequency of these events
From 'spars' that bob like fishing lures to cutting-edge hybrid platforms, engineers have created hundreds of different designs for these clean-energy giants.
The storm hit with parts of the country still in recovery mode from their own severe weather, particularly in the Northeast. Tens of thousands of people still lacked power in Maine, where a storm coated parts of the state in thick ice.
The Labour leader wants to decarbonise the UK's electricity grid by the start of the next decade as part of his five 'missions' if he becomes PM.
Funding will go to recipients in more than 20 states in industrial sector, which is responsible for roughly 25% of US emissions The Biden administration announced a record $6bn in funding Monday to decarbonize US industry facilities including plants that make cement and concrete, iron and steel, and food production plants including ones which make mac and cheese, and ice cream. The industrial sector is responsible for roughly 25% of all the nation’s emissions, and has proven difficult to decarbonize due to its energy-intense, large-scale operations. Constellium in Ravenswood, West Virginia, is going to operate a first-of-its-kind zero-carbon aluminum casting plant and install low-emission furnaces that can use clean fuels such as hydrogen. The company produces aluminum for a range of products...
Supporters say developing hydrogen as a fuel is critical to slowing climate change. Critics are concerned that producing it with fossil fuels will prop up the oil and gas industry.
In oral histories, senior Democrats recounted how climate legislation took a back seat to President Barack Obama’s signature health care law.
Japanese carmaker aims to take on Chinese rivals, launching 16 EVs in the next three years Business live – latest updates Nissan is planning to cut the costs of manufacturing electric vehicles by nearly a third by 2030, as it seeks to compete with Chinese rivals. It comes as the Japanese company, which sold 3.4m cars globally last year, aims to increase sales by an extra 1m by 2026. Continue reading...
The carbon price has increased slightly from an eight-month low on Wednesday, following the government’s Emissions Trading Scheme auction, but is still trading well below the auction floor.
Heavy rainfall brings landslides to country’s south-east. Elsewhere, a wild temperature fluctuation in Iberia Brazil was hit by devastating floods over the weekend that have so far claimed 20 lives in the resultant landslides and mudslides. There was heavy rainfall in parts of the south-east, including Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis and the larger Espírito Santo region, with hourly rainfall totals of about 20mm recorded in places. Cumulative totals from Friday through Sunday were close to 250mm, particularly along the coast: this is far higher than the monthly average. Landslides and mudslides occurred across the region, and a number of houses collapsed. Rescue operations are under way to look for people who may have been stranded by the floods. Although there may still be a few showers over...
Some $6 billion in federal funding will help reduce emissions from industrial facilities including steel mills, cement plants and a macaroni and cheese factory.
Spectacular aurora borealis caused by geomagnetic storms on sun’s surface may be visible in North America as far south as the midwest Solar eruptions are sending a stream of particles towards Earth, creating spectacular auroras in both hemispheres. The aurora borealis – in the northern hemisphere – will be potentially visible on Monday night in the US as far south as the midwest. The northern lights, more commonly seen within the Arctic Circle, could also be visible in Scotland. Continue reading...
Authorities to launch inquiry into allegations of mismanagement at country’s national oil corporation Libyan authorities have said they will investigate allegations of wholesale mismanagement in the country’s National Oil Corporation, with officials telling the Guardian rampant smuggling is helping to fuel the civil war in Sudan. Mohamed al-Menfi, the chair of the presidential council, will launch an inquiry this week, t he scope of which is likely to also cover the widespread practice of fuel smuggling and its key beneficiaries. Continue reading...
Billionaire Elon Musk has joined Australian businessman Dick Smith in blasting ABC fact checkers for spreading 'lies' and 'misinformation' about his statements on nuclear energy.
The CERAWeek energy conference zeroed in on issues well beyond oil and gas ahead of this year's presidential election.
The state's coal industry has declined drastically over the past two decades, producing about a quarter of the coal it mined 20 years ago.
Scientists will analyze antlers and skulls to determine if climate change is shifting moose habitat from the northernmost United States.
[Nile Post] The Third Deputy Prime Minister, Hajjat Lukia Nakadama Isanga, has called upon Ugandans to actively engage in reforestation efforts whenever trees are cut down for purposes such as charcoal production, poles, and other similar uses.
There are quite a few caveats, especially if you need solar power for other appliances, but the bare minimum solar panels needed is still quite a few.
The Philippines said Monday it had summoned a Chinese envoy over "aggressive actions" by the China Coast Guard and other vessels near a reef off the Southeast Asian country's coast.
This is the third geomagnetic storm to reach G4 status during the current 11-year solar cycle, which began in 2019, officials said.
Fredericton residents respond to a recent storm that covered everything with a layer of snow and ice. The storm left thousands of people without power, and damaged a couple roads.
Bodies and minds are just as affected by climate change as sea ice and forests, says University of Alberta scientist Sherilee Harper.
Groups of therapists, climate activists and citizens worried about the heating planet are coming together in so-called climate cafes to discuss the mental health effects of the environmental crisis.
Fewer than one in 10 investors exploring new investments in the technology, with most preferring renewables Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Nuclear energy ranks last on the list of climate technologies that big institutional investors want exposure to, according to a survey of climate conscious investors with $37tn under management. Fewer than one in 10 investors were exploring new investments in nuclear technology in the survey of the Investor Group on Climate Change, whose 100 members include super funds and asset managers looking after the funds of 15 million Australians. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
Would-be voters in the coal and oil state signal they’re increasingly alarmed by climate change.
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Meeka Outlaw spent most of her childhood growing up in a South Philadelphia rowhouse that was essentially sandwiched between an oil refinery and an electrical power plant. Less than a mile north of her home on Latona Street, there’s the […]
A national committee to devise a policy on battling the PM2.5 problem, and an agency to manage the smog are needed to address the nation's air pollution, according to the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).
The National Parks Conservation Association released a report on the impact of climate change on pollution.
The federal opposition leader’s calls to include nuclear power in Australia’s energy mix has so far failed to win support from his state colleagues The federal Coalition faces a battle with the states on its proposal for nuclear power stations at the sites of decommissioned coal power plants, with state premiers and opposition leaders alike largely against Peter Dutton’s proposal. Labor governments and Coalition oppositions in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia are either outright opposed to the plan or have failed to endorse it. Continue reading...
More lost shipwrecks are being found because of new technology, climate change and more vessels scanning the ocean floor for science or commerce.
Two of the main goals of a new non-profit organization are to greatly improve global volcanic eruption predictions and design new and more cost-effective methods for the energy production of geothermal energy. The idea was born when they accidentally drilled into the magma in Krafla in 2009.
The Desmog Climate Disinformation Database documents, "individuals and organisations that have helped to delay and distract the public and our elected leaders from taking needed action to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and fight global warming." It's a who's who of the organised climate change denial movement, in other words. In Martin Durkin's recently released film, entitled, 'Climate - the Movie', 17 academics, retired academics and bloggers were interviewed. How big a proportion of them have their own page in the DeSmog database? Go on, have a guess. It's 76%. Climate change denial is like a kind of flying circus. This same old carnival troupe is wheeled out time and again to spread doubt about climate science. Why? Because that's what they are good at doing, with decades of...
The refinery, run by Russian oil giant Rosneft, is one of the largest in the Samara region, with a production capacity of 7 million tons of oil per year.
With climate change threatening the scheduling of future of the Arctic Winter Games, the event itself is a contributor to the issue through flights, waste and merchandise.
Ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and actor Jane Fonda joined Gov. Gavin Newsom and environmentalists calling to uphold the state's oil drilling restrictions.
Pythons can provide large volumes of high-protein meat, and with a lower carbon footprint. So, would you like to try some?
Africa and South America would be the continents most affected, the study found.
China’s imports of Australian coal increased by 3,188 per cent year on year to US$1.34 billion in the first two months of 2024 amid improving relations between Beijing and Canberra.
The icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter shoot enormous geysers into space that may contain evidence of life. New research shows that NASA only needs to grab a few grains of ice from these plumes to find out for sure.
KYIV - Ukraine's nuclear power company said on Friday the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which requires constant external power to prevent a disaster, was on the verge of a blackout after Russia struck a nearby hydro-electric dam.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With a sweeping legislative proposal, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders are attempting to place public housing at the center of the green energy transition, tackling the twin crises of global warming and soaring housing costs. “Public housing should […]
Automakers are embracing the Environmental Protection Agency’s new rules for tailpipe emissions that support electric vehicles, even as automakers are struggling. Read more...
The senators told EPA on Friday that a new proposal would put some plants at risk of shutting down while yielding little in the way of environmental benefits.
by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Desert Sun. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Oil giant Chevron has agreed to pay a record-setting $13 million to two California agencies for past oil spills, but some of the company’s spills are ongoing. The fines, announced Wednesday, come more than three years after an investigation by The Desert Sun and ProPublica found that oil companies are profiting from illegal spills and that oversight of the industry by California’s oil and gas division was lax. At least one of Chevron’s...
Saint-Gobain breaks ground on its third glass factory in Egypt’s Sokhna zone, investing €175 million on a 200,000 sqm facility in the presence of Waleid Gamal al-Dien, Chairman of the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), Eric Chevallier, French Ambassador to Cairo, and Hadi Nassif, CEO of Saint-Gobain for the East Mediterranean … The post SCZONE marks €175 million milestone with groundbreaking of new glass factory, solar power plant appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Critics say it is a missed chance to recognise that the planet irrevocably left its natural state in the mid-20th century The guardians of the world’s official geological timescale have firmly rejected a proposal to declare an Anthropocene epoch, after an epic academic row. The proposal would have designated the period from 1952 as the Anthropocene to reflect the planet-changing impact of humanity. It would have ended the Holocene epoch, the 11,700 years of stable climate since the last ice age and during which human civilisation arose. Continue reading...
Despite splashy climate pledges, firms including BP and Saudi Aramco have plans to expand fossil fuel production, says analysis In recent years, virtually all of the world’s largest oil companies have made splashy climate pledges. But when it comes to actually slashing emissions, those firms are “way off track”, a new report has found. The analysis from the thinktank Carbon Tracker assessed the production and transition plans of 25 of the world’s largest oil and gas companies. None align with the central goal of the 2015 Paris climate agreement to keep global warming “well under” 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, the report found. Continue reading...
The Republican legislation passed mostly along party lines. It was the last vote in the Republicans' "energy week."
Less than a quarter of the country is in drought with just 0.14 percent of the nation experiencing the highest level of drought, which is unusually low, says NOAA's Climate Prediction Center.
Kyiv says the country’s largest dam and hydroelectric plant were hit as Moscow unleashed 88 missiles and 63 drones Europe live – latest news updates More than a million Ukrainians have been left without power after Russia launched one of its largest missile and drone attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure to date. The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched 88 missiles and 63 Iranian-made Shahed drones. Of them, 37 and 55 respectively were shot down, but others hit the country’s largest dam and caused blackouts in several regions, and killing at least five people. Continue reading...
It is well documented that women, particularly those in developing countries, are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
Watch a cherry tree bloom over 10 days, and find out how climate change is propelling D.C.’s famous trees to hit peak earlier.
Following a massive sewage spill in 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency has ordered improvements at the Hyperion water treatment plant in Playa del Rey.
This week we get into what the EU elections mean for Germany (and Europe) plus how to vote, why Berlin's techno scene is a UNESCO cultural icon, how climate change is hitting German ski resorts and what to expect in Germany at Easter.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government on Thursday survived a no-confidence motion brought by the opposition Conservative Party over Canada's carbon tax, which looks set to be a major issue in an election likely to be held next year.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory assessed how to best connect offshore wind to the grid.
A little-known Inflation Reduction Act provision has sparked competition among the party's rising stars.
Energy executives defended a future with fossil fuels in Houston as climate negotiators in Europe discussed what’s next for the transition away from oil and gas.
The vote on a nonbinding resolution was pure theater but came as other lawmakers are seeking a path on a bipartisan carbon tariff bill.
Brussels pledged to boost tree planting to help fight climate change but remains well below 1 percent of its 2030 goal.
Different engines of course require different oils, but the difference between diesel and gasoline engine oil is especially important for your engine's health.
Warmer weather means peak bloom for the city's thousands of trees starts six days earlier, on average, than a century ago.
Texas and 15 other US states filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging the Biden administration's freeze on new liquefied natural gas exports.
Texas has joined 15 other states in suing to block the Biden administration's ban on approving applications to export liquefied natural gas exports, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 129, Issue 3, March 2024.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre threatened the confidence vote Wednesday after the House of Commons defeated his motion to stop the annual carbon price increase.
Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 30th commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and technology demonstrations for the agency are on the way to the International Space Station, including studies of technologies to measure sea ice and plant growth in space. SpaceX’s Dragon resupply spacecraft, carrying more than 6,000 pounds of cargo to the […]
LONDON/ADEN - Two tankers, containing oil and toxic waste, are stuck in the Red Sea in the firing line between Western naval forces and Yemen's Houthi militants despite repeated efforts by the United Nations to empty and move the ships to avoid a spill.
Scientists embed conductive fibers into cement-based mixtures to transform buildings into large-scale batteries.
Climate change propelled the migration of our ancestors out of Africa and into Eurasia.
U.N. agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further.
Extractive industries threaten water, glaciers, and livelihoods, but new research offers hope.
States in the southern High Plains will be "quite vulnerable to high wildfire risk, especially during high wind events," said Jon Gottschalck of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Proposal aims to decarbonize all of nation’s public housing units, with an investment of between $162bn and $234bn over next decade With a sweeping legislative proposal, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders are attempting to place public housing at the center of the green energy transition, tackling the twin crises of global warming and soaring housing costs. “Public housing should be the gold standard for affordable, environmentally friendly, and safe communities,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an email. “This bill is how we ensure that.” Continue reading...
A simulated form of carbon called BC8, or 'super-diamond', could be 30% tougher than normal diamonds, but synthesizing it on Earth won't be easy.
Rising temperatures are predicted to drive up food inflation by between 0.9 and 3.2 per cent a year by 2035, as crop yields suffer from extreme heat
The early onset of high temperatures that hit the region in mid-February has left people with less time to adjust.
The goal is to determine whether “underreported air pollution” occurred, according to the inspector general's office.
Open access notables Climate model s can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory , Schmidt, Nature [perspective] : In general, the 2023 temperature anomaly has come out of the blue, revealing an unprecedented knowledge gap perhaps for the first time since about 40 years ago, when satellite data began offering modellers an unparalleled, real-time view of Earth’s climate system. If the anomaly does not stabilize by August — a reasonable expectation based on previous El Niño events — then the world will be in uncharted territory. It could imply that a warming planet is already fundamentally altering how the climate system operates, much sooner than scientists had anticipated...
The funds for the liquified natural gas terminals went against the bank’s own policy on fossil fuel investments.
EDF Statement of Emily Steinhilber, Director, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds, Virginia, Environmental Defense Fund
Aberdeen oil and gas engineering giants prepare to shed hundreds of jobs amid huge changes in energy industry.
But even as officials announce $475 million in funding for renewable energy projects on current or former mine sites, others note that getting former miners into well-paying, long-term jobs remains a major challenge.
Public Citizen, a non-profit group, proposed the idea last year to prosecute companies for millions of deaths due to climate crisis Each year, extreme temperatures take 5 million lives, while 400,000 people die from climate-related hunger and disease and scores perish in floods and wildfires . Now, researchers are promoting a new legal theory that says fossil fuel companies – which, data show , are the leading contributors to planet-heating pollution – could be tried for homicide for climate-related deaths. Continue reading...
State lawmakers said Southern Tier Solutions is attempting to use a loophole in the existing law by drilling with carbon dioxide instead of water.
This post is authored by Mark Moroge, Vice President of Natural Climate Solutions at Environmental Defense Fund. We know that nature-based climate solutions are among our greatest assets when it comes to tackling climate change. Conserving, restoring and improving the management of nature – alongside reductions in new fossil fuel use – can provide at […]
[IPS] Cairo -- Egypt's economy continues to face significant challenges, but amidst these, the Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant project emerges as a beacon of hope.
[UN News] Racism is "an evil infecting countries and societies around the world" the UN chief has said in his message marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination but it impacts communities differently.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The bosses of the world’s leading oil and gas companies have poured scorn on efforts to move away from fossil fuels, complaining that a “visibly failing” transition to clean energy was being pushed forward at an “unrealistic pace.” […]
Research finds that tropical and temperate forest conservation and reforestation ‘lead the pack’ in certainty of climate benefits
Renewables deployment is crucial to achieving carbon neutrality in China (1). By 2030, China’s installed capacity of clean energy is estimated to reach 2.57 billion kilowatts, which represents 67.5% of the country’s overall energy capacity (2). However, China’s renewables development may threaten ecosystems and weaken ecosystem services (3). China urgently needs to take integrated and comprehensive actions to prevent renewable energy infrastructure from degrading the local environment.
Here’s what happened when two climate reporters tried to ditch natural gas.
Creating the right financial instruments can enable cash-constrained national oil companies to pursue rapid oil and gas methane abatement.
[New Times] As parts of the world face extreme hot weather, there is an advisory on how to cope with rising temperatures. When the weather is too hot, there are health risks. During heat waves, more people than usual get seriously ill or die.
Producers, exporters and pipeline companies offered plans at CERAWeek to keep expanding in a decarbonizing world.
European countries have courted Namibia for its potential to produce "green" hydrogen, seen as a future carbon-free fuel, from its abundant solar and wind resources.
High temperatures in February affected millions of people and put further pressure on chocolate prices A searing heatwave that struck west Africa in February was made 4C hotter and 10 times more likely by human-caused global heating, a study has found. The heat affected millions of people but the number of early deaths or cases of illness are unknown, due to a lack of reporting. Continue reading...
"The Bible is full of references to climate," said Galen Carey of the National Association of Evangelicals.
Landslides are likely to afflict more and more people as climate change intensifies storms and wildfires, destabilizing soil.
In the early months of recent years, residents in northern Thailand, particularly Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son, have braced for choking PM2.5 air pollution.
ScottishPower appoints specialists to help tackle 'unexploded ordnance' challenge offshore as oil services groups expand in renewables sector.
The Environmental Protection Agency introduced a slate of new standards Wednesday that will sharply cut down gas emissions and boost EV sales in the coming years
A billionaire CEO whose family made its fortune from coal mining is building the world's largest renewable energy plant that will be visible from space when complete, according to a report.
Michael Sfraga, of Fairbanks, is a step closer to Senate confirmation. He would be the nation's first Arctic ambassador.
McArthur River at community of Borroloola predicted to peak at 18 metres, three metres higher than previous 2001 record Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The remote Northern Territory community of Borroloola was expected to face dangerous record flooding just days after it was lashed by Tropical Cyclone Megan . The McArthur River at the township was forecast to peak at 18 metres by Thursday afternoon, three metres than the previous 2001 flood record, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Continue reading...
The real feel of summers is hotter than ever due to climate change.
The BC Coalition for Affordable Dependable Energy was launched on Wednesday, and it says the need to keep energy affordable and dependable for homes and businesses is paramount.
An oil rigger stationed off the coast of Mexico captured images of two UFOs - one was a saucer-shaped craft and the other with a triangular design and three lights on the bottom.
EPA Unveils Clean Car Standards
After the owners of a processing plant announced its closure, there's fear that it's not only the Matane shrimp that are on their way out, but the Quebec shrimp fishery as a whole.
Rule will have cumulatively slashed more than 7bn tons of carbon dioxide emissions by time it is fully implemented in 2055 In a move being hailed as one of the most significant climate rules in US history, the Biden administration announced on Wednesday new regulations on tailpipe emissions. The rule, which calls for a 56% reduction in fleetwide average carbon emissions by 2032, constitutes the strictest-ever limit on pollution from the nation’s cars and light trucks. “Today, we’re setting new pollution standards for cars and trucks,” Joe Biden said in a statement. “US workers will lead the world on autos making clean cars and trucks, each stamped ‘Made in America.’ You have my word.” Continue reading...
Phyllis Cuttino spoke to us about Republicans’ acceptance of climate change, and what could happen after this election year.
STATEMENT: U.S. EPA Issues New Pollution Standards for Passenger Vehicles nate.shelter@wri.org Wed, 03/20/2024 - 12:05 WASHINGTON (March 20, 2024) — Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new pollution standards to reduce tailpipe emissions and other forms of pollution from light and medium duty vehicles for model-year 2027 through 2032. These new performance standards will result in a 52% reduction in fleetwide averages of planet-warming pollution from new cars and trucks by model year 2032 as compared to vehicles sold in 2026. The new standards are expected to drive increasing adoption of electric vehicles. EPA estimates that between 2027 and 2055, the new standards will prevent more than 7 billion tons of carbon emissions. Following...
Of the 25 largest listed fossil fuel firms assessed, only one has plans for production decline in the longer term.
Like surface waters, groundwater resources frequently cross international boundaries, potentially igniting disputes among nations that rely on this essential resource. Disagreements over shared groundwater can arise from various issues, such as inequitable resource distribution, competing water needs and economic dependencies, governance challenges, and the varying effects of climate change on water availability. Effectively managed transboundary […]
QUETTA - Twelve miners were killed and eight rescued after an explosion in a coal mine in south-western Pakistan, officials said on Wednesday.
Staff will be monitoring the parks and anyone found breaking the rules could face a fine of up to $25,000.
University of Adelaide study finds potential lamb deaths from heat stress could increase from 2.1m to 3.3m per year under a 3C rise Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the community Rising temperatures due to global heating will decrease lamb survival and fertility rates in Australia’s sheep flock resulting in industry-wide losses of up to $166m annually, new analysis predicts. A University of Adelaide study, published in the journal Nature Food , modelled the impact an average temperature increase of 1C and 3C would have on Australia’s $4.3bn sheep industry. Sign up to receive Guardian Australia’s fortnightly Rural Network email newsletter Continue reading...
War is now pitting Ukraine’s home-grown drone technology against a 2,000km swathe of largely Soviet-era oil facilities in Russia.
Executives at Texas summit claim clean-energy transition is failing and say world should ‘abandon the fantasy’ of fossil-fuel phaseout The bosses of the world’s leading oil and gas companies have poured scorn on efforts to move away from fossil fuels, complaining that a “visibly failing” transition to clean energy was being pushed forward at an “unrealistic pace”. The oil executives, gathered at the industry’s annual Cera Week conference in Houston, Texas, have taken turns this week to denounce calls for a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels, despite widespread acknowledgment within the industry, as well as scientists and governments, of the need to radically reduce planet-heating emissions to avoid the worst effects of the climate crisis. Continue reading...
But the 9th Circuit panel did not halt oil and gas work from going forward in Alaska's North Slope.
“Red tape shouldn’t be allowed to hold back the development of innovative new energy technologies that increase choice and competition on the power grid. But without action from Congress, that may happen in the case of enhanced geothermal technologies.”
President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday revised pollution standards for cars and trucks meant to accelerate the US auto industry's shift to electric to mitigate climate change.
People need plenty of sleep during pregnancy, but in India and other areas hit by extreme heat and heavy flooding, they’re getting less. That’s taking a toll on their health. The post Losing sleep in extreme heat waves hurts pregnant people, newborns appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Shuttering of New York facility raises awkward climate crisis questions as gas – not renewables – fills gap in power generation When New York’s deteriorating and unloved Indian Point nuclear plant finally shuttered in 2021, its demise was met with delight from environmentalists who had long demanded it be scrapped. But there has been a sting in the tail – since the closure, New York’s greenhouse gas emissions have gone up. Continue reading...
China’s 2025 decarbonisation goals are in danger of veering off track after policymakers redefined a key energy target that could drive emissions higher, climate experts warn.
EPA's regulation targets potent greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas operations. Red states have sued to stop the rule from taking effect.
CEP Ryan Lance said EPA’s attempt to charge companies for the methane that leaks from their oil wells, pipelines, storage tanks and other infrastructure would run into problems with how to accurately measure the emissions.
Scotland’s climate change plan is no longer “credible”, the UK advisory body has said, blaming delays to strategy and missed targets.
Greenhouse gases from sector could make up 44% of continent’s total output by 2030, says transport group The failure to tackle Europe’s “runaway” transport emissions could lead to the sector pumping out nearly half of the continent’s planet-heating pollution by 2030, a report has found. Driven by polluting cars and pushed higher by the growing thirst for flights, transport emissions in Europe have grown 26% since 1990 – even as efforts to clean up other areas of the economy have led to an overall emissions fall. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE04147F, Paper Ruoou Yang, Mao Wu, Danji Huang, Yan Yang, Yan Liu, Leiqian Zhang, Feili Lai, Bo You, Jiakun Fang, Tianxi Liu, Youwen Liu, Tianyou Zhai The role and reconstitution of the architecture and oxidation state of Cu-based catalysts need to be fully understood during the industrial-current-density CO2 electroreduction (ICD-CO2R). Herein, by utilizing operando/ in situ... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Nywaigi people in Australia have discovered a way to sequester carbon, boost coastal biodiversity, and create jobs.
Toucan is leveraging blockchain to reinvent the carbon credit market. But thorny questions abound.
The race is on to create climate-friendly air-con technology.
Concrete is responsible for more than four percent of all global CO2 emissions. In the race to find alternatives, some companies are using it to sequester CO2 instead
In a move to support India's commitment to reduce emissions, the Supreme Court has approved the release of over 67,000 sq km for solar power transmission lines in Rajasthan and Gujarat. However, it has mandated that 13,000 sq km remain untouched. The Centre highlighted the challenge of enforcing the ban on overhead power cables for solar energy transmission in 80,000 sq km.
Solar panels are a great way to help the environment and reduce your monthly energy bill. Regular cleaning will keep them working at their best.
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