Mine workers need more protections, says a University of Houston researcher. The post Dangerous, unregulated cobalt mines boom as the need for batteries grows appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Wolsingham school’s carbon-cutting event had been planned by pupils but parents raised concerns A school has made a U-turn on a student-led plan to turn the heating off for a “blue nose” climate action day after parents raised concerns. The heating was due to be turned off at Wolsingham school, County Durham, on Friday but the plan has now been postponed until the summer term of next year when it is likely to be warmer. Continue reading...
You never know if auto advice on TikTok is true or not, but here is a mechanic that clears up the difference between major engine oil brands.
Agriculture, which intersects with key issues — the economy, climate change and immigration — is a barometer of where a region and its people are heading.
Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hany Sewilam asserted that before COP26 the water issues were not included in the agenda of climate action not only in Egypt but in the whole world. This came in Sewilam’s word in a session under the rubric “work for water and climate adaptation and flexibility” on Wednesday16/10/2024 as … The post Before COP26 Water Issues Were Not Included In Agenda Of Climate Action: Irrigation Min appeared first on Egypt Independent.
The newly finalized loan guarantee to Clean Flexible Energy — managed by a joint venture agreement between AES Corp. and TotalEnergies Holdings USA — will finance the construction of two solar farms equipped with battery storage, as well as two stand-alone battery energy storage systems.
External affairs minister S Jaishankar emphasized the importance of adhering to the SCO's charter amidst current global disruptions like conflicts and climate change at the SCO council meeting in Islamabad. He urged steadfast commitment to combating terrorism, separatism, and extremism while fostering cooperation to boost trade, connectivity, and industrial competitiveness among member states.
Surfers were seen catching waves near a suspected oil slick off the coast of Coogee in Sydney a day after hundreds of pieces of black debris washed up along the beach. The beach was closed and beachgoers warned not to touch the material, which could be 'tar balls' formed from oil spills or seepage at sea Suspected oil slick spotted off Sydney's Coogee beach after mysterious black balls wash ashore Continue reading...
Late industrialist Ratan Tata praised then Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao in 1996 for his significant role in initiating economic reforms in India, expressing admiration and gratitude for Rao's far-sighted efforts that transformed India's economy and placed it on the global economic map.
[New Zimbabwe] RIGHTS groups have called upon the government to address climate change impacts on rural women emphasising their critical role in building climate resilience through sustainable land and resource management.
SET-listed PTG Energy, a local oil retailer, plans to spend 6-7 billion baht next year on expanding and upgrading its petrol stations, while growing its Punthai Coffee brand.
Burning household rubbish in incinerators has replaced coal as the UK's dirtiest way to generate electricity, a study shows, despite claims it is more environmentally friendly than landfill.
Beachgoers warned not to touch the material, which could be ‘tar balls’ formed from oil spills or seepage at sea Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A potential oil slick has been spotted off the coast of Coogee in Sydney a day after hundreds of “mysterious black, ball-shaped debris” washed up along the beach. Lifeguards discovered the golf-ball sized debris washing up on the beach on Tuesday afternoon at the popular eastern suburbs beach. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
A new technique for harvesting geothermal energy being pioneered in Utah has passed a significant milestone.
If this gas route is lost, it may intensify Europe's battle with Asia for liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies and create new headaches for cash-strapped Gazprom.
In recent months, automakers around the world have pledged to shift attention to hybrid models, delay new electric cars and push back production targets for battery-powered vehicles. That might make you think sales of electric vehicles are in dire straits, but they aren’t. In fact, global sales of EVs are on the up…Read more...
EPA said several new rules are designed to crack down on petroleum sector emissions.
Investors say climate change poses biggest risk to their assets, and urge Albanese government to see the economic dangers of a slow path to net zero Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Institutional investors dealing with portfolios in the trillions of dollars aren’t typically the most vocal climate campaigners. You won’t find many superannuation fund staff, fund managers, asset consultants or brokers with a placard on the streets or on top of a Newcastle coal train. But you may increasingly find them on a screen you’re watching. Or at least their message. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
[This Day] Abuja -- The Chief Financial Officer, Seplat Energy, Mrs. Eleanor Adaralegbe has argued that Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) standards and regulatory frameworks in African countries significantly shape oil and gas investments on the continent.
Brent crude slides by almost $3.50 a barrel to below $74 after Opec cuts forecasts for demand growth Business live – latest updates Global oil prices have tumbled by almost $3.50 a barrel amid ongoing concerns about a slowdown in China and as fears ease about the possibility of an attack by Israel on Iran’s energy facilities. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has reportedly offered assurances to the White House that its retaliation against Iran for its missile attack at the start of October would not target oil export terminals or nuclear facilities, which could send market prices soaring. Continue reading...
Right now, scientists around the world are all working towards one mission: Setting foot on another world for the first time. Unfortunately, it turns out those other worlds are really far away, meaning NASA has to figure out how to manage astronauts in such isolation for such extended durations — or simply figure out…Read more...
The tech giant has signed a deal with California-based nuclear firm Kairos Power to build new nuclear reactors to supply its US data centres with energy.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions of zooplankton, crustaceans and other marine organisms rise to the ocean surface to feed on microscopic algae, returning to the depths at sunrise. The waste from this frenzy—Earth’s largest migration of […]
Hospitals are on the front line as rising temperatures linked to burning fossil fuels lead to more intense and frequent extreme weather. But how can they remain fully functional in the face of flooding and heat waves?
Government agencies in Delhi-NCR are implementing 27 measures under Grap Stage I to address worsening air quality. Steps include halting construction for unregistered projects, banning coal in tandoors, restricting diesel generators, and promoting eco-friendly practices. Authorities anticipate continued 'poor' air quality due to unfavorable weather conditions.
[Premium Times] UCL's research also revealed that countries hit by climate disasters see a significant surge in domestic violence rates.
A new technique for harvesting geothermal energy being pioneered in Utah has passed a significant milestone: Southern California Edison has contracted for enough of the energy to power 400,000 homes.
The pipeline was built without a public interest determination or environmental impact analysis, argues the complaint.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has backed some $2.2 billion in new oil-, gas- and coal-related projects overseas since May 2023.
The decision marks the first time a state supreme court has recognized greenhouse gases as pollutants.
A dramatic spending surge is needed to course correct, the International Renewable Energy Agency warned.
Archaeologists say site near Seddin once had surprisingly densely populated community of farmers and traders Archaeologists digging at the site of a bronze age kingdom in northern Germany have uncovered remains of what they say was a surprisingly densely populated community of farmers and traders whose lives were upended by climate change. Traces of eight large houses have been laid bare in the sandy soil outside the village of Seddin, about 95 miles (150km) north-west of Berlin, near the spectacular “triple grave” of King Hinz, remembered as a kindly ruler, who was laid to rest, purportedly in a golden coffin, next to his wife and a loyal servant. Continue reading...
[The Conversation Africa] Cooking on firewood and coal increases air pollution and ill health. Some of the dangers include stunted growth in children and undernutrition in children and adults. Babies who've been exposed to charcoal and firewood smoke while in the womb can have reduced birth weight.
Oil prices extended losses Tuesday after a report said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had told US President Joe Biden he would not strike Iran's crude or nuclear facilities in retaliation for a missile attack earlier this month.
The storm's ferocious winds tore through the Lake Placid Solar Power Plant in Highlands County.
The signal is being seen in Washington as a sign of restraint after concerns that an Israeli strike on oil or nuclear facilities could trigger a wider war.
An underground void left by a century-plus old coal mine has delayed plans to replace water mains in a part of downtown Nanaimo.
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia is slotted among the countries that are the most vulnerable to climate change, according to the 2017 ND-GAIN index, which assesses a country's susceptibility to climate-related disruptions and its readiness to improve resilience. Standing 163rd out of 181 countries, Ethiopia is the 23rd most vulnerable and the 30th least prepared nation.
Last year the Alberta government imposed a seven-month moratorium on new renewable energy projects.
Getting the right oil brand and grade for your HEMI is important, and ensuring you put the right amount into your engine can be vital.
Changing your oil is perhaps the most routine maintenance you'll do in a Harley-Davidson, but it's must be done correctly to preserve your engine's health.
Climate Corps fellows are problem-solvers ready to quickly execute your climate and energy priorities.
Photo by Bhavya Pratap Singh on Unsplash By Liz Kivi Aotearoa’s international climate targets can only be met through funding significant emissions reductions in other countries. But a lack of public support to...
Trump hates windmills with the power of a thousand turbines. That could hurt California, which is becoming more reliant on renewable energy.
[Liberian Observer] In a significant advancement toward sustainable energy solutions, the government of Liberia, through the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) and World Bank Liberia, broke ground for the first utility-scale solar power plant on Friday, October 11, 2024.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE02612H, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Priya Viji, Constantin Tormann, Clemens Göhler, Martijn Kemerink Slow thermalization of photogenerated charge carriers in organic solar cells leads to an electronic temperature that is much larger than that of the lattice and to significantly enhanced open-circuit voltages. 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
Peter Malinauskas says South Australia’s renewable energy credentials make it a logical host for UN’s annual climate summit Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast South Australia has launched a bid to host a major UN climate conference in 2026 in Adelaide, with the premier, Peter Malinauskas, declaring it would draw more than 30,000 people and could be worth $500m to the state. Australia is vying with Turkey to host the year-ending climate summit known as Cop31, with a decision expected next month at this year’s conference in Azerbaijan . The Albanese government’s existing bid is that it would co-host the event with Pacific nations. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Decreasing costs of solar energy technology are leading Siam Cement Group (SCG) to focus more on the solar power business under its Onnex brand, in a bid to increase power generation capacity to 1,000 megawatts between 2025 and 2029.
New climate network will teach trainee doctors more about heatstroke, dengue and malaria and role of global warming in health Mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria will become a bigger part of the curriculum at medical schools across Europe in the face of the climate crisis. Future doctors will also have more training on how to recognise and treat heatstroke, and be expected to take the climate impact of treatments such as inhalers for asthma into account, medical school leaders said, announcing the formation of the European Network on Climate & Health Education (Enche). Continue reading...
As climate change makes hurricanes stronger and more intense, island communities like Longboat Key are particularly susceptible to catastrophic damage from hurricanes. Residents say they are sticking around.
Britain has closed it's last coal-fired power plant, making the country that pioneered coal power, the first to give it up in favor of cleaner options. We hear about the transition. And a small town in Wales has become the unlikely site of a world-renowned Elvis festival.
Roopkund Lake in Uttarakhand is shrinking due to climate change, with forest officials and scientists attributing the reduction in size to altered precipitation patterns. The shift from snow to rain is causing moraine to slide into the lake, reducing its volume and area.
About 23,500 of the 1.5 million customers that lost power in western North Carolina still lacked electricity on Sunday, according to Poweroutage.us.
Errors to avoid on your citizenship application, snow alerts and important celebration questions feature in this week’s rundown of must-reads from The Local.
Landon Barker is facing criticism for attending a party that mocked sexual assault accusations against Sean “Diddy” Combs. Videos from the event showed baby oil references and insensitive jokes, sparking outrage online. Diddy is under investigation for alleged abuse at his 'Freak Off' parties.
Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of 'industrial vandalism' as Labour confirmed it would not strike a rescue deal to nationalise the Grangemouth oil refinery.
Party donor Dale Vince warns that urging homeowners to switch to clean-power technology risks political storm bigger than Ulez The government risks a huge political backlash if it keeps pushing the public to install heat pumps to replace their boilers, one of Britain’s leading green entrepreneurs has warned. Dale Vince , a major Labour donor and renewable energy advocate, called on Keir Starmer to rethink national programmes, championed by Boris Johnson , pushing the technology. Vince argued that Whitehall should explore alternatives to the devices, which he said were expensive, caused serious disruption and could end up increasing energy bills for some people. Continue reading...
In a world of increasingly powerful hurricanes and other rising climate threats, those with vested interests in promoting certain locations have sold the public a dream.
As storms, droughts, wildfires and other extreme weather events strike with greater frequency and intensity, repairing and rebuilding has grown more costly, too.
Google and Meta targeted Omaha as a digital frontier. But their plans to push the energy transition forward there are not working out. A coal plant is filling the void.
The much-delayed second phase of the renewables scheme is expected to be revived this month, with a new auction for renewable energy projects expected to draw both existing and new investors.
Oysters are more than just a culinary delicacy. According to experts across Canada, they can also protect our coastlines and reduce climate change-related disaster risk.
President Biden called his Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm 'boss' and referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as 'president' while giving an update on the hurricane recovery efforts.
Sue Kim’s documentary following South Korea’s free-diving haenyeo, beset by generational shifts and climate change, is as affirming as it is tragic
The Biden administration on Friday expanded sanctions against Iran's oil and petrochemical industries in response to Tehran's Oct. 1 ballistic missile attack on Israel.
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia is an inspiring model in the global effort against climate change, proving that developing countries can take the lead in implementing ambitious green projects and policies while maintain upward economic trajectory. The nation has embarked on an impressive journey towards green initiative, setting an example even for developed nations.
Alerts to possible power shortfalls have become a familiar occurrence. But experts say it won’t be long before the opposite is common Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast When Victoria basks in mostly sunny spring weather this weekend, energy authorities will be monitoring how far electricity demand ebbs. If needed, they’ll turn off rooftop solar systems to ensure stability for the grid. Such minimum system load events, as they are called, have emerged as a new challenge as households across Australia take advantage of plunging prices for solar panels to shield themselves from rising power bills and cut carbon emissions. Continue reading...
One-quarter of World’s Crops Threatened by Water Risks shannon.paton@… Fri, 10/11/2024 - 08:55 One out of every 11 people in the world grapples with hunger. A hidden and growing driver is lack of water. New WRI analysis shows that one-quarter of the world’s crops are grown in areas where the water supply is highly stressed, highly unreliable or both. Mounting risks like climate change and increased competition for water are threatening water supplies and, in turn, food security. Rice, wheat and corn — which provide more than half the world’s food calories — are particularly vulnerable: 33% of these three staple crops are produced using water supplies that are highly stressed or highly variable. These...
The deal resolves a lawsuit challenging BLM’s approval of an exploratory drilling project near the playa where the festival draws thousands of people each year.
[GAVI] Addis Ababa/Geneva -- 300 remote health care facilities across Ethiopia will be powered with solar energy, benefiting an estimated 6.7 million people Backed by Gavi funding, this new initiative aims to build climate-resilient health systems, while also boosting vaccine storage capacity The programme - which supports the Ethiopia Ministry of Health's goal to solar power over 1,000 health care facilities and enhance maternal, infant and post-natal care in underserved areas - will be implemented by the Ministry of Health, UNICEF
[The Conversation Africa] Extreme climate events -- floods, droughts and heatwaves -- are not just becoming more frequent; they are also more severe.
Climate change minister Simon Watts with Singapore’s minister for sustainability and environment, Grace Fu. Climate change minister Simon Watts will chair negotiations on carbon markets at this year’s...
The Northern Lights have been seen as far south as Kent, England, and parts of northern US, following a powerful solar eruption. A G4 geomagnetic storm watch allowed the auroras to extend beyond their usual range, creating rare viewing opportunities. Experts recommend long exposure photography.
Scientists say a warming planet caused by fossil fuels is creating warmer ocean temperatures, which is causing hurricanes to grow stronger.
A solar storm hit Earth Thursday evening and people across the United States were able to witness the magical sights of the northern lights.
Oil companies have a growing interest in carbon storage to help address concerns about their emissions.
A letter warned that if a proper “regulatory framework is not established on time,” the EU risked stalling the development of its carbon capture market.
The decision rejected the oil industry’s efforts to toss out a slew of cases that accuse fossil fuel companies of making climate change worse.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE02871F, Paper Na Jiang, You Zeng, Qi Yang, Puda Lu, Keqi Qu, Lihang Ye, Xuejun Lu, Ziqiang Liu, Xixian Li, Yongchao Tang, Jinchao Cao, Shimou Chen, Chunyi Zhi, Jieshan Qiu MnO2 is considered a promising cathode for aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs), whereas suffering from the dilemma that it demonstrates high specific capacities at small loading masses but sharp capacity... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
FMCG companies in India plan to hike prices of household essentials, including cooking oil, soaps, and detergents, due to rising commodity costs like palm oil and copra. This move adds upward pressure on inflation, with RBI closely monitoring the situation amidst geopolitical tensions and unexpected weather events affecting global prices.
Imperial Oil is asking the Mackenzie Valley Review Board to overturn a ruling that triggers an environmental assessment of the company's entire operation in Norman Wells, N.W.T.
On November 20, 2023, Ulvi Hasanli, director of AbzasMedia —an independent media outlet in Azerbaijan—, was arrested when he was about to board a taxi to Baku airport. Meanwhile, uniformed officers raided AbzasMedia’s headquarters in the Azerbaijani capital, claiming to have found 40,000 euros in cash, which was used as evidence to accuse Hasanli of currency […]
A major fire at an offshore oil terminal near the Black Sea port of Feodosia caused by a Ukrainian strike burned for a fourth day on Thursday.
Germany is losing its forests — and fast. In the central Harz region, over 90% of spruce trees are dead or dying because of climate change and pests. But there may be a silver lining to these withering landscapes.
The event could cause glowing in the atmosphere and damage electrical infrastructure when it arrives, but we won't know the severity of the event until it's near.
Republican presidential nominee vows ‘no rematch’ before election; Democratic Senate candidates trailing in three must-win states As Florida begins to assess the damage wrought overnight by Hurricane Milton, youth climate activists are calling for a presidential town hall focused on the federal response to the extreme weather events. Activists with the youth-led Sunrise Movement are asking cable networks to hold a town hall in North Carolina, where hundreds of people were killed this month by Hurricane Helene. They propose 17 October, the day early voting begins in the battleground southern state. That Biden didn’t include a response about her wasn’t meant as a jab at Harris, whom he endorsed as the Democratic nominee to replace him when he stepped aside from the top of the ticket on...
Premier R.J. Simpson is in Ottawa this week with the N.W.T. Council of Leaders to meet with federal ministers. With a recent announcement of support for communities due to a lack of barges this summer, climate change, infrastructure and transportation are top of mind. The premier spoke with the Trailbreaker's Hilary Bird.
[Daily Trust] The people of Akwa Ibom State have cried out over the attendant difficulties being experienced in various communities across the states following the August 2024 oil spill, which affected more than 27 coastal communities across Ibeno, Esit Eket and Onna local government areas of the state.
SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose on Thursday underpinned by a spike in fuel demand as a major storm barreled into Florida and concerns about potential supply disruptions in the Middle East amid heightened tensions between Israel and major oil producer Iran.
As Florida reeled from the catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Milton – just the latest extreme weather event to generate international headlines – UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed highlighted the global climate crisis during a speech in Azerbaijan on Thursday.
TAIPEI - China has no right to represent Taiwan, but the island is willing to work with Beijing to combat global challenges like climate change, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday, striking both a firm and a conciliatory tone.
Image: Mathew Waters on Unsplash While air quality is improving around Aotearoa, pollutants are still at levels that are above WHO guidelines, with climate change likely to worsen levels of pollen, wildfire smoke, and...
[Nyasa Times] Malawi has generated a significant K150 million from carbon credit trading, leveraging projects under the Green Development Mechanism and the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) programme. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change, this revenue stems from the sale of approximately 75,000 carbon credits, highlighting the country's potential in the emerging carbon market.
Fishworkers are often invisible in discussions about climate change, yet they are at the heart of food security, feeding millions while struggling to feed their own families. Their fight for survival is not just about tradition or livelihood—it’s about justice. Shouldn’t their futures be at the forefront of climate justice debates?
The hosts of the upcoming UN climate summit urged countries on Thursday not to "waste time" assigning blame over global warming and instead find common ground in tackling the problem.
A water district says the state’s oil and gas regulator must do more to plug old wells.
There are others also interested in generating solar power in orbit, with researchers from China, Japan and South Korea hoping to develop technologies.
MG Motor, BYD and other Chinese electric car manufacturers say they will maintain their low sticker prices in Europe even after being hit with hefty tariffs this month.
Indonesia's push to add wood-burning to its energy mix and exports is driving deforestation, including in key habitats for endangered species such as orangutans, a report said Thursday.
Thailand supports efforts to reach a conclusion on the creation of a global climate change fund at a UN conference in Azerbaijan next month, says Phirun Saiyasitpanich, head of the Climate Change and Environment Department.
The 6.4 HEMI is renowned for its reliability, but it's not infallible. Here's everything you should know about what kind of oil to use to preserve your HEMI.
Hollie Adams/Pool/ReutersAs a vocal champion of the environment, King Charles has long sought to use his position to steer and influence the global discussion around climate and conservation.So it is perhaps a sign of just how seriously he and his aides are taking his current cancer diagnosis that he is foregoing an opportunity to do that on a global stage at the annual COP conference in Baku, Azerbaijan later this year.A friend of Charles and Queen Camilla told The Daily Beast: “Camilla will be pleased he is not going straight off to Azerbaijan. She didn’t particularly want him to go to Australia, and she will be encouraging him to take it easy once he gets back—never an easy task.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
At General Motors (GM)’ investor day, the Detroit automaker made sure to tout its progress and enthusiasm for electric vehicles. But the company also made sure to remind investors that gasoline-powered cars are still a necessary part of its business.Read more...
Climate disasters risk pulling society apart, getting us to a place where people can’t work together because they’ve been so divided by disinformation and hate Even as the good people of Florida’s west coast pulled the soggy mattresses from Helene out to the curb, Milton appeared on the horizon this week – a double blast of destruction from the Gulf of Mexico that’s a reminder that physics takes no time off, not even in the weeks before a crucial election. My sense is that those storms will help turn the voting on 5 November into a climate election of sorts, even if – as is likely – neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump spend much time in the next 25 days talking about CO2 or solar power. That’s because these storms show not only the power of global heating (Helene’s record rains...
The warming climate boosted Helene's wind speeds by about 20.92 kilometers per hour, and made the high sea temperatures that fueled the storm 200 to 500 times more likely.
The Thai energy producer B.Grimm Power Plc is considering investing in renewable energy in China and Greece as it pushes ahead with efforts to more than double its generating capacity by 2030.
Study of the U.S. shows homes in the South and Southwest could use more aid for energy costs, due to a growing need for air conditioning in a warming climate.
As the storm heads toward their districts, Reps. Greg Steube and Byron Donalds are pushing legislation calling the climate crisis a “false emergency”
Hurricanes have kept forecasters guessing this year, but with the arrival of intense storms like Helene and Milton it is clear that warming ocean waters are having an effect on the weather
Climate change ambassador Stuart Horne New Zealand has a new top climate diplomat, with Stuart Horne stepping up as the country’s newly minted climate change ambassador, climate change minister Simon Watts announced...
Research by the Office for National Statistics has revealed which areas of England and Wales have the best or worst household energy efficiency.
Government criticised over list of potential countries for sourcing biomass, which also includes Afghanistan A plan by the British government to burn biomass imported from countries including North Korea and Afghanistan has been described as “bonkers”, with critics saying it undermines the credibility of the UK’s climate strategy. A bioenergy resource model , published in late summer, calculates that only a big expansion in the import of energy crops and wood from a surprising list of nations would satisfy the UK’s plan to meet net zero. Continue reading...
Acquisition by Anglo-Australian miner comes despite global headwinds in electric car market Rio Tinto is to buy the US company Arcadium Lithium for $6.7bn (£5.1bn), in a huge bet on energy transition despite stalling growth in the electric car market . The deal would make the Anglo-Australian miner one of the largest producers of the battery-making metal, alongside Albemarle and SQM. Continue reading...
[Premium Times] The work of CATF in Africa is more than just a commitment to reducing methane emissions. It is a part of the collective global movement towards sustainable development, environmental justice and the preservation of our planet.
Last year, the agency says, the world added a record 565 gigawatts of new renewables capacity — growth of 60 percent over 2022.
When Mary Ann Roser and her husband moved to Asheville four months ago they introduced themselves to neighbors as “climate refugees from Austin.” After Helene, she has thoughts on “climate havens."
Last year, the International Energy Agency says, the world added a record 565 gigawatts of new renewables capacity — growth of 60 percent over 2022.
While people with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can experience worse symptoms due to climate change, many of the medications they’re prescribed also contribute to warming.
IEA says faster clean energy rollout being led by solar power in China with country set to boast half of world’s renewables by 2030 China is expected to account for almost 60% of all renewable energy capacity installed worldwide between now and 2030, according to the International Energy Agency. The IEA’s highly influential renewable energy report found that over the next six years renewable energy projects will roll out at three times the pace of the previous six years, led by the clean energy programmes of China and India. Continue reading...
[African Arguments] Vested interests are lobbying for gas as a transition fuel despite its many economic, logistical, and environmental risks.
CNNSouth Florida NBC meteorologist John Morales explained his emotional reaction Monday to Hurricane Milton’s strength and projected path, telling CNN that it was out-of-character for him, but it was brought on by the increased severity of storms due to climate change.Morales told OutFront anchor Erin Burnett on Tuesday that, going back to his start in 1992, he had “always been known as the non-alarmist, just the facts meteorologist.”“So this is definitely a departure from the guy I’ve always been. But I have changed,” he explained. “The extreme weather events that are multiplying, the number of multi-billion dollar disasters that are impacting this country and countries all over the world—it has changed me. These symptoms of a changing climate have changed me from a cool cucumber to somebody...
Hurricane Helene's torrential rain and powerful winds were made about 10 percent more intense due to climate change, according to a study published Wednesday by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group.
A few dozen kilometres from the Philippine capital Manila sits a coal plant that some hope could be a model for how developing countries can quit the polluting fossil fuel.
There's a theoretical limit to the maximum sustained wind speeds of hurricanes, but climate change may increase that "speed limit."
As weather events continue to devastate locales around the world, the United States hopes a more-than $15 million investment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will improve climate projection models.
A 3,775-year-old log found in Canada had barely lost any of its carbon content since being buried, indicating "wood vaulting" is a viable means of carbon storage.
Key climate indicators from greenhouse gas levels to ice loss have reached record levels this year in what researchers call a “critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis”
Record emissions, temperatures and population mean more scientists are looking into possibility of societal collapse, report says Many of the Earth’s “vital signs” have hit record extremes, indicating that “the future of humanity hangs in the balance”, a group of the world’s most senior climate experts has said. More and more scientists are now looking into the possibility of societal collapse, said the report, which assessed 35 vital signs in 2023 and found that 25 were worse than ever recorded, including carbon dioxide levels and human population. This indicates a “critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis”, they said. Continue reading...
"Hurricane Helene caused deadly and destructive flooding when it swept through the Southeast on Sept. 26-29, 2024."
[SAnews.gov.za] Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says the discovery of gas and condensate from two exploration wells in the South Outeniqua Basin are proof that South Africa's underexplored deep waters have significant potential for oil and gas.
September 2024 wasn't quite as hot as September 2023, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) in Bonn, Germany.
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. My name is Zoya Teirstein. We’ve heard it time and again: Despite what the science says, climate change does not rank high among Americans’ priorities in the ballot box. When we launched this series in August, however, we made the case that climate disasters can influence voting […]
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03482A, Paper Zhaohui Yang, Lan Chen, Yijun Yin, Chenyang Wei, Zhimin Xue, Tiancheng Mu 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural electrooxidation reaction (HMFOR) has recently garnered significant attention in the field of biomass conversion. However, the sluggish kinetics of HMFOR cause gridlock in energy conversion efficiency. Herein, we pinpoint... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Samoa's deputy prime minister said there were "small leakages of oil coming from the vessel" that were contained.
[Capital FM] The Gates Foundation has issued a stark warning that climate change threatens to exacerbate child malnutrition, hunger, and disease, potentially affecting millions by 2050 if immediate action is not taken.
As recovery efforts continue, utilities in the region need to rethink their approach to electricity in the face of climate change.
Edward Mukiibi, President of Slow Food, champions agroecology as a transformative answer to the world’s most pressing crises: food insecurity, climate change, and violent conflicts. In a world where these challenges intersect, Mukiibi called for an urgent rethink of our approach to food systems. Agroecology, a practice already embraced by millions of farmers worldwide, is […]
Former President Donald Trump has made several claims about FEMA's disaster response. NPR has fact-checked them ahead of Hurricane Milton. And, how you can turn climate anxiety into collective action.
The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act has revved up the US green energy economy and created thousands of jobs. Can the landmark climate bill continue to deliver the goods?
The asset sale comes as the oil major focuses its growth plans increasingly in other parts of the world, notably the Permian Basin in the U.S. and the Tengiz field in Kazakhstan.
Republican state attorneys general are asking the justices to toss climate lawsuits filed against the oil industry by five of their Democratic peers.
Jarand Rystad brings numbers to back up his views, based on the company’s extensive databases.
by Miranda Green, Floodlight, Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, and Priyanjana Bengani, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, and photography by Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. This story was co-published with the Tow Center for Digital Journalism and Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. Word tends to spread fast in rural Knox County, Ohio. But misinformation has spread faster. The first article...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 129, Issue 19, 16 October 2024.
India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant highlights that while there is no lack of global funds, there is a need to increase India's clean energy capacity to 750GW by 2030. He advocates for leveraging international financial institutions to attract private finance and calls for strong agreements between the Centre, states, and RBI.
"AT Oil Temp," if you're unfamiliar with it, is indeed an important one for maintaining you Subaru. Here's what it indicates.
Energy system operator expects winter power supplies to outstrip demand by almost 9% this year The risk of winter blackouts in Great Britain has tumbled to its lowest in four years even after the shutdown of the UK’s last coal plant , thanks to investments in low-carbon electricity sources. The National Energy System Operator (Neso) expects Britain’s winter power supplies to outstrip demand by almost 9% this year in its base case scenario, the greatest margin since the winter of 2019 to 2020. Continue reading...
The plan is part of a three-pronged strategy to fight climate change by increasing the production of carbon-free electricity.
One of the fastest-intensifying Atlantic hurricanes on record, Milton is on track to slam into Florida's west coast with potentially The post Category 5 Milton poses an exceptionally serious threat to Florida’s west coast appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
This alarming trend highlights the urgent need for action to protect water resources in a changing climate.
Middle East tensions drive oil futures to their largest gain in a year, with traders rushing to buy call options amid fears of supply disruptions.
[IPS] New York -- We must build a new social contract for education - a contract based on equality, equity, and universal human rights. At the center of our global efforts to ensure education for all, we must put teachers first in everything we do. They are frontlines heroes who deliver every day to educate children, cultivate young talent, and build a strong society. They are the substitute parents, the mentors and the ones who contribute to shaping the identify of a child in war, in refuge or in climate change.
Recent droughts in Colombia and Ecuador have severely hampered energy supplied by hydropower. How viable is the low-carbon renewable in an increasingly hot and dry world?
[Namibian] The intersection of HIV infections and climate change in Africa is complex.
The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, according to a new report coordinated by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
US and EU are supporting infrastructure projects in Angola, which has historically been closer to Russia and China When Joe Biden travels to Angola on Sunday, it will be the first trip to an African country of his presidency and the first to the continent by a sitting US president since Barack Obama visited Kenya and Ethiopia in 2015. It is a marker of how Africa’s 54 countries are increasingly courted by global powers, drawn to the continent by geopolitical shifts and an abundance of minerals needed for electric cars and other battery-powered technologies. Continue reading...
Officials in Kyiv say they hit an oil processing facility in the occupied peninsula overnight.
Kyiv has ramped up strikes targeting Russia's energy sector in recent months.
The Ukrainian military hit the largest oil depot in Russian-occupied Crimea early Monday, causing a large fire at the facility.
This is a re-post from the Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler On Bluesky, it was pointed out that Asheville, NC was recently listed as a place to go to avoid the climate crisis. link Mother Nature sent a “letter to the editor” indicating that she didn’t agree: Flood waters from the French Broad River cover the River Arts District in Asheville, North Carolina on Saturday, September 28, 2024. Jacob Biba/Citizen Times. Link Helene’s climate link While climate change does not cause hurricanes, we are certain it makes them more destructive . Humans have increased sea level, leading to more destructive storm surge, and a warmer atmosphere produces more rain. Many people don’t understand how this will affect...
Gore has been talking about carbon emissions for more than 40 years. Now he includes a "hope budget."
[New Times] Farmers like Saidat Nyirambonimpa from Gatore sector in Kirehe District had for long faced declining crop yields and worsening living conditions due to climate change effects but the situation has since turned around.
Kazakhstan has approved a plan to build its first nuclear power station in a referendum, overcoming lingering resentment over massive radiation exposure from Soviet-era nuclear tests.
Escalating tensions between Israel and Iran are expected to drive up global crude oil prices, affecting the Oil Fuel Fund Office's (Offo) debt repayment plan, says an official at the Energy Ministry.
The vice president has offered few details on her clean energy agenda. But her economic plan hints at emissions-cutting programs.
A lower court ruling this summer upended state support for the 780-mile line to carry wind power across the Midwest.
The vice president has offered few details on her climate agenda. But her economic plan hints at emissions-cutting programs.
From his ranch on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, Joel Ferry has a front row view of climate change: a native of Utah, the Republican farmer has seen the water's surface area shrink by two-thirds in the past 40 years.
Kazakhs looked Sunday to have voted in favour of building the first nuclear power plant in the Central Asian country, the world's largest producer of uranium but lacking electricity, in a referendum.
The governor’s plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl.
Many saw the town in North Carolina as a haven from extreme weather. Hurricane Helene proved them wrong.
Kazakhstan is the world's top producer of uranium but has no nuclear power plant of its own. That could change with Sunday's vote on the issue.
An about 20% rise in the global price of a barrel of oil is predicted if Israel launches missile attacks against Iranian oil fields.
The James Webb Space Telescope uncovers carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Pluto’s moon Charon. This discovery, published in Nature Communications, provides new insights into Charon's chemical composition, complementing earlier findings by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft about its surface materials. This research advances understanding of organic reactions and solar radiation processes.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Exported gas emits far more greenhouse gas emissions than coal, despite fossil-fuel industry claims it is a cleaner alternative, according to a major new research paper that challenges the controversial yet rapid expansion of gas exports from the US to Europe and […]
One of Canada’s largest oil companies, Imperial Oil, has been ordered to pay a $1.125 million fine for a 2021 slop oil spill that sickened nearby residents.
Highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, soon to shutter its last nuclear plant, and slow to build out renewables, the world’s largest producer of advanced computer chips is heading toward an energy crunch.
Sri Lankan President Dissanayake assured India's foreign minister, S Jaishankar, that Sri Lanka will not allow its territory to threaten India's security. They emphasized the intertwined security and economic interests of both nations. Dissanayake highlighted renewable energy exports and tourism potentials. India pledged $61.5 million for port modernization and promised development assistance, including 22 locomotives for Sri Lankan railways.
A peacock has been sighted in Bageshwar's Himalayan region, far above its usual lower-altitude habitat, suggesting possible climate change effects. Wildlife experts investigate this anomaly, noting that shifts in weather patterns may be altering animal migration and leading species to new territories.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03468F, Review Article Zhi Zheng, Xue Fang, Wei Deng, Peng Li, Xiaobo Zheng, Hang Zhang, Lin Li, Shulei Chou, Yuan Chen, Yongbing Tang, Jiazhao Wang Rechargeable lithium (Li)-based batteries, including Li-ion batteries (LIBs) and Li-metal batteries (LMBs), are essential energy storage devices. However, their electrochemical performance in practical applications is affected by Li electroplating characters... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
As the conflict across the Middle East widens, rising oil prices are being closely watched.
The justices, in a break from the way they have handled most such cases in the recent past, told the challengers to first litigate their claims in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
An analyst at the Pembina Institute, said the sort of investments Steel Reef is making are exactly what will be increasingly needed in the years to come.
Prime minister suggests there will be more public money made available for new technologies What is carbon capture, usage and storage? Keir Starmer has signalled his government will drastically increase its green investment plans in an attempt to avoid a rerun of 1980s-style industrial decline by safeguarding jobs in heartland manufacturing communities. On a visit to a Merseyside glass factory on Friday to unveil billions of pounds in funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, the prime minister suggested there would be more public money made available for new technologies. Continue reading...
The vote risks sparking a trade war as the EU looks to protect its own car makers.
The motors in electric cars can still get dangerously hot, so how do the vehicles manage to cool down without standard combustion engine radiators?
Federal Trade Commission actions appear to support Democratic concerns about oil price manipulation. It's something the industry still disputes.
The Antarctic is rapidly greening due to climate change global warming, according to a new study Friday from the British Antarctic Survey and the universities of Exeter and Hertfordshire.
It is one of the first countries, and the largest, to phase out coal by relying heavily on wind and solar.
Exclusive: Broadcaster joins board of Climate Emergency Fund and says there needs to be new ways of pushing for change Climate activists need to stop blocking roads and start holding fossil fuel executives personally to account, Chris Packham has said, after being appointed to the board of one of the biggest activist funds in the world. The naturalist and broadcaster is the first non-US-based director of the Climate Emergency Fund, which has given almost $15m (£11.4m) to activists taking part in non-violent civil disobedience around the world since 2019. Continue reading...
Franky Carrillo, a Democrat running for California Assembly, says he sold his fossil fuel and tobacco stocks after environmentalists raised concerns about his investments.
The rights of landowners and local control are on the ballot in South Dakota as Summit Carbon Solutions seeks to build a carbon pipeline across the Midwest.
Dominica is using revenue from its citizenship-by-investment program to fund its ambitious plans to become more resilient against hurricanes in the Caribbean.
An employee at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was killed on Friday morning in a car bomb attack, Russian investigators said, in an attack the plant blamed on Ukraine.
Exclusive: Study suggests people more willing to reduce own carbon footprint if they see leaders doing the same Political leaders “walking the talk” on climate action by flying less or eating less meat could be a “crucial missing link” in fighting global heating, according to a study. Researchers found that people are significantly more willing to reduce their own carbon footprint if they see leaders doing the same. The finding, by psychologists in the UK, was not a given, as green action by high-profile people can sometimes be dismissed as virtue-signalling. Continue reading...
African policymakers, local leaders and the private sector have been asked to create an enabling environment that will help African traders and farmer folks build reliable systems for food security and resilience through territorial markets. During a week-long 2024 Africa Agroecological Entrepreneurship and Seed Festival in Harare, Zimbabwe, experts observed that persistent crises have shown […]
The department is assembling a program that would enable companies to store greenhouse gas beneath the ocean floor.
President Joe Biden’s remarks about a possible Israeli strike on Iran’s oil facilities caused a jolt Thursday. But the world’s oil supply has new ways to get around.
More than 40 percent of people surveyed said they experienced a hurricane or other extreme weather events in their home country.
[263Chat] Vice President Dr. Constantino Chiwenga has urged Zimbabweans to intensify their efforts in combating climate change, emphasizing the multifaceted threat it poses to the nation's health, economy, and social fabric.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04224G, Analysis Xusheng Wang, Longfei Shao, Shouyi Hu, Zi Li, Hangzuo Guo, Jiaqi Zhang, Yingyan Zhao, Xi Lin, Binjian Nie, Zhigang Hu, Jianxin Zou The large-scale development of green hydrogen energy offers a critical solution to the challenges posed by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and global climate change. Conducting an early technical and economic... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Several papers highlight Israel's potential next move against Iran, with widespread speculation its oil infrastructure could be targeted.
US President Joe Biden is discussing potential Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities, leading to a five per cent surge in oil prices. He stressed that the US advises rather than directs Israel's actions. The discussions come amid rising tensions following Iran's missile attack on Israel and the impending US presidential election.
EU countries are expected to confirm Friday hefty tariffs on electric cars made in China, a move dividing the bloc as some states led by Germany fear sparking a trade war with Beijing.
A new scheme for AI fuel could offload financial risk from Microsoft's business partner onto the American taxpayer.
Though lab tests are inconclusive, the N.W.T. Department of Environment and Climate Change says a wolf killed by wildlife officers at Ranney Hill near Yellowknife last month was likely the same one that bit a hiker in the area.
Oil and gas company Hilcorp appears to be moving toward new oil and gas exploration work in Alaska’s Interior.
Crude oil prices have risen as Iran and Israel trade attacks, but not as much as you might expect. One reason? OPEC+ could pump a lot more oil if it wanted to.
The focus on the storm — and its link to climate change — was notable after climate change was only lightly mentioned in two presidential debates this year.
Open access notables Sloth metabolism may make survival untenable under climate change scenario s , Cliffe et al., PeerJ: Sloths are limited by the rate at which they can acquire energy and are unable to regulate core body temperature (Tb) to the extent seen in most mammals. Therefore, the metabolic impacts of climate change on sloths are expected to be profound. Here we use indirect calorimetry to measure the oxygen consumption (VO2) and Tb of highland and lowland two-fingered sloths (Choloepus hoffmanni) when exposed to a range of different ambient temperatures (Ta) (18 °C –34 °C), and additionally record changes in Tb and posture over several days in response to natural fluctuations in Ta. We use the resultant data...
While Tesla has been canceling its cheap electric models, Japanese automaker Toyota has been pushing back some of its electric ambitions. The Corolla maker announced today that it will delay its plans for U.S.-made EVs until 2026, reports Bloomberg.Read more...
Among the largest contributors to climate change is transportation, the largest source of U.S. emissions, and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles have an outsized impact.
Nature was the painter’s ultimate muse, and he would have admired those seeking to protect it Nadya Tolokonnikova is the creator of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot and former political prisoner I woke up to a call from Vincent van Gogh today. He told me he wants the Just Stop Oil protesters who threw soup on his Sunflowers to be released immediately. I nodded and promised to do everything I could to ensure Phoebe and Anna would be freed soon. Our conversation continued. “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” Van Gogh remarked. “We must try and keep courage alive.” He sounded upset about the sentence given the other day to Just Stop Oil activists – two years in jail for Phoebe Plummer, 23; 20 months for Anna Holland, 22. I sympathise with him. He seemed...
[The Conversation Africa] The Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, which includes Kenya's Maasai Mara and Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, is one of the most famous and wildlife-rich areas in Africa.
U.S. Senate candidates Steve Garvey and Rep. Adam Schiff both say they want to protect the environment and combat climate change. Their approaches differ.
[allAfrica] Nairobi, Kenya -- Crop diversity presents an opportunity to address some of the most pressing issues Africa faces today, such as climate impacts, biodiversity loss, and land degradation.
At a laboratory in Beijing, purple and green hybrid-species grapes are laid out on a board for testing, part of the strategy China's nascent wine industry is using to try to combat climate challenges.
Starbucks Thursday said in an effort to protect the future of coffee against climate-change impacts, it is buying two new coffee farms in Guatemala and Costa Rica. It plans to buy more farms in Africa and Asia.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03134B, Paper Yiteng Ma, Yong Qiu, Ke Yang, Shun Lv, Yuhang Li, Xufei An, Guanyou Xiao, Zhuo Han, Yuetao Ma, Likun Chen, Danfeng Zhang, Wei Lv, Yun Tian, Tingzheng Hou, Ming Liu, Zhen Zhou, Feiyu Kang, Yan-Bing He The competitive Li + coordination environment with a three-dimensional transport network is designed in a composite solid-state electrolyte to realize a high ionic conductivity of 1.03 × 10 −3 S cm −1 and ultralong-cycling solid-state batteries at 5C. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The farms in Costa Rica and Guatemala will work to mitigate the effects of climate change on coffee production.
The bank has defied the White House by financing oil and gas projects.
Churchill, Manitoba, residents are counting on the whales to bring in tourists as the number of polar bears dwindles because of climate change.
Exclusive: Andrew Bailey also hints at ‘more aggressive’ path for cutting interest rates if inflation news stays positive The Bank of England is monitoring the Middle East crisis amid fears that a worsening conflict between Iran and Israel will make it impossible to stabilise oil prices and leave the global economy vulnerable to a 1970s-style energy shock. Andrew Bailey, the Bank’s governor, said he was watching developments “extremely closely” and that there were limits to what could be done to prevent the cost of crude rising if things “got really bad”. Continue reading...
President Joe Biden berated climate change science skeptics on Wednesday, during a visit to survey the storm damage from flooding caused by Hurricane Helene.
New Partnership Between Sustainable Energy for All and WRI Seeks to Accelerate Energy Access and the Energy Transition alicia.cypress… Wed, 10/02/2024 - 16:00 At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, World Resources Institute (WRI) and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll) announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7 : access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. The partnership aims to support global efforts to reach the 760 million people worldwide who currently lack access to electricity and the 2 billion people using polluting fuels for cooking. Access to clean, affordable and reliable power is essential for human health, education and economic prosperity...
Tim Walz said climate change is real, but boasted about high U.S. levels of oil and gas production. JD Vance called climate change “weird science.”
Product efficiency requirements help combat the environmental cost of ultra-low temperature freezers, but there is more to sustainability than standardized energy ratings.
Researchers from University College London (UCL) found that, in the two years following a storm, landslide, or flood, there was a rise in physical abuse and sexual violence.
Earth is bracing for an extreme geomagnetic storm this week after the sun blasted an X-class solar flare toward our planet. NASA predicts that the flare could impact Earth on Saturday.
Wyoming stands at a crossroads that will determine the future of the state’s energy industry. In front of the state lie two paths for how to implement rules for methane emissions from oil and gas production, and leaders in Wyoming need to decide which direction the state will go. One path is to stand by […] The post Wyoming is at a crossroads moment for methane that may decide its energy future appeared first on Energy Exchange .
Some forms of renewable energy we think of as modern were used thousands of years ago.
During the vice-presidential debate, Sen. JD Vance presented the right’s new case for not taking climate change seriously — a new case that rests on the old case.
Solar panel manufacturing and production is perhaps the most prominent solution to climate change, though there is a huge disparity in who makes solar panels.
The agency cited “numerous flaws” in the state's plan to curb haze-forming emissions from coal-fired power plants and other sources.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sanket Jain Noushadbi Mujawar has created a community health model that helps people in India build resilience amid the rising climate disasters. (Photo credit: Sanket Jain) Community health care worker Noushadbi Mujawar safely evacuated everyone from Rajapur, an isolated village in India, as its streets began flooding in August 2019. Mujawar, 42, remained in the village herself even as floodwaters rose 12 feet above her house. “I moved to a nearby taller building and decided to stay,” said Mujawar, who wanted to help those villagers who stayed with their property as the floodwaters rose. “Many people stay in their homes during floods to care for their cattle, as evacuating them involves significant...
The sun just unleashed one of its largest solar explosions in recent years, temporarily causing a radio blackout on Earth and spitting out a coronal mass ejection that will likely collide with our planet this weekend.
It's understood the two men were working above ground on a conveyor belt at Oaky Creek Coal Mine in central Queensland when a cable snapped and struck them
Constant pressure from Chinese vessels hasn’t deterred Malaysia’s energy exploration, an Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative report says.
Researchers in London and Edinburgh said heat pumps only play a 'marginal role' in heating homes - and installation numbers remain low compared to traditional, fossil fuel-based systems.
Legislation signed by the governor aims to reduce both food waste and the state’s climate-warming emissions.
PHOTO: Energy Resources Aotearoa The government’s plan to restart oil and gas exploration won’t improve New Zealand’s near-term energy security challenges, and signals a long-term direction for the energy...
[Government of Mauritius] A two-day workshop, in respect of the discussion and validation of the draft Mauritius State of Environment and Outlook Report 2024, was launched, this morning, by the Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, Mr Kavydass Ramano, in Port-Louis.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nestled in the bucolic Blue Ridge mountains of western North Carolina and far from any coast, Asheville was touted as a climate “haven” from extreme weather. Now the historic city has been devastated and cut off by Hurricane Helene’s catastrophic floodwaters, in […]
CNNCNN’s Abby Phillip was seriously unimpressed with some of Tim Walz’s Tuesday night debate performance against JD Vance, accusing the Democratic vice presidential nominee of repeatedly letting his Republican opponent off the hook and allowing attacks to go unchallenged.“JD Vance came to this debate to land a bunch of punches, and he did,” Phillip said. “He landed a lot of punches in between all the niceties and all of that. And the thing that really stood out to me was that Tim Walz did not seem prepared for it.”“He didn’t respond to a lot of the criticisms and attacks that Vance put on the table,” she continued. “He allowed some clear falsehoods to just go completely unanswered. He allowed JD Vance essentially to dodge on a whole host of issues—on climate change, on the issue of his flip-flopping...
It’s unfair to force people out of their homes. We have to do it anyway.
[Daily Trust] An environmental rights activist and the Executive Director of Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI), Philip Jakpor, said multinational corporations are promoting false solutions to address climate change.
Climate emerged as an issue early in the debate due to the destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene.
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is a partnership between ProPublica and The New York Times. When Hurricane Helene, the 420-mile-wide, slow-spinning conveyor belt of wind and water, drowned part of Florida’s coastline and then barged its path northward through North Carolina last week, it destroyed more than homes and bridges. It shook people’s faith in the safety of living in the...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03103B, Paper Lipeng Jiang, Dengqian Chen, Zhengkai Hao, Dongxue Cao, Runqiao Liu, Jingyu Cheng, Limei Chen, Xin Liu, Boyin Jia, Dongdong Liu This study proposed a “dual ship bottling” strategy to synthesize Cu x Ag 50− x /UiO66-NH 2 , achieving over 90% selectivity for reduced carbon products. 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
Chris Bowen questions why gas companies who already produce energy should get windfall gain under opposition’s plan Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor says a Coalition pledge to offer subsidies to existing and new gas power plants makes “no sense” and would ensure fossil fuel plants that are already in the grid receive windfall gains. In a speech to an Australian Pipelines and Gas Association Convention in Adelaide, the opposition’s climate change and energy spokesperson, Ted O’Brien, said that gas would be “here to stay” under the Coalition. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Tech barons are forever predicting some amazing new technology to fix the climate crisis. Yet fixes already exist There are so many ways to fiddle while Rome burns, or as this season’s weather would have it, gets torn apart by hurricanes and tornadoes and also goes underwater – and, in other places, burns. One particularly pernicious way comes from the men in love with big tech , who are forever insisting that we need some amazing new technology to solve our problems, be it geoengineering, carbon sequestration or fusion – but wait, it gets worse. At an artificial intelligence conference in Washington DC, the former Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently claimed that “[w]e’re not going to hit the climate goals anyway because we’re not organized to do it” and that we should just plunge ahead...
Amid rising demand for AI and cybersecurity, Southeast Asia’s lower costs, renewable energy and political neutrality are proving attractive.
More than half of the world's electricity will be generated by low-emission sources before 2030 but the deployment of clean energy is "far from uniform" across the globe, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe alleges that the project destroyed burial sites and violated treaty provisions.
Seven battleground states have attracted more than 40 percent of new U.S. manufacturing projects since President Joe Biden signed the 2022 climate law.
One of the most popular methods to cut fossil fuel emissions and generate clean energy may be a mixed bag.
International Energy Agency says transition to clean energy means there will be a surplus of oil, gas and coal Fossil fuels could soon become significantly cheaper and more abundant as governments accelerate the transition to clean energy towards the end of the decade, according to the International Energy Agency. The world’s energy watchdog has signalled a new energy era in which countries have access to more oil, gas and coal than needed to fuel their economic growth, leading to lower prices for households and businesses. Continue reading...
[Africa Renewal] They are calling for transformative changes in agriculture sector aimed at reducing carbon emissions
[VOA] Geneva -- While the world's farmers produce more than enough food to feed the planet's nearly 8 billion people, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said "hunger and malnutrition are a fact of life" for billions.
Image: Hutt City Council Media release | Te Ngaengae Pool and Fitness aims to be New Zealand’s most sustainable pool when it opens in early December, through massively reduced carbon emissions and lower energy...
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari calls for dialogue between India and Pakistan on climate change and terrorism, emphasizing the need for cooperation despite existing differences. He hopes for media engagement and stresses saving lives. S Jaishankar meets Pakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif at an informal dinner during the SCO meet.
Washington state’s cap-and-invest program, created in the 2021 Climate Commitment Act (CCA), is nearing the end of its second year and has already raised over $2 billion for communities by putting a price on pollution. The program is a win-win for climate action and for communities: It creates a powerful economic incentive for companies across […] The post New modeling shows the power and potential of cap-and-invest in Washington state appeared first on Climate 411 .
Her dramatic shift in support for domestic oil and gas production is one of several policy flip-flops that have been exposed since Harris replaced President Biden on the 2024 Democratic ticket.
These remarkable fish need clean rivers to breed in. Their decline highlights the collapse of environmental regulation The collapse in the number of wild salmon in England and Wales is deeply dismaying. These fish are widely regarded as wonders of the natural world because of their extraordinary life cycle. This takes them thousands of miles out into the North Atlantic Ocean, before they return to our rivers – swimming and leaping upstream – to spawn. Climate change and failures of marine conservation have contributed to the decline in numbers across their entire range, which extends from Russia to Portugal. But in Britain, the poor state of rivers is another obstacle to the species’ survival. As well as a warning of the global threat to biodiversity, their dwindling numbers are a reminder...
North Sea exploration pioneer has completed a boardroom shake-up amid fears the oil and gas industry faces big tax hikes in the Budget.
Wolsingham School in Durham had emailed parents yesterday to notify them of the planned freeze later on Friday that would 'reduce our schools (sic) carbon footprint'.
The decision is expected to delay construction on the Cumberland pipeline, which environmentalists have blasted as part of TVA's push to replace coal-fired power with gas.
[This Day] Abuja -- A coalition of oil-producing African countries is seeking $5 billion to launch an "energy bank" that would fund projects on the continent, as frustration grows over the reluctance of western institutions to bankroll fossil fuel initiatives because of environmental concerns, FT has reported.
UC San Diego has added an innovative prerequisite to ‘prepare students for the future they really will encounter’ Melani Callicott, a human biology major at the University of California, San Diego, thinks about the climate crisis all the time. She discusses it with family and friends because of the intensity of hurricanes like Milton and Helene, which have ravaged the southern US, she says. “It just seems like it’s affecting more people every day.” That’s one reason why she is glad that UC San Diego has implemented an innovative graduation requirement for students starting this autumn: a course in climate change. Courses must cover at least 30% climate-related content and address two of four areas, including scientific foundations, human impacts, mitigation strategies and project-based learning...
Scott Sklar got started making his home climate-friendly in the 1980s thanks to his expertise and connections. Nowadays, any homeowner can do the same. The post An early adopter of renewable energy shows off his self-powered home appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- The Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA), in collaboration with the National Port Authority (NPA), kicked off a five-day workshop on Monday to boost Liberia's oil-spill response preparedness. The workshop, which will take place from October 14 to 18 at A'la Lagune in Monrovia, aims to strengthen Liberia's collaboration with international partners to mitigate environmental risks and enhance national capacity for spill prevention and response.
Google announced on Monday that it signed a corporate agreement to buy nuclear energy from several small modular reactors developed by California-based Kairos Power.
Millions of Americans could face a slow and almost imperceptible re-pricing of their biggest asset.
Tech company orders six or seven small nuclear reactors from California’s Kairos Power Business live – latest updates Google has signed a “world first” deal to buy energy from a fleet of mini nuclear reactors to generate the power needed for the rise in use of artificial intelligence. The US tech corporation has ordered six or seven small nuclear reactors (SMRs) from California’s Kairos Power, with the first due to be completed by 2030 and the remainder by 2035. Continue reading...
Security council says peacekeepers ‘must never be the target of an attack’; Israeli PM reportedly tells US he is willing to avoid strikes on oil or nuclear installations Israeli airstrike kills more than 20 in northern Lebanon as UN peacekeeping row grows Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, said on Tuesday Israel deliberately chose to expand what he called its “aggression” to implement pre-planned schemes in the West Bank and Lebanon. The Washington Post is reporting that Benjamin Netanyahu has told the Biden administration that Israel is willing to limit strikes on Iran to military targets, rather than oil or nuclear facilities. Citing unnamed officials, the Post writes that this suggests that Netanyahu is considering a more limited counterstrike in retaliation for Iran’s...
The company's founder, Jeffery Hildebrand, is a major donor to the Trump campaign.
The Tennessee Valley Authority did not properly consider options for adding more solar and battery storage, groups told a federal court.
SET-listed energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation intends to collect a large amount of used cooking oil for use as a raw material for its commercial production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) next year.
Ryan Busse's young sons successfully sued Montana for refusing to acknowledge climate change. Now, he's running for governor.
Increasingly intense hurricanes, wildfires and other climate disasters have forced these so-called insurers of last resort into a role typically assumed by the private sector as the primary insurer within their borders.
The Clean Power 2030 Advisory Commission's key role is to help the government achieve a decarbonized energy sector by the end of the decade.
Nearly half of waste is now burned for energy, but BBC analysis finds it is as dirty as coal.
In 1842, an Act of Parliament was passed banning boys under ten, and all females, from underground work. This meant there was nobody to haul the coal carts and trams.
A US study estimates the total climate pollution from LNG was 33% greater than that from coal over a 20-year period. This should have major ramifications for emissions policy Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The claim that Australian gas exports are “clean” and needed to drive the transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions has become an article of faith for significant parts of the country’s industry, media and political classes – often repeated, only occasionally challenged. It has buttressed a massive expansion of the liquified natural gas (LNG) industry in the north of the continent over the past decade, with major new developments in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news...
An unprecedented 123 million people are already displaced by conflicts, persecution, poverty and climate change, says refugee agency chief.
Getting China to build electric vehicles in the US would be a boon to the country’s economy and transition away from fossil fuels.
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president this summer, national attention on the issue of fracking in Pennsylvania—and what it means for the outcome of the election in this key swing state—has reached new […]
With emissions from the textile and apparel industry set to surge, brands and suppliers must speed up efforts to decarbonise.
[Namibian] The government's green hydrogen council chairperson, Obeth Kandjoze, has defended its renewable energy project against continued criticism about its environmental impact.
Poorly maintained and uninsured vessels transporting up to 70% of country’s seaborne oil, says report Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers is expanding, according to research, transporting up to 70% of the country’s seaborne oil despite western efforts to curb Moscow’s wartime energy revenues. The volume of Russian oil being transported by poorly maintained and underinsured tankers has almost doubled in a year to 4.1m barrels a day by June, according to a report published on Monday by the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE). Continue reading...
Google on Monday signed a deal to get electricity from small nuclear reactors to help power artificial intelligence.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03418J, Perspective Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Andreas Wolf, Felix Nagler, Philip Daubinger, Christoph Neef, Karl Mandel, Andreas Flegler, Guinevere A. Giffin The market share of low-cost battery chemistries, which offer little to no recycling profitability with current methods, is growing. Design for circularity could be the key to reducing costs and enhancing sustainability for these batteries. 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
Plans to restart a pipeline in Santa Barbara County have angered residents worried about an oil spill similar to the massive one near Refugio State Beach in 2015.
Extreme-weather events accentuated by climate change are leaving homeowners in high-risk areas without coverage and policymakers scrambling for a solution.
PM says Steven Miles’s plan to hold plebiscite on nuclear if Labor wins 26 October poll is a ‘matter for Queensland’ but he supports the stance Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has backed Steven Miles’s opposition to nuclear power while joining the Queensland premier on the first day of pre-poll voting in the state election. At a joint press conference in the Gold Coast on Monday, the prime minister was asked about Miles’s plan to hold a plebiscite on nuclear if Labor wins this month’s poll. Continue reading...
Households face rising gas network charges, SPD election campaign to focus on tax relief and electric cars, 'Novel of the year' to be awarded in Frankfurt and more news from around Germany on Monday.
The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heating It begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions of zooplankton, crustaceans and other marine organisms rise to the ocean surface to feed on microscopic algae, returning to the depths at sunrise. The waste from this frenzy – Earth’s largest migration of creatures – sinks to the ocean floor, removing millions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year. This activity is one of thousands of natural processes that regulate the Earth’s climate. Together, the planet’s oceans, forests, soils and other natural carbon sinks absorb about half of all human emissions . Continue reading...
[Leadership] Ahead of the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nigerian environmental organisations have called on the country's delegates to demand reparations for climate debt and economic reforms.
The Pacific Islands region is both the frontline of the wrath that climate change is lashing on the environment and human life and the drive for innovation and solutions to stem the destruction and strengthen island environments for the future. The survival of life, even nations, in the Pacific depends on it. “The world has […]
[Africa CDC] The 12th Annual Conference of Speakers of National and Regional Parliament hosted by the Pan African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand, South Africa, was a landmark event, that brought together Africa's parliamentarians to shape the continent's future, discussing key issues on the continent including devastating floods, climate change, Mpox, Non-Communicable Diseases, food security, regional cooperation and peacebuilding.
Bjarni Benediktsson cited disagreements between the three governing parties on issues regarding asylum seekers and energy efficiency.
West Rajasthan, the driest region in India's plains, received excess rainfall this monsoon, continuing a trend of higher-than-normal rainfall for the past two decades. IMD data reveals that the region has experienced above-normal or excess rainfall in 12 of the last 20 years, signaling potential shifts in monsoon patterns due to climate change.
A listing of 36 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, October 6, 2024 thru Sat, October 12, 2024. Story of the week For the third week in a row our Story of the Week involves hurricanes, most recently Hurricane Milton which led a brief life distinguished by explosive intensification , placing it as the Gulf of Mexico's most energetic late-season storm on record. The word cloud here captures the flavor of the past week's journalistic preoccupation with this storm as a feature related to and at least partially dependent on human-caused climate change. Thanks to our increasing the efficiency of Earth's insulating blanket of greenhouse gases, we're having an affect on all features of the weather we experience...
We are losing in the fight against global warming, it is time to put effort into controlling what we pump into the atmosphere The havoc unleashed by Hurricane Milton provided unambiguous evidence that we are entering a critical and alarming new phase in the planet’s climate crisis. Rising fossil fuel emissions have triggered increases in ocean temperatures and sea levels to such an extent they are generating some of the most destructive storms ever experienced in Florida. Together with Hurricane Helene earlier, the lives of about 250 people have been claimed and thousands of homes destroyed. Florida has been left reeling and forecasters have warned there is more to come – a lot more. It is a grim prognosis that should be galvanising Florida’s political leaders into taking urgent action...
General Motor’s unit GM Energy has just released PowerBank, a stationary energy storage battery pack, which gives electric vehicles (EV) owners the ability to store and transfer energy from the electric grid, and the option of integrating with solar power equipment.
A case surrounding 'Big Oil' could impact energy policy nationwide.
Two back-to-back destructive storms make some ponder the burden of the barrier island’s beauty. Will they rebuild, again or give in to climate change?
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park from the Gigafact team in collaboration with members from our team. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Is more CO2 a good thing because it’s plant food? While CO 2 is necessary for plant growth, the negative impacts of climate change, driven by man-made CO 2 emissions, far outweigh short-term productivity gains. Plants need a balance of CO 2 , sunlight, water, and nutrients. Though more CO 2 can initially boost growth, rising temperatures, disease vulnerability, shifting land fertility, and increased water demands offset these benefits. The UN warns that global...
Fire broke out on board a small oil tanker off Germany Friday, with seven crew rescued from the burning vessel in the Baltic Sea, emergency services said.
[The Conversation Africa] Communities across the world are facing two worsening crises: a climate crisis and a care crisis.
Phuket tourism operators are worried about the impact of climate change, resulting in severe weather and flooding in Thailand as well as tourist source markets.
About 40 assailants fired rockets and hurled grenades at mines and miners’ quarters in country’s south-west, days before regional summit in Islamabad Dozens of attackers armed with guns, rockets and hand grenades have stormed a cluster of private coalmines in south-western Pakistan on Friday, shooting some miners in their sleep and others after lining them up, killing at least 21, police have said. The attack by about 40 armed men days before Pakistan hosts a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation grouping is the worst in weeks in the restive, mineral-rich province of Balochistan bordering Afghanistan and Iran. Continue reading...
It's the latest in a series of city-level moves across Canada, including in Ottawa and Montreal, that seek to target greenwashing.
Milton’s 11% increase in winds because of human-caused climate change likely made it nearly twice as destructive. The post Without climate change, Hurricane Milton would have hit as a Cat 2, not a Cat 3 appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Earth’s vital signs have reached critical levels, warns a 2023 report from Bioscience. Of the 35 key indicators studied, 25 have declined drastically, including CO2 levels and population growth. With record-high temperatures and extreme weather events accelerating, scientists call for immediate transformative actions to combat climate change and restore ecosystems. They stress urgent global policies ahead of the COP29 summit.
Sir John Armitt said that governments would need some way of recouping the £35billion added annually to the Treasury from taxes on fossil fuels and vehicle excise duty, as electric cars are not liable.
Dozens of other people received medical treatment during Deer Park’s second shelter-in-place order in weeks At least two workers at a Houston -area oil refinery were killed on Thursday after hydrogen sulfide leaked at the plant, setting off urgent warnings for nearby residents to stay indoors before authorities later determined that the public was not in danger. Nearly three dozen other people were either transported to hospitals or treated at the scene, said Ed Gonzalez, the Harris county’s sheriff. Hours after the leak began, Gonzalez said the area was still unsafe for investigators to enter and that officials may not be able to get inside until Friday. Continue reading...
Recent storms have devastated numerous conservative districts. That doesn’t mean their lawmakers will change course.
As a top footballer who has battled drug, alcohol and gambling addictions, Paul Merson is not known for his clean-living - but now he has seemingly become a climate campaigner.
[African Union] In a landmark moment for Africa, the African Union (AU) is actively engaging in the G20 Meetings following its official admission, marking a new era of representation for the continent in global governance and agenda setting. The AU's inclusion in the G20 is historic, solidifying Africa's role in addressing critical global issues such as economic development, energy transitions, and sustainability. The African Union Commission has already begun participating in various G20 activities under the 2024
Asian countries are a key destination for these ageing Russian ships, and have to pay the price in the event of an accident, new report warns.
"You kind of have some people think government can do this, and others think it's all because of fossil fuels," the governor added
[The Herald] Tapiwa Ziwira -- Like polished onyx, 48 year-old Janet Tongogara's eyes shine with deep-seated strength as she nurtures her thriving sugar bean crop, the sound of gushing water and the scent of damp earth evoking a sense of renewal.
At least 20 miners died and six were injured in a violent attack on a coal mine in Balochistan, Pakistan. Armed men targeted the Junaid Coal Company mines in Duki, using heavy weapons, rockets, and grenades. Security forces have secured the area and an investigation is ongoing. The attackers' motives remain unknown.
The presidential election could lead to a U-turn in energy policy at federal agencies.
Manufacturing long-duration energy storage at a commercial scale is seen as essential for lowering carbon emissions that are causing climate change.
Iraq has exceed its production limit on a regular basis since agreeing with fellow members of OPEC+ to cut output to prevent an oil surplus.
The supposedly green project – brainchild of the previous Tory government – will increase emissions, not reduce them This will be Keir Starmer’s HS2: a hugely expensive scheme that will either be abandoned, scaled back or require massive extra funding to continue, after many billions have been spent. The government’s plan for carbon capture and storage (CCS) – catching carbon dioxide from major industry and pumping it into rocks under the North Sea – is a fossil fuel-driven boondoggle that will accelerate climate breakdown. Its ticket price of £21.7bn is just the beginning of a phenomenal fiscal nightmare. There might be a case for a CCS programme if the following conditions were met. First, that the money for cheaper and more effective projects had already been committed. The opposite...
Even though there are more than 10,000 rock glaciers in the western United States, most people would look at one without knowing it. Unlike the snowy glaciers we're more familiar with, rock glaciers are under-researched and hiding in plain sight. But inside these glaciers covered with rocks is a little bit of climate hope. Read more of science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce's reporting here . Want to know more about the hidden science of the world? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we might cover it on a future episode!
Sowing Success: 16 African Entrepreneurs Reviving Land and Growing Profits shannon.paton@… Thu, 10/10/2024 - 16:11 Across Africa, a dynamic wave of entrepreneurs is rewriting the script on land use. Against the backdrop of climate change and deforestation that threatens the health and economy of communities across the continent, these innovators are crafting sustainable solutions that heal the land. Their projects are not just about planting trees or reviving soil — they’re about a movement rooted in resilience, creativity and impact. In Benin, Kiel Bien-Être is shaking up the traditional fruit business with a fresh approach. The company is building a sustainable value chain around the superfruit of the baobab tree, native to Africa but not yet valued by mainstream...
The Linkind Smart Solar Spotlight SL5 comes in packs 2, 4, 6, and 12, bringing solar-powered multicolored LED lighting to your home with simplicity.
Coronal mass ejection hits Earth and ‘severe’ geomagnetic storm could disrupt power grids and hit satellites and GPS A “severe” geomagnetic storm and auroral displays of the northern lights far into the south of the US could occur on Thursday after charged solar particles slammed into Earth, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s space weather prediction center has warned. The center alerted to the approach of an enormous mass of charged solar particles spewing from the sun, later reporting that the coronal mass ejection hit Earth at 11.15am ET on Thursday. A “severe” G4-class geomagnetic storm remained likely. Continue reading...
While less devastating than many had feared, Hurricane Milton reflected what many see as growing climate disruption – and the perseverance it will require.
WATCH the terrifying moment that an electric car burst into flames, leaving it an unsalvageable wreck in a London suburb on Thursday morning.
The coal wastewater regulation will remain in effect while litigation proceeds.
Yield on 10-year UK government debt hits highest since early July, while inflation has eased in the US September inflation weakest in three years as price growth continued decline The cost of building a new UK nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point is weighing on French energy firm EDF. Bloomberg are reporting that EDF is holding talks with investors over funding for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant. “Over the past year, we have been carefully preparing the Unilever Russia business for a potential sale. This work has been very complex, and has involved separating IT platforms and supply chains, as well as migrating brands to Cyrillic. “The completion of the sale ends Unilever Russia’s presence in the country.” Continue reading...
Toyota has been pretty hesitant in its switch to electric power, with the automaker repeatedly delaying EV targets, pushing back production and continuing its focus on hybrids. Now, the Corolla maker has revealed that some of the thinking behind this delay is due to the job cuts that a switch to full electric power…Read more...
Climate change, upstream dams and deforestation in the region have changed everything for Southeast Asia’s largest lake and the epicenter of the world’s most productive inland fishery.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE01618A, Paper Chongwei Gao, Ming Chen, Jiantao Li, Xunan Wang, Guobin Zhang, Xi Tan, Shuhua Zhang, Guang Feng, Dengyun Zhai, Feiyu Kang Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) are promising cathode materials for monovalent- and multivalent-ion batteries due to their large framework structures. Nevertheless, the influence of lattice vacancies on electrochemical performance has not... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Firefighters are stoic about the risks they face but say climate change has affected every part of the job A short drive and a world away from the tourist-thronged old town of Split, past retirees clambering out of cruise ships and stag parties stumbling into beachside bars, Ivan Sanader studied a smouldering hillside that stank of smoke. The night before, he had fought a fire that charred the slope and threatened to engulf a roadside restaurant. Now, the commander of a mobile firefighter centre in Croatia was issuing orders to stop it flaring back up. Continue reading...
Dangerous online rumors that exploded after Hurricane Helene could be just the beginning, says emergency management expert Samantha Montano. The post Hurricane misinformation festers, revealing a new side to the climate fight appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
September’s floods caused millions in damages, displacing thousands and threatening economic growth, as climate change exacerbates future risks.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands have renewed their strategic partnership in addressing the growing impacts of climate change on global health. The Netherlands is providing a new allocation of €500 000 for 2024 to WHO, reinforcing its commitment to climate resilience and sustainable healthcare systems worldwide. This allocation supports WHO’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health Secretariat and advance climate change and health programmes globally. This contribution builds on the partnership established in 2023 between the Netherlands and WHO to collaborate on climate change and health. Together, they have supported African, Asian and Eastern Mediterranean countries in advancing the implementation...
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa's Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, and his counterpart from Norway, Minister of Climate and Environment Tore Onshuus Sandvik, have been appointed to steer informal consultations on mitigation before and during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29).
[Egypt Online] Egypt's Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat discussed with Côte d'Ivoire ambassador Dole Gueu Albert ways to enhance cooperation in the field of electricity and renewable energy, especially training programs and transferring Egyptian expertise in the fields of renewable energy, electrical networks establishment, and technical support provision in this regard.
The move comes after Volvo scaled back its profit outlook, citing an uncertain global economy and increased tariffs on electric cars built in China.
The loan, if made, would be a shot in the arm for the Just Energy Transition Partnership to help wean South Africa off the use of coal.
[African Arguments] Landslides and flash floods, made more likely by climate change, and deforestation have made some areas of Uganda permanently risky to live in.
Our leaders may prefer complexity because it means they can defer taking action – but doing something about emissions reduction or slow wage growth is actually not that complex After spending any time analysing policy you quickly realise that politicians expend a supreme level of effort to avoid doing the obvious, and instead they do complex things that neither solve a problem nor appease their opponents. For politicians, the problem with clarity is that it demands action. Complexity provides safety because action can more easily be avoided. And so the obvious and clear are painted as “ extreme ”, while the complex is regarded as “mature”. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Young people are facing an unprecedented wave of violence and sexual abuse driven by war, climate change, hunger, and displacement, the UN's special representative on violence against children has warned.
[The Herald] Cliff Chiduku -- The transition to greener economies has become a global imperative as climate change increasingly threatens ecosystems and economies.
Global emissions could continue to rise until 2035, as fossil fuels remain a major part of the global energy mix.
In the series “Moral Hazards,” Grist explores some of the ethical conundrums of living in the era of climate change.
One of the largest MIT clubs sees itself as “the umbrella of all things related to energy and climate on campus.”
Rising global temperatures are amplifying deadly extreme weather events. The post Climate change made Hurricane Helene and other 2024 disasters more damaging, scientists find appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Leading players in the renewables industry have partnered to develop a cutting edge ship for use on floating wind farms
America’s Big Three are having a tough time in the pivot to electric vehicles. Ford has lost billions through its EV production, Stellantis has faced issues shifting its battery-powered models and General Motors previously announced a renewed interest in hybrids because EVs weren’t selling in the number it hoped. Now,…Read more...
The world’s biggest palm oil producer plans to hold more talks with the EU ahead of its deforestation law taking effect on December 30, 2025.
[IPS] Turin, Italy -- Edward Mukiibi, President of Slow Food, champions agroecology as a transformative answer to the world's most pressing crises: food insecurity, climate change, and violent conflicts.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections Emily Ogburn, right, hugs her friend Cody Klein after he brought her a meal on October 2, 2024, in Swannanoa, North Carolina. Ogburn's home was spared and she spent the morning of the storm helping and comforting neighbors who had found shelter on a neighbor’s porch. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images) Deadly Hurricane Helene, wildfires in the Amazon, an extreme monsoon downpour in India, a heat wave during the Summer Olympics, and other dangerous and devastating weather events in 2024 were all made more likely and damaging by climate change, scientists have found. Climate scientists quantified the link by running thousands of simulations in climate models, some that included and some that did not include...
New service provides Local Authorities crucial information on climate change in their area.
The Head of the Climate Change Information Center in Egypt, Mohamed Ali Fahim, said that Hurricane Milton comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene in the US, which killed about 200 people and left hundreds missing, causing widespread power and communications outages in six states in the southeastern US. Hurricane Milton, which threatens coastal … The post As Milton closes in on the US, official rules out hurricane risk in Egypt appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Superpower Institute says analysis of Queensland, NSW and Victorian sites shows need for independent reporting of greenhouse gas emissions Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s coalmines and gasfields may be emitting twice as much methane as they currently declare, underscoring the need to introduce independent reporting of the potent greenhouse gas, an energy thinktank has warned. The Superpower Institute’s Open Methane tool used satellites and ground-based verification to identify 20 “sites of concern” – all involving coal and gas operations – that are releasing “around double” the amount of methane reported. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
EPA has concluded that dozens of planned projects contain dangerous design flaws — a discovery that may slow the rollout of a technology central to the Biden administration’s plans to confront climate change.
The case marks the first time a utility has been included in more than two dozen lawsuits that accuse oil and gas majors of deceiving the public about the dangers of burning fossil fuels.
Record warm water in the Gulf of Mexico, which fueled the storm's rapid intensification, was at least 200 times more likely to occur because of climate change.
Emergency managers advise residents to have at least seven days of supplies, including food, water, medications, batteries and other essentials.
[The Conversation Africa] In the rural village of Téssékéré, the increasing number and intensity of droughts linked to climate change is making the lives and livelihoods of the local Fulani communities increasingly vulnerable. Here, in the northern Sahel desert region of Senegal (known as the Ferlo), the pastoral population walks over dry, dusty ground with their livestock in search of grazing areas and working borehole water pumps. In favourable years, these farmers can stay in the fields around their
In cooler times, a similarly rare storm over the Southeast would have delivered less rain and weaker winds, a team of scientists concluded in an analysis.
Carl Schreck spent his career studying tropical storms thousands of miles away from home.
Researchers found that Hurricane Helene was stronger, rainier, and significantly more likely because of climate change. The U.S. can expect more such storms in the future as warming continues.
Emma Pinchbeck will take over as chief executive of Climate Change Committee next month The government’s official climate watchdog has appointed the head of the energy industry’s trade association to lead its work helping to drive the UK’s emissions to net zero by 2050. Emma Pinchbeck, the head of Energy UK, will take up the role of chief executive of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) from early next month after four years at the helm of the trade association. Continue reading...
As Floridians prepare to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton, debris from Helene still litter swaths of the state Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene lashed the Florida coastline, an even more powerful hurricane is hurtling toward the state. It’s the kind of double hit becoming more common as the climate crisis persists, further complicating hurricane preparation, experts say. Continue reading...
Complaint against NW Natural, the state’s biggest provider, marks first time a utility faces climate deception charges Oregon ’s most populous county has sued the state’s biggest gas provider for allegedly sowing climate doubt, marking the first time a utility has faced charges of climate deception. Last year, Multnomah county sued 17 fossil fuel companies and interest groups for allegedly deceiving the public about the climate crisis . The lawsuit came two years after a record-shattering heat dome killed 69 people across the county. Continue reading...
CEO Dara Khosrowshahi acknowledged that customers might have to wait for their rides but said 'a couple of minutes isn't going to kill anyone.'
Toyota is delaying the production of its first U.S.-made electric vehicle until 2026 at the earliest. Still, it says it’s going to sell as many as seven all-electric vehicles here within the next two years. It’s going to be very interesting to see if that actually happens with the EV market being as unpredictable as…Read more...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) would seemingly rather claim that the government can create hurricanes than that warm Gulf water does.
Hurricane Helene's closure of two essential quartz mines in North Carolina reveals the precarity of the solar energy product pipeline.
The tax on brandy imports is being seen by critics as a retaliatory move for recent EU tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars.
The two nations also agreed to cooperate on liquefied natural gas supplies during a visit to the city state by South Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol.
[Daily Maverick] Africa Oil Week begins in Cape Town on 8 October. But the real scramble in Africa these days is for the green metals required for the energy transition.
The evacuation comes after the Ukrainian strike on the oil terminal sparked a large fire.
The HMNZS Manawanui, aground in Samoa. PHOTO: Profile Boats People living on the southern coast of Upolu have reported the strong smell of oil, highlighting concerns about a spill from New Zealand naval ship the HMNZS...
Climate change hasn't increased the total number of hurricanes hitting the U.S., but it is making dangerous storms more common.
[New Times] Rwanda is exploring the use of geothermal energy, a form of heat from the Earth's core, as the country looks to diversify its energy sources. This exploration could help the country reduce its reliance on imported energy.
How Madhvi and Lalitha Chittoor teamed up against a proposed oil and gas development. The post The mother-daughter duo fighting fossil fuels in Colorado appeared first on High Country News.
CapturePoint’s move underscores the effect of Inflation Reduction Act funding.
Republicans in Congress say climate litigation against oil companies is being bankrolled by dark money. Climate lawyers say the fossil fuel industry is spreading misinformation.
Claudia Sheinbaum said in the coming days she will unveil an “ambitious energy transition program.”
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa is immersed in a "just energy transition" from a fossil fuel-based energy system to a cleaner, low-carbon energy system. This new system will be based primarily on renewable energy, such as solar, wind and green hydrogen.
This is a re-post from the Climate Brink Much of my immediate family lives in Asheville and Black Mountain, NC. While everyone is thankfully safe, this disaster struck much closer to home for me than most. There is lots that needs to be done for disaster relief, and I’d encourage folks who can to donate to the recovery effort . But as Western North Carolina and other areas of the Southeastern US work to recover after the catastrophic flooding caused by Helene, its worth exploring the role that climate change may have played in the event. While Helene would have been a disaster even in a world without climate change, the intensification of severe rainfall events is one of the most clear-cut impacts of a warming world. Research in recent years ...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03097D, Review Article Xinyuan Shan, Zhaowei Song, Hang Ding, Lengwan Li, Yuhang Tian, Alexei P Sokolov, Ming Tian, kang Xu, Pengfei Cao The development of solid polymer electrolytes for lithium−metal (Li0) batteries (LMBs) with high energy density and high safety has been a long-standing goal that attracted intensive efforts for over four... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The platform wants customers to go 'green' as it tries to boost the take-up of electric cars.
An oil spill is highly likely, said local authorities, after the New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui sank near Samoa.
New Delhi wants the Indus Waters Treaty to be amended to help its grain-producing regions cope better with climate change, analysts say.
Reports of strategy reset leave campaigners saying company is prioritising profits over planet Green groups have reacted with fury to reports that BP has dropped a target to cut its oil output in the next five years, saying the company was prioritising profits over the health of the planet. Campaign groups including Greenpeace and Reclaim Finance slammed the move that would potentially result in the oil company scrapping its plan to reduce oil and gas output by 25% by 2030 under a strategy reset by the company. Continue reading...
A wolf bit a tourist near Yellowknife over the weekend, according to the N.W.T. Department of Environment and Climate Change.
Bigton’s Hymhus project has received a six-figure sum to help improve sustainability of the former kirk and “radically improve” its energy efficiency. Hymhus receives six-figure sum to ‘radically improve’ energy efficiency
Former President Donald Trump has been publicly critical of the sitting president’s signature climate bill and its benefits for clean energy. But even the oil lobby apparently wants to save the Inflation Reduction Act — just without some of the benefits for rival industries and products. Read more...
The Dow pulled back on Monday morning, pressured by a sharp rise in Treasury bond yields, which surged to their highest levels in two months. Escalating tensions in the Middle East added further uncertainty, contributing to a cautious market sentiment and an increase in oil prices.Read more...
Following an EU vote to apply hefty tariffs to Chinese-made electric cars, German automakers have warned that the move could end up hurting their business. But how much would the price of EVs in Germany increase?
If you're looking to change your own oil in your car, you'll first have to make sure you've got the right kind of motor oil for your car's engine.
[UN News] The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, according to a new report coordinated by the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Dunedin resident Ben Nevell in his flooded South Dunedin street Disastrous flooding in Dunedin is a direct result of extracting and burning fossil fuels, a submitter told a select committee as he waded through water in his...
Scope of oil and gas influence underscores concerns technology will prolong demand for planet-heating natural gas The UK government’s move to award £22bn in subsidies to carbon capture projects followed a sharp increase in lobbying by the fossil fuel industry, it can be revealed. Oil and gas giants such as Equinor, BP, and ExxonMobil attended 24 of 44 external ministerial meetings to discuss carbon capture and storage (CCS) in 2023, according to official transparency records . Continue reading...
Quality roadways are important for drivers' safety, but repaving them costs millions of taxpayers' money. That's why you may see roads coated in oil instead.
World Meteorological Organization says water is ‘canary in the coalmine of climate change’ and calls for urgent action Rivers dried up at the highest rate in three decades in 2023, putting global water supply at risk, data has shown. Over the past five years, there have been lower-than-average river levels across the globe and reservoirs have also been low, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) State of Global Water Resources report . Continue reading...
Social protection systems are essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, social protection is insufficient across Asia and the Pacific, and the region is at risk from megatrends: climate change, demographic shifts and digitalization. Tens of millions of people have been pushed into extreme poverty since COVID-19, reversing past gains, and many […]
by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota Monitor. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. When Republican Kelly Armstrong filed his federal financial disclosure after being elected to Congress in 2018, he revealed his extensive ties to the oil and gas industry in his home state of North Dakota. It detailed his income from hundreds of oil wells and his financial relationship with two of the state’s largest oil producers. Those ties will matter a great deal if, as is likely, he’s elected as North Dakota’s...
The state Public Service Commission said the agency’s own projections anticipate low adoption of the technology central to its power plant regulation.
The purchase of Chevron's assets signals that the state's oil production may stop declining.
Russian troops occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant early in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
About 600 million Africans don't have electrical service in their homes, with electrification rates in West Africa as low as 8%.
Russia is planning to attack Ukrainian nuclear power plants and disconnect them from the energy grid, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday, warning that such attacks risk nuclear disaster. “Radiation does not respect state borders,” Zelensky said Wednesday in his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Since Russia “can’t defeat our … The post Russia planning attacks on Ukrainian nuclear power plants, Zelensky warns appeared first on Egypt Independent.
A listing of 30 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, September 29, 2024 thru Sat, October 5, 2024. Story of the week We're all made of standard human fabric so it's nobody's particular fault but while "other" parts of the world have very recently lived (mostly) through enormous floods with huge consequences, only over the past week has the United States focused its immediate attention on hydrometeoological extremes— thanks to the arrival and massive hammer blow of Hurricane Helene (see " psychological distance "). Our Story of the Week is statistically obvious by headcount in the list below. It's all about Hurricane Helene. A common theme in reportage from affected areas is the element of surprise in...
The U.S. is undertaking a significant modernization of its nuclear arsenal due to heightened global tensions, highlighted by Russia's norm-breaking behavior and China's potential nuclear advancement. The report outlines ongoing modernization of several warheads and production plans to ensure a resilient deterrent. The Department of Energy oversees these efforts without underground explosives testing.
A drilling exploration application from Northback Holdings is under review by the Alberta Energy Regulator. The Australian company has been applying to mine in the area for years.
DAN HODGES: After the election, Ed Miliband was reappointed Energy Secretary and an odd thing happened. Almost overnight his long-standing passion for nuclear power cooled
Despite its contribution to climate change, the demand for AC will soar. It must be met.
As it becomes clear that climate change devastation can hit anywhere, engineers are considering how best to protect vital thoroughfares from intense storms.
Gulf Energy Development, Thailand's largest private power producer by market value, wants to win the rights to develop new power plants, with capacity accounting for 20% of the 3.6-gigawatt total to be offered in the second-phase auction of renewable energy development projects.
For six decades, coal has provided for — and polluted — the Navajo Nation. Demolition of a power plant brings mixed emotions.
The price of Brent crude oil - one of the benchmarks in the broader market - jumped to as high as $79 yesterday, up by 13 per cent since Tuesday when Iran launched its missile attack on Israel
Mingma Rita Sherpa was not home when the muddy torrent roared into his village in Nepal without warning, but when he returned, he did not recognise his once beautiful settlement.
Justices Deny Shadow Docket Requests for Emergency Stays of Methane Pollution Standards, Strengthened Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
Sue Kim's "The Last of the Sea Women" celebrates haenyeo culture and chronicles the threats to their way of life from pollution, climate change and industrial overfishing.
EU countries gave a definitive green light on Friday to hefty additional tariffs on electric cars made in China, despite warnings that it will spark a damaging trade war with Beijing.
As the EU seeks to put a brake on competition from Chinese electric cars, European automakers are stuck in second gear.
A once-permanent patch of snow in the Highlands has melted for the fourth year in a row – for the first time in recorded history.
Climate Defiance activists direct their fury at the rich and powerful. They’ve also started working with them.
Will the plan announced today make a difference to the planet and is it worth the huge price tag?
[IPS] Harare -- African policymakers, local leaders and the private sector have been asked to create an enabling environment that will help African traders and farmer folks build reliable systems for food security and resilience through territorial markets.
Research challenges idea that sending liquefied natural gas around the world is cleaner alternative to burning coal Exported gas emits far more greenhouse gas emissions than coal, despite fossil-fuel industry claims it is a cleaner alternative, according to a major new research paper that challenges the controversial yet rapid expansion of gas exports from the US to Europe and Asia. Coal is the dirtiest of fossil fuels when combusted for energy, with oil and gas producers for years promoting cleaner-burning gas as a “bridge” fuel and even a “climate solution” amid a glut of new liquefied natural gas (or LNG) terminals, primarily in the US. Continue reading...
What happens when we have fun while protecting the planet? The post The power of joyful climate action appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton Reversing the ban on fossil fuel exploration risks promoting more environmental damage as well as burdening taxpayers with clean-up costs, according to the...
Behind the violence of extreme weather is that of the fossil fuel industry, and Americans are suffering for it The weather we used to have shaped the behavior of the water we used to have – how much and when it rained, how dry it got, when and how slowly the snow in the heights melted, what fell as rain and fell as snow. Climate chaos is changing all that, breaking the patterns, delivering water in torrents unprecedented in recorded history or withholding it to create epic droughts, while heat-and-drought-parched soil, grasslands and forests create ideal conditions for mega-wildfires. Water in the right time and quantity is a blessing; in the wrong ones it’s a scourge and a destroying force, as we’ve seen recently with floods around the world. In the vice-presidential debate, Tim Walz, the...
If you were asked to visualise Antarctica, it's likely a vast white landscape would spring to mind. But a concerning new study might have you rethinking that image in your head.
Analysis of satellite data finds plant cover has increased more than tenfold over the last few decades Plant cover across the Antarctic peninsula has soared more than tenfold over the last few decades, as the climate crisis heats up the icy continent. Analysis of satellite data found there was less than one sq kilometre of vegetation in 1986 but there was almost 12km2 of green cover by 2021. The spread of the plants, mostly mosses, has accelerated since 2016, the researchers found. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03148B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Zi an Xu, Jian Zhu, Jingze Shao, Yu Xia, Peng-Fei Liu, Guangshe Li, Rouxi Chen, Shaoqing Chen, Jiacheng Wang, Shi Chen, Fu Qiang Huang, Hsing-Lin Wang Durable and high-efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are central to rechargeable Zn-air batteries (ZABs). The current best-performing ORR electrocatalysts are FeN4-based powder materials among non-noble metals, but they... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[Namibian] Gondwana Namib Park, a privately owned nature reserve, offers a unique glimpse into the life of wildlife endemic to the area. Located near the Namib Naukluft Park, this area showcases a harmonious coexistence between human conservation efforts and nature's raw beauty.
Xcel Energy aims to resolve disputes over its plans to meet demand and satisfy a Minnesota law requiring carbon-free electricity by 2040.
The expansion of solar power, led by Germany, is upending traditional energy economics in Europe.
[New Zimbabwe] HARARE Mayor Jacob Mafume this week berated his fellow councillors for failing to come up with a green energy plan, which would have brought the capital one step closer to its residents using solar power.
Israeli former prime minister says in interview it is too late to significantly set back Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, and that a ‘massive’ attack on Iran’s oil facilities is likely Middle East crisis: live updates Israel is likely to mount a large-scale airstrike against Iran’s oil industry and possibly a symbolic attack on a military target related to its nuclear programme, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak has predicted. Barak said there was no doubt there would be an Israeli military response to Iran’s assault on Tuesday with over 180 ballistic missiles, most of which were intercepted, but some landed on and around densely populated areas and Israeli military bases. Continue reading...
Bosses say cost of complying with zero-emission vehicle mandate is ‘astronomical, and unsustainable’ UK electric car sales hit a record high in September, even as bosses from big carmakers told the chancellor that government targets were putting too much pressure on the industry. The British industry sold 56,300 electric cars during the month, the highest on record, according to preliminary data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a lobby group. Continue reading...
Revitalising the country’s industrial heartlands and creating decent, well-paid jobs is at the heart of our mission Rachel Reeves is the chancellor of the exchequer Three months ago, the British people voted for change. For a Britain that works for working people again, with an economy that is growing, an NHS that is fixed and more money in people’s pockets. I am determined to deliver that change. But I know it can only happen if we bring investment back to Britain. Investment that can reignite Britain’s industrial heartlands to create good jobs in the industries of the future – like wind power and solar. And this includes carbon capture and storage. That’s why today we have announced up to £21.7bn of funding over 25 years to launch this major new industry for our country in a new era...
A geyser erupted in an oilfield Wednesday, sending water contaminated with oil 100 feet into the air. Responders attributed it to groundwater injections from fracking sites.
The price of crude oil shot up by 5% immediately after Mr Biden’s comments.
President’s off-the-cuff remark outside White House over possible retaliation triggers global oil price rise Middle East crisis – live updates Joe Biden has said that his administration has been “discussing” possible Israeli plans to attack Iran’s oil industry in retaliation for the Iranian ballistic missile attack on Tuesday. Biden’s off-the-cuff remark did not make clear whether his administration was holding internal discussions or talking directly to Israel, nor did he clarify what his attitude was to such an attack. Continue reading...
Energy giant SSE has provided further evidence of how dependent renewables output is on weather conditions as it prepares to post bumper profits.
President Joe Biden said he was discussing possible Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities, in comments that sent oil prices spiking Thursday just a month before the US presidential election.
As the effects of climate change continue to batter many countries worldwide, Starbucks (SBUX) is committed to protecting its coffee supply from natural disasters.Read more...
Ken Newcombe, the former CEO of C-Quest Capital, was charged as part of an alleged scheme to sell an inflated number of carbon credits
The crude oil pipeline, named the Canyon Oil Pipeline System, will have a capacity of 200,000 barrels per day.
Supercomputers are used for everything from climate modeling to predicting how airflow will impact aviation. But not all are created equal.
China's meteoric rise as the world's powerhouse of electric vehicle production makes Western efforts to curb their exports a tough sell -- and means they could even stifle the fight against climate change, analysts warn.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) announced on Thursday they are partnering to raise awareness about climate change’s harmful effects on winter sports and tourism.
Oil prices rose and major stock markets mostly retreated Thursday as investors reacted to fears of widening conflict in the Middle East and awaited a key US jobs report.
In the semi-abandoned village of Ulken on a giant steppe, Anna Kapustina, a mother of five, hopes controversial plans to build Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant will breathe life into her ailing hometown.
World skiing's governing body joined forces with the UN's weather agency on Thursday in a bid to feed its meteorological expertise into managing the "existential threat" to winter sports posed by climate change.
Colombian environment minister Susana Muhamad once worked for Shell. Now, as the country gears up to host the biodiversity Cop16, she is calling for a just transition away from fossil fuels She is one of the biggest opponents of fossil fuel on the world stage – but Susana Muhamad’s political career was sparked in the halls of an oil company. It began when she resigned as a sustainability consultant with Shell in 2009 and returned home to Colombia. She was 32 and disillusioned, a far cry from the heights she would later reach as the country’s environment minister, and one of the most high-profile progressive leaders in global environmental politics. Muhamad joined Shell an idealistic 26-year-old. “I really thought that you could make a huge impact within an energy company on the climate issue...
RELEASE: P4G Awards $5.2 Million to 12 New Partnerships to Advance Innovative Climate Solutions casey.skeens@wri.org Thu, 10/03/2024 - 04:00 WRI’s Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals (P4G) initiative will provide grant funding and technical support to help the startups in these partnerships become investment-ready WASHINGTON (October 3, 2024) — Today, Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) announced $5.2 million in grant funding and technical assistance for 12 new startup partnerships in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia. This funding will help early-stage businesses become investment-ready, enabling them to scale climate solutions like EV charging infrastructure, biofuel production, water efficient irrigation systems...
The N.C. climate change plan warned four years ago the state’s western mountains were vulnerable to extreme weather and “even Asheville itself is not immune.”
He's been a leader at Amnesty International and Greenpeace. Now, he wants to ink a global treaty against fossil fuels.
[The Herald] VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has officially opened the Second Climate Change and Development Conference in Harare this morning.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03102D, Paper Dongmin Li, Yunpeng Zhong, Xieyu Xu, Daren Zhou, Yan Tang, Liangbing Wang, Shuquan Liang, Bingan Lu, Yangyang Liu, Jiang Zhou Zn metal batteries (ZBs) are considered promising candidates for next-generation energy storage systems. Cyclic reversibility of ZBs is strictly associated with the interfacial evolution of the Zn anode during the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
When Anchorage’s big electric utility asked regulators’ permission last year to raise its rates by 5.5%, renewable energy advocates responded with a counterproposal.
A grueling heatwave resulted in five students being treated for ‘general weakness’ during a sports meet As a grueling heatwave baked the US south-west this week, there were reports of at least three students being taken to the hospital with heat-related injuries. The injuries highlight the effects of extreme heat on health as the country struggles to grapple with increasingly severe weather amid the climate crisis. Cal Fire and the fire department in Riverside, east of Los Angeles, reported responding on Tuesday afternoon to a junior high school and high school cross - country meet in the city where they evaluated five juvenile patients for “general weakness”. Three were transported to a hospital for further evaluation, the agency said. Continue reading...
In a recent debate, claims made by Governor Walz and Senator Vance were fact-checked, revealing mixed levels of accuracy. Walz's assertion that the U.S. is producing record amounts of oil and natural gas holds true, although natural gas output is forecasted to decline in 2024. His statement about Donald Trump not paying federal taxes for 10 of the last 15 years is also mostly accurate. However, claims about Minnesota’s child tax credit reducing poverty by a third lack verified data. Vance’s claims, including those about Iran’s assets and U.S. gun violence, presented more nuanced and sometimes misleading realities.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Adhesive manufacturer Henkel has unveiled its Nairobi plant as fully reliant on renewable energy in what it says is a milestone in its sustainability journey.
Electric cars might be the ultimate status symbol for eco-minded celebs from Kim Kardashian to Robert Downey Jr. but experts now say electric vehicle drivers actually have a larger carbon footprint.
Event will push for greater transparency and aims to rank AI firms in terms of ability to meet climate goals World leaders at the next AI summit will focus on the impact on the environment and jobs, including the possibility of ranking the greenest AI companies, it has been announced. Rating artificial intelligence companies in terms of their ecological impact is among the proposals under consideration, while other areas being looked at include the effect on the labour market, giving all countries access to the technology and bringing more states under the wing of global AI governance initiatives. Continue reading...
Astrophysicists estimate that any exponentially growing technological civilization has only 1,000 years until its planet will be too hot to support life.
In a crucial debate, US Senator JD Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz discussed key issues, focusing on the Middle East, climate change, and immigration. Both candidates hesitated to directly support a preemptive Israeli strike on Iran. Walz criticised Trump’s leadership, while Vance defended Trump’s foreign policy record. They addressed past misstatements and directed criticisms at their running mates, with Walz targeting Trump’s border wall failure and Vance criticising Harris’s handling of immigration.
Proponents say using hallucinogens can spark ‘consciousness shifts’ to inspire climate-friendly behaviors Thousands gathered for New York City’s annual Climate Week last week to promote climate solutions, from the phaseout of fossil-fuel subsidies to nuclear energy to corporate-led schemes like carbon credits. Others touted a more offbeat potential salve to the crisis: psychedelics. Under the banner of Psychedelic Climate Week, a group of academics, marketers and advocates gathered for a film on pairing magic mushrooms with music, a discussion on funding ketamine-assisted therapy and a panel on “Balancing Investing & Impact with Climate & Psychedelic Capital”. Continue reading...
Iran has launched nearly 200 missiles on Israel, escalating tensions in the Middle East. This conflict has caused oil prices to rise, posing a threat to India's energy security, trade relationships, and the Indian workforce in Gulf countries. Potential FTAs might also be affected.
The emissions impact is obvious but with full employment in construction, approving three mine extensions is saying you want workers there rather than building homes Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast When the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, approved three new coalmine expansions last week, she not only failed abjectly to act on climate change, but by diverting scarce workers from constructing homes to expanding fossil-fuel projects, she also made it harder for the government to improve housing affordability through its aim of building 1.2m new homes in five years. Last week Plibersek posted photos of her releasing a cute little bilby into a wild training zone. Oddly there was no such cute photo, nor mention on her list of “some of the things...
In retaliation to the launch of almost 200 Iranian missiles into Israeli territory, the country is planning a major response which is likely to destory Iran's most crucial oil export hub - Kharg Island.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 edged lower Wednesday morning, as escalating tensions between Israel and Iran pushed crude oil prices higher. West Texas Intermediate and Brent surged nearly 3% in the morning trading.Read more...
Yellowknife seniors gathered to talk about climate change over a potluck dinner including chili, salad and fish at the Baker Community Centre on Tuesday evening.
When the weather is bad, the residents of the Litoral neighborhood in Manzanillo, Cuba, are forced to evacuate their houses. When it’s calm, the sea penetrates the foundations of houses, leaving them vulnerable. Now the community is getting together to restore the mangroves and improve the environment to return their homes to safety.
What does the future hold as we shiver while relying increasingly on unreliable renewal energy, perhaps welcoming warmer weather due to climate change?
More than 250 organisations and individuals, including the former Archbishop of Canterbury, have signed an open letter urging Sir Keir Starmer to stop the Rosebank development
The candidates tangled over issues like abortion, immigration, gun violence, climate change, the state of the economy and the Middle East.
Bill to formalise state net zero target for 2050 left off list of legislative goals ahead of March election Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Western Australian Labor government has been accused of shelving plans to introduce climate change laws before a state election next March after it left the bill off a list of legislation it hopes to pass. The absence of the climate bill – from the list of 14 legislative priorities circulated with the Liberal party and crossbench MPs – reignited claims that WA Labor is in thrall to the gas industry and failing to address the climate crisis. Continue reading...
The second edition of Cairo Sustainable Energy Week (CSEW) kicked off on Tuesday, under the patronage of Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit and Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat. The three-day event is organized by the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE). The opening session was attended by … The post Second edition of Cairo Sustainable Energy Week kicks off appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Israeli officials reportedly considering ‘significant retaliation’ to Iranian attack within days Middle East crisis – live updates Israel could target Iranian oil refineries in retaliation for Tuesday night’s attack, in which Tehran launched an estimated 180 ballistic missiles at Tel Aviv and other targets across the country in a dramatic escalation of the conflict between the two countries. The US website Axios has reported that Israeli officials are considering a “significant retaliation” to the Iranian attack within days that could target oil production facilities inside Iran and other strategic sites. Continue reading...
A resilient tiger widow from Bangladesh’s Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, Shorbanu Khatun, fights climate change’s impacts. She struggles to support her children while preserving honey and Gol leaf traditions amidst worsening storms, rising salinity, and societal exclusion. Broder Description Shorbanu Khatun, a tiger widow in the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, Bangladesh, the world’s largest mangrove forest, […]
The Austrian capital has been spared the worst of recent flooding. Its experience could be a lesson in how to tackle the climate crisis Floods are seemingly unavoidable these days. Florida, North Carolina, Nigeria, Tunisia, Mexico, India, Nepal, Vietnam, Poland and Austria are among the places that have experienced flooding in the last month. Those floods should no longer come as much of a surprise. Climate change leads to more frequent and intense rain almost everywhere on the planet, and most infrastructure, from roads and bridges to canals and hydroelectric dams, is simply not built to withstand such extremes. That’s where Vienna stands out. The floods that have deluged central Europe over the past two weeks caused plenty of disruptions in Lower Austria, including to a newly built...
Do carbon emissions cause climate change? "Let's just say that's true," said J.D. Vance.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE02916J, Paper Jinye Li, Chengjun Lei, Pengjie Jiang, Chen Xu, Tingting Liu, Xiao Liang Tellurium (Te) is a promising high-capacity electrode material for aqueous zinc-ion batteries, capable of multi-electron redox reactions. However, the inherent hydrolysis of oxidized Te4+ exhibits significant polarization during redox, rendering... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry