The Energy Technologies Institute recently reported that without carbon capture and storage (CCS), the cost of reaching the UK’s climate change targets will double from around £30 billion per year in 2050. So how does it work?
At the beginning of October 2019, my kids’ preschool informed me that it might be closed the next day because of rolling blackouts — a radical new effort by our local power utility in Northern California to avoid sparking wildfires.
- By Eoin Higgins
A new report from the International Energy Agency released Friday claims that wind power could be a $1 trillion business by 2040 and that the power provided by the green technology has the potential to outstrip global energy needs.
Butterflies are rather like Goldilocks, preferring conditions to be neither too hot nor too cold, but “just right”.
In a speech to the National Press Club, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared that the key requirements for Australia’s electricity system are that it should be affordable, reliable, and able to help meet national emissions-reduction targets.
In the past seven years, four major disasters have caused serious disruptions in the Northeast and Midwest United States.
As a climate scientist of more than 25 years, I’m proud of the work my profession has done in recent decades to alert humanity to the unfolding climate crisis
A recent study showed that North Americans are becoming less tolerant of uncertainty.
- By Rob Hopkins
A walk into the future, in a British city where housing is sustainable, energy is locally owned, food is abundant, and the work week is just three days long.
One word is rarely spoken or printed in science and that word is “proof”. In fact, science has little to do with “proving” anything.
When January 2019 entered its third week, huge swathes of the US were blanketed with snow, and winter storm warnings were in place across several states.
- By Matt Shipman
Shoreline recreational fishing will likely be another casualty of climate change, according to new research.
- By Alexis Blue
Materialism may influence us to choose “green buying” rather than not buying anything at all, research finds.
The Catholic Church “hears the cry” of the Amazon and its peoples. That’s the message Pope Francis hopes to send at the Synod of the Amazon, a three-week meeting at the Vatican that ends Oct. 27, 2019..
- By John Vidal
The relationship between a heating planet and violent clashes is complex — and critical. “This is where I keep my weapon,” said Lolem, a young Karamojong cattle herder.
Standing in the middle of a usually busy central London street during Extinction Rebellion’s protests, the air noticeably cleaner, the area quieter, I was struck by the enormity of the challenge ahead of us.
Deadly fires across California over the past several years have shown how wildfire has become a serious public health and safety issue.
Hurricane Michael Recovery Efforts Point To The Power Of Local Generosity After Overlooked Disasters
- By David Berlan
When Hurricane Michael made landfall on Florida’s Panhandle on Oct. 10, 2018, as a Category 5 storm it was only the fourth on record to have ever hit the U.S. mainland.
Countries across the globe are trying to wind down coal production. While this will help in the battle against climate change, those communities that have specialised in coal mining may see their local job market decline or be eliminated entirely.
As the world grapples with climate change, we urgently need to find ways of reducing our CO? emissions. Sectors which rely heavily on fossil fuels, such as energy and aviation, are commonly held to be the worst offenders.
A closer look at one of the most familiar responses offered to the climate crisis.
- By TEDx Talks
Not all carbon is created equal. Writer Jackson Carpenter argues that the power to stop climate change rests on recognizing different kinds of carbon – a shift in perspective that allows us to change
As I write this, much of inland eastern Australia is enduring what is likely to be the worst drought ever recorded.