What Joe Biden’s US election victory means for climate change
Joe Biden’s US election victory has been hailed as a significant turning point in US policy on everything from racial injustice to the Covid-19 pandemic. But there are few…
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Warmer climate and Arctic sea ice in a veritable suicide pact
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Hydrogen: where is low-carbon fuel most useful for decarbonisation?
Wildfires’ toxic air leaves damage long after the smoke clears
Climate literacy is essential for effective change
China’s new carbon neutrality pledge: what next?
Ring out the old, ring in the new
The green and the black
As the profound global impact of Covid-19 continues to unfold, those whose job it is to forecast the future have had to scramble for their…
Big Green Apple: forbidden fruit, no more
The science behind climate change is self-evident: the burning of fossil fuels is the largest contributor to human-caused climate change. Climate change is a worldwide…
From Dust Bowl to Climigration
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Dust Bowl Ballads by Woody Guthrie. Hurricanes and floods in the Southeast. “When the Levee Breaks” written by…
Wind blows, hydrogen goes
The future of travel will not only belong to battery-powered vehicles. Climate-neutral synthetic fuels are another promising option, and the focus of a pioneering new…
Navajo Generating Station
A triple fraud. The leasing, the compensation, the ending. The story of the Navajo Generating Station is also the story of the Native Americans tricky…
Sorry for raising the bar too high
“I don’t think science knows” – Donald Trump’s response to a scientist’s suggestion that climate change had a crucial role in this August’s West Coast…
Big in Japan
Japan’s energy policy made headlines in July, when the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced plans to phase out older, inefficient coal plants, along…