The Dream of Flying with no Fossil Fuel
The longest distance ever flown by a solar airplane in aviation history: 13 hours and 20 minutes of flight, reaching an altitude of 8,534 meters…
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US Geothermal Stuck in the Mud, but 2014 Global Growth Boosts Industry
The geothermal industry’s efforts to grab a bigger slice of the growing renewable energy pie met with some success in 2014, though that wasn’t reflected…
Global warming slowdown: No systematic errors in climate models, comprehensive statistical analysis reveals
Skeptics who still doubt anthropogenic climate change have now been stripped of one of their last-ditch arguments: it is true that there has been a…
Russia Blamed, US Taxpayers on the Hook, as Fracking Boom Collapses
As Congress removes restrictions on taxpayers bailing out the too-big-to-fail banks, the right is blaming environmentalists and Russia for the demise of the fracking…
The World’s Most Efficient Coal-Fired Power Plants
International efforts to mitigate climate impacts have intensely scrutinized carbon emissions from the electricity sector. Coal, in particular, has been targeted as a source of…
Sos Enattos: Lula’s hidden treasure
A hidden jewel. Very well hidden. Maybe too well. The mine of Sos Enattos (Lula, Italy) is one of those treasures often unknown even to…
Study identifies which fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground to avoid dangerous climate change
A third of oil reserves, half of gas reserves and over 80% of current coal reserves globally should remain in the ground and not be…
The Beloyarsk reactor: history in the making?
The kick-off of commercial power production by the 800 MWe BN-800 reactor at Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Station in Russia last year could be a defining…
Anthropocene : the “Great Acceleration” driven by human activities and not by natural variability
The second half of the 20th Century is unique in the history of human existence. The last 60 years have without doubt seen the most…
Left Unchecked, Western Diets Could Derail Climate Action
A growing body of evidence shows the impact that unsustainable levels of meat consumption – particularly of meats like beef and lamb – have on…
Meet the Dutch Windwheel
A sustainable icon and an icon for sustainability. Still early days but the Dutch Windwheel design is impressive. Currently the project is in the concept…
Sea level correction (increase more intense)
The acceleration of global sea level change from the end of the 20th century through the last two decades has been significantly swifter than scientists…
Brazil readies big push on solar energy but companies are wary
Grappling with its worst energy crisis in more than a decade, Brazil is making its first big move to develop a local solar power industry…
Corralling Carbon Before It Belches From Stack
So much soot belched from the old power plant here that Mike Zeleny would personally warn the neighbors. “If the wind was blowing in a…
True scale of wind industry revealed
Drax, Britain’s largest coal-fired power station, is set to become one of Europe’s biggest renewable electricity generators.