Molentargius
Molentargius is the Sardinian word for “donkeys handlers”, as the salt extracted was carried by mules. The salt industry was the richest in the Cagliari…
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Climate change pledges not nearly enough to save tropical ecosystems
The Paris Agreement marked the biggest political milestone to combat climate change since scientists first introduced us in the late 1980s to perhaps humanity’s greatest…
The hidden virtues of environmental taxes
Economic instruments for pollution control and natural resource management are an increasingly important part of environmental policies in the EU Member States. The range of…
Is there a way back for CCS in the UK?
The development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) suffered a surprise blow last November when the United Kingdom’s widely admired ‘CCS Commercialisation Competition’ was quietly…
Welcome to Greendia
In medio stat virtus. Sure, when we look at the BRICS, virtue stands in the middle. The “I” of India has gradually increased its profile,…
Just One Degree
Colder springs and summers. Excessive rainfall. Late spring and early frosts. Years without summers. Crop failures. Starvation. Increased Poverty. Pestilence and Plagues. Mass Death. Fear….
Africa’s alternative route to climate adaptation
A recently launched World Bank plan sets out what is needed to boost both climate resilience and low-carbon development to protect growth and fight poverty…
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration Has Passed the Point of No Return
Monday, 23 May 2016 By Dahr Jamail A recent trip up Washington State’s Mount Rainier brought home to me how rapidly things are changing, even…
The number one thing we can do to protect earth’s oceans
May 23, 2016 — When New England fishers complained of working harder and harder to catch fewer and fewer fish, Spencer Baird assembled a scientific…
‘Great Wall of Africa’ planned to hold back the Sahara
A massive-scale project proposed by the African Union, partly funded by the EU, will see a wall of trees erected at the edge of the…
Plastic Bags Might Kickstart the Carbon Capture Industry
You just can’t drink enough soda to create a market for bottling and storing all the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But as researchers…
What the U.S. can learn from European coal miners’ second act
By Joshua Zaffos/High Country News Europe and the U.S. have taken different paths in response to climate concerns and coal declines. People linger at an…
Silk Road revisited
A city within the city. It is the new Midwest Commodity Exchange Center (MCEC), the core of the metal products trade park in Xi’an. Positioned…
Monreale mine: a view from the past
From the top of the hill you can see the Monreale Castle on the right: a reminder of a glorious past. Next, the green stretching…
The solar voyager
While Solar Impulse 2, the aircraft powered by solar energy is reaching the end of its journey around the World, another “eco” international industrial enterprise…
The pros and cons of biomass
When most people talk about renewable energy they are referring to wind and solar power, which tend to dominate the news and their deployment is…