The Kemper County CCS project – what went wrong and what next?
A long-running saga finally came to an end this July, as the Kemper County carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility was ordered to cease operations…
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Funtana Raminosa: where the copper rush began
Isolated among the mountains, in the middle of Sardinia (Italy), with a butte here and there that breaks the skyline that surrounds and hides the…
Climate change is a market failure
US president Donald Trump is gearing up for war in the east, but not against North Korea and not by nuclear or conventional means of…
7 Reasons We’re Facing a Global Water Crisis
Droughts in Somalia. Water rationing in Rome. Flooding in Jakarta and Harvey-battered Houston. It doesn’t take a hydrologist to realize that there is a growing…
The alarming link between greenhouse effect and hurricanes
Who lives by the fossil fuels shall die by the global warming. Cynical, unforgiving, bitter, acrimonious and catastrophic? Sure. It ticks all the boxes. But…
Nuttallburg
Nuttallburg, West Virginia, USA, owes its name to English entrepreneur John Nuttall, who saw a golden opportunity in the coal-rich New River gorge and began…
Alaska’s Small Villages Turn Toward Renewables — And Don’t Look Back
Early in summer 2015, a barge hauling two deconstructed wind turbines lumbered out of Seattle bound for the Alaskan Arctic. It traveled along the western…
Paw-sitive climate change actions for pets
Is climate change one of your pet peeves? Do you care about the environment? Are you worried about global warming? Unfortunately, our pets increase the…
Coal mines leave a legacy of ruin
A 19-month data investigation of mine closures indicates that since at least 2011 no large coal mines operating in South Africa have been granted closure….
Scientists scramble to understand the invisible creatures around us before it’s too late
In southwestern Africa, a dozen scientists dig in the dirt. In a week, they’ve transected 100 miles of shifting sand dunes and flat gravel plains…
Bois du Cazier
The history of the Bois du Cazier coal mining site dates back to a 1822 concession, in which a transcription error caused the name of…
Meet the villagers who protect biodiversity on the top of the world
It was a chilly February day. Dangwen and his wildlife monitoring team patrolled along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The river was frozen solid,…
Ships, planes and cars: a licence to pollute?
Shipping There it is on the horizon, clear as day. At half a kilometre long, it’s hard to miss the hulking outline of a container…