Five Takeaways from National Renewable Energy Policy Forum 2016
“Policy still matters” was the theme of this year National Renewable Energy Policy Forum. An event, held in Washington last March, which served to remind…
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The unprecedented coral bleaching disaster at the Great Barrier Reef, explained
The scientists who study the Great Barrier Reef are shocked and horrified by what they’re seeing right now. Record hot temperatures in the Pacific Ocean…
The harsh lesson of Monte Narba
A silver mine, hibernated for decades in its splendid isolation, is now a symbol of the wealth of industrial and architectural heritage inherited from mining golden era. But Monte Narba is equally emblematic of the inability to enhance or, at least, to protect historic valuable sites.
Clean energy from human urine
It used to be good only for water closets. Not true anymore. From human urine now we can extract potable water and energy too. Energy…
Microalgae to capture CO2: a viable alternative to conventional CCS?
In April 2013 at the site of the, a green coloured house captured people’s attention. The outer layer of the house was made of algae…
Ensuring energy security in the age of renewables
The last ten years have seen a remarkable growth in the use of wind and solar power worldwide as nations have sought to make dramatic…
True lies?
The saga started last autumn. The allegations, however, of a huge corporate cover-up on the then emerging science of climate change date back around 40…
Hijacking the Anthropocene
How the anti-green ‘Breakthrough Institute’ misrepresents science to advance a technocratic agenda and undermine grassroots environmentalism
9 reasons why the EU’s bank is no climate leader
As declarations emerge from Paris about the billions and trillions of dollars needed to combat the affects of climate change, the world’s largest public lender,…
Energy Storage: the key to renewables success
For some years now, scientists have been proposing the exhaustion of fossil fuels. The idea of finding a way to make renewables as primary and…
Climate denialism: a brief history
In the late 1970s, scientists first came to a consensus that global warming was likely to result from increasing greenhouse gases released by the burning…
Welcome to a New Planet
Climate Change “Tipping Points” and the Fate of the Earth
Paris always worth a mass?
The COP 21 final accord is seen by many as crucial to move world societies towards resilient, low-carbon economies. Not everyone agrees