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…
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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
Carbon capture and storage: the black sheep of green energy?
Mixed fortunes for this unloved carbon-cutting technology
White Rose wilts under green cuts
September 2015 saw a major setback in plans to deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the United Kingdom, as Drax Power withdrew support from…
South Africa’s Road to Growth is Paved With Coal
South Africa is already largely urbanized. Today, nearly two-thirds of South Africans live in urban centers. Although the rate of urbanization is slower in South…
Rise in CO2 could restrict growing days for crops
While plants in temperate zones may benefit from higher temperatures, global warming’s impact in the tropics threatens catastrophe for food security. LONDON, 20 June,…