4 Signs the Tide May Be Turning Against Lion Hunting, and 1 It Isn’t
Who could shoot a lion? That’s the question many people are asking on social media and in protests outside the offices of big game hunters,…
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Entering the Nuclear Age, Body by Body – The Nagasaki Experience
Korean and Chinese workers, prisoners of war, and mobilized adults and students had returned to their work sites; some dug or repaired shelters, others piled…
Nuclear fusion, the clean power that will take decades to master
Nuclear fusion is what powers the Sun and the stars – unleashing huge amounts of energy through the binding together of light elements such as…
Egypt revives Suez dream amid global trade slump and escalating insurgency
Egypt has revived the Suez Canal on a grand scale with a flourish of patriotic fervour, vowing to reignite world trade almost a century and…
How the Border Security Industry Will Profit Hugely From Climate Change
April 24, at the Defense, National Security, and Climate Change Symposium in Washington, D.C., Brigadier General Stephen Cheney stepped up to the podium to discuss…
We Shell Overcome, Someday
Late this September announced it was shlving its Arctic oil and gas operations off the coast of Alaska – for now. The Arctic is so…
Cutting our carbon emissions to live well within the means of nature
Humanity currently uses the equivalent resources of 1.6 Earths, with carbon sequestration making up more than half of that demand on nature, according to data…
Stalling increase in emissions: a new trend or a temporary blip?
Spring, the season of new beginnings, also marked the beginning of something new. In March came data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicating global…
The rise of electricity storage: something for everybody
The barrage of news about the progress and promise of electricity storage in the last year just got another jolt from two disparate sources: the…
US legislation the key driver in the energy storage market
Last April Tesla Motors unveiled its Powerwall and Powerpack lithium ion batteries for homes and utility-scale applications, which could facilitate an increased role for wind…
The world’s first climate positive data center is built in Sweden
Up to 10 percent of the world’s electricity is consumed by the Information and Communications Technology sector alone. ICT is emerging as a new target…
More coal plants are being cancelled than built
The global coal boom has started to slow, a new report says, as more plans for new power plants are now being shelved than completed….
Russia completes design papers for Fukushima tritium removal
Russia’s Atomproekt has completed the draft design and working documents for a demonstration unit to separate tritium from contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear…