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Articles, Climate Change October 27, 2022

Climate change is global, the pain is private

Imagine that your community has been battered or even destroyed by a climate change-induced flood, tornado, hurricane, or drought. Some community members have perished, including…

Articles, CCS

Offshore rigs and heir boon for marine life

New WA research suggests that decommissioned oil and gas platforms provide important habitat for marine life and support unique ecosystems. Oil and gas platforms are…

Nature & Environment, Sustainability October 13, 2022

‘Soil Isn’t Forever’: Why Biodiversity Also Needs Protection Below the Ground

We know more than ever about the abundance of life in the soil. Now we have to step up to save it. Look down. You…

Climate Change, Policy & Strategy October 10, 2022

Kosovo’s new law on pollution control risks muddying the waters

Kosovo’s parliament is currently scrutinizing a new law on integrated pollution prevention and control. Its aim is positive – to tighten Kosovo’s standards. But as…

Nuclear September 29, 2022

Nuclear power is clean, safe and cheap. We need it to stop global heating

I’m a climate activist. The arguments made against nuclear power today are the same arguments I was making a decade ago, and I was wrong…

Innovation, Renewables September 26, 2022

A new model can identify ideal locations for EV charging stations

Ownership of electric vehicles has been surging across much of the developed world in the face of sky-high oil prices, but supportive infrastructure for EVs…

Fossil Fuels, Renewables September 22, 2022

Going green for economic success

How moving away from fossil fuels will improve productivity Could going green be good for the economy? The UK economy is currently mired in crises:…

Green Tech, Innovation, Renewables September 19, 2022

Germany pushes joint effort to become climate-neutral aviation ‘pioneer’

The German government has launched a new push to make the country an international leader in sustainable aviation. “With a joint effort by industry, science,…

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Articles Climate Change

Climate change is global, the pain is private

Imagine that your community has been battered or even destroyed by a climate change-induced flood, tornado, hurricane, or drought. Some community members have perished, including people that you know. You are lucky if everyone in your family survived. Perhaps you…

Articles CCS

CCUS has still a role in the energy transition

More than 120 countries have announced commitments to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, or 2060 in the case of China and 2070 in India. These are positive and ambitious statements although it is unlikely that even if these targets…

Articles Climate Change Policy & Strategy

The Law of the Many

Private jets pollute more. They pollute like all planes but serve few people, which is why the amount of co2 emitted per capita is unacceptable. Especially at a time when more responsible behaviour and sacrifices are being demanded from everyone…

Articles Biofuels Green Tech

Less fuel in harvesting maize

Maize is one of the New World plants nobody else had experienced before 1500. Compared with wheat or rye, it certainly looked peculiar. The grain is hidden in a wrap of leaves, the many kernels attached to a large core…

Articles Hydrogen

Putting an island on the world map of hydrogen

Thanks to green hydrogen Cavoli Island will be the first energetically independent site in the world, served only with zero-emission technologies and utilities. We are talking of a tiny island, just 43 hectares, located in the southeast of Sardinia, within…

Articles Last Exit

Zollverein

The Zollverein XII Coal Mine Industrial Complex is an important example of a European primary industry of great economic significance in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is in the UNESCO World Heritage list and consists of the complete installations…

Articles Policy & Strategy

Supreme Coup

The intention was to tell the story of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, a British journalist and an Indigenous expert. Both were killed last June in the Amazonas. A beautiful corner of Brazil turned into an oasis for illegal gold…

Articles Wind

Direct Heating and Cooling using windmills

Everyone is familiar with huge wind turbines producing electricity for the electricity grid. Windmills much more modest in size can also contribute to direct heating or cooling of buildings, thereby replacing burnt fuels for heating and electricity consumed for air…

Articles Climate Change Policy & Strategy

Is philanthropy (really) good for climate and democracy?

The American multibillionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg have recently published books about how to fight climate change. It is always commendable when people seek to make the world a better place. There are both good qualities and bad aspects…

Articles Renewables

The not-so-distant future of energy storage

The war in Ukraine put some European countries in front of a strategic problem: how to cut ties with Russia and quickly find a reliable energy alternative? The obvious choice should be to invest immediately and massively in renewable, safe, clean,…

The Lost Bayou: Grand Bayou

Grand Bayou, LA. At one time, it was a lively community of close-knit families, until they were forced to leave. ©2020. Garde Voir Ci magazine. Nicholls State University Department of Mass Communication.

World Rainforest Day

Rainforests cover only 2 percent of the planet’s surface area but are responsible for more than 25% of all Western medicine and house more than 50% of the world’s plant and animal species.