Nebraska utility could slash emissions at little or no added cost, studies show
Nebraska’s largest electric utility could dramatically reduce carbon emissions over the next three decades at little or no cost to ratepayers, according to a pair…
Nebraska’s largest electric utility could dramatically reduce carbon emissions over the next three decades at little or no cost to ratepayers, according to a pair…
It begins with the idea that the adverse impacts of a warming climate are not felt equitably among people. Climate change, an inherently social…
With the Covid-19 pandemic driving up government debt across many nations, there are growing calls for “debt swaps” to be used to help developing nations…
Sometimes realisation comes in a blinding flash. Blurred outlines snap into shape and suddenly it all makes sense. Underneath such revelations is typically a much…
Developed to provide a blueprint for environmental action, LCAs often sow seeds of discord. What can be done to fix that? Single-use items — which…
Last month, four years after the Brexit referendum, the UK and the EU agreed on a trade deal just days before the 31 December deadline. As well…
Tipping points could fundamentally disrupt the planet and produce abrupt change in the climate. A mass methane release could put us on an irreversible path…
In 2019 the world was awed when Greta Thunberg emerged as a global activist against climate change. She was named “Time Person of the Year…
Known as ‘Rolly’ in the Philippines, the storm likely caused catastrophic damage in the region of Catanduanes Island, where the typhoon made its initial landfall…
Food production accounts for one-quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and takes up half of the planet’s habitable surface. A taste for meat has had a…
A new framework for pathogen evolution exposes a world much more vulnerable to disease outbreaks than we previously believed, but it also reveals new insights…
“Hempcrete,” made from the woody core of hemp, is showing promise as an environmentally friendly building material. October 6, 2020 — It has become almost…
Heat is deadlier than other climate-related disasters, but the solutions are simpler. Labor Day Weekend usually signals the end of summer, but this year, it seems…
Joe Biden’s US election victory has been hailed as a significant turning point in US policy on everything from racial injustice to the Covid-19 pandemic. But there are few…
Their ‘death spiral’ is a vicious melting-warming feedback, leading to more melting of snow and ice and still more warming, an ongoing cycle. Think of…