Avenger Planet: is the Covid-19 Pandemic Mother Nature’s response to human transgression?
As the coronavirus sweeps across the planet, leaving death and mayhem in its wake, many theories are being expounded to explain its ferocity. One, widely…
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Next Up: The Climate Emergency
My new book went to press just as the coronavirus pandemic was starting. If I were still working on The Green New Deal and Beyond:…
East Perth
The abandoned East Perth Power Station is one of Australia’s most significant industrial heritage buildings due to its unique assortment of machinery and equipment that…
Carbon Emissions Turned Back 10 Years
Data show coronavirus countermeasures have resulted in a record drop in fossil-fuel demand and created an opening for a clean-energy transition. The early months of 2020…
We won’t have fusion generators in five years. But the holy grail of clean energy may still be on its way
Matthew Hole, Australian National University Recent reports from scientists pursuing a new kind of nuclear fusion technology are encouraging, but we are still some distance…
Power-to-X collaboration established in Denmark
Trade groups Wind Denmark and Hydrogen Denmark are joining forces to form a new PtX Alliance to promote the use of renewable energy-powered electrolysis. Wind…
Inside the world’s first carbon neutral football club
Fully vegan and UN-approved, English club Forest Green Rovers has an encouragingly simple message for sports teams worldwide on lowering carbon emissions A novelty football song surfaces before…
This surprising fact about research funding could explain why it’s so hard to get traction against climate change
To fund, or not to fund? That is the question for organizations backing research on the world’s climate crisis — the question they must ask…
Nuclear power ‘cannot rival renewable energy’
Far from tackling climate change, nuclear power is an expensive distraction whose safety is threatened by wildfires and floods, experts say. Nuclear power is in…
Water-conducting membrane allows carbon dioxide to transform into fuel more efficiently
Separation membrane could vastly improve multiple chemical processes Methanol is a versatile and efficient chemical used as fuel in the production of countless products. Carbon…
EU way off the mark on energy savings goal, latest figures show
The EU’s statistical office, Eurostat, published new figures on energy consumption for 2018 this week (4 February). As expected, they weren’t good, with the EU as a…
‘The World Must Act Boldly’: 23 Former Diplomats Urge Global Leaders to Adopt Paris-Style Agreement to Protect Biodiversity
“Humanity sits on the precipice of irreversible loss of biodiversity and a climate crisis that imperils the future for our grandchildren and generations to come.”…
Fukushima gets new life as a renewable powerhouse after the 2011 meltdown
Tsunami caused triple reactor meltdown in 2011 . Investors plan 11 solar and 10 wind farms on the abandoned site. Renewable energy hub to supply…
The real footprint of vehicles powered by renewables
The future of transport is low-carbon; that is no longer in doubt. Yet what exactly this future will look like still is a question what…
Enlighten the Climate Law with energy efficiency first!
Europe must take the fastest and most cost-effective route towards a carbon-neutral EU, write Adrian Joyce and Julie Kjestrup. And that means starting where the…
A home that will keep you warm and cool the planet
A home that will keep you warm and cool the planet “… everything from mining the materials for the cement to chopping down the trees…