Environmentalism 4.0
Global leaders at the latest World Economic Forum 2018 Meeting in Davos were talking about “the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, the drastic changes that technology, Artificial…
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The true carbon footprint of photovoltaic energy
The sun is an inexhaustible energy resource to generate electricity apparently without toxic pollutants or effects on global warming. Certainly, solar energy systems (photovoltaics, solar…
Pleistocene Park: protecting the future by returning to the past
It is a well-known fact that burning fossil fuels causes the buildup of greenhouse gases which leads to global warming. This results in melting permafrost…
Cockatoo Island
Located in Sydney Harbour, Australia, Cockatoo Island, between 1839 and 1869, operated as a convict penal establishment, for convicts who had re-offended in the colonies….
From Australia to El Salvador to Vietnam, the environment is finally getting its day in court
When the improper disposal of wastewater from the construction site of a joint shopping center and apartment complex threatened to contaminate hundreds of residents’ water…
These are the world’s most innovative cities, and here’s why
Innovation is seen as a key ingredient for successful cities in the 21st century economy, as new technologies constantly emerge to disrupt the status quo….
Antarctica has lost 3 trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years
Antarctica lost 3 trillion tonnes of ice between 1992 and 2017, according to a new analysis of satellite observations. In vulnerable West Antarctica, the annual…
Amid High-Tech alternatives, a reckoning for Iceland’s glacier keepers
A 30-meter, Komelon-branded measuring tape, a pencil, and a yellow paper form are all Hallsteinn Haraldsson carries with him when he travels to the Snaefellsnes…
Experts have massively underestimated solar. Why? (Solar: Part 1)
This is part 1 of a three part series. In 2016 the joists undergirding our carbon-fueled energy system shuddered and flexed. But in the US,…
How the growing “One Water” movement is not only helping the environment but also saving millions of dollars
Solutions to floods, droughts and pollution that look upstream, downstream and everywhere in between save dollars and make sense. The Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District in…
The trouble with Wylfa’s reactor
Projects using this reactor type have suffered setbacks and slowdowns around the world Hitachi is seeking billions of pounds from the British government to help build…
The race is on to decarbonize the 50,000-plus ships that carry our stuff around the world
International shipping produces as much CO2 as aircraft. Here’s what we can do about that. May 3, 2018 — Watch out for the return of…
Climate change to become ‘greatest pressure on biodiversity’ by 2070
The combined effects of global warming and land-use change could cause the world’s ecosystems to lose more than a third of their animal species by…