When the Dose Makes the Poison: Harmful Algal Blooms
Algae: you wouldn’t be here reading this article, and I sure wouldn’t be here writing it, if it weren’t for them. It might seem like a bit of a stretch to make that…
Energy Transition in the United States
Throughout history, humans have transitioned their energy sources to more efficient and cleaner forms. Much of this transition historically was either due to depletion of…
Turning Concrete Jungles Into Oases
A century ago, critics of cities called them concrete jungles. According to Dictionary.com, concrete jungles are “any large, crowded city or urban area with little…
Warming Due to Tropical Deforestation Linked to 28,000 ‘Excess’ Deaths per Year
Warming driven by deforestation caused an extra 28,000 heat-related deaths per year across Africa, South America and Asia over 2001-20, new research finds. The study,…
Fracking, Earthquakes and Impunity: The Recipe for a Sacrifice Zone in Argentina
Oil and gas frackers at the Vaca Muerta field must be held accountable for shaking the earth, argues seismologist Javier Grosso It has been more…
Offshore Wind in the Mediterranean: Renewables Can, and Must, Protect Biodiversity
The oceans – engines of life on Earth and our single greatest climate regulator – are caught in a catch 22. We urgently need to…
Highway to Hell
The BR-319 threatens the Amazon in the name of ‘progress’ and politics. Plans to reconstruct the controversial BR-319 highway have now been formally announced and…
Serbia Adopts Just Energy Transition Plan Until 2030
This article was originally published by Balkan Green Energy News. Serbia now has a Just Energy Transition Plan until 2030. The document contains suggested measures…
New Environmental Licensing Will Build a Power Plant in the Cerrado and Demolish a School
Guilherme Cavalcanti, Agência Pública New licensing eases thermoelectric plant near Brasília, but a rural school stands in the way The most deforested biome in Brazil,…
Invasive Lake Weed Turned to Clean Energy in Ethiopia
By: Solomon Yimer For years, Fentie Wabi worked as a fisherman on Ethiopia’s Lake Tana, until an aggressive green invader changed everything. Water hyacinth, a…
Zero
None is the total amount of the military carbon footprint that has been historically reported to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Zero emissions….
The Role of Energy in the Kuwaiti Economy, Challenges, and Prospects
Geographically and geopolitically, Kuwait is a country that borders Iraq and Saudi Arabia on land and Iran on the Persian Gulf, and has rich oil…
Can We Delay Climate Change by Changing Climate Again?
I kept looking out the bus window to try and catch a glimpse of the Old Man of Storr, a high pinnacle rock in the…