Six Lessons From the World’s Deadliest Environmental Disaster
The world’s deadliest environmental disaster got its start in 1958. Its effects are still being felt today, more than six decades later. It wasn’t an…
Ozone pollution shrinks tropical forest growth
While the ozone layer in the atmosphere protects the earth from the sun’s radiation, at the ground level, ozone is a pollutant that reduces the…
Hinckley
The remains are still there in Hinckley, Utah. The Delta Solar R&D Project stared as a technological avant-garde experiment and became a scheme fraud. In…
Cities Are Depaving for a Cooler Future
Asphalt contributes to the urban heat island effect and makes places more prone to flooding. Planners are rethinking its place in cities. It all started…
How are the EU’s coal giants decarbonising?
Can Germany and Poland, the EU’s two largest coal consumers, sustain their emissions cuts? In the EU, coal consumption rebounded in 2021 and 2022 as…
Romania’s big bet on fossil gas proves a reckless gamble
Romania has hit the EU funds jackpot, securing significant amounts for fossil gas projects. However, implementation has been sluggish. More concerningly, these projects could delay…
Divide and Conquer
It happens in Italy. “Areas that are not included in the list of suitable areas may not be declared unsuitable for the installation of renewable…
The role of BRI and Energy in China-Turkmenistan relations
Turkmenistan is located in the southeast of the Caspian region. China and Turkmenistan established diplomatic relations in January 1992. Past relationships China was the first…
Grasping at Straws
When quenching your thirst, do you grab a straw? If so, are you aware of the many damaging repercussions for the environment? Natural resources are…
The power of wastewater
The generation of clean and renewable energy is a topical issue, particularly regarding the principle of large-scale recycling to avoid using or extracting new materials….
Anthrax in Zimbabwe: Caused by Oppression, Worsened by Climate Change
A herd of emaciated cows crowd for water at a small dam in the Zimunya area about 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of Zimbabwe’s eastern…
New forms of steel for stronger, lighter cars
Like many useful innovations, it seems, the creation of high-quality steel by Indian metallurgists more than two thousand years ago may have been a happy…
The Rights of Nature Prevail Again in Ecuador
Jose Martín Ovando suddenly halts in his tracks and crouches down along the steep forest path shrouded in mist, pulling out a magnifying glass from…