Nuclear power is failing worldwide, it’s time for Hammond to back away
It must be hard being a civil servant. Think about the gyrations they must perform trying to justify the UK nuclear power programme. They cannot…
A ‘moon shot’ to protect Earth’s species
Biologist E.O. Wilson and former National Park Service director envision massive conservation effort to stem extinction The extinction of our swimming, trotting, slithering, and flying…
Is this a new golden-age for energy communities?
More than two years have passed since the COP21 climate change conference in Paris. Two years of opinions, investments, initiatives, and lots of ups and downs. Two…
Life-saving fossil fuel phase-out can work
A pollution-free world driven by renewable energy is possible, say scientists with a plan for a fossil fuel phase-out for 139 countries. Californian scientists say…
The Forgotten Renewable: Geothermal Energy Production Heats Up
Three and a half hours east of Los Angeles lies the Salton Sea, a manmade oasis in the heart of the Mojave Desert. It was…
World’s soils have lost 133bn tonnes of carbon since the dawn of agriculture
The world’s soils have lost a total of 133bn tonnes of carbon since humans first started farming the land around 12,000 years ago, new research…
Community Power Offers Fukushima a Brighter, Cleaner Future
In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami ravaged the Fukushima prefecture, in the Tohoku region of Japan’s main island of Honshu. The natural…
National Grid vs The Beast from the East — are we really going to run out of gas?
As the UK battled a major snowstorm, it also started to run dangerously low on gas. So what happened? And what does it mean for…
Love And Loss In The Anthropocene
As a species, we have been unable to meet the challenges posed by our own misguided attachment to growth. What can we do? We are…
Scientists inject new sense of urgency into CCS
Europe – and the warming planet – has lost precious time in developing carbon capture and storage (CCS), a fledgling technology seen as crucial to…
18 Great New Books About Climate Change, Sustainability and Pioneering Women Environmentalists
This story was originally published by The Revelator Sustainability What do Rachel Carson, sea otters, toxic toads and the Gold King Mine disaster have in common?…
It’s time to change how Africa powers itself. 500 million people depend on it
For Africa to realize its full economic and social potential, the continent will require robust power infrastructure to deliver affordable, clean energy to all…
‘Beast from The East’ – the science behind Europe’s Siberian chill
The so-called “Beast from the East” has arrived in the UK, bringing unusually cold weather – about 7°C colder than the historical average for this…