How to make the liquefied natural gas industry more sustainable
The recently announced $40 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in northern British Columbia represents the single largest private sector investment in Canadian history. And…
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China and EU can lead on climate action
Special Representative for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua, China (L) EU Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action Miguel Arias Canete (R) attend the second Ministerial on…
What Does China’s “Ecological Civilization” Mean for Humanity’s Future?
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, affirms an ecological vision that is in line with progressive environmental thought. Is it mere rhetoric or does it have a…
Climate change will reshape the world’s agricultural trade
Luciana Porfirio, CSIRO; David Newth, CSIRO, and John Finnigan, CSIRO Ending world hunger is a central aspiration of modern society. To address this challenge –…
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,…
Why China Is No Climate Leader
When President Donald Trump yanked America’s support for the Paris Climate Accords, pundits were quick to hail China as the world’s new environmental leader. Two…
COP23: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Bonn
Climate change was again placed at the centre of global diplomacy over the past two weeks as diplomats and ministers gathered in Bonn, Germany, for…
A Tale of Two Countries – China’s Betting on Renewable Energy While Trump Dreams of Coal’s Glory Days
That whoosh you just heard was China passing the United States in the race for the 21st century energy economy. Or is it the 21st…
EU ‘asleep at the wheel’ as China and US race ahead in renewables
In the next five years, the European Union will fall behind the US and China in the deployment of renewables, according to the International Energy…
US and China agree to sign Climate Change agreement
The White House announced that the U.S. and China countries would sign the Paris Climate Agreement on April 22nd, the Earth-day.President Barack Obama and President…
China agree to fight carbon emissions
Diplomats in Paris were beaming when the world’s most populous country announced plans to start cutting its net CO2 emissions “around 2030”. But environmentalists were…
Wind Power Beats Nuclear Again in China
China, the country that is building more nuclear reactors than any other, continued to get more electricity from the wind than from nuclear power plants…
China’s coal industry freezes over
BEIJING – Coal provides nearly two thirds of China’s energy, but for mining companies, this winter could not be more chilly. The government has done…