When the US embassy in Beijing started tweeting figures from its rooftop air quality monitor it did not anticipate the far-reaching consequences.It started publishing hourly measurements of PM2.5 levels – the most dangerous small particles – on Twitter in March 2008 at a time when the city was choking on dense smog.The tweets eventually prompted the Chinese authorities to start releasing that data themselves after the US embassy readings started to appear on social media platforms such as Weibo…
Crews have started work installing the first energy storage battery units at Florida Power & Light’s massive Manatee Energy Storage Center. The utility says FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center will be the biggest solar power-battery storage facility in the world when operational. The Parrish, Fla., center will have 400 MW of output and 900MWh of capacity, enough […]
Officials say a vaccination center was flooded and five people were injured by hail during heavy storms in southwestern Germany overnight
Almost a quarter of the mass of the world’s forests, shrublands and grasslands is stored underground, according to a new global map, capturing a total amount of carbon on a par with a decade’s worth of human CO2 emissions
EPA is planning to release data on toxic air pollution more frequently as the Biden administration makes environmental justice a centerpiece of its green agenda.
NOAA Fisheries says it will allow harassment of thousands of dolphins and dozens of whales during construction of the nation's first offshore wind farm, south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, off the coast of Massachusetts.
The military would receive a substantial increase in funding for climate resilience and mitigation under a House spending bill released this morning.
Cuchufleto spent a year walking his owner, Gonzalo Cruz, to a Mexico coal mine that partially collapsed June 4, killing Cruz and six workers. The dog continues to go there in hope of seeing Cruz.
There will be contrasting conditions weather-wise for both ends of the country this weekend – with a wet start to the weekend for much of the south and a cool but fine start for the north. An active ...
Heat records are being broken on a daily basis as European and Far Eastern Russia suffer from extreme summer temperatures.
5 Ways to Shape a Greener, More Equitable Recovery Through Transport sadof.alexande… Thu, 06/24/2021 - 09:15 The global coronavirus pandemic brought a wave of public and private initiatives to help societies adapt and recover, from economic stabilization and safety measures to new business models and shifts in consumption. Many of these initiatives are not green, despite the fact that society needs major changes to avoid the most dangerous effects of climate change and ensure... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Climate change is reducing the supply of water from melting snow to many of the... The post Climate change has driven 16% drop in ‘snow meltwater’ from Asia’s high mountains appeared first on Carbon Brief.
[263Chat] A top Chinese bank with a global portfolio including fossil fuel extraction, has tentatively agreed to stop financing the controversial Sengwa coal project in Gokwe after bowing to civic pressure.
The solar plant was delivered in record time, reaching commercial operations within 18 months of signing the Power Purchase Agreement, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 22, 2021/ — AMEA Power (www.AMEAPower.com), a subsidiary of UAE-based Al Nowais Investments (ANI), today announced the official commissioning of its 50MW solar photovoltaic...
After a decade of preparation, China’s national emissions trading scheme (ETS) officially enters the operational... The post In-depth Q&A: Will China’s emissions trading scheme help tackle climate change? appeared first on Carbon Brief.
What’s now critical to Panasonic’s future growth is its relationship with the world’s biggest maker of electric cars and ability to claim a share of ...
A more than 40-year-old nuclear reactor in central Japan that suffered a deadly accident has resumed operation after being taken offline for a decade after the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, as Japan pushes to meet its carbon emissions reduction goal.
A state development agency in Alaska wants to map oil reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, moving toward a face-off with an administration that has expressly forbid searching for crude in the remote coastal region.
Michigan's second-biggest power provider has announced it will quit burning coal by the middle of the decade, accelerating retirement of two remaining plants by as many as 15 years.
Gabon is the world's second-most forested nation, yet its economy is almost fully reliant on revenues from oil extraction. Environment Minister Lee White hopes to turn some of its trees into a source of income so the country can cut its dependence on fossil fuels.
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency vowed yesterday to improve equity in FEMA's response to disasters while also warning that climate change is making extreme weather events escalate more rapidly than before.
A Massachusetts judge yesterday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp.'s requests to toss out a climate change lawsuit brought by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D).
Department of forestry, fisheries and environment refuses to grant environmental authorisation for gas-to-power projects The post Karpowership environmental impact assessments thrown out appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
( Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research ) Our planet's strongest ocean current, which circulates around Antarctica, plays a major role in determining the transport of heat, salt and nutrients in the ocean. An international research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now evaluated sediment samples from the Drake Passage.
Another EPA case involving pesticides in pet collars took 12 years, several studies and legal intervention before the EPA resolved it.
MORE than half of employees think businesses are not doing enough to tackle climate change, a new survey reveals.
China's hypocritical stance on pushing UNESCO to strip Australia's Great Barrier Reef of its world heritage status is contrasted by the nation destroying coral reefs in the South China Sea.
Asia's third-largest economy imported about 4.2 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil in May
Wind Catching shares some information about the Windcatcher, a wind power innovation that is the size of the Eiffel Tower.
NATURAL gas provider New Fortress Energy (NFE) recently welcomed its very first set of engineering interns at its liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities across the island, as part of its commitment to the development of youth and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in Jamaica.NFE's Tertiary Engineering Internship Programme, which is opened to students enrolled in the Cryogenics Engineering elective at The University of the West Indies (UWI) as part of their engineering degree, as well as engineering students at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica and Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), is aimed at assisting tertiary students gain meaningful and practical experience in the LNG field to become more competitive and more marketable as they transition into...
The European Union has a bold plan for reducing carbon emissions from its factories. It has what might be an even bolder one for preventing the rest of the world from wiping out those cuts and destroying European jobs at the same time. The plan is for taxing some of the carbon produced by the European factories’ global competitors, through what’s known as a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Other countries might call it a tariff, and a potentially illegal one at that. For the EU, the mechanism
New GOP group claims Republicans care deeply about the Earth, but insists fossil fuels can be a major part of the global solution to climate change. Sound familiar? The post US Republicans form new Conservative Climate Caucus – and talk up gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.
CLIMATE Change Minister James Shaw told this morning's Environment Select Committee that using revenues from ETS auctions to pay a carbon dividend would be "socially progressive."
Clean Energy Regulator says commitments from major energy users, including Australia's three largest supermarket chains, is spurring demand for renewable energy certificates. The post The RET is met but it’s corporate demand driving renewables growth, regulator says appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Will hydrogen be a blessing or a curse? Probably a bit of both, but the fossil fuel industry is fighting for much more of the second. The post An offset loophole could be the saviour for high emissions fossil hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The UK government has once again failed to come forward with sufficient policies to meet... The post CCC: UK will miss climate goals by ‘huge margin’ without new policies appeared first on Carbon Brief.
In addition to the environment, fossil fuels are making less and less economic sense.
Power Engineering Crews have started work installing the first energy storage battery units at Florida Power & Light’s massive Manatee Energy Storage Center. The utility says FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center will be the biggest solar power-battery storage facility in the world when operational. The Parrish, Fla., center will have 400 MW of output and 900MWh of […]
[AIM] Maputo -- The Public Prosecutor's Office has charged a Chinese national with environmental crimes that carry a prison sentence of between 12 and 16 years, reports the independent television station, STV.
[Namibian] MINISTER of finance Iipumbu Shiimi last week announced the state and the private sector are set to collaborate on three water projects, a student village and a solar power plant.
CAMPAIGNERS have warned it would be “completely indefensible” for the UK Government to approve a new oil field near Shetland.
This week, BloombergNEF’s released estimates for its global benchmark that tracks the levelized cost of electricity, or LCOE, for utility-scale PV and onshore wind. The LCOE looks at the all-in cost to build, operate, and maintain power plants and then calculates the cost per megawatt-hour (MWh) of the energy produced based on all of those […]
It's been a year and a half since California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) directed oil regulators to consider new health and safety measures to protect people living near oil and gas drilling sites.
The Illinois attorney general and a power company have reached an agreement to close three unlined coal ash ponds that have polluted a river known for outdoor recreation, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday.
President Biden yesterday nominated a well-known scholar and former prosecutor to lead the EPA enforcement office.
EPA has embarked on a bumpy road in repairing relations with its employee unions.
HEALTH MINISTER Andrew told a public health conference in Wellington yesterday that some towns and communities won't survive the effects of climate change.
Honda has said publicly it will phase out sales of gasoline-powered cars completely, setting 2040 as the goal.
Searing, unrelenting heat scorches large swathes of the Earth, killing millions who have no means to escape. Shade is useless, and shallow bodies of water are warmer than the blood coursing through people’s veins.This is a scene from a new sci-fi novel, but the suffocating horror it describes may be closer to science than fiction, according to a draft UN report that warns of dire consequences for billions if global warming continues unchecked.Earlier climate models suggested it would take…
Chemicals banned a decade ago are interacting with colder than usual polar vortexes above the Arctic and further depleting the ozone layer, University of Maryland researchers have said.
[Vanguard] In a bid to find a lasting solution to the incessant clashes between farmers and herders, the joint climate change bill review committee and the legal working group yesterday met to fast track the passage of the Bill on Climate Change aimed at ending the clashes.
Even a more than 400% jump in the number of fracking crews working the U.S. shale patch isn't enough to send oil output soaring. In fact, it's just enough to keep production relatively flat this year, according to Primary Vision Inc., which has tracked data on frack crews since 2013.
Higher oil prices could help some crude producers transition to cleaner forms of energy, the head of BP PLC said yesterday.
Developers of a $2.5 billion underground transmission line have filed a complaint with federal regulators arguing that the approval process required by grid operator PJM Interconnection LLC will delay the project by at least two years and expose it to unnecessary risk.
AS Nestl� Anglo Dutch Caribbean continues its efforts to attain zero greenhouse gas emissions across its operations and to make its packaging either recyclable or reusable by the year 2025, the company highlighted some of its achievements on the heels of World Environment Day 2021, which was celebrated on June 5.In a release, Nestl� said, as at December 2020, it has achieved zero waste to landfill at its Trinidad and Jamaica sites. It was done through the reduction of waste output and conversion of all waste streams to 90 per cent recyclable material, the release continued. It said, too, that the remaining 10 per cent of non-recyclable material is sent for incineration with energy recovery - all performed by local waste management and recycling partners.New initiatives are already under way...
A company with technology to better insulate buildings raised $22 million from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a fund backed by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates that invests in climate solutions.
Germany's national rail operator yesterday announced plans to reopen 20 stretches of railway around the country that have been closed over the years, a move intended to help get more people and freight on trains as the country steps up efforts to fight climate change.
House Republicans may send their own delegation to this year's global climate talks in Scotland, elbowing into a White House effort to rebuild credibility on the world stage.
Tucker Carlson, left. featured a video of New York University professor of bioethics and philosophy Mathew Liao, right, who addressed climate change.
Clean Energy Council says it, too, has tried to initiate a national approach to solar panel recycling that was ignored by the federal government. The post CEC joins chorus “frustrated” by federal hypocrisy on solar waste, recycling appeared first on RenewEconomy.
A firm that has developed recycling technology which it reckons can help slash the emissions associated with concrete production has won seven-figure backing from a group of investors led by prominent oil services entrepreneurs.
WA hydrogen minister says the federal government rejected the up to 26GW Asian Renewable Energy Hub "prematurely" and with no meaningful engagement. The post WA slams feds “premature” rejection of Pilbara renewable hydrogen hub appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The research, led by the University of Bristol, involved asking 626 primary and secondary school teachers across England for their views on climate change education.
( University of Johannesburg ) UJ researchers take a novel step to change hydrogenation into a safe, low energy process. They use a very stable three phase emulsion to transform a toxic waste product into valuable feedstock. The process does not require flammable, compressed hydrogen gas. The emulsion catalysis efficiently hydrogenates nitrobenzene at room temperature to output aniline. Aniline is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry. The bi-metallic hydrogenation catalyst is fully recovered afterwards.
A new report from an international renewables agency shows that new renewables are beating existing coal on price, all around the world. The post New renewables now beating most operational coal: IRENA report appeared first on RenewEconomy.
A draft recommendation from UNESCO listed the reef's world heritage status as 'in danger' due to Australia's failure to address the effects of climate change on the 2,300km stretch of coral.
Compensation for farmers and other rural industries will be crucial to a potential deal between the Nationals and Liberals on contentious climate targets.
PHASA-35 is a cutting edge drone being developed by BAE systems at their facility in Warton, Lancashire that can fly about at 70,000ft above the surface for 20 months.
Giant dams damage ecosystems, drive freshwater species to extinction, cause deltas to retreat and often emit more greenhouse gases than fossil-fuel power plants.
In a move applauded by a powerful trade group, EPA will reconsider the cancer risks posed by a controversial gas commonly used for sterilizing medical equipment and making household cleaners, among other purposes.
When the tribe closed some the roads to Glacier National Park, businesses worried for their future. But it worked, and with one of the nation's highest COVID-19 vaccination rates, they've reopened.
Energy Toolbase today announced that it has commissioned two energy storage systems (ESS) with Today’s Power (TPI), a renewable energy company based in Little Rock, Arkansas that develops, owns, and operates renewable assets. TPI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI), a Little Rock-based utility service cooperative owned by 17 Arkansas […]
[Central African Forest Initiative] Held from 17 to 21 May, the Annual Partnership review between Gabon and CAFI concluded with a high-level dialogue on results-based payments to high forest cover, low deforestation (HFLD) countries.
An interactive map created by US climate news website Climate Central, shows people in Liverpool, Hull, Blackpool and along the Norfolk coast would lose their homes by 2050.
Coloured graphics designed by a Reading academic represent changing temperatures over time
Federal regulators have signed off on new protections for thousands of square miles of deep-sea corals off New England.
Australia has said it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status due to climate change.
THE CONVERSATION | Australia's top economists overwhelmingly back government measures to speed the transition to electric cars in order to meet emission reduction targets.
New electric plane fleets could arrive, thanks to Jet It and JetClub. These new aircraft could reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide.
Egypt’s Meteorological Authority on Sunday announced that Egypt’s temperatures will increase during the coming period due to low pressure monsoon coming from India and increasing humidity. The authority expects very hot weather on southern Upper Egypt, hot weather on Cairo and Lower Egypt, and moderate weather on the northern coasts. Maximum temperatures will reach 43C, … The post Meteorologists anticipate heatwave across Egypt, maximum temperatures at 43C appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Diamond Valley Lake, an "inland ocean," is Southern California's prime defense against drought.
The Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of World Heritage Sites that are "in danger," a United Nations panel said on Tuesday, drawing an angry response from Australia, which called the recommendation politically motivated.
[Africa Renewal] New York -- Major commitments will be announced at Ministerial Forums on 21-25 June to accelerate access and transition to clean energy by 2030
Oil may surge to $100 a barrel next year as travel demand rebounds, Bank of America Corp. said, the strongest call yet among major forecasters for a return to triple digits.
The company with a $1.5 billion plan to develop the world's largest carbon-capture retrofit at a coal plant says the New Mexico project is about 18 months behind its previous schedule.
The just-departed U.N. humanitarian chief warned that "the explosion" in needs for humanitarian assistance in recent years will keep getting worse until major powers tackle the root causes of hunger and desperation: conflicts, extremism, climate change, poor governance, corruption and violence, to name a few.
A sudden increase in atmospheric methane since 2007 has given scientists a new challenge: Pinpoint sources of this potent global warmer.
The tiny Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan declared itself carbon neutral more than a decade ago. Now that status is at risk. It could soon be contributing to climate change for the first time in its history.
EnergyAustralia says it hopes to seal cracks in coal mine embankment this week, but the really big decision – where to divert the river – has not been taken. The post Yallourn stuck on quarter capacity as scramble continues to save coal mine appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Just two New Zealand sharemarket listed companies will be barred to KiwiSaver default funds under new fossil fuel exclusion rules despite a number of others being involved in oil refining, fuel distribution ...
TWO hydro power plants in the Highlands have been acquired by investors in what has been billed as a multi-million pound deal, which reflects strong interest in renewable energy assets.
Australia says it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists are applauding the U.N. World Heritage Committee’s proposal
The Limetree Bay oil refinery in St. Croix said it would close indefinitely, citing "severe financial constraints" a month after the Environmental Protection Agency ordered an emergency shutdown of the plant, calling it an "imminent and substantial endangerment" to public health on the island.
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the world’s highest and largest, thousands of metres above sea level. But even one of the planet’s most remote and beautiful spots is not immune to garbage; in the region’s Kekexili nature reserve – a Unesco heritage site – humanity’s leftovers are piled up along the national highway.Apparently discarded by long-distance truckers and a deluge of tourists, the literally growing problem is being worsened by a lack of nearby waste handling facilities, according to…
Leishmania, a flesh-eating parasite, is running rampant in South America, but climate change could leave nearly 27 million people in the US and Canada exposed to the threat by 2080.
Unlike fossil fuels, which can be transported over long distances in chemical form, renewable energy is static — meaning it will have to be transported ...
Deep Siberian permafrost layers survived multiple warming periods but deforestation can make them more vulnerable, scientists said.
Beijing has been secretly plotting with a China-chaired United Nations committee to have the environmental health status of Australia's Great Barrier Reef downgraded.
A new study from Sense and Singularity Energy demonstrates the potential for significant carbon reductions from electric vehicle (EV) charging using a combination of smart home automation and location- and time-based carbon emissions data from the power grid. The study found that by automating charging to minimize carbon impact, carbon emissions from EV charging could be […]
Claudette regained tropical storm status this morning as it neared the coast of the Carolinas less than two days after 13 people died — including eight children in a multivehicle crash — due to the effects of the storm in Alabama.
The Biden team is trying to avoid falling into the trap of ignoring Chinese human rights abuses in exchange for smooth relations.
Researchers have found hundreds of baby dinosaur bones in the Alaskan Arctic — suggesting dinosaurs may have lived at cold northern latitudes year round.
Across the world, climate change and Covid-19 disruptions have led to rising food prices in the past year. Southeast Asian countries, which have not been immune to such challenges, need to build resilience in their food security policies.
Newly discovered fossils suggest that dinosaurs nested in modern-day Alaska, surviving the frigid and dark winters of the ancient Arctic
In a step that escalates tensions surrounding West Virginia's coal regulations, conservation groups threatened to sue the Interior Department yesterday over its oversight of mines in the state that contaminate drinking water.
The House Appropriations Committee today proposed a 10% hike in spending on agriculture and related programs in fiscal 2022, with new money targeted for addressing climate change, conducting additional farm research and getting more Americans connected to the Internet.
The Senate this morning passed legislation to make it easier for farmers to access carbon markets in what boosters say could be a critical step to address climate change in the agricultural sector.
Millions of people worldwide are in for a disastrous future of hunger and disease due to climate change, according to a draft report from the UN.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Rep. John Curtis says he's tired of hearing that Republicans — his party colleagues — don't care about climate change or slowing global warming.A former Provo mayor who has served in Congress since 2017, Curtis says Republicans can push for serious climate solutions while holding fast to conservative values. To prove the point, he has formed the Conservative Climate Caucus, an all-GOP group aimed at educating fellow Republicans on climate change and advancing market-based policies to counter the Green New Deal and other Democratic proposals. “Those who watch this caucus will see Republicans do care about this Earth — deeply,'' Curtis said at a news conference Wednesday."We, too, want to leave this Earth better than we found it. We don’t need to kill the U.S. economy to...
Oracle is giving itself 4 years to be 100% powered by renewable energy while Amazon claims to be world’s largest buyer of renewable energy This week two large American companies made big claims about their use of renewable energy. Oracle pledged to power its global operations, both its facilities and its cloud, with 100% renewable energy […]
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China weekly digest. We handpick and explain the most important climate and... The post China Briefing, 24 June 2021: Hydrogen-fuelled vehicles; ETS launch date; Iron and steel emissions appeared first on Carbon Brief.
New research into past hurricanes could help predict the strength of future storms, and inform infrastructure planning and emergency management decisions in southern New England
Officers say they will facilitate rallies from climate change groups and and even schoolchildren while the world’s leaders attend the COP26.
[Namibian] Southern Africa is popularly associated with sunshine. Does that make the region exceptionally suited to solar energy generation?
Polish energy officials say human error was to blame for a massive outage at Europe's largest brown coal power plant of Belchatow last month and a separate fire there just days later, according to the state PAP news agency.
Environmental groups are calling on President Biden to nominate a climate-conscious candidate to serve as a new commissioner at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, an independent agency widely seen as critical to the energy transition.
The country's pipeline safety agency needs to develop performance measures to gauge whether previous regulatory changes are achieving their desired results, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Bitcoin mining is reviving fossil fuel plants in some states, while the cryptocurrency's backers say it may be pivotal for driving U.S. renewable power. Love it or hate it, the technology is set to make profound changes to the U.S. electricity mix, with implications for emissions and consumer bills.
Tesla Inc. and Spirit Airlines Inc. are leading the charge to transition their sectors to a low-carbon future, according to two Moody's Investors Service reports.
California is pushing a novel approach to dealing with beachfront houses threatened by rising seas: Buy and rent them out until they're eventually demolished.
Antarctica is a land of enigmas and contradictions — especially in the age of climate change. While the Antarctic region is warming on the whole, not every part of the continent is heating up at the same pace. In fact, some areas appear to be cooling.
SpaceX is set to launch satellites that track and monitor climate change and endangered wildlife from above the Earth.
Freezing temperatures, snow and ice might come to mind when you think of Siberia, but the past week has seen the region experiencing a record-breaking heatwave with 118 F heat.
The British government is being urged by its own climate advisers to deliver on its promises to deal with climate change or risk undermining a key environmental summit that it is hosting at the end of the year
CARBON capture specialists have said they plan to develop a pioneering plant in Scotland that will remove emissions from the air around it.
Mines turn to solar power because of Eskom’s unreliable coal-generated electricity supply The post Mines turn to solar power because of Eskom’s unreliable electricity supply appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
A plant that could remove the equivalent to 40 million trees every year is planned for Scotland.
Buildings are concentrated in places that are likely to be hit by a disaster such as a hurricane, flood or wildfire, researchers found. That includes both urban and rural hotspots.
Plunging costs of solar could prompt coal plants in India, China and much of Europe to be shutdown early, delivering another blow to Australia's huge thermal coal export industry. The post Building new solar now cheaper than keeping existing coal plants open: BNEF appeared first on RenewEconomy.
New data shows the global offshore wind pipeline has ballooned by more than 200GW since 2020, but completion of all these project is expected to be much slower. The post Global offshore wind farm pipeline balloons by 200GW since 2020 appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The UK risks missing its 2035 climate change target by a “huge margin” because too few policies for tackling emissions have been put in place, the country’s top climate advisers warn
The challenges of climate change are everywhere but maybe no more so than in coastal cities that face dual threats of seismic activity and rising seas. At 5:46am on January 17, 1995, a security camera ...
The Climate Change Committee says the PM's climate leadership is undermined by inadequate policies.
Climate change could expose half of all global cotton-growing regions, including India, to high risks from temperature increases, changes in rainfall patterns and extreme weather events by 2040, according to a global study. Under a worst-case climate scenario, all global cotton-growing regions will be exposed to increased risk from at least one climate hazard by 2040.
China has started building a laboratory deep underground in the Gobi Desert to assess whether it would be a suitable location for a nuclear waste dump, amid moves to expand its nuclear power capacity.The Beishan Underground Research Laboratory in the northwestern province of Gansu will be used to research long-term storage of high-level radioactive waste. With its deepest level to be built 560 metres (1,837 feet) below ground, it will be the world’s largest lab of its kind, according to the…
The $42 million project will replace the community’s aging air terminal, supporting economic recovery, while also adapting to climate change, says N.W.T.,'s liberal MP Michael McLeod.
Although greener than petrol and diesel cars, electric vehicles will lead to heavy congestion in towns and cities such as London, the Institute for Public Policy Research claims.
Amazon announced Wednesday it will purchase power from a massive new solar farm in Alberta, marking the e-commerce giant's second renewable energy investment in Canada.
Developers behind the Cambo oilfield plan to extract 150 million barrels of oil under proposals handed to Downing Street by Siccar Point Energy.
Airborne particles in London still contain high levels of lead more than 20 years after the United Kingdom banned and phased out leaded gas. Air pollution experts say the same could be true for U.S. air.
A federal judge yesterday dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe challenging the operation of the Dakota Access pipeline.
The Interior Department today announced the transfer of nearly 19,000 acres of public lands that make up the National Bison Range, reverting ownership of the "crown jewel" of the National Wildlife Refuge System to two Montana tribes.
Average temperatures in the Greater Yellowstone Area have increased by 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit since 1950 and could rise by another 10 F or more by 2100, according to a report on climate change released today.
The chilling report by the U.N.'s climate science advisory panel paints a grim — and deadly — picture for a warming planet.
Species extinction, widespread disease, unliveable heat, ecosystem collapse, cities menaced by rising seas — these and other devastating impacts are accelerating, the report says.
Cars.com 2021 American-Made Index is out and the Telsa Model 3 is the first all-electric car taking the No. 1 spot. Ford Mustang is in second place.
[New Dawn] Citizens in the port City of Harper, Maryland County are seeking the intervention of the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA in their county.
How to Transform Food Systems in the Face of Climate Change shannon.paton@… Wed, 06/23/2021 - 05:00 Climate change is already undermining food systems in many parts of the world, contributing to a rise in global hunger and threatening the livelihoods of millions of farmers, herders and fishers. In the arid regions of Ethiopia, droughts are becoming more severe, frequent and prolonged, degrading vegetation needed for livestock. This threatens the 60-70% of Ethiopia’s population... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Hydrogen is one of the energy solutions that can significantly address climate change and has a vital role to play in decarbonization.
A former official at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is joining the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America as a policy assistant, the trade group announced yesterday.
Federal subsidies played a key role in helping to sustain the U.S. shale boom over the past two decades, swelling the expected value of oil and gas projects by as much as $20 billion per year, according to a new report.
A federal court ruling yesterday could influence how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reviews and approves pipelines, with major implications for the gas industry, emissions and legal cases around the country, analysts say.
Australia said Tuesday it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the UN World Heritage Committee's ...
Australia said yesterday it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the U.N. World Heritage Committee's proposal.
Property owners on the front lines of climate disasters often stay put for reasons that have little to do with risk but everything to do with quality of life, familial bonds and shared history, experts told a major adaptation conference being hosted this week by Columbia University.
The Australian government lashed out at the UN and blamed China over a move to put the Great Barrier Reef on a list of endangered world heritage sites.Unesco's World Heritage Committee on Tuesday recommended that one of Australia's...
Elliott Green Power grows its management team, aiming to double solar portfolio and add batteries, while still looking for buyers for its Australian assets. The post Elliott Green Power to add batteries and more Australian solar, while still looking for buyers appeared first on RenewEconomy.
[HRW] Item 2: Interactive Dialogue on High Commissioner's annual report
A move to allow the Australian government to invest in clean technology for the coal and gas industries has been slapped down after the Greens and Labor teamed up.
Investing in new gas is a poor choice, risking stranded asset write-offs for shareholders and worsening climate change. I wouldn’t spend a cent on it. The post Reality check from a former energy executive: Nothing about new gas stacks up today appeared first on RenewEconomy.
A bill to establish a tax credit for domestic solar manufacturers has been introduced to the US federal parliament. Meanwhile, in Australia... The post Democrat bill targets US solar manufacturing to bolster national energy security appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Fenghua International Transportation, a Guangzhou-based logistics company which ships tons of goods round the world for clients including chilli sauce, is getting ready to airlift 3 metric tonnes of bitcoin mining equipment as China continues to push operators out of the country.The company recently posted a video on its WeChat channel showing it loading hundreds of boxes of bitcoin mining machines onto a truck headed to an airport in China. In the video, it says the shipment will arrive in the…
With Britain's offshore wind power capacity growing at speed, we see how huge turbines are installed.
Shifting to electric vehicles will still leave the UK with transport problems, a report says.
Scientists are on high alert that the Amazon is careening toward a destructive fire season. Parts of Brazil and its typically lush rainforest are parched by drought and loaded with fire-kindling fuel after a surge of deforestation in 2020.
RELEASE: WRI, UNEP, GEF and Partners Launch Zero Carbon Building Accelerator mansie.hough@wri.org Tue, 06/22/2021 - 13:40 WASHINGTON (June 22, 2021) — Buildings are one of the largest contributors to climate change, accounting for nearly 40% of energy-related CO2 emissions. But they are also the biggest, most cost-effective climate mitigation solution available – making up 58% of urban mitigation potential. Today, World Resources Institute, with support from the Global Environment... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Australia has said it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the UN World Heritage Committee's proposal.The committee said...
An appeals court today roundly rejected the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's "ostrich-like approach" to evaluating the need for new pipeline projects, handing a key victory to pipeline opponents.
Around 70 activists staged a demonstration outside the Texas Senator's $2million property in the ritzy River Oaks neighborhood on Monday morning, before police were called to the scene.
Lorde is sharing details about her comeback album, world tour and her 'feral' cover image for 'Solar Power.'
[Central African Forest Initiative] Gabon is the first country in Africa to receive results-based payments for reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. The first payment is part of the breakthrough agreement between Gabon and the multi-donor UN-hosted Central African Forest Initiative's (CAFI) in 2019 for a total of $150 million over ten years.
Australia said on Tuesday it will strongly oppose a Unesco plan to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger” over deterioration caused by climate change.The UN body released a draft report on Monday recommending the reef’s World Heritage status be downgraded because of its dramatic coral decline, after years of public threats to do so.Environmental campaigners said the decision highlighted Australia’s lack of action to curb its carbon emissions which contribute to global warming.Environment…
It is the first African country to get money for reducing carbon emissions through forest protection.
Scientists had hoped that Florida's coral reefs could outrun warming waters by migrating to cooler northern seas. But a combination of intolerably hot tropical waters and increasingly frequent cold snaps due to climate change has dashed those dreams.
Iran's sole nuclear power plant has undergone an unexplained temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reports. An official from the state electric company Tavanir, Gholamali Rakhshanimehr, said on a talk show that aired on Sunday...
Senate issues major blow to Morrison government, rejecting Taylor's quest to open up ARENA funds for CCS and fossil hydrogen, blocking new regulations. The post Senate delivers major blow to Taylor’s bid to redirect renewable energy funds to fossil fuel projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Canberra lashes out as the UN says the reef should join a list of World Heritage Sites "in danger".
[This Day] As plans for the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow intensifies, Chiemelie Ezeobi writes on the efforts by UK Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility, a UK Aid-funded demand-led technical assistance programme that helps the Nigerian government deliver socially inclusive, climate-smart infrastructure
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia said Tuesday it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the U.N. World Heritage Committee’s proposal. The committee said in a draft report on Monday that “there is no possible doubt” that the network of colorful … The post Australia fights UN downgrade of Great Barrier Reef health appeared first on Egypt Independent.
BRISBANE: Australia will strongly oppose a Unesco plan to list the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger" over its deterioration caused by climate change, the government said Tuesday.
Iran's sole nuclear power plant has undergone an unexplained temporary emergency shutdown, the country's state TV reported.
The Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has named a former congressional staffer to head up a new government relations office.
Biden administration officials have called for shifting coal plant workers to clean energy. But utility trends show that may not be easy to do.
Greenhouse-gas emissions from European Union farms haven't declined since 2010, even as the government earmarked more than €100 billion ($119 billion) toward climate-change efforts since 2014, according to a report from the E.U.'s financial watchdog.
The nation's top financial regulators told President Biden yesterday that they were "making steady progress" on addressing the threats climate change poses to the U.S. economy, according to a White House readout.
Australia will contest a draft recommendation to list the Great Barrier Reef as a world heritage site "in danger" after a United Nations body called for more government action on climate change.
By the time he is finished, Dr. Satyanarayana Parvataneni expects he will be responsible for planting over 200,000 tree seedlings in Jamaica. It is an effort driven by a desire to preserve the planet for the next generation, as well as the one of the largest contributions to date to a national effort to plant […]
President Biden wants to spend $200 billion renovating old homes or building affordable new ones. It's a move that would fight climate change in a way that makes people's lives better.
The federal environment minister’s decision to block the development of the massive Asian Renewable Energy Hub, proposing up to 26GW of solar and wind green-powered green hydrogen production, has come as a complete surprise to the project’s developers and was delivered without any prior consultation. RenewEconomy understands that the consortium behind the massive and industry-leading […] The post “Blindsided,” says Ley, as developers reel from minister’s shock renewable hydrogen decision appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The world’s largest coral ecosystem is under threat from climate change.
Extreme weather phenomena take a rapid and often unpredictable course. Hazard information must therefore be accurate, fast, and legible. The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management – National Research Institute, based on the experience of the floods in 2010, developed and implemented a modern tool for operational work, which significantly improved and facilitated communication with public institutions. Nowadays, it is one of the essential elements of the national crisis management system and daily support for institutions performing various tasks in the field of water management....
Cuban farmer José Antonio Casimiro found in the ageold technique of sowing water an opportunity to meet his farm’s water needs and mitigate the increasingly visible effects of climate change. For 28 years, Casimiro and his family have been applying sustainable management methods on their 10-hectare farm called Finca del Medio, located in the center […]
Albania launched its first tender for utility-scale onshore wind power plants today. Projects with a capacity of 10 MW to 75 MW can apply. Several projects will be chosen, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Total tendered capacity equals 100 MW, and this may be increased to 150 MW in the […]
The troubled Limetree Bay refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands will be closed "indefinitely," its owners said today, citing "extreme financial constraints" at the facility, which has been linked to numerous air pollution problems and environmental justice concerns.
King tides happen when the Earth, Sun and moon align, sometimes creating "sunny day flooding." To understand how sea level rise will change future flood patterns, researchers and citizen scientists are teaming up to map areas that are already impacted.
BERLIN (AP) — Thunderstorms brought a much-needed cooldown to parts of Western Europe over the weekend as the continent sweltered under its first summer heatwave. Dozens of people were reported drowned as they sought relief from the heat. Forecasters predicted further downpours Monday moving westward toward Poland, which has seen five days of unusually hot … The post Rainstorms bring relief as Europe suffers deadly heatwave appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Spacewalking astronauts equipped the International Space Station with the first in a series of powerful new solar panels yesterday, overcoming suit problems and other obstacles with muscle and persistence.
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