Last month, at the COP 26 climate conference in Glasgow, a consortium of philanthropies, led by The Rockefeller Foundation, announced a massive program to fund renewable electricity projects for impoverished people in developing countries. The establishment of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) is welcome news. But when it comes to generating […]
A long-awaited Department of Interior report on federal oil and gas leasing, tellingly released on Black Friday, is drawing criticism from multiple fronts.
Following two months of negotiations, three political parties have agreed to form a new government... The post Q&A: What does the new German coalition government mean for climate change? appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Syria’s news agency says 10 people have been killed and one injured after an attack on a bus carrying workers in an oil field in eastern Syria
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China weekly digest. We handpick and explain the most important climate and... The post China Briefing, 2 December 2021: Quarterly emissions fall; Power shortages’ impact; China-Russia energy cooperation appeared first on Carbon Brief.
[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government has promised to address the concerns raised by the Ogoni community about the on-going environmental remediation of oil impacted sites in the area being carried out by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP).
Energy minister Greg Hands was confronted by publican Terr Wood on a visit to St John's Chapel in Weardale, County Durham - which has been without electricity since Friday after Storm Arwen.
This investment will be leveraged to accelerate the commercialisation of the world’s most energy efficient and optimized modular edge data centre, cutting down consumption and CO2 emissions by more than half DataQube Global Ltd, developer of the world’s first standalone edge data centre module, has acquired a €26 million Series A funding from RGREEN INVEST, a leading French investment management company focused on financing green infrastructure and technology projects. With more than €800M already invested... Source: RealWire
A new study has found that higher temperatures mean faster aging and shorter lifespans for frogs and toads. That adds to evidence that cold-blooded animals may face accelerated aging and a shortened lifespan as climate change heats up the Earth.
The most recent report by the world’s top climate scientists was alarmingly clear: If we are to avoid the most calamitous consequences of warming our planet, we must get as good at taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere as we’ve been at putting it in. Even if solar panels and wind turbines sprout like mushrooms, reaching “net-zero” is going to require capturing large amounts of emissions from activities that are hard to decarbonize, like making cement. Holding temperatures down will also re
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] As companies and governments move toward net-zero emissions goals, demand for offsets will soar - but they need integrity to work
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Extreme weather, rising seas and hotter temperatures are increasingly affecting farmers and their harvests. What needs to change - and what could help?
[Namibian] UTILISING the ocean to produce electricity could reduce the cost of energy in many countries, especially in Africa, and help speed up the divorce process from fossil fuels, the African Development Bank has said.
Could researchers dim the sun by using Amazon's cloud computing service? Take a look inside this climate modeling project.
WORK has started on a plan to transform the huge site of a former oil rig fabrication yard in the Highlands into a pioneering ‘fully circular energy transition facility’, which supporters reckon will create thousands of jobs.
HANOI: Heavy rains that triggered floods and landslides in central Vietnam have left at least 18 people missing, some feared dead, with houses destroyed and roads damaged, authorities said on Thursday.
"When you just blame everything on climate change then you take all the agency away from local decision-makers to actually deal with the disasters,” one of the researchers said.
The year before Covid-19 hit, the United States became a net exporter of energy for the first time since 1952, sending a strong message to the rest of the world: The country would not be beholden to foreign oil producers.
The United Nations is predicting that a record 274 million people – who together would amount to the world’s fourth most-populous country – will require emergency humanitarian aid next year in countries like Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Syria and Yemen face a raft of challenges including war, insecurity, hunger, climate change and the coronavirus pandemic
Earlier in August, it rained on the summit of Greenland’s ice sheet for the first time in recorded history, and new research suggests that it not only will become a normal occurrence, but it will happen much sooner than previously thought.The majority of Greenland is considered part of the Arctic region, along with some of northern Alaska, Canada and Russia.Known for its frigid temperatures, which average -40 degrees Celsius in the winter, it snows quite often. The Gates of the Arctic National…
Battery industry says AEMC decisions will put them at a disadvantage to coal and gas plants, and impede the flexibility that makes them such a valuable asset. The post Battery storage projects could be hamstrung by new rules and network charges appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Batteries in South Australia have been paid to charge throughout September and October 2021 due to a record number of negative price intervals. The post SA batteries paid to charge over two months as solar sends prices below zero appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Poverty, poor infrastructure and dependence on rain-fed agriculture are the main drivers of the ongoing... The post Climate change not the main driver of Madagascar food crisis, scientists find appeared first on Carbon Brief.
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season has now officially ended, and it's been the third most active on record.
Greenland's summit had rainfall for the first time in recorded history in August. A new study suggest it'll happen much more often by 2100.
Amazon is adding to its massive global renewable energy portfolio with 18 new projects in Europe and the U.S. -- bringing its global clean energy procurement to 12 gigawatts.
Communities saddled with aging sewer systems now face harder and more frequent rainfalls that can lead to toxic spills of sewage.
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection... The post Cropped, 1 December 2021: Brazilian deforestation soars; Fishing subsidy fights; Indian farm laws repealed appeared first on Carbon Brief.
China told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil and natural gas in maritime territory that both countries regard as their own during a months-long stand-off in the South China Sea earlier this year, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters.The unprecedented demand, which has not previously been reported, elevated tensions over natural resources between the two countries in a volatile area of global strategic and economic importance.One letter from Chinese diplomats to Indonesia’s foreign…
Methane is an underappreciated but potent greenhouse gas. How we deal with it will have a massive impact on averting the worst consequences of climate change
In recent years, the use of nature and natural ecosystems to mitigate and adapt to... The post Q&A: Can ‘nature-based solutions’ help address climate change? appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Simply Energy will expand its VPP offering into NSW, QLD and Victoria while expanding eligibility to more batteries and inverters. The post Simply Energy expands VPP network to new states, moves beyond Tesla appeared first on RenewEconomy.
All new cars in Hong Kong could be electric by as early as 2030 – five years ahead of the government’s target - given their accelerating penetration globally, according to a senior environment official.The government is stepping up policy support to lift the take-up of emission-free vehicles, including subsidies for electric car purchases and private charging infrastructure, said Owin Fung Ho-yin, deputy director of the Environment Protection Department.“When we set the target early this year,…
[MBC] Lack of follow-up and care to the trees which are planted yearly during the tree planting season is said to be frustrating efforts that are aimed at restoring nature in the country.
New data demonstrate how corporate valuations fall when greenhouse-gas emissions rise.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says the potential for floods and cascading hazards should be moderate to high in the Caribbean during the three-month period - December 2021 to February 2022.In its latest Caribbean Climate Outlooks publication released here, CariCOF said with La Ni�a conditions, the potential for floods and cascading hazards should be moderate to high in the Caribbean islands and Belize until December, and high in the coastal Guianas until early February.La Ni�a is a weather pattern that occurs in the Pacific Ocean. In this pattern, strong winds blow warm water at the ocean's surface from South America to Indonesia. As the warm water moves west, cold water from the deep rises to the surface near the coast of South America.CariCOF...
The world’s largest central banks have been joining the fight against climate change, figuring that they can’t ignore the mounting risks of doing nothing. Melting glaciers may be a huge leap from monetary policy, but policy makers say they must respond to threats that have the potential to disrupt the global economy. While the warnings from these powerful regulators echo what scientists and protesters have been saying for years, their voices can’t be ignored in corporate boardrooms.
The European Union has a bold plan for a carbon border levy in an attempt to make sure its own strengthened pollution standards aren’t undermined by trading partners with weaker ones. The charge, officially called the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), is meant to combat so-called carbon leakage, which happens when companies shift production to places with laxer policies to reduce costs. The aim is to level the playing field and protect manufacturers while prodding other regions to follo
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2022, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D1EE01493E, Paper Xin Yu Zhang, Wen Jing Li, Xue Feng Wu, Yuan Wei Liu, Jiacheng Chen, Minhui Zhu, Hai Yang Yuan, Sheng Dai, Hai Feng Wang, Zheng Jiang, Peng Fei Liu, Hua Gui Yang A hydrophobic core–shell architecture was constructed to control local H 2 O availability on the surface of the copper-based materials, which could provide a maximum generation rate of −434 mA cm −2 towards CH 4 . To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
An alternative to solar switch-off? WA virtual power plant trial will orchestrate solar and battery resources of 500 homes and businesses. The post Project Symphony: First big trial to “orchestrate” rooftop solar and battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The price of carbon under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) hit a record $68 per unit at today's auction - the first to be held since the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow over October and ...
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season officially concluded on 30 November. It was so active that, for the second consecutive year, it exhausted the regular list of names from WMO’s rotating list. Accurate forecasts and coordinated early warnings protected life and property throughout the season. There were 21 named storms with winds of 64 km/h (39 mph) or greater, including seven hurricanes (winds of 118 km/h (74 mph) or greater) of which four were major hurricanes (hurricanes reaching category 3 and above according to the Saffir-Simpson Scale which is a 1 to 5 rating, with winds of 178 km/h...
A new albatross around the neck of bird populations? Rising temperatures are linked to an increase in "divorces" among albatrosses, a new study says.
Duke Energy and solar industry stakeholders have reached an agreement on net metering policy in North Carolina that will help expand distributed solar generation and benefit utility customers, the parties announced Tuesday.
Lower-income communities of color are five times more likely to live within half a mile of a toxic site that could flood by 2050, new research shows.
David Speirs, environment minister for South Australia, praised his government's actions to ramp up renewable energy which he said were not helped by 'crazy' activists and keyboard warriors.
Hurricane Ida alone caused more than $60 billion in damages, making it one of the five most costly U.S. hurricanes on record since 1980. Forecasters ran out of names for a record second year in a row.
The first campaign to drill Antarctica’s oldest ice starts this month (November). Beyond EPICA-Oldest Ice aims to drill an ice core to collect a record of past climate spanning 1.5 … The post Mission to drill Antarctica’s oldest ice appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Corals are severely affected by the climate crisis -- but we can still find ways to protect them
There could be more rainfall than snow in the Arctic in as little as 30 years because of the world's changing climate, according to a new study that predicts the transition will happen decades earlier than previously anticipated.
Six environmental activists have been arrested after tying themselves to train tracks and carriages in a bold attempt to shut down a coal mine in central Queensland on Tuesday.
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, just like the 2020 season, was one for the record books -- but for different reasons.
As Democrats move to enact $550 billion in climate spending, Biden officials are organizing to distribute the funds across the US.
The intense 2021 Atlantic hurricane season comes to its official end today, a season that saw 21 named storms, the third-most on record.
Carbon offset markets allow the rich to emit as financial intermediaries profit. By fostering the fiction that others can be paid to cut greenhouse gases (GHGs) instead, it undermines efforts to do so. Committing to achieve ‘net-zero’ carbon emissions has become a major climate change policy goal. But most climate scientists agree the target is […]
Shipping is the backbone of the global economy, carrying more than 80% of traded goods. But it also accounts for almost 3% of man-made carbon dioxide emissions. If the world’s ships are going to decarbonize at the speed required by the Paris Agreement on climate change, the shift to clean fuels needs to be well underway by 2030.
Scientists from the United States and Europe have announced plans to create the biggest map of underground fungal networks, arguing they are an important but overlooked piece in the puzzle of how to tackle climate change
Inadequate national policies to cut emissions criticised, as Australia's emissions bounce higher in first half of year during Covid recovery. The post Australia emissions edge higher in latest quarter as “sluggish” federal policies slammed appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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An oil tanker aircraft joined mainland China’s air patrol near Taiwan for the first time on Sunday, according to the island’s defence ministry, a move an analyst said was to show the PLA’s boosted attack ability.The Y-20 aerial refuelling aircraft was sent with 26 military planes – 18 fighter jets, five nuclear-capable H-6 bombers, two KJ-500 airborne early warning and control aircraft and a Y-9 transport aircraft – into Taiwan’s air-defence identification zone (ADIZ), prompting Taipei to…
A study of trees in dozens of cities found that urban heat and light pollution are pushing urban trees to sprout leaves about a week earlier than trees in more rural settings.
Allowing global temperatures to temporarily “overshoot” end-of-century targets will drive greater economic loss and more... The post Avoiding temperature ‘overshoot’ reduces multiple climate change risks, say scientists appeared first on Carbon Brief.
German scientist found corals could be storing up to four million pounds of microplastics each year, as the marine animals confuse the tiny pieces of plastic for food and consume them.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met his Spanish counterpart, Jose Manuel Albares on Monday, on the sidelines of the meetings of the foreign ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean in Spain. A statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that the meeting discussed strengthening bilateral relations, especially in renewable energy, combating climate change, transport, … The post Egypt FM hold talks with Spanish, Hungarian, and Slovenian counterparts in Barcelona appeared first on Egypt Independent.
A new partnership aims to ensure that Denmark is able to power its electric vehicles (EVs) with 100% renewable electricity 24/7 and to leverage EVs and battery storage to expand renewables’ use for grid stability.
It’s About Time: The Climate Community Invests in Securing Community Land shannon.paton@… Mon, 11/29/2021 - 09:21 The closely watched COP26 climate summit in Glasgow featured at least one document that deserves greater attention: a statement by donor countries recognizing the contributions of Indigenous peoples and other local communities (IPLCs) to climate mitigation and the growing threats to their collectively held lands. ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The US Clean Energy Transition Isn’t Equitable — But it Could Be sadof.alexande… Mon, 11/29/2021 - 09:00 Existing and longstanding social and economic inequities result in climate change disproportionally endangering those who are least responsible for it. Globally, equitable climate action requires that the United States, as the biggest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, significantly cut domestic emissions while increasing its international finance commitments. Making the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The failure of California's 'Rigs to Reefs' program is a cautionary tale to those who seeking a drilling ban after the recent Orange County oil spill.
The cost of environmental degradation on Greater Cairo alone amounts to US$47 billion annually, from waste, vehicle and factory exhaust and the use of fossil fuels, Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad said, stressing that linking climate change to the economy is no luxury. Egypt has a total emissions of 0.6 percent equivalent to 325 million … The post Environmental degradation cost on Greater Cairo $47 billion annually: minister appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Colonial Glacier in late summer false color Sentinel 2 images from 2019, 2020 and 2021. Yellow arrow indicates step that calves in 2020. Notice the ~10% of snowcover (bright white) remaining on glacier surface with more melt to come. An alpine glacier disappears when it no longer has a persistent accumulation zone (Pelto, 2010). When this occurs the glacier is typically limited in size, but still can have significant ice …
Ever had that uncomfortable conversation with a friend or a loved one who uses weather and climate interchangeably to try and describe why climate change is bunk? We’ve got you covered.
Jessica Cisneros is mounting another primary challenge against Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.), this time targeting fossil fuel industry donations.
[This Day] In robust response to the recent high-pressure oil leak from its Oil Mining Lease 29, in Nembe, Bayelsa State, Aiteo Eastern Exploration Company (AEEPCO) mustered its local resources - deploying medical/relief materials for the affected communities and enlisted international technical intervention for containment and recovery, Louis Achi reports
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[Premium Times] To prevent infections on newly propagated plants, one farmer rubs fluids from aloe vera plants on the exposed surface of the grafted plant.
Monash University researchers unlock technique for green ammonia production using electricity, eliminating the need for fossil gas as a feedstock. The post Australian scientists say discovery could render ammonia from fossil fuels obsolete appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 November 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01229-wMost emissions scenarios in line with the Paris Agreement have shown a large amount of net-negative CO2 emissions during the second half of this century. A new set of scenarios expands this picture.
When leaders of Group of 20 nations such as the US’ Joe Biden, France’s Emmanuel Macron and India’s Narendra Modi were seen hugging, taking selfies and chatting at their first in-person summit since the pandemic began, Chinese President Xi Jinping chose to keep a safe distance.Xi joined remotely from Beijing, and two days later was again seen via a screen, at the UN’s COP26 climate change summit, while more than 120 other national leaders showed up in Glasgow in person.He had already set in…
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate changes. Warming temperatures and an extended growing season can lead to quality problems and disease, Gregory Porter, a professor of crop ecology and management, told the Bangor Daily News. “The predictions for climate … The post Researchers try producing potato resistant to climate change appeared first on Egypt Independent.
A Russian court ordered five people to remain in pre-trial detention for two months pending an investigation into a devastating blast in a coal mine in Siberia that resulted in dozens of deaths.Russian authorities reported 51 deaths...
Hundreds of people flocked to Leeds for a night out last night. Storm Arwen has battered parts of Yorkshire and the rest of the UK but the weather did not deter people.
The first cyclone over the Bay of Bengal (BoB) in the 2021 post-monsoon season could develop in the south Andaman Sea in a few days and hit India’s eastern coast in the first week of December, several weather models indicate. India Meteorological Department said a low-pressure system is likely to develop over south Andaman Sea around November 29-30.
Despite having two of the fastest growing economies in the world, the UN designates China and India as 'developing states'.
Two people were killed, thousands of homes cut off from power and drivers stuck on freezing roads overnight as a powerful storm hit the northern UK, authorities said on Saturday.One man was killed when his car was struck by a falling tree in Northern Ireland late on Friday, police said, as “Storm Arwen” triggered a rare “red weather” warning from the UK’s meteorological service.Deadly storm cuts Vancouver off from rest of CanadaAnother man died when he was hit by a tree in the Lake District in…
Proposals to suck lithium from the brine of geothermal operations at the Salton Sea have raised hopes of new jobs and environmental improvement.
A court in Siberia on Saturday remanded five people in custody for two months to face charges related to a coal mining accident that killed more than 50 people this week and left dozens injured.
Climate change and unplanned urbanisation will result in a decrease in groundwater resources and intensified flood risk in Bangkok, a study by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has found.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The use of 50,000 electric vehicles by 2025, and 130,000 by 2030, would help reduce 2.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (MtCO2e) of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study carried out by the Ministry of Environment and supported by the UK Embassy.
Billy Barr began logging snowfall to keep busy. Along the way, he became an unwitting chronicler of climate change.
However, the report largely ignores climate change issues and does not recommend stopping leasing federal lands to gas and oil drillers, something President Biden campaigned on.
Koreans have made an advancement as it focuses on a fusion reaction that has broken its own record, potentially a nuclear energy power source.
West Texas Intermediate crude futures, the US oil benchmark, reached $68.85 per barrel on Friday as the Dow Jones also took a great tumble of more than 1,000 points due to COVID fears.
The Department of the Interior on Friday released a long-awaited review of oil and gas drilling on federal lands and oceans that recommends an increase in leasing fees and consideration of environmental concerns in leasing decisions. But the report largely sidesteps climate change issues, and does not recommend a halt to new oil and gas leasing -- a promise President Joe Biden campaigned on.
The country already has a lot of renewables as part of its energy transition
NORTH Sea-focused Serica Energy has started production from a field it found in 2006 through a development it said would provide much-needed energy for the UK while making the most of existing facilities in the area.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday recommended an overhaul of the nation's oil and gas leasing program to focus on areas that are most suitable for energy development and raise costs for energy companies to drill on public lands and water.The long-awaited report by the Interior Department stops short of recommending an end to oil and gas leasing on public lands, as many environmental groups have urged. But officials said the report would move toward a more responsible leasing process that provides a better to return to U.S. taxpayers for oil and gas drilling on the nation's vast public lands and waters.“Our nation faces a profound climate crisis that is impacting every American,″ Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a statement, adding that the new report’s recommendations...
Several crews were battling a blaze at the Deer Valley Recycling Plant located near 195th Avenue and Deer Valley Road.
Unfortunately for Japan, the release of government oil reserves is a veritable drop in the barrel when compared to demand for this vital commodity.
An oily sheen that appeared Saturday morning was likely a residual leak from the ruptured pipeline that fouled Orange County beaches, officials say.
OPINION: On the face of it, a draft report on how greenhouse gas emissions from farms could be quantified and priced is derisory. On a closer look it is a bit more defensible. It is a draft discussion ...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 02 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01233-0Flooding-adaptation studies often ignore unique social, cultural and institutional drivers. Now, research illuminates the drivers that are unique versus shared across socio-cultural contexts and adaptations, which vary in ease of implementation.
(Reuters) - Oil prices are expected to overshoot $125 a barrel next year and $150 in 2023 due to capacity-led shortfalls in OPEC+ production, JP Morgan Global Equity Research said. "As the group's (OPEC+) real volume potential is discovered, this should drive a higher risk premium to oil prices," the bank said in a note dated Nov. 29. Oil rose on Thursday, with benchmark Brent crude futures around $69 a barrel, as investors adjusted positions ahead of an OPEC+ decision on supply policy, although concern the Omicron coronavirus variant could hit fuel demand capped price gains. [O/R] The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies will decide whether to release more oil into the market or restrain supply. "We think OPEC+ will slow committed increases in early 2022...
Exclusive: Pat Brown, chief executive of the plant-based meat firm, wants pilot to show economic and climate change benefits of taking farmland out of cattle and sheep production to lock up carbon
[This Day] Abuja -- A Well Control Specialist, Victor Ekpenyong working on the site of the Santa Barbara oil spill in Nembe, Bayelsa, yesterday disputed that at least two million barrels of crude oil had been discharged into the environment in the area.
[Namibia Economist] The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism recently inaugurated the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Monitoring Unit at the University of Namibia (UNAM).
The offshore drilling provision in the version of the Build Back Better Act that passed the House last month might just have a chance in the Senate.
BREAKING NEWS: Officials said 50 people tested positive on a PCR test following Norwegian renewable energy company Scatec's Christmas dinner at Louise Restaurant & Bar in Oslo..
The United Nations’ International Maritime Organization has adopted a voluntary measure calling for the use of cleaner fuels by ships operating in the Arctic, to encourage the reduction of black carbon emissions in Arctic shipping.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- TAP News Agency has won two prizes in the annual competition for best reporting on renewable energy promotion, organised by the National Agency for Energy Management (ANME).
[DW] Despite international efforts to abolish slavery, it is well and truly alive in certain parts of the world. Global warming and the COVID-19 pandemic are not helping matters.
Physical classes in schools in the national capital will be suspended from Friday till further orders in view of an increase in the air pollution levels, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai said on Thursday.
[MBC] Lack of alternatives to firewood and charcoal is halting efforts aimed at addressing deforestation in the country.
China’s new carbon trading market is riddled with policy ambiguities, say analysts, as it prepares to allow more sectors to participate in the new year.Following its launch in July, the national emissions trading scheme (ETS) faces its first compliance deadline on December 31, when 2,162 power firms will have to hold carbon allowances that are at least equal to their actual emissions in 2019 and 2020.The ETS, which currently only allows companies in the power sector to trade the allowances,…
GENEVA: The UN warned Thursday that the need for humanitarian aid was skyrocketing worldwide, as the pandemic continues to rage, and climate change and conflicts push more people to the brink of famine.
Weeks after world leaders pledged to combat climate change at the COP26 summit, Japan is already showing signs of putting the brakes on divestment from ...
WA looks to boost zero emissions production of critical minerals, funding a feasibility study into a green magnesium smelter in the heart of coal country. The post Renewable magnesium smelter considered for Western Australia coal hub appeared first on RenewEconomy.
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Durban -- Widespread poverty, lack of irrigation, deforestation and COVID-19 restrictions are having a bigger effect than global warming, scientists say
IEA warns supply chain headwinds could delay 100GW of renewables development and erase years of price drops. But solar and wind still trump fossil fuels. The post Price shocks risk “erasing” years of solar and wind cost reductions, and could delay projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.
A massive ramp up of renewable energy production is key to cutting the costs of decarbonised products, like green steel, aluminium and hydrogen. The post Could Australia produce 3,000 per cent renewables? Experts says it might be necessary appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The heat dome that trapped scorching temperatures of up to 117 degrees Fahrenheit over the Pacific Northwest destroyed thousands of Christmas trees se for this holiday season.
Former US President Donald Trump criticised Prime Minister Boris Johnson for trying to turn the UK into the Saudi Arabia of wind to cut emissions, in an interview aired on GB News.
SYDNEY/JAKARTA: China told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil and natural gas in maritime territory that both countries regard as their own during a months-long standoff in the South China Sea earlier this year, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Alberta's oil and gas regulator has rolled out new rules aimed at addressing the growing problem of inactive and abandoned wells in the province, but critics say the industry should be forced to do even more to clean up after itself.
Vice President Kamala Harris' Office released a new framework for US space policy on Wednesday that keeps much of the Trump administration's priorities like the Artemis program.
The Department of Special Investigation has forwarded its investigation report on alleged corruption in awarding contracts worth 975 million baht for the installation of solar powered street lights in Samut Prakan's Bang Phli district to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for consideration.
An employee of Prapakorn Oil Co has been arrested and charged for allegedly starting a fire that gutted the company's lubricant depot because she was angry with her boss.
China’s largest oil refiner China Petrochemical Corporation – also known as Sinopec – has started building the world’s largest green hydrogen plant, to be entirely powered by solar energy.Sinopec said on Tuesday the 3 billion yuan (US$470 million) plant in Kuqa city, in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, was expected to start production in June 2023, with a 20,000 tonnes-per-year capacity.According to the company, it will be China’s first photovoltaic-powered hydrogen plant with an annual…
“What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay there,” the study’s lead author said.
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The Arctic is known to be warming faster than most other parts of the globe, producing significant environmental shifts in the region which will only worsen.
There’s a battle over the climate change narrative between those pushing for green reforms and those who view the measures as bending to demands from ...
NASA Hubble Space Telescope team posted a visualization of the underwater-like nebula formation called "Cosmic Reef." Here's how the nebulae look in the latest simulation video.
[Ghanaian Times] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has re-launched the Source Segregation Programme (SWSP) in Accra.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has refused a freedom of information request that would allow independent scrutiny of the measures in its flagship green plan.
In the fight against climate change, there’s a tool that’s increasingly popular: litigation. Around the world, activists have turned to the courts. They want to force oil companies and governments to pay for past harms and to avert future threats, and they’re using the law to assign blame for damage. Opponents say climate policy is not a matter for judges but for national governments and international agreements, such as those on methane and deforestation unveiled at the United Nations COP26 cli
GLASGOW-BASED ScottishPower and the National Grid are to pay a £158m fine after after a two-year delay to a high-voltage cable project that allows the export of renewable energy from Scotland.
As long as climate change has been a topic of public discussion, one question has been whether a warming globe makes extreme weather events worse. A new branch of science has emerged in the past few years that finally can offer some answers. Although precise connections between warming trends and extreme weather aren’t completely understood, this growing field of study connects climate change and greater risks of deadly hurricanes, typhoons, rainstorms, wildfires, heat and even cold.
BloombergNEF says global steel production could be decarbonised by 2050 and Australia's iron ore and coal producers needs to move quickly or become stranded assets. The post Australia could be badly burnt by global pivot to green steel if it moves too slowly appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The Northwest has been repeatedly hit by rainstorms this fall, causing major flooding and damage. The deluges are from atmospheric rivers, or huge plumes of moisture extending from over the Pacific. Climate change is intensifying such storms. (Nov. 30)
The Energy Dome is a Power Storage Generator that makes use of CO2 or carbon dioxide to generate power and substitute solar power for when there's no Sun.
South Australia grid just one step away from becoming first gigawatt scale grid in world operating with wind and solar generation only and no fossil fuels. The post South Australia grid just one step away from operating with wind and solar only appeared first on RenewEconomy.
A 45-mile stretch of coastline in Orange County was closed to fishing and other seafood procurement for nearly two months.
Some big fashion names are responsible for deforestation.
A Texas-based energy technology firm has raised $150 million to develop bitcoin mining campuses powered by renewable energy sources.
A rain-dominated Arctic is expected to arrive up to two decades earlier than expected, and in many parts of the region it will happen even at 1.5°C of global warming rather than 2°C as previously thought
Tough-talking Chinese diplomats have quietly softened their stance on Australian coal with tens-of-millions of their citizens shivering and in the dark due to power outages.
Parts of the Arctic could become dominated by rain rather than snow during certain seasons by 2060 or 2070, according to new findings published in the journal Nature, particularly if the Earth continues to warm at its current rate.
Nigeria’s vast reserves of oil and gas have generated riches but have also led to decades of conflict and corruption. Resentment has fed bouts of militancy in the petroleum-rich Niger Delta, the low-lying waterways bordering the Atlantic Ocean, where minority ethnic groups have struggled for a share of the wealth. Now Nigeria’s leaders want to almost triple crude production just as a warming world seeks to move away from fossil fuels. They aim to fill a void left by Royal Dutch Shell Plc, which
DUBAI, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Jordan will begin oil exploration in two areas, Al-Jafr and Al-Sarhan, in February, the country’s energy minister Saleh Al-Kharabsheh said on Tuesday, as reported by Jordan state television. A detailed study is currently underway to consider drilling three medium-depth wells at the Al-Jafr site, the minister added, which will be … The post Jordan to explore for oil in two areas in February, minister says appeared first on Egypt Independent.
The fungal networks in soil can help fight climate change but are under threat, experts say.
A new peer-reviewed paper by Brown University researchers found that the fossil fuel industry has relied heavily on PR firms for more than three decades.
Energy provider SSEN remains at red-alert status for its north of Scotland network as its teams respond to widespread and extensive damage to its network caused by Storm Arwen.
The Yukon government is looking for ways to reduce the territory's emissions, and wondering if nuclear power is one way to go. Meanwhile, critics call small reactors an expensive and unrealistic "nuclear fantasy."
French energy giant Total Energies is pushing to add more natural gas wells in densely populated neighborhoods in Arlington, Texas. Residents, many of them Latino and Black, are fighting to stop the fracking. (Nov. 30)
Floating Power Plant has secured a location to deploy its first full-scale hybrid floating wind and wave platform at test facilities in Canary Islands The post First full-scale hybrid floating wind and wave energy platform bound for Canary Islands appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Geneva, 30 November 2021 (WMO) - La Niña has developed for the second consecutive year and is expected to last into early 2022, influencing temperatures and precipitation. Despite the cooling influence of this naturally occurring climate phenomenon, temperatures in many parts of the world are expected to be above average because of the accumulated heat trapped in the atmosphere as a result of record high levels of greenhouse gases, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Most models indicate that the 2021/2022 La Niña is likely to be weak to moderate – slightly weaker...
Taking place on Saturday December 4, the eclipse will reach its greatest extent at around 07:33 GMT for viewers near the edge of Antarctica's Ronne Ice Shelf.
[Daily News] GLOBAL Motor Manufacturer Nissan Tanzania Limited has acknowledged the presence of conducive investment climate in the country, which makes them consider establishing a car assembly plant.
LONDON — Is three days in a pub with an Oasis tribute band too long? Definitely Maybe.Some 50 drinkers stranded in a remote U.K. pub for three nights while they ing ched an Oasis tribute wand would be forgiven for wondering just that.Some slept on couches or on the floor at The Tan Hill Inn in Yorkshire, England — more than 200 miles north of London — after snow and fallen power lines blocked nearby roads starting FridWorkers at the 17th-century The pub — known as Britain’s highes st s at 1,732 feet above sea level — shared updates on Facebook, jokingly calling guests “inmates."“Let’s be honest,” one update said. “Being stuck anywhere is a trial, a challenge to the mental health of some people, and yes, some are at breaking point after three days of beingconfined.”Vicky Hodgson, 43, traveled...
Research finds climate policies alone won't address health concerns of fossil fuels, with six million deaths from power plant pollution avoidable by 2050. The post Coal power plants are killing millions with air pollution and must be closed, research finds appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The Polar Regions play a crucial role in balancing global climate – with the poles heating up much faster than the rest of the world. Yet, climate projections for these … The post Improving climate projections in the Polar Regions appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
The state’s latest three-year energy efficiency plan would include new provisions to increase outreach and expand program eligibility for lower-income households and residents of color.
Researchers say the costs of the 2010 Schultz Fire have continued to grow, as communities try to prevent fire, floods and damages to the ecosystem.
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Kampala -- Environmental officials are cracking down on wetland filling - but removing jobs-providing industries from wetland areas will prove a significant challenge, analysts say
Energy firms say the storm caused "catastrophic damage" three times greater than that caused by the Beast from the East.
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - U.S. motorists could see gasoline prices fall below $3.00 a gallon in the coming weeks after crude futures posted their steepest losses since April 2020 on Friday as a new coronavirus variant threatened to extend the pandemic. A further fall in pump prices from seven-year year highs hit in October would take some of the heat out of U.S. inflation, which rose at its fastest in 31 years in October. The surge, in part due to soaring fuel costs, damaged the popularity of U.S. President Joe Biden. The global market's reaction to the newly discovered Omicron variant is likely to affect U.S. gasoline prices more than the coordinated release of crude from major consuming countries' strategic reserves orchestrated by Biden and announced last week. The reimposition...
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Fires broke out at the Inuvik warming shelter on Friday and Saturday, eventually forcing firefighters to bring in an excavator to reach hot spots inside the building.
Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty ImagesThis week marks the beginning of Hanukkah, the “festival of lights.” The holiday commemorates an event during the Maccabean revolt in the second century BCE, when the candelabrum in the Jerusalem Temple miraculously burned for eight days despite only having enough oil for one. But Hanukkah isn’t just about energy efficiency; broadly speaking it celebrates the successful struggle for Jewish independence. Now archaeologists have unearthed the charred remains of a fort destroyed by Jewish rebels more that 2,000 years ago and claim that it offers evidence of the Hanukkah-related rebellion.In a statement released last week, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced that they had discovered the burned wooden beams and ruins of a fortified Hellenistic structure...
[Namibian] The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism and the Kunene Regional Council this week launched a cleanup campaign at Terrace Bay in the Skeleton Coast National Park.
Just south of the N.W.T. border, a First Nation is thinning 7 hectares of forest to protect homes from wildfires. The N.W.T. used the same tool to try to double the carbon storage of pine trees near Sandy Lake this past summer.
[Premium Times] The climate change law provides for, among other things, the mainstreaming of climate change actions and the establishment of a National Council on Climate Change.
Junior emissions reduction minister calls a proposed expert climate panel "treason", as the Morrison government vetos state's climate pledges. The post “Subversion and Treason:” Tim Wilson’s bizarre attack on independent climate commission appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Tens of thousands of people in Scotland and northern England remained without power on Sunday after a storm brought sleet, sub-zero temperatures and disruptions across much of the UK.Icy gusts caused power cuts around the border between Scotland and England, with Northern Powergrid saying it recorded 1,100 instances of damage requiring significant repairs. It said it was trying to restore service to 40,000 customers, while the SP Energy Networks said 21,000 customers remained without power on…
Researchers said that these potatoes can withstand warming temperatures and floods.
The country has pushed ahead with electric vehicles and renewable energy, leaving others struggling to catch up.
Nearly a year after President Biden vowed to make environmental justice a centerpiece of his climate policy, EPA chief Michael Regan traveled to an area where African Americans experience some of the worst pollution in the nation to make the case that the administration is focused on disadvantaged communities.
Fire crews battled a pair of back-to-back fires at Inuvik's warming centre this weekend, according to Inuvik-Twin Lakes MLA Lesa Semmler.
[Nation] The generally dry, wind-swept, dusty and water-starved Makueni County was the perfect backdrop for the 7th Devolution Conference that ended on Friday under the theme 'Multi-level Governance for Climate Action', and which devoted reflections on the climate change catastrophe under a sub-theme titled 'Sub-national Mobilization in Unlocking the Full Potential of Climate Action during and after Pandemics'.
MOSCOW — A Russian court on Saturday ordered five people to remain in pre-trial detention for two months pending an investigation into a devastating blast in a coal mine in Siberia that resulted in dozens of deaths.Russian authorities reported 51 deaths after a methane explosion rocked the Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia on Thursday — 46 miners and five rescuers. The tragedy appears to be the deadliest in Russia since 2010.The Central District Court in the city…
Here are the best carbon footprint-tracking apps this 2021. You can use these iOS, Android applications to monitor your energy consumption.
Two merchant vessels collided in the Gulf of Kutch, although no casualty or oil slick was reported in the incident, a defence official in Gujarat said on Saturday. The two merchant vessels - Aviator and Atlantic Grace - collided on November 26 night, the defence spokesperson in the state said in a tweet.
Veteran Thai journalist Nithi Thuamprathom has covered the automotive industry for two decades but it was only recently, at an exhibition in Shanghai a few years ago, that Chinese electric cars first caught his attention.“The show opened my eyes to how much China has progressed in developing its electric cars,” he said. “I had visited car shows in Europe for 10 years, but it was in China that I was very impressed with the car products on display.”When Great Wall Motor – a Chinese carmaker that…
In line with its strategic plan and following its entry into Poland's renewable energy market, Nofar Energy (NOFR) announced a second significant deal in Poland today. Nofar reported it had purchased a portfolio of solar projects with a total capacity of 185 megawatts.
[Egypt Online] Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala al-Said discussed Friday with Minister of Environment Yasmine Foud preparations for Egypt hosting of the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh.
[The Conversation Africa] Developing countries in general, and African countries in particular, confront an enormous financing challenge to meet the UN's sustainable development goals. This financing gap featured prominently at the 2021 United Nations climate change conference (COP26) and has been intensified by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2021, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D1EE01444G, Paper Thai Ngan Do, Chanhee You, Jiyong Kim In this work, we developed a framework for CO2 capture and utilization for energy products (CCU4E) and examined techno-economic and environmental performance in different scenarios. The framework includes process synthesis... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Beijing’s call for “moderately excessive development of infrastructure” may reflect its growing concerns over an economic slowdown, but it is unlikely to repeat the previous mistakes of debt-fuelled blind expansion of traditional projects, analysts said.Instead, the Chinese government is likely to place an emphasis on new infrastructure – new energy, charging stations for electric cars, data centers and 5G – that could deliver greener and more sustainable growth.Debate over stimulus tools was…
Beijing is taking steps to tighten its regulations over China’s coal market amid ongoing concerns over a power shortage and rising factory-gate inflation.The nation’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), recently held meetings with coal-fired power companies and economic and legal experts, soliciting suggestions for a long-term pricing mechanism.The commission first mentioned the mechanism last month, saying it was intended to keep coal-price fluctuations…
Climate change led to the collapse of the ancient city of Liangzhu, in what is today’s eastern China, bringing the advanced civilisation to a sudden end 4,300 years ago, a new study has found.Intense monsoon rains are likely to have caused severe flooding of the Yangtze River that could not be withstood by Liangzhu’s sophisticated dams and canals, destroying the city and forcing people to flee, according to an international team of scientists.The inhabitants had lived in the city on the Yangtze…
This unusually warm November, the hottest one ever recorded, brought warmer air temperatures to the the U.S. and the Midwest, which can delay the cooling of lake temperatures.
A devastating explosion in a Siberian coal mine on Thursday left 52 miners and rescuers dead about 250m underground, Russian officials said.Hours after a methane gas explosion and fire filled the mine with toxic fumes, rescuers...
A long-awaited report by the Interior Department proposes reforms to the federal oil and gas leasing program, but doesn't end the practice, troubling environmentalists.
The news media and oil industry are questioning the decision to tap into the national stockpile, which was considered to be a “last resort” move.
Russian authorities released the names of 51 people presumed dead after a devastating methane explosion in a coal mine in Siberia, believed to be the country's deadliest mining incident since 2010.
For three weeks, the Brazilian government concealed the fact that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest increased by nearly 22 percent last year, accentuating a trend that threatens to derail efforts to curb global warming. The report by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) based on the data for the year covering August 2020 to […]
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