Ted O’Brien insists his tone was respectful and says government is seeking to malign his character Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A Labor government MP has accused Coalition energy spokesperson Ted O’Brien of “bizarre and disrespectful” behaviour after filming videos discussing Australia’s potential for nuclear energy at the site of the Hiroshima atomic blast and the Fukushima power plant in Japan. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, accused O’Brien of a “frolic” on advocating for nuclear power, but the Liberal MP said he had sought to be respectful on his privately funded trip to study the technology. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email...
Central Australian Frack Free Alliance argues NT environment minister failed to properly consider Tamboran project’s impact Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Activists have launched a legal challenge to the Northern Territory government’s decision to approve drilling and fracking by resources company Tamboran in the Beetaloo basin. The Central Australian Frack Free Alliance (Caffa) is asking the NT supreme court to review the process that led to the approval of Tamboran’s environmental management plan, arguing the environment minister, Lauren Moss, failed to properly consider the environmental impacts of the project. Continue reading...
Team of high profile energy experts selected to guide reboot of Victoria's State Electricity Commission as a publicly owned renewable energy utility. The post Zibelman, Finkel join expert panel to advise Victoria on controversial public utility appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Tre Evans-Dumaran, a 24-year-old Maui County firefighter, was responding to flooding in Maui when was swept into a storm drain.
A new study finds that the Earth has enough minerals to pursue wind and solar energy shift.
They keep expanding when they should be doing the exact opposite
Thousands of homes were destroyed in Southwest Florida during Hurricane Ian. Months later, hundreds are still displaced and living in tents or their cars.
The Bureau of Weather and Meteorology is closely monitoring a weather system off Queensland expected to turn to a cyclone by Thursday, they say it will not hit land but it will get close.
This must be "a year of game-changing climate action" on pollution and water, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday in New York.
Just days after being hit by a brutal ice storm, Texas could experience more severe weather early this week.
Arctic sea ice extent rose at a slower than average rate through January, and continued to be below the lower interdecile range. By the end of the month, sea ice reached the second lowest extent in the satellite record. Meanwhile, Antarctic … Continue reading →
The trial of a Florida nursing home administrator accused of causing the overheating deaths of nine patients after a 2017 hurricane is underway
As of Sunday, it is illegal to import petroleum products — those refined from crude oil, such as diesel, gasoline and naphtha — from Russia into the EU.
Ever since an eruption in Hawaii halted a long-running record of carbon dioxide, scientists have found ways to carry on — atop a neighboring volcano.
Originally published by The Hill After decades of failure to pass major federal climate legislation, Congress finally broke through last year with the Inflation Reduction Act and its close to $400 billion in clean energy investments. Energy modeling experts estimated that these provisions would help the U.S. cut its carbon pollution about 40 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, bringing the Biden administration’s Paris commitment of 50 percent cuts within reach. But there’s a catch — the new law could cause the U.S. to actually burn more coal, if it’s not coupled with clean energy permitting reform. That’s because the energy modeling groups assumed nothing would limit the rate at which clean energy projects like big wind and solar farms would be...
President Joe Biden is expected to designate land in the Mojave Desert as the next national monument. Advocates ramped up their push for those protections as renewable energy developers began eyeing parts of an area that Native American tribes hold central to their beliefs about creation.
Environmental advocates will take their legislative priority list to the capitol Tuesday, lobbying lawmakers to act on water, climate and land.
HOLYROOD has ambitiously committed Scotland to becoming a net zero society by 2045, so given around 40% of current carbon emissions come from buildings, modernising them is paramount.
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A tropical cyclone could be heading towards the coast of Queensland within the next few days as the state's storm season begins.
The molecule can carry the energy needed to replace dirty fuels in polluting industries like steelmaking and shipping, but scaling it up fast enough will prove tricky.
The Danish government estimates its territorial waters of the North Sea could store more than 500 years of national emissions of carbon dioxide.
Tony Abbott joins board of UK-based think tank that attacks net zero and other climate and clean energy policies. The post “We need more science:” Tony Abbott joins board of climate denial think tank appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Texas is now bracing for freezing temperatures, two inches of rain and a possible tornado after weather caused disruptions last week. 35,000 still remain without power as winds worsen.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian Association of Energy, Water and Environment signed a partnership agreement with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (INUCN) to fund initiatives to restore the oasis ecosystem.
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A California company used direct-air technology to capture the carbon dioxide, which was then injected into recycled water at a concrete plant and turned into new building material.
New hydrogen and liquefied natural gas projects — as well as long stretches of carbon dioxide pipelines — could be constructed before many federal regulations overseeing them are updated or put into place.
The oil industry and its allies spent $21 million to get the referendum on the 2024 ballot, when voters will decide whether the state should enact a law that bans new drilling near homes and schools.
The unhoused teen, barred from an air-conditioned store, ‘didn’t need handcuffs – he needed help’, his father says Caleb Blair entered the Circle K gas station in Phoenix asking for help. “I can’t breathe, I’m hot, I need to sit down. I can’t breathe,” he told the male cashier. He was sweaty, panting heavily, and struggling to stand up straight. It was 10 June 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona, and the city was experiencing the season’s first extreme heatwave. The temperature outside was 112F (44C) and rising. Continue reading...
Sweeping global trends are changing the world. As climate change heats up the planet and pushes people to migrate, far-right politicians see both a threat and an opportunity.
A tropical low forming near Vanuatu is expected to move west towards Mackay, but is not currently forecast to make landfall Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A tropical cyclone – likely to be named Freddy – could form off the coast of north Queensland in the next three days, potentially affecting coastal areas hit by floods last month. However, forecasters currently believe it’s unlikely to make landfall. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
Asia oil giant buys into Australian solar market in deal that gives it a large operating portfolio and a bigger pipeline of projects. The post Asia oil giant snaps up big Australian solar portfolio at top of the market appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Genex looks to fast track 1.6GW solar project in Queensland as it completes foundations to its first battery storage facility. The post Genex to fast-track 1.6GW solar project as foundations complete for first big battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Essential Energy teams with AGL to install a 2MWh battery in the rooftop solar-heavy Port Macquarie region. The post NSW network joins rush to batteries to soak up solar, save on poles and wires appeared first on RenewEconomy.
New report argues fuel tax credits should be removed for on-road users, and halved for off-road users, to drive emissions reductions and save billions. The post Fuel tax exemptions make no sense – for the climate or the economy appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Oil prices slightly inched up on Monday after falling 8% last week to more than three-week lows as concerns that slower growth in major economies may limit fuel consumption outweighed signs of a demand recovery in China, the world's top oil importer.
Moscow says it will host IAEA head Rafael Grossi to discuss safety at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, Ukraine says the won't be a leadership shake-up at the defense ministry this week. DW has the latest.
After a brutal cold snap, relatively mild weather and above-average temperatures could dominate forecasts for the next 10 days, AccuWeather said.
Sapporo is touting a study showing that among all past hosts, it will be the most climate resilient as the planet warms. But residents are ...
The Northwest Territories' Veronica McDonald shares her family's intergenerational legacy at the Arctic Winter Games, with both her grandfather and mother playing a vital role in her life in sport.
February 05, 2023 5:38 PM The experiment will help the world’s house builders cut carbon emissions and tackle climate change.
From Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, to Warboys in Cambridgeshire, the tool shows a map of volcanoes, volcanic plugs and geothermal springs across the UK.
By 2030, some 2% of Germany's land mass is supposed to be designated for wind turbines. Berlin has faced criticism for falling behind on its climate goals, and sees wind power as a way to catch up.
Dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills dropped as low as -45 to -50F across the rest of the region Arctic air in the US north-east on Saturday brought dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills including a record-setting -108F (-78C) on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire. Authorities in Massachusetts took the unusual step of keeping the South Station transit hub open overnight so homeless people had a place to sleep. Several cities set or tied record low temperatures. High winds brought down a tree branch on a car in western Massachusetts, killing an infant. Continue reading...
As toxic emissions from diesel traffic choke the air, activists are calling for a moratorium on new warehouses and for the governor to declare a state of emergency.
February 05, 2023 11:52 AM India is meeting the West’s goals of crimping Moscow’s energy revenue while preventing an oil supply shock.
The president of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is urging the government to speed up solving the Bangkok's PM2.5 problems in the long term, fearing that if the situation remains unchanged, it affect the economy and tourism.
Interior minister says ‘emergency is getting worse’ as weather conditions complicate efforts to put out spreading fires Dozens of wildfires in Chile have claimed at least 23 lives, forcing the government to extend an emergency order to another region as a scorching summer heatwave complicates efforts to control the blazes. More than 1,100 people have sought refuge in shelters while at least 979 have been reported injured by the raging fires, according to an official briefing on Saturday. Continue reading...
When staff at Quebec's City Aquarium noticed their four-year-old polar bear seemed to be experiencing tremors, they realized they would have to get him to a specialized facility, no easy task when you are dealing with one of the most dangerous species.
February 05, 2023 12:34 AM Atop Mount Washington, the wind-chill factor reached minus 78 deg C overnight, smashing the previous record.
India, France and the UAE on Saturday announced a formal trilateral cooperation initiative with the aim of expanding cooperation in several area of mutual interest, including solar and nuclear energy.
[Egypt Online] Egypt's ambassador to the European Union and Belgium Badr Abdel Ati has reviewed means to cement cooperation with the EU in the domains of renewable, traditional and clean energy and green hydrogen.
The blast of Arctic air continues to create deadly weather throughout the north east as the temperature recorded at Mount Washington made the peak as cold as Mars.
Hockey night in the North ended with a golden moment, when Nunavut's male hockey team captured the territory's first gold in hockey at the Arctic Winter Games.
Meetings between Saudi officials, executives of world’s largest oil company and Chief Executive John Lee are scheduled for Sunday and Monday, sources say.
Based on past speeches, the president believes the policies adopted under his watch can fill the U.S. with new factories and protect against climate change.
Ulus were won, friends were made and pins were exchanged: The 2023 Arctic Winter Games in Wood Buffalo, Alta., come to a close on Saturday with a ceremony in Fort McMurray, Alta.
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Jan 29, 2023 thru Sat, Feb 4, 2023. Story of the Week Social change more important than physical tipping points 1.5-degree Goal not plausible Photo: CLICCS / Universität Hamburg Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, as is shown in a new, central study released by Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS). Climate policy, protests, and the Ukraine crisis: the participating researchers systematically assessed to what extent social changes are already underway – while also analyzing certain physical processes...
In a statement, the city said its emergency shelter system had been instructed not to turn anyone away from shelters or warming centres during the extreme cold.
Temperatures across the region plummeted to double-digit negatives, with extreme wind chills making things feel even colder.
A new generation of Canadian recyclers have sprung up to make sure used EV batteries — and the precious minerals inside — don’t go to waste.
HBO’s apocalyptic “The Last of Us” has opened people’s eyes to a threat made more likely by climate change.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Deep in the confines of the hulking, brutalist headquarters of the US Department of Energy, down one of its long, starkly lit corridors, sits a small, unheralded office that is poised to play a pivotal role in America’s shift away […]
ONE of the problems in writing about the environment, and particularly the climate, is that it can all start to seem like abstract technobabble.
India, France and the United Arab Emirates have agreed on a trilateral initiative to undertake energy projects with a focus on solar and nuclear sources, fight climate change and protect biodiversity, particularly in the Indian Ocean region
The Biden administration took a first step Friday toward ending federal protections for grizzly bears in the northern Rocky Mountains, which would open the door to future hunting in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.
Many Indigenous nations carry a deep spiritual connection with salmon. But threats like habitat loss, climate change and human development have decimated salmon numbers. Now, Indigenous people are working to bring them back.
Australia's wild summer weather continues with perfect beach conditions in Sydney on Saturday, a wintry blast in Victoria and a low-intensity heatwave bringing extreme humidity to Queensland.
The Pacific Recycling Foundation (PRF) has confirmed a partnership with Tourism Fiji in line with this year’s Global Recycling Day, held on the 18th of March 2023 at the Sheraton Fiji Golf & Beach Resort.
PM Modi will launch E20, or petrol blended with 20% ethanol on Monday, bringing forward by two years the launch of cleaner-burning version of the common man’s fuel with the dual purpose of reducing oil imports and vehicular emission. “The PM will launch the fuel by pressing a nozzle at the ‘India Energy Week’ conference to start E20 sale at 67 pumps. We started at 1.4% ethanol blending in 2014 and achieved 10% blending five months ahead of the November 2022 target,” a govt functionary said.
The ongoing drought in the western US depleted reservoirs and reduced hydropower generation. Fossil fuel power plants filled the gap but that has led to increased air pollution
The US and allies are trying to further limit Russia's ability to make money and finance its war efforts with new price limits on products like gasoline and fuel oil, a senior Treasury official announced Friday -- adding to sanctions on Russian energy sales in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine.
Australia is experiencing polar opposite weather conditions with parts of the country copping snow and others sweltering through a heatwave.
An N.W.T. speed skater made Arctic Winter Games history this week, breaking two previous records, but Sage Acorn was not the only person beaming after a week of events at the arena in the heart of the Fort McKay First Nation.
The price caps are $100 per barrel on products that trade at a premium to crude, such as diesel, and $45 per barrel for products that trade at a discount, such as fuel oil.
Isolated by the rocky slopes and unforgiving cold, these thick-furred felines roamed Mount Everest in secret — until now.Researchers were exploring the southern slopes of Mount Everest in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal, according to a Jan. 26 news release from the Wildlife Conservation Society. At two locations — one just over 16,700 feet above sea level and the other just over 17,000 feet above sea level — the scientists found cat poop.DNA analysis of the droppings confirmed the presence of two Pallas’s cats, researchers said. Pallas’s cats, also known as Otocolobus manul or just Manul, are a rare and elusive feline species, according to the International Society for Endangered Cats in Canada. The small species lives in cold climates in central Asia and is known for its perpetually grumpy-looking...
Several months after President Joe Biden promised Saudi Arabia would suffer "consequences" after the Saudi-led OPEC+ oil cartel unexpectedly announced it would cut production, the Biden administration has no plans to take proactive steps to punish -- let alone significantly reorient its posture toward -- the oil-rich Middle East kingdom, multiple sources on Capitol Hill and in the administration tell CNN.
See photos and videos of the impact of this week's ice storm in Texas, where Austin is dealing with power outages, downed trees and more damage.
Meteorologists warn frigid weather could bring record-breaking low temperatures to New York, New Jersey and New England More than 15 million people in the US north-east were bracing for “once-in-a-generation” Arctic blast on Friday and Saturday, as meteorologists warned frigid weather could bring record-breaking low temperatures. An Arctic cold front is expected to bring wind chills of -50F (-45C) in parts of northern New England, and the National Weather Service (NWS) warned dangerous wind chills were likely in an area stretching from northern Pennsylvania to Maine. Continue reading...
Daniel Mminele headed negotiations to finalise the terms of the $8.5 billion from other countries for SA’s energy transition The post Daniel Mminele, the leader of the presidential climate finance task team bows out appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
Highlights of various Arctic Sports and Dene Games played on Day 6 at the Arctic Winter Games in Fort McMurray, Alta., on Friday.
A dangerous Arctic blast began its sweep over the Northeast, bringing wind chill warnings and record-breaking cold temperatures.
If you want to know what the cloud of gas that surrounds the planet is really doing for us, you have to see what the world would be like without it.
The yearslong litigation and battle over the state's emissions program has spilled into congressional battles over key EPA nominees as well as air quality efforts for national parks.
Glacier National Park on Feb. 1 morning posted reservations for June to drive the Going-to-the-Sun Road during peak hours. They were gone by the afternoon.
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund threatens to vote against boards on firms it holds investments with over lax climate and social targets Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s single largest investor, has warned company directors it will vote against their re-election to the board if they do not up their game on tackling the climate crisis, human rights abuses and boardroom diversity. Carine Smith Ihenacho, the chief governance and compliance officer of Norges Bank Investment Management , which manages more than 13tn Norwegian kroner (£1tn) on behalf of the Norwegian people, said the fund was preparing to vote against the re-election of at least 80 company boards for failing to set or hit environmental or social targets. Continue reading...
Authorities said an arctic airmass combined with strong northwest winds would impact New Brunswick, Canada, on Friday, February 3. Environment Canada warned residents of “bitterly cold conditions” and urged them to watch for frostbite and symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain, and numbness and color change in fingers and toes. Footage captured by MyNewBrunswick.ca shows empty streets and mounds of snow in a Fredericton neighborhood on February 3. Credit: MyNewBrunswick.ca via Storyful
Wildfires, which have intensified with climate change, litter the ground with debris that can contaminate drinking water supplies after a heavy rain. The post A double whammy: Wildfire debris pollutes drinking water appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Wind chills in some higher elevations of the Northeast were expected to punch below minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit as an Arctic front sweeps in from Canada. Winds gusting to 40 mph raised the prospect of power outages in Maine.
Dozens of cities and states sued oil giants for deceiving the public. The Supreme Court could soon break these cases out of limbo.
A powerful arctic blast swept into the U.S. Northeast on Friday, threatening to push temperatures to record lows in many spots, including New Hampshire's Mount Washington, where the wind chill could drop to -110 degrees Fahrenheit (-79 Celsius), forecasters said.
Forty-three provinces, including Bangkok and its suburbs, remain blanketed in smog, with PM2.5 dust levels over the safe limit of 50 microgrammes per cubic metre (ug/m3) on Friday morning, the Pollution Control Department reported.
Texas community fights to save its coastline as the developers of Rio Grande LNG regain interest over claims of carbon capture As the Mexican Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, festivities drew to a close, Dina Nuñez called to order a meeting of women grassroots activists in a modest home in the heart of Port Isabel, Texas. Top of her agenda: how to stop a Houston-based oil and gas company from building a $10bn project to export liquefied natural gas on a nearby stretch of coast. For Nuñez and her friends, the fight against the scheme – known as Rio Grande LNG – is about protecting their community from air pollution; preserving shrimping and tourism; and defending habitats for pelicans, endangered ocelots and aplomado falcons at the project site on unspoiled wetlands between Port Isabel...
The Department of Energy’s loan programs office was ‘essentially dormant’, says Jigar Shah, its head – but now it’s ready to bankroll clean energy projects Deep in the confines of the hulking, brutalist headquarters of the US Department of Energy, down one of its long, starkly lit corridors, sits a small, unheralded office that is poised to play a pivotal role in America’s shift away from fossil fuels and help the world stave off disastrous global heating. The department’s loan programs office (LPO) was “essentially dormant” under Donald Trump, according to its head, Jigar Shah, but has now come roaring back with a huge war chest to bankroll emerging clean energy projects and technology. Continue reading...
Union minister of state for science and technology and earth sciences Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that discussions are on with Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC), US, to set up six nuclear reactors at Kovvada in Srikakulam district.
Starting Sunday, the EU will prohibit imports of Russian gasoline, diesel and other products from Russian refineries used throughout Europe.
Under the terms of the agreement, Daewoo will restore production at the inoperative 110,000-barrel-a-day oil refinery to at least 60 percent of its capacity by the end of 2024, it said.
Major oil and gas companies are reporting big earnings increases while also discussing new investments.
The hearing showcased coming battles with the Biden administration over carbon capture, nuclear and natural gas.
To help residents deal with price hikes, California officials plan to move up payment of the state's “climate credit” — a twice-yearly sum that customers receive as a bonus from the state’s carbon cap-and-trade program.
On Thursday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources chair accused the Energy Department of not spending enough money to commercialize coal waste — a fuel that has enriched the senator.
Local authorities say policing government’s new standards on smoke pollution is beyond their means Local authorities lack the resources for the crackdown on highly polluting wood burners promised by the environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, they say. Wood-burning in urban areas is an increasing source of harmful air pollution, as people install stoves for aesthetic reasons or to save money on gas. Continue reading...
The government proposes to give Rs 30,000 crore to state-run oil refiner-cum-fuel retailers in 2023-24 as “capital support”, which, officials said, would be spent on building low-carbon infrastructure but industry analysts described as an indirect subsidy to their losses on fuel sales.
Europe looks to geothermal energy as gas alternative
An furious Aussie has unleashed at a couple walking their dog in Bondi as a heatwave strikes Sydney with temperatures soaring past 30 degrees.
Oil prices were little changed on Friday, with major benchmarks headed for their second straight week of losses, as the market awaited further signs of fuel demand recovery in China to offset looming slumps in other major economies.
Nature, Published online: 03 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00285-wBut researchers say much more is needed to achieve the country’s climate goals.
Historical data shows global warming and extreme weather are nothing new. Climate activists are fighting the wrong battle by focusing on temperature targets – much better to reduce human impact on the environment by cleaning up after ourselves better.
HBO has another bonafide hit on its hand with the recent release of The Last of Us, the post-apocalyptic TV show based on the hit video game series produced by Naughty Dog. Both the game and show (at least through the first three episodes) weave together a blend of pulse-pounding action and gut-wrenching drama, as…Read more...
More than 430,000 homes and businesses were without power in Texas on Thursday as parts of the state continued to battle ice and winter weather.Travis County, which houses the state capital of Austin, remained the focal point of the outages Thursday. More than 176,000 customers – more than a quarter of the energy customers in the county – were without power as of about 2 p.m. CT, as temperatures started to rise above freezing.More than 68,000 outages were reported in Williamson County, just north of Austin.In Smith County, home of Tyler, about 32,000 customers were without power, and in Bell County, located between Austin and Waco, about 25,000 were in the dark, according to USA TODAY Network's power outage database as of Noon CT.Live weather updates: Brutal cold, wind chill hit Northeast;...
Burroughs Glacier in 1986 and 2022 Landsat images. The red arrow marks the west margin and the yellow arrow the east margin in 1986. Yellow dots mark the outline of the glacier in 2022. Glacier area declined from 12.5 km² to 1.5 km² during this 36 year period. Burroughs Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska has been retreating without pause since 1892 when it was part of the Muir … The post Burroughs Glacier, Alaska Down to Last 1% appeared first on From a Glacier's Perspective.
More than 400,000 homes and businesses were without power as a mix of ice, sleet and snow swamped the South. Live updates.
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On Tuesday, representatives from each team at the Arctic Winter Games video-chatted with Prince William. The Prince of Wales asked them about the sports they're involved with and questioned them about the experience of being at the Games.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A mess of ice, sleet and snow lingered across much of the southern U.S. on Thursday as thousands in Texas endured freezing temperatures with no power, including many in the state capital of Austin, but a warming trend was forecast to bring relief from the deadly storm.Hundreds more flights were canceled again in Texas, although not as many as in previous days. But another wave of frigid weather in the U.S. is on the horizon, with an Arctic cold front expected to move from Canada into the northern Plains and Upper Midwest and sweep into the Northeast by Friday. The front is expected to bring snow and wind chills lower than minus 50 (minus 45 Celsius) to northern New England, according to the National Weather Service.More than 416,000 customers in Texas lacked power early...
State officials say California’s snowpack is the highest it’s been in decades for early February, the Los Angeles Times reported.Read more...
Researchers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) will develop new and ambitious ideas to tackle critical global environmental challenges, such as global sea-level rise from Antarctica, thanks to new funding. The … The post New funding to predict future sea-level rise in Antarctica appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
[Greenpeace] A coalition of civil society groups have called for the immediate cancellation of a massive oil and gas auction in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following news of a secret deal between Oil Minister Didier Budimbu, Nigerian gambling tycoon Chukwuma Ayodeji Ojuroye, and US consultancy GeoSigmoid.
Both the South and Northeast will experience unprecedented winter storms this week.
Highlights of various Arctic Sports and Dene Games played on Day 5 at the Arctic Winter Games in Fort McMurray, Alta., on Thursday.
The groups hope to draw attention to climate-smart farming at a "Rally for Resilience" in the nation's capital in March as Congress begins work on the 2023 farm bill.
Top aides Brian Deese and Ron Klain are stepping down after they helped clinch a massive climate and energy bill.
The U.S. Northeast braced on Thursday for a historic deep freeze, with wind chills expected to plunge to the equivalent of -50 degrees Fahrenheit (-46 Celsius) in some spots, while freezing rain in the South left thousands without power and turned roadways into ice rinks.
How poor methane rules are costing tribes and taxpayers.
The Scottish Government’s climate change advisers have written to Patrick Harvie calling on him to reform “not fit for purpose” home energy standards.
The energy industry is turning waste from dairy farms into renewable natural gas – but will it actually reduce emissions? On an early August afternoon at Pinnacle Dairy, a farm located near the middle of California’s long Central Valley, 1,300 Jersey cows idle in the shade of open-air barns. Above them whir fans the size of satellites, circulating a breeze as the temperature pushes 100F (38C). Underfoot, a wet layer of feces emits a thick stench that hangs in the air. Just a tad unpleasant, the smell represents a potential goldmine. The energy industry is transforming mounds of manure into a lucrative “carbon negative fuel” capable of powering everything from municipal buses to cargo trucks. To do so, it’s turning to dairy farms, which offer a reliable, long-term supply of the material. Pinnacle...
Media release - The Green Party is calling on the Government to provide direct support to low-income households and to stop subsidising fossil fuels during a climate crisis.
This article will discuss hydrogen uses in detail across some of the most renowned industries in the world. The goal of the article is to help you understand the value of hydrogen today.
Phu Kradueng National Park in Loei is being assessed by the Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) as part of the kingdom's bid to see it listed as an Asean Heritage Park (AHP), officials say.
More than 13,000 people and 17 institutions in the Niger delta communities of Bille and Ogale have filed a claims register with London's High Court in a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell over devastating oil spills.
The Biden administration appears poised to approve a major oil drilling operation on Alaska's North Slope, where an untapped federal petroleum reserve is being explored as a potential future energy source.
Calls for larger windfall tax after surge in gas prices fuels ‘outrageous’ doubling of profits at Anglo-Dutch group Shell’s spending on renewables ‘a fraction of what it claims ’ Nearly 14,000 Nigerians sue over pollution impact Shell has prompted anger after annual profits more than doubled to a record of nearly $40bn, boosted by a surge in wholesale gas prices linked to the war in Ukraine and as households struggle to pay huge energy bills. The oil and gas company posted profits of $9.81bn in the final quarter of last year, compared with $6.4bn a year earlier. That took annual adjusted profits to $39.87bn (£32.2bn) in 2022, far outstripping the $19.3bn notched up in 2021. Continue reading...
Queensland's south-east is set to swelter through a heatwave this morning.
Draft compromise amendments from the European Parliament's environment committee call for companies to be held accountable for failures to conduct climate harm mitigation and adaptation.
Congress’ dwindling appetite for overhauling the National Flood Insurance Program comes at a critical time. Climate change is causing more flood damage, yet fewer people have NFIP coverage.
The U.S. is designing a carbon offsets program that is expected to feature expensive credits to fund renewable energy. Cue the doubters.
Thachang Green Energy (TGE), the SET-listed biomass power plant developer and operator, has been awarded a contract to invest, develop and operate a power plant and manage the municipal solid waste of Tambon Nong Mamong in Nong Mamong district of Chai Nat province.
China is set to take its first shipment of Australian coal in over two years in a further sign of relations between the two nations thawing since the election of the Albanese Labor government.
People from Niger delta areas of Ogale and Bille seeking justice in London’s high court Nearly 14,000 people from two Nigerian communities are seeking justice in the high court in London against the fossil fuel giant Shell, claiming it is responsible for devastating pollution of their water sources and destruction of their way of life. The individuals from the Niger delta area of Ogale, a farming community, lodged their claims last week, joining more than 2,000 people from the Bille area, a largely fishing community. In total 13,652 claims from individuals, and from churches and schools, are asking the oil giant to clean up the pollution which they say has devastated their communities. They are also asking for compensation for the resulting loss of their livelihoods. Their ability to farm...
An exclusive Q&A with Ma Ying-jeou, the controversial former president from the opposition party to the current government.
Sharp temperature drops expected in SA, Victoria, NSW and Tasmania on Friday while north-east faces heatwave conditions Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Break out the winter woolies. Temperatures across Australia’s south-east are set to plummet with some areas expected to experience their coldest February days in two decades on Friday. A strong cold front is pushing up from southern Australia and is forecast to sweep across South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania on Friday. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
The Hinman Glacier, which lies on the Cascade Mountains, has shrunk to 0.01 square-miles, just 4 percent of what it was in 1958, Nichols College glaciologist Mauri Pelto reported.
The race is on to protect thousands of residents from devastating blazes amid warnings from authorities that a rare hat-trick of La Ninas could create a perfect storm of bushfire risk across NSW before the end of the year.
New South Wales state government to support four of the state’s highest emitting manufacturers to transition into low-carbon facilities. The post NSW announces grants to help big manufacturers slash emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Under a new scheme motorists in the ACT will pay registration fees calculated on vehicle emissions rather than weight, while in NSW drivers will get the option of offsetting their CO2.
Japanese power utilities are stepping up efforts to cut thermal coal import costs by switching to lower quality grades and widening import sources, company officials said, as Tokyo looks to fight inflation and boost energy security.
In the final part of our Energy Transformed podcast series we look at Victoria’s ground-breaking path from brown coal to green energy, and the role that the new public utility will play in the transition. The post Energy Transformed Podcast: Amping up – Victoria’s energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Coal, one of the world’s most impactful fossil fuels, was formed millions of years ago, in very specific conditions. Most of the coal on Earth formed approximately 300 million years ago from the remains of trees and other vegetation. Large trees, ferns, and other plants grew in warm, humid places; eventually, they fell down into […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mountain snowpack that supplies a significant amount of California's water got an incredible boost from recent powerful storms and is outpacing the state's wettest season on record, state water officials said Wednesday.But its too soon to know if the winter will be a drought-buster, they said. Water content in the state's mountain snow is 205% of normal to date and 128% of the April 1 average, when the snow is at its historical peak, according to measurements taken by the California Department of Water Resources. Historically one-third of California's water supply has come from melting snow.“Our snowpack is off to an incredible start, and it’s exactly what California needs to really help break from our ongoing drought,” said Sean de Guzman, manager of the department's...
A severe heatwave warning has been issued for south-east Queensland with the mercury set to soar above the mid-30s over the weekend and overnight temperatures remaining in the 20s.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration issued a long-awaited study Wednesday that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska's North Slope, and the move — while not final — drew immediate anger from environmentalists who saw it as a betrayal of the president's pledges to reduce carbon emissions and promote clean energy sources.ConocoPhillips Alaska had proposed five drilling sites, and the alternative proposed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management calls for up to three drill sites initially. Even as the land agency released its report, the U.S. Interior Department said in its own press release that it has “substantial concerns” about the Willow project.The Bureau of Land Management, which falls under Interior, in the report also said that identifying a preferred alternative...
Subsidies for fossil fuel are preventing us from truly transitioning towards renewable energy.
An Arctic front has frozen much of Central Texas, and it’ll probably linger there for another day. Read more...
One of the most effective, and successful, graphics developed by Skeptical Science is the escalator . The escalator shows how global surface temperature anomalies vary with time, and illustrates how "contrarians" tend to cherry-pick short time intervals so as to argue that there has been no recent warming, while "realists" recognise that even though there can be short-term variability, the long-term trend clearly indicates the reality of global warming. A prominent example of the former was the one-time repetitious claim that it hadn't warmed since 1998 , a year when there was a very strong El Nino. This claim persisted for quite some time, before - unsurprisingly - being dropped when it became clear that warming hadn't paused . However, this hasn't stopped others from making ...
The world’s biggest maker of batteries for electric cars is seeking to raise at least US$5 billion via a global depositary receipt (GDR) sale in Switzerland, according to a source.
The NBA announced the game between the Detroit Pistons and the Washington Wizards scheduled for Thursday night has been postponed due to weather issues in Dallas. The following was released by the NBA. pic.twitter.com/c3oYsdmwPA— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) February 1, 2023The Pistons played the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night, losing 111-105 following Luka Doncic's 53-point game, but were unable to fly back to Detroit on Monday night or Tuesday due to a plane issue and an ice storm that hit the Dallas area. Hundreds of flights have been canceled, leaving travelers (and at least one team of professional athletes) stranded, and thousands of local residents are without power. No date has been set for the makeup game yet, but there might be one more game the NBA will have to reschedule due to...
Researchers find long-term exposure to even relatively low levels raises risk of depression and anxiety Long-term exposure to even comparatively low levels of air pollution could cause depression and anxiety, according to a study exploring the links between air quality and mental ill-health. Tracking the incidence of depression and anxiety in almost 500,000 UK adults over 11 years, researchers found that those living in areas with higher pollution were more likely to suffer episodes, even when air quality was within official limits. Continue reading...
The Environmental Protection Agency has blocked a controversial mining project set for development in Alaska over concerns about adverse effects on salmon fisheries in the area, according to a release from the agency.
The UK government has released details of its new funding schemes for farms in England,... The post Q&A: Will the UK’s new farm payments cut emissions and help nature? appeared first on Carbon Brief.
New York City picked up its first measurable snowfall of the season early Wednesday with 0.4 inches recorded in Central Park. The flurries have set a record for the latest first measurable snow on the books. The prior record was Jan. 29, 1973, according to the National Weather Service, which began keeping records in 1869. The snowfall was part of a small, quick-moving storm system already off the coast. As many as 30 million people are under winter alerts from New Mexico to northwest Virginia on Wednesday, including ice storm warnings in Texas and Tennessee. About half of the Dallas metro area is under ice storm warnings. Rain, snow, sleet and freezing temperatures continue across parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee. Metropolitan areas including Dallas, Austin, Oklahoma City, Little...
The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday advanced the controversial Willow oil drilling project on Alaska's North Slope, releasing the final environmental impact statement before the project can be approved.
If you've seen HBO's "The Last of Us," you may be wondering about the threat of fungal infections. There's one pathogen to know about: Valley fever.
The Biden administration has issued a long-awaited study that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's recommendation is not final. It calls for up to three drilling sites initially, fewer than…
CNN — The planet could cross critical global warming thresholds sooner than previous models have predicted, even with concerted global climate action, according to a new study using machine learning. The study estimates that the planet could reach 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels in a decade, and found a “substantial possibility” of … The post A dire forecast: Scientists used AI to find planet could cross critical warming threshold sooner than expected appeared first on Egypt Independent.
The Interior Department said it still has "substantial concerns" about the $8 billion Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. But the agency identified a smaller version of the project as its “preferred alternative” in a final environmental review.
A handful of energy companies have already expressed interest in developing CCS technology along the U.S. coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Non-profit group Global Witness urges US regulator to investigate oil giant and potentially impose fines over apparent ‘mislabeling’ Shell has misleadingly overstated how much it is spending on renewable energy and should be investigated and potentially fined by the US financial regulator, according to a non-profit group which has lodged a complaint against the oil giant. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been urged to act over Shell’s most recent annual report in which it stated 12% of its capital expenditure was funneled into a division called Renewables and Energy Solutions in 2021. The division’s webpage , which is adorned with pictures of wind turbines and solar panels, says it is working to invest in “wind, solar, electric vehicle charging, hydrogen, and more”. ...
Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the conditions for workers as a "horror show."
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE00018D, Communication Xiaolin Ye, Daliang Han, Guangyi Jiang, Changjun Cui, Yong Guo, Yaogang Wang, Zhicheng Zhang, Zhe Weng, Quanhong Yang Aqueous rechargeable batteries based on the deposition/dissolution of MnO2 are drawing significant attention because of their record-high theoretical capacity and redox potential in addition to their low cost and high... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Chispa AZ’s “Clean and Green” campaign addresses extreme heat, air quality, and social inequities — with a focus on the voices of residents. The post Climate justice organization tackles urban heat and more in Arizona’s Maricopa county appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Amid drought, environmental advocates are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop the expansion of the agriculture and fossil fuel industries.
Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad said the launch of the Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF) encourages the private sector to engage in funding climate projects. Fouad’s remarks came during a speech that she delivered on Tuesday on the occasion of initiating the (GEFF EGYPT II), by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Green … The post Environment min: GEFF launch stimulates private funding for climate projects appeared first on Egypt Independent.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The difference between the carbon emissions of the rich and the poor within a country is now greater than the differences in emissions between countries, data shows. The finding is further evidence of the growing divide between the “polluting elite” of […]
The EPA has officially prevented the development of Alaska’s Pebble Mine due to concerns about the impact on the state’s salmon fishery. The move is an environmental victory, but some worry that it sets a precedent for the EPA to veto all similar projects.
[World Bank] Sierra Leone, Chad, Liberia, and Togo Kick Off Activities to Increase Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Capacity
Leaked tax records suggest subsidiaries of international gas field contractors continued to make millions after coup. Plus, the secret life of André Leon Talley Good morning. In the two years since a junta launched a coup in Myanmar, some of the world’s biggest oil and gas service companies continued to make millions of dollars from operations that have helped prop up the military regime, tax documents seen by the Guardian suggest. What else is happening? The UK, US and Canada have imposed fresh sanctions against Myanmar’s military , including measures from some aimed at stopping the supply of aviation fuel to its air force, which is accused of indiscriminately bombing civilian areas. Australia has also announced sanctions. What did US secretary of state Antony Blinken say about the...
Two Just Stop Oil activists who smeared vegan cake on a waxwork of Prince Charles in Madame Tussauds said they had plotted to take the statue hostage from the London attraction.
ExxonMobil raked in $55.7 billion in annual profits, shattering a 2008 record of $45 billion and setting a new goalpost for American and European fossil fuel companies.Read more...
Our response to climate change provides perhaps the greatest opportunity for investment, economic, export and employment growth Australia has ever seen. Can we harness it? The post Our climate challenge is our greatest opportunity: So how do we get it right? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Treacherous winter weather has extended across the Southeast this week, resulting in auto collisions, power outages and other dangerous conditions.
February 01, 2023 7:28 AM The country has set a target to zero out emissions by 2070.
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s continued shift toward natural gas comes after Winter Storm Elliott tested energy systems in the Southeast.
Record high spending ‘is putting our democracy at risk’, Centre for Public Integrity chair says Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Political donations from fossil fuel, gambling and alcohol companies all increased in the lead-up to the federal election, adding to ongoing concerns about the influence of these industries in politics. Donations usually increase in the months before an election but last financial year, more than 75% of money came from just 10 individuals, companies or political movements, according to analysis by the Centre for Public Integrity released on Wednesday of the Australian Electoral Commission’s 2021-22 financial disclosure returns. Continue reading...
[VOA] Cape Town, South Africa -- Climate activists in South Africa are protesting a refueling stop by a Russian ship that they say is ignoring a ban on exploring oil and gas in Antarctica.
Leaked tax records suggest subsidiaries of international gas field contractors continued to make millions after the coup In the two years since a murderous junta launched a coup in Myanmar, some of the world’s biggest oil and gas service companies continued to make millions of dollars from operations that have helped prop up the military regime, tax documents seen by the Guardian suggest. The Myanmar military seized power in February 2021 and according to the United Nations special rapporteur on Myanmar, it is “committing war crimes and crimes against humanity daily”. More than 2,940 people, including children , pro-democracy activists and other civilians have been killed, according to Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. US oil services giant Halliburton’s Singapore-based...
February 01, 2023 5:12 AM He will also seek to restore stalled talks on US-China military matters and climate change.
While data shows the fossil fuel industry yet again pouring money into Australia's major parties, the 2022 federal election changed the political donations game. The post Fossil giants tipped funds into major parties, but then the climate movement fought back appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D2EE02742A, Review Article Hanyin Zhang, Yubo Geng, Jin Huang, Zixiao Wang, Kun Du, Haoyuan Li The development of smartphones and electric cars calls for electrochemical energy storage devices with higher capacities, faster charging rates, and improved safety. A key to developing these devices is the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Coal generation has been falling since mid 2022, and as the renewables transition heats up, a decrease in fossil fuels – especially gas – will be the story of 2023. The post Record solar and wind output is crushing coal in EU – and already beating gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Pebble opponents celebrate an EPA decision to ban the mine. Mat-Su school bus drivers go on strike, but not before dropping kids off at school. Plus, Team Alaska is racking up the medals at the Arctic Winter Games.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Winter weather brought ice to a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday, canceling more than 1,700 flights nationwide and snarling highways. At least two people died on slick roads in Texas and two law officers in the state were seriously injured, including a deputy who was pinned under a truck, authorities said. As the ice storm advanced eastward on Tuesday, watches and warnings stretched from the western heel of Texas all the way to West Virginia. Several rounds of mixed precipitation — including freezing rain and sleet — were in store for many areas through Wednesday, meaning some regions could be hit multiple times, the federal Weather Prediction Center warned.Emergency responders rushed to hundreds of auto collisions across Texas and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott...
India may have seen a number of record-breaking warm years in the recent decades, but there has been no let-up in the extreme cold waves in the country despite global warming, an IITM study has indicated. The analysis, led by IITM scientists Raju Mandal and Susmitha Joseph, took into account the number of cold wave events in the last seven decades, 1951–2022, and found that more cold wave days are occurring in the recent decades than in the previous ones.
ExxonMobil earned nearly $56 billion in profit in 2022, setting an annual record not just for itself but for any U.S. or European oil giant. Buoyed by high oil prices, rival Chevron also clocked $35 billion in profits for the year, despite a disappointing fourth quarter. Energy companies have been reporting blockbuster profits since last […]
Severe weather affects parts of West Virginia to New Mexico with an ice storm concentrated in the Dallas-Fort worth area of Texas More than 1,000 flights in the US have been cancelled amid dangerous winter weather in the southern region. Severe winter weather affecting parts of West Virginia to New Mexico was triggering the mass flight cancellations as 40 million people remained under a winter weather alert, CNN reported. Continue reading...
A mouth watering grand final replay will mark the start of the 2023 Barrier Reef Big Bash, as Designer Homes Dare Devils face Halpin Hurricances after last year’s epic decider.
Move is a victory for the environment, economy and tribes of Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, and is ‘victory for science over politics’ The US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday effectively vetoed a proposed copper and gold mine in a remote region of south-west Alaska that is coveted by mining interests but that also supports the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery . The move by the agency, heralded by Alaska Native tribes and environmentalists who have long pushed for it , deals a potentially devastating blow to the proposed Pebble mine and comes while an earlier rejection of a key federal permit for the project remains unresolved. Continue reading...
Environment secretary sets lower 10-year objective for cleaner air but researchers say their goal is reachable with stronger action The government cannot achieve the air quality improvements advised by medical experts, so has set its targets lower for the next 10 years, the environment secretary has admitted as she unveiled a new environmental plan . Thérèse Coffey said on Tuesday: “We have cleaner air. I want it to be even cleaner. Now, I would have loved to have made our target to achieve 10 micrograms [of fine particulate matter, known as PM2.5, per cubic metre of air] by 2030, not 2040. Many parts of the country already enjoy this, but the evidence shows us that with the best will in the world we cannot achieve that everywhere by the end of the decade, particularly in London.” Continue...
Exxon earned nearly $56 billion in profit last year, the biggest annual profit any Western oil company has ever seen. Chevron set its own record with $35 billion in profit.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Accepted Article.
Bowlus is looking to revolutionize a classic camping design utilizing solar power, helping bring the convenience of home on those long camping trips.
5 Ocean Moments to Watch in 2023 ciara.regan@wri.org Tue, 01/31/2023 - 11:30 A healthy ocean is critical to solving global issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity. However, the health of the ocean has steadily declined in recent decades. To understand the big moments for 2023, it’s important to look at the commitments made in 2022, which the international conservation community called the “Super Year for the Ocean.” Was 2022 a 'Super Year for the Ocean'? Last year, there were multiple high-level opportunities for decision-makers to take significant, meaningful action and raise the collective ambition in pursuit of a healthy and sustainable ocean, but did 2022 live up to its “Super Year” name? It began with the passage of a resolution...
White House Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi met with members of the AFL-CIO Energy Committee on Monday.
January 31, 2023 4:08 PM Documents show oil majors have a long history of giving money to climate sceptic conservative US think tanks.
The wife of the man who led the review into the Palaszczuk government’s integrity crisis is one of 14 climate change protesters facing up to three years’ prison if convicted for disrupting Queensland Parliament.
January 31, 2023 3:25 PM Increased generation from wind and solar, plus an overall drop in EU power use amid mild weather helped limit the rise in coal use and emissions.
Meeting our climate change goals will require massive investments in clean energy projects, in both advanced economies and across the Global South. But financing projects in the latter group of countries requires an increase in foreign capital inflows that will be constrained by currency exchange rate risk. Creating an innovative Exchange Rate Coverage Facility can […]
Steel is the world's most important engineering and construction material. But manufacturing it is extremely polluting.
[Government of Mauritius] The Carbon Neutral Industrial Sector Renewable Energy (CNIS RE) Scheme was launched, yesterday in Ebène, by the Central Electricity Board (CEB) with the aim to provide a viable option for industrial companies to invest in renewable energy power generation, especially solar and wind, for their own consumption.
United is trying to eliminate its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but jet fuel is difficult to replace because of its high energy density.
Advocates, health experts and groups say the EPA air quality standards aren't enough to protect vulnerable communities. Here's what we know.
Stretching from Texas to Tennessee, the storm will continue through at least Thursday morning, affecting travel and possibly knocking out power in some areas. Thousands of flights have been disrupted.
It's Day 3 of the Arctic Winter Games, which features young athletes from the Canadian territories, Nunavik-Quebec and Alberta North, as well as others from Alaska, Greenland and Indigenous Sapmi people of Norway, Sweden and Finland.
The Environmental Protection Agency cleared the way for the protection of Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed under the Clean Water Act to prevent the deposit of pebbles that could disrupt salmon resources.
Oil prices steadied after moving close to a three-week low on Tuesday, with U.S.
Above: Energy and resources minister Megan Woods. Some of the government’s last announcements of the political year in 2022 honed in on wind, oil and gas exploration, and critical minerals.
With just 3,000 of the pig-like animals still roaming the Gran Chaco region, a community conservation effort in Argentina is fighting for its future The Chacoan peccary is so elusive that scientists believed it was extinct until its “discovery” in 1975 . Today, only 3,000 remain in the inhospitable forests and lagoons of the Gran Chaco region, which stretches across northern Argentina, Paraguay and southern Bolivia, and comprises more than 50 different ecosystems. Micaela Camino, who works with the Indigenous Wichí and Criollo communities to protect the animals and their land rights in Argentina, knows how difficult to find they can be. She has only seen one Chacoan peccary, or quimilero , in 13 years since she set up her NGO, Proyecto Quimilero , but has fallen in love with the critically...
Carbon removal technologies promise to help meet the world's emissions targets and keep climate change in check. But there are downsides.
Next month (February 24) will mark one year since Russia began its full-scale war on Ukraine. This large-scale land invasion has had repercussions across the geopolitical, humanitarian, financial, and even food and energy domains. It has also had devastating ecological impacts. Measurable environmental damage—valued by Ukrainian authorities at an estimated US$46 billion and still rising—includes […]
Winter storm advisories are in the forecast for parts of Texas and the South this week as another winter weather system moved through the country.
Report finds ‘relatively small group’ of rich people contribute disproportionately to emissions The difference between the carbon emissions of the rich and the poor within a country is now greater than the differences in emissions between countries, data shows. The finding is further evidence of the growing divide between the “polluting elite” of rich people around the world, and the relatively low responsibility for emissions among the rest of the population. Continue reading...
The oil major's new energy outlook says countries will turn more quickly to domestic renewables as they look to increase their energy security.
Chevron and ExxonMobil posted record profits as the Ukraine war and sanctions on Russia left the global energy supply out of balance.
As America's climate ambitions have grown, so, too, have the projections of the amount of solar needed to slash emissions.
New research from artificial intelligence projects that global warming will hit the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius somewhere between 2033 and 2035.
[This Day] Abuja -- The cost of energy supply has continued to take a depressing toll on Nigerians with the average retail price of Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) paid by consumers in 12 months soaring by 182.64 per cent.
Local fishers and bottlenose dolphins have long worked together to catch mullets, a silvery fish. But climate change and commercial fishing may end the practice.
Macquarie Island resupply mission will now be carried out by a smaller chartered ship, delaying some scientific research Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s $528m icebreaking research vessel has suffered another setback and will not resupply the remote Macquarie Island station in coming months as initially planned, with a chartered vessel taking its place. The Romanian-built ship, RSV Nuyina, significantly enhances Australia’s climate research capabilities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean but has endured numerous problems since its delivery in 2021, which itself was delayed by close to a year due to the pandemic. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning...
The world will likely breach the internationally agreed-upon climate change threshold in about a decade, artificial intelligence predicts in a new study that's more pessimistic than previous modeling.
In his recent state of the state address, Governor Mike Dunleavy laid out ideas for Alaska’s economic future, such as using state forest land for carbon sequestration. He also wants more funding for statehood defense and said he’ll work with legislators to make Alaska the ‘most pro life state in the country.’ What are the Governor's ideas for the permanent fund dividend, funding for education, affordable housing and healthy communities? We ask the Governor on this Talk of Alaska.
Wind and solar supplied more of the EU’s electricity than any other power source for... The post Wind and solar were EU’s top electricity source in 2022 for first time ever appeared first on Carbon Brief.
International team introduced an acid layer over catalysts to directly electrolyse seawater to produce the renewable energy.
Joyce attacks new wind project in NSW, one of the biggest in the state, and suggests a nuclear reactor would be a better idea. The post “A packet of poo tickets:” Barnaby’s beef with wind power goes nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The world will keep heating, breaking through the next warming limit around mid-century.
Flight cancellations mounted Monday amid an arctic cold front, with winter weather watches and advisories in effect for many Americans.The National Weather Service said Monday morning that a "prolonged and potentially significant icing event" would affect a large portion of the United States, from the southern plains to the Tennessee Valley, according to its website.More than 1,000 U.S. flights were canceled in the U.S. just before 5:30 p.m. ET Monday, and more than 4,100 were delayed, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware. Southwest Airlines saw the most cancellations, scrapping around 483 flights, or about 12% of its schedule.While the Department of Transportation requires airlines to issue refunds to travelers whose flights are canceled, airlines also began issuing waivers as...
Ceuta, a tiny Spanish enclave at the tip of North Africa, has emerged as a new hub for Russian crude oil trade. The city administered by Spain is becoming a gateway to keep Russian oil flowing as shippers scramble to reorder trade routes in response to EU sanctions and a price cap that took effect on Dec. 5.Read more...
Swedish wind power company SeaTwirl has won the right to proceed with testing its floating vertical-axis wind turbine in a fjord off the coast of Norway. The post Vertical-axis floating offshore wind developer clears legal hurdle for turbine testing appeared first on RenewEconomy.
An Arctic cold front is bearing down on the Great Plains and points south, all the way into Central Texas this week. Already, cold temperatures and freezing rain have begun across the state, and the dangerous winter weather is likely to persist through Wednesday, according to Monday morning’s short-range forecast from…Read more...
What animal species will survive projected future droughts, rising temperatures and habitat loss?
Researchers found that exceeding the 2C increase has a 50% chance of happening by mid-century The world is on the brink of breaching a critical climate threshold, according to a new study published on Monday, signifying time is running exceedingly short to spare the world the most catastrophic effects of global heating. Using artificial intelligence to predict warming timelines, researchers at Stanford University and Colorado State University found that 1.5C of warming over industrial levels will probably be crossed in the next decade. The study also shows the Earth is on track to exceed 2C warming,which international scientists identified as a tipping point, with a 50% chance the grave benchmark would be met by mid-century. Continue reading...
WHO says in recent weeks at least 170,000 people have died in connection with coronavirus; International Federation of Red Cross says all nations are ill-equipped, despite Covid killing more than any earthquake, drought, hurricane in history.
The 12 demonstrates from the Extinction Rebellion were escorted out of the public gallery by doorkeepers and security staff, all wearing t-shirts which bore the slogan 'Defend Human Rights'.
The survival of the world's biggest rainforest is critical to the survival of life on Earth. The fossil fuel industry is hell-bent on drilling in it
A swath of the nation from Texas to Ohio and Tennessee was bracing Monday for days of dangerous travel conditions. Elsewhere it was bitter cold.
A US startup will soon begin planting genetically engineered trees in Georgia and Pennsylvania that may be able to capture more carbon than regular trees
The lawsuit says native populations of arctic grayling are now mostly limited to a short stretch of the Big Hole River and a few small lakes in Montana.
Two things are clear from the recent UN climate change and biodiversity summits: “nature-based solutions”... The post Guest post: How can nature-based solutions help cities achieve their climate goals? appeared first on Carbon Brief.
They affect billions of people worldwide with severe health consequences, yet are not well-known. What are these neglected diseases and why is climate change making them worse?
About 43% of honey bee colonies were lost in the span of one year, according to a new study that considered multiple factors that put a crucial part of the ecosystem at risk.
The race to develop New Zealand's first true utility-scale solar farm is on, with FRV Australia and Genesis Energy hitting go on a 52MW project on the South Island. The post FRV gets cracking on huge pipeline of big solar in land of long white cloud appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The ex-politician, 65, has signed up to the Board of Trustees of the London-based Global Warming Policy Foundation, a thinktank that challenges 'damaging and harmful' climate change policies.
Above: Andres Valencia-Correa, Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury. As Aotearoa approaches the height of wildfire season, climate change means increasing forest fire risk –...
Biodiversity in the United States is in a state of extreme tumult, and a study from nonprofit organization NatureServ paints a dire picture of environmental collapse.
Bionic structure could radiate heat carried and reduce the temperature of the generator by nearly 50 per cent, say researchers.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D2EE03709B, Paper Chaohe Xu, Guanjije Lu, Menghong Li, Peng Chen, Weikang Zheng, Zuguang Yang, Ronghua Wang Solid-state lithium metal batteries (SSLMBs) are considered as one of the most promising energy storage systems because of their high-energy density and intrinsically good safety. However, the practical application of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The share of Russian crude rose to a record 28% of India’s oil imports in January, remaining the top supplier for the fourth month in a row on heavy bargain hunting by refiners, data from ship tracking showed. Russian crude accounted for 0.2% of India’s oil imports due to uneconomical transport logistics before Moscow sent troops into Ukraine on February 24 last year.
Scientists have used underwater microphones to capture new audio from living species and geological processes in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Fires have burned 270,000 hectares and killed 24 in south-central region as mega drought fuels second worst fire year on record Chilean firefighters are battling to hold back forest fires as authorities warned that persistent hot and dry weather could potentially exacerbate what are already the deadliest blazes in the country’s recent history. The fires, which have consumed 270,000 hectares (667,000 acres) of land, have killed 24 people so far in south-central Chile, and already made 2023 the second worst year in terms of hectares burned after the so-called “fire storm” that hit the country in 2017. Continue reading...
A senior boss at the car company says the UK faces challenges to be competitive with other countries.
It’s not necessarily good or bad for climate change, the researchers said -- but it will improve our climate models.
A shocking report reveals 40% of animals and 34% of plants are on a path to extinction. And 41 percent of the ecosystems are at risk of collapse. This is due to climate change and habitat degradation.
The government should support independent power producers to come online faster The post De Ruyter: coal is not king; phase it out for renewables appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
The small First Nation in Nahanni Butte, N.W.T., is exploring the potential for a district heating system powered by geothermal energy, thanks to studies that show high potential for the power source in the area.
The Soetendalsvlei wetland ecosystem is an important biodiversity area and a haven for birds at southernmost tip of Africa The post Critical wetland added to Agulhas National Park appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that causes climate change. Here's what to know about carbon dioxide, carbon and global warming.
A Surrey fish and chip shop has been forced to pay almost £5000 in fines due to the smell of their oil. Locals have complained that the stench has ruined events like the Queen's Jubilee.
Gov. Gavin Newsom called a special legislative session last year to slap oil companies with a windfall profits tax for raking in money off high gasoline prices, but so far there's been little action in the state Capitol.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D2EE03680K, Comment Jan Goudriaan According to Jacobson et al. the energy transition from fossil fuels (Business as Usual, BAU) to energy using wind, water and sun (WWS) can be completed by the year 2050, even without nuclear energy. 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
Those who are most affected by climate change must have a say in plans to respond to the problem, Bullard says. The post A conversation with Robert Bullard, ‘father of environmental justice’ appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
There's enough energy in spent uranium fuel to power the U.S. for over a century, but recycling waste was a challenge even in America's atomic glory days.
The state has been working on increasing the production of oil crops and supporting the edible oil industry as part of a government plan to support locally-made foodstuffs for citizens, said Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly Monday. During a meeting to discuss expansion in edible oil production in the presence of Minister of Agriculture and Land … The post State seeks to increase production of oil crops: Madbouly appeared first on Egypt Independent.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Chess experts make more mistakes when air pollution is high, a study has found. Experts used computer models to analyze the quality of games played and found that with a modest increase in fine particulate matter, the probability that chess […]
Pollution from wood stoves, popular among middle classes, missed from monitoring which focuses on roads but is just as if not more harmful A sharp rise in wood burning in urban areas could be bringing harmful pollution to greater numbers of people, and shifting the pattern of pollution from poorer to more affluent areas, one of the UK’s leading air pollution experts has warned. Currently, air pollution monitoring focuses on busy roads, which have been the main hotspots for fine particulate matter (known as PM2.5) and other air pollutants, largely from diesel vehicles . Continue reading...
Brisbane, Australia CNN — The world is producing a record amount of single-use plastic waste, mostly made from polymers created from fossil fuels, despite global efforts to reduce plastic pollution and carbon emissions, according to a new report released Monday. The second Plastic Waste Makers Index, compiled by the philanthropic Minderoo Foundation, found the world … The post The world is creating more single-use plastic waste than ever, report finds appeared first on Egypt Independent.
With Russian oil exports likely to drop and Chinese demand expected to recover, prices will rise above $100 per barrel from around $80, according to Goldman Sachs.
A new report from researchers at five universities says Texas' abundant resource of underground heat and its oil and gas history make it ideal for a geothermal growth spurt that could rival the fracking boom.
It was agreed that the three countries should focus on key issues such as single-use plastic pollution, desertification and food security.
Getting Bangkok ready for the consequences of climate change is crucial for saving this megacity from being submerged under rising sea levels, climate experts say.
Ethanol, the intoxicating alcohol found in beer, wine and liquor, has been powering automobiles in the US since the era of the Model T. Beginning in the 1970s, when oil supplies were strained — and as worries rose about the environmental damage caused by fossil fuels — the US government adopted policies to encourage use of corn-based ethanol and other alternatives to petroleum-based gasoline. The governors of some corn-producing Midwest states are now demanding a policy change that would increas
[African Arguments] The end of the oil-fuelled patronage system may pose the greatest threat to the nation since the Civil War. Therein may lie its salvation.
Western Australia is having a spot of bother from its fossil fuel generators, including coal shortages that could take a plant offline in coming months. The post WA fossil fuel woes continue, as coal shortages prompt AEMO warnings appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The world is producing a record amount of single-use plastic waste, mostly made from polymers created from fossil fuels, despite global efforts to reduce plastic pollution and carbon emissions, according to a new report released Monday.
The National Grid revealed that one of the 'winter contingency coal units' has had to be warmed up to provide a back-up supply if wind turbines do not generate enough energy.
A tropical low over Vanuatu is expected to move westward on Monday and form into a category three cyclone as it moves closer to North Queensland on Wednesday.
Monday is the calm before the storm as the low pressure center spins up and takes aim.
The poles are not known for being noisy but a project reveals their weird and wonderful sounds.
Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for Texas counties affected by last week's ice storm.
A strange vortex has been observed on the polar region of the sun after a huge filament of solar plasm partitioned from its surface. Scientists were left puzzled by the unique phenomenon as the region of its formation makes it harder to be studied.
China’s energy storage industry will go from strength to strength in 2023, say analysts, after its leading companies forecast strong earnings amid surging demand from the EV sector and as the country rolls out more renewable power projects.
The move comes amid fierce public debate over the health and environmental impacts of the cooking appliances that burn fossil fuel.
A panel of experts who looked into the feasibility of building wind power facilities in the EEZ has concluded that such construction is possible as ...
New Delhi has faced little public blowback because it’s meeting the West’s twin goals of crimping Moscow’s energy revenue while preventing an oil supply shock.
In a blink of an eye, the cold air that was in place for millions, especially in the Northeast and Midwest, is quickly departing.
The batteries may not be powerful enough for a car, but new research shows they’re great for energy storage — something more Canadian towns and cities need.
World leaders recently announced a $20 billion deal to help get Indonesia off coal power. But there are doubts about the deal, because -for one thing- the country is building brand new coal plants.
Send leaders into space for perspective, tap solar power to offer electricity for all, make "dignity" a priority — those are some of the wishes readers have for 2023.
The campaign by western nations to defund the Kremlin and force President Vladimir Putin to abandon his war in Ukraine has reached a delicate phase. On Feb. 5, the European Union joined the UK and the US in banning seaborne imports of Russian diesel and other oil products. The measure, coupled with a price cap on Russian fuel exports, is designed to blow a sizable hole in Moscow’s energy revenues. The flip side: If European buyers are unable to find alternative supplies, the sanctions will heap
Extreme weather warnings covering several million people were in effect across much of New England, Quebec and eastern Canada.
Fat Prophets Resources Analyst David Lennox explains how coal prices surged in 2022 following the opening of the Carmichael coal mine and the outbreak of the Ukraine-Russia war, which saw a rapid demand for electricity. “What we saw was a power generation sector that was hungry for coal because they had this huge surge in demand for electricity, but there was just no coal available,” he told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “That brought all coal producers into significant cash flow and profit.”
Genes of Turquet’s octopus hold memories of melting of previous Antarctic ice sheet, raising fears of what another thawing could bring Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Deep in the DNA of an Antarctic octopus, scientists may have uncovered a major clue about the future fate of the continent’s ice sheet – raising fears global heating could soon set off runaway melting. Climate scientists have been struggling to work out if the ice sheet collapsed completely during the most recent “interglacial” period about 125,000 years ago, when global temperatures were similar to today. Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...
Temperatures will be 10 to 30 degrees below average over parts of the north-east as millions under wind chill warnings An Arctic blast has swept through numerous parts of the north-east, leaving millions of people under wind chill warnings and cities and states issuing emergency warnings. Record-breaking temperatures will be 10 to 30 degrees below average over parts of the north-east and into the coastal mid-Atlantic, the National Weather Service announced on Saturday, with wind gusts potentially reaching up to 40 to 55mph (64 to 88km/h). Continue reading...
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February 04, 2023 5:59 PM Habitat loss, pesticides and climate change have nearly decimated these colourfully winged insects.
Mount Washington in New Hampshire logged the U.S.'s coldest wind chill ever recorded: minus-108.
Smoggy air during the Industrial Revolution contributed to the creation of impressionism, inspiring painters such as J.M.W. Turner and Claude Monet to develop new painting styles, according to a new study.
Competitors travelled from all over the world to participate in the 2023 Yukon Arctic Ultra, which kicked off today. The goal is to run, ski or bike anywhere from marathon distance to 430 miles (692 kilometres).
Arctic blast breaks US wind-chill record
France, India and the United Arab Emirates on Saturday announced a trilateral cooperation initiative to work together on various issues, including energy and combatting climate change.
February 04, 2023 12:21 PM Wind-chill warnings were posted for most of New York state and all the New England region.
Not since 2018 had the Arctic Winter Games taken place; the pandemic like so many other events pushing back these Games. But this year upwards of 1,800 participants from eight contingents were finally able to gather and share in the magic of the event in Wood Buffalo, Alta., region.
In addition to below-zero wind chills and single-digit temperatures, the Northern United States could be at risk for frost quakes due to extreme weather.
February 04, 2023 10:53 AM Fourty-three provinces, including Bangkok and its suburbs, remained blanketed in smog.
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast / ShutterstockThere was a period of time—an instant really—when it seemed like e-bike advocates had captured lightning in a bottle.The E-BIKE Act, a bill introduced by Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) in 2021, was placed in the Inflation Reduction Act that was passed by the House of Representatives in 2022. It would have rewarded constituents with a 30 percent tax credit (up to $900) upon purchase of new electric bicycles that cost less than $4,000—a potent incentive for Americans to choose an environmentally-friendly and low-cost alternative to driving cars.It was popular. It was good for the earth. It would have helped low-income Americans. So, naturally, the Senate killed it. In the end, the E-BIKE Act was removed...
Parts of the United States are facing a life-threatening Arctic blast this weekend. Authorities are implementing measures to keep people safe during what is expected to be the coldest wind chills in many decades.
People in NSW town are being urged to stay well away from downed power lines and to stay at home unless travel is necessary. Follow latest updates A “mini-cyclone” has left significant damage across the coastal NSW city of Port Macquarie, with trees and powerlines downed and roofs ripped from buildings, AAP’s Phoebe Loomes reports. Multiple emergency crews responded after the sudden sudden storm hit the coastal city just after 3pm on Friday. Some 60 calls for help were made to the State Emergency Service in the 30 minutes to 4pm, with reports of roofs blown from buildings, fallen trees and requests for flood rescues. Continue reading...
A powerful arctic blast swept into the Northeastern U.S. on Friday, pushing temps to a record low - with New Hampshire's Mount Washington recording a wind chill of -104F.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D2EE03357G, Paper Yixue Xu, Li Wang, Zhonglian Shi, Na Su, Chao Li, Yingping Huang, Niu Huang, Yu Deng, Hui Li, Tianyi Ma, Xin Ying Kong, Wenjing Lin, Ying Zhou, Liqun Ye As the most abundant renewable carbon resource, biomass conversion is highly desirable to replace fossil fuels, particularly when using clean and sustainable solar energy. Nevertheless, biomass conversion is highly challenging... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
One environmental group said sinking the ship, which contains toxins including asbestos, would “equate to a state-sponsored environmental crime.”
Climate change means allergy season starts earlier and lasts longer each year. Add that to longer more severe wildfire seasons, and experts say the health impacts are worsening.
French authorities on Friday started demolishing a seaside block of flats that has come to symbolise the country's battle against climate change-linked coastal erosion.
Investors should realize that fossil fuels are on their way out.
Pin trading is the unofficial sport of the Arctic Winter Games. This year, some pins mean more than others.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’s going to pursue legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency’s veto of the Pebble Mine.
Targeted by environmental groups, gas flares in Alaska are regulated more by economics than concerns about greenhouse gases.
Utilities can use a mix of solar, wind, hydropower, nuclear, hydrogen power, and biomass — energy obtained from burning wood and trash — to meet the 2040 goal.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D2EE04019K, Review Article Chong Xu, Jinran Yu, Ziwei Huo, Yifei Wang, Qijun Sun, Zhong Lin Wang The shortage of fossil energy and global climate change drive humankind to find a new type of renewable, accessible, and clean energy. Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is a new energy technology... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) says there is "no immediate crisis" with regards to the expiry of a nuclear agreement with the United States of America (USA).
Scientists at UCL and Cambridge believe ordinary ice could undergo similar shear forces in the ice moons of the outer solar system because of the tidal forces exerted by gas giants such as Jupiter.
Environment Canada says the polar vortex the region has been experiencing is headed back north, and southern Manitoba will be the recipient of some welcome warm air.
Last summer, US president Joe Biden made history by passing the largest package of domestic... The post Media reaction: US Inflation Reduction Act and the global ‘clean-energy arms race’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.
The basic policy on the handling of highly radioactive waste from nuclear power plants is to be revised for the first time since 2015.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- In the outskirts of Kiambu County, we found a Kenyan start up Noma Green Plastics which has embarked on recycling plastic waste into eco-friendly fencing poles and outdoor furniture which are rot and termite proof.
The upcoming study could lead to removing Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bear populations around Yellowstone and Glacier national parks.
Exclusive: at least 12 officials at body hosting Cop28 appear to have come straight from fossil fuel industry At least a dozen employees from the United Arab Emirate’s state-owned oil company have apparently taken up roles with the office of the UAE’s climate change special envoy, who will host this year’s Cop28 UN climate summit. The revelation adds to growing concerns over the potential for blurred lines between the team hosting this year’s crucial summit and the oil-rich country’s influential fossil fuel industry. Continue reading...
The National Weather Service (NWS) said on Friday, February 3, that an arctic cold snap would bring temperatures as low as 7 degrees Fahrenheit to State College, Pennsylvania – the lowest observed since Christmas. The NWS said the cold snap would not last long and that the region would see “above normal warmth” next week. Footage captured by Twitter user @denyswx shows a “brief burst of snow” descending on the Penn State campus. Credit: @denyswx via Storyful
Scientists have uncovered the Roman recipe for self-repairing cement—which could massively reduce the carbon footprint of the material today.
The state's previous standard had set a goal of reducing overall statewide greenhouse gas emissions to at least 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2015, 30 percent by 2025 and 80 percent by 2050.
Thredbo experienced fresh snowfall overnight while Sydney is set to swelter in a 30-plus degree day ahead of a scorching weekend.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Chuan Zhen Ko's passion for clean energy and climate change was first ignited by his university lecturers and watching the 2006 Oscar-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth", starring former US Vice-President Al Gore.
A carbon trader has opened a parliamentary petition calling on the government to accept all the Climate Change Commission’s recommendations relating to the Emissions Trading Scheme.
A team of scientists are currently conducting a major experiment over the Southern Ocean that will help to improve climate modelling. The Southern Ocean Clouds project team are performing several … The post Flying campaign to improve climate modelling begins appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
The world is in the throng of a monumental, damaging, and unprecedented global education crisis. Wars, protracted conflict, extreme climate changes, hunger, COVID-19, and economic uncertainties are pushing children out of the education system. In 2016, an estimated 75 million children in crisis needed educational support. Today, the number has tripled to 222 million. From […]
A dangerous Arctic blast is forecast to hit the Northeast late Thursday through Saturday night with temperatures shattering winter records.
NSW environment officials alert Fire and Rescue over concerns plastic is being stored dangerously following suspension of the REDcycle scheme Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths have been ordered to dump more than 5,200 tonnes of soft plastic – currently being stored at warehouses across New South Wales – into landfill. The NSW Environment Protection Authority is concerned that huge amounts of soft plastic are being dangerously stored at 15 locations due to the suspension of botched recycling initiative REDcycle. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
The court found the Bureau of Land Management had not done enough to assess climate and air quality risks of drilling on the sensitive tribal lands.
The venture capital firm, which focuses on digital technology to fight climate change by both curbing emissions and adapting to rapidly shifting conditions, so far has invested $17.4 million across nine companies.
President Joe Biden named an expert on paleoclimatology to a White House intelligence panel.
Our annual post related to the comparisons between long standing records and climate models. The post 2022 updates to model-observation comparisons first appeared on RealClimate.
Utah leaders are under pressure to end water diversions and enforce tougher restrictions in order save the drying Great Salt Lake. A recent report predicted it will completely dry in five years.
British Army officer Preet Chandi completed a 70-day, 900-mile expedition through Antarctica last month.
As much of the South started to slowly defrost, the Northeast braced for an arctic blast expected to plunge temperatures below zero in some spots.
Since late summer last year, 50 sound clips from the Arctic and Antarctic seas have been made available for sound artists and musicians from all over the world to creatively reinterpret. On Monday, the resulting compositions will be published at https://citiesandmemory.com/polar-sounds. As part of the Polar Sounds project, the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) are collaborating with one of the world’s largest sound projects, Cities and Memory.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D2EE03886B, Paper Rongxin Xia, Jun Cheng, Zhuo Chen, Xinyi Zhou, Ze Zhang, Junhu Zhou, Meng Zhang Bio-electrochemical CO2 fixation represents a promising strategy for CO2-to-chemical conversion, yet suffers from a low CO2-reducing rate. Limited microorganism attachment and unfavorable charge extraction at the bioinorganic interface are the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Bangladesh has been hit hard by the global surge in energy and food prices; the IMF has agreed a US$4.7 billion support package.
Between 2016 and 2021, a group of just 12 Australian fossil fuel companies emitted more carbon pollution than 50% of the Pacific Islands’ total emissions over the same period. The post Carbon emissions from Australia’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ more than half Pacific Islands’ emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Nearly 14,000 people from two Nigerian communities are seeking justice in the high court in London against the fossil fuel giant Shell, claiming it is responsible for devastating pollution of their water sources and destruction of their way of life. The individuals from the Niger delta area of Ogale, a farming community, joined more than 2,000 people from the Bille area, a large fishing community. Shell have been operating on the Niger delta for over 80 years and recently announced that they will be ceasing all operations. The oil company made record-breaking profits in 2022, generating over $32bn in the first three quarters. The oil giant are arguing that they are not responsible for a clean-up of Nigerian communities for spills that they say were caused by criminal gangs over five years...
Central Texas has been frozen since earlier this week after an Arctic front rolled into the Southern U.S. Parts of central, west, and north Texas and nearby states Arkansas and Tennessee were under ice storm warnings, per the National Weather Service Prediction Center. The freezing temperatures and sleet should end by…Read more...
Activists from the campaign group Greenpeace have boarded a ship in the Atlantic Ocean and scaled a Shell oil platform that is currently being transported to the North Sea.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an investment into the Compost and Food Waste Reduction program that furthers the American Rescue Plan's climate change directive.
The world's oldest preserved brain has been found inside a 320-million-year-old fossil, which was discovered in 1925 inside a coal mine near Trawden, Lancashire.
The Biden administration released a long-awaited study Wednesday that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska's North Slope that supporters say could boost U.S. energy security but that climate activists decry as a "carbon bomb."
Their fossil fuel donors are sure getting their money’s worth.
On a recent expedition to Antarctica, researchers discovered five perfectly-preserved meteorites that have likely been hiding beneath the ice for thousands of years.
Another wave of frigid weather in the U.S. is on the horizon, with an Arctic cold front expected to move from Canada into the northern Plains and Upper Midwest and sweep into the Northeast by Friday.
Tesla has opened up a handful of their charging stations in Australia to electric vehicles made by other car manufacturers - but there's a huge catch.
Shows that will feature GM's electric vehicles include "Love is Blind," "Queer Eye" and "Unstable."
Varun Sivaram will oversee the development of new technologies and digital innovations at Ørsted.
While this week's storm was forecast to subside Thursday, an Arctic cold front is expected to bringing snow and bitter cold to northeastern portions of the country.
The initiative, called Energize Connecticut, provides free or low-cost home energy assessments and recommendations for improving energy efficiency. The post Connecticut program helps 15,000 households a year cut their utility bills appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
February 02, 2023 11:29 AM The voyage was made possible by an unusual lack of ice in the area.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling on world leaders to support the UN’s global fund for education in emergencies, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), at the upcoming ECW High-Level Financing Conference in Geneva Switzerland, 16 and 17 February 2023. Around the world, 222 million children and adolescents impacted by conflict, climate change, displacement and other […]
Co-author of paper says results have implications for anyone who has to think hard at work in polluted areas Chess experts make more mistakes when air pollution is high, a study has found. Experts used computer models to analyse the quality of games played and found that with a modest increase in fine particulate matter, the probability that chess players would make an error increased by 2.1 percentage points, and the magnitude of those errors increased by 10.8%. Continue reading...
The Cabinet approved during a meeting on Wednesday, 1-2-2023, under Premier Mostafa Madbouli 13 draft agreements between the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company and a number of international companies. This comes in preparation of finalizing legislative procedures for issuing proposed laws relevant to these agreements. Under the deals, … The post Cabinet approves 13 draft agreements for oil, natural gas appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Energy giant Shell's profits increased by 53 per cent to £32 billion in 2022 due to soaring oil prices.
Energy companies have been reporting blockbuster profits since last year, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent oil prices sharply higher.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Belgian Government has expressed its interest in cooperating with Angola in the renewable energy sector, said the European country's minister of Foreign Affairs, Hadja Lahbib.
Wildfire smoke aerosols affect local weather and can accelerate wildfire expansion.
Europe’s biggest energy company still trades at a discount to its US peers.
The White House insisted the administration is still deciding whether to approve the massive Willow oil and gas project in Alaska, even as the Interior Department pushed it forward.
State officials say the next few months will determine how the snowpack affects California's water supply.
The transformative social change needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius isn't happening fast enough, experts say.
Record-breaking French freediver Arthur Guérin-Boëri holds five world championship titles. Here, he dives into Kvaenangen Fjord, Norway, to swim with killer whales Continue reading...
[VOA] Washington -- In partnership with the African Union, the United Nations and others, the U.S. State Department has kicked off an initiative to help African farmers and governments prepare for and adapt to food security challenges caused by climate change.
Queensland will install 35 neighbourhood batteries to soak up the excess solar in one of the state’s top 10 rooftop PV postcodes. The post Energex and Origin to roll out 35 neighbourhood batteries in solar soaked regional city appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Government plan to educate owners and encourage fines not enough to effectively tackle air pollution • Study links air pollution to mental ill-health Politicians and campaigners have called for an urgent review of wood-burning stoves, which cause large amounts of pollution in urban areas. The calls follow the admission by the environment secretary that the government had set weaker air pollution targets than it would like. The admission came as she announced a new environmental plan for England that held back from banning wood-burning stoves and settled instead for “educating” people on their use. Continue reading...
Brazil's environmental enforcement agents set out in January on their first mission this year to combat illegal deforestation, with renewed energy after the election of a president who has promised to stop surging Amazon rainforest destruction.
They have a lineage stretching back to Scotland’s ice age.
[RFI] In the Lake Albert region, in northwestern Uganda, TotalEnergies plans to extract large quantities of oil buried deep in the ground. Work has already started. Backhoe loaders are digging the soil across the savannah. At the top of the embankments of red earth designed to diminish the noise of machines, curious antelopes look on.
Australia’s last remaining fertiliser plant is due to close within the year and Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says it is why “grocery bills are going up”. “People don’t understand that you do eat fossil fuels, don’t believe what those ignorant activists put on placards,” Mr Canavan told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “Basically, half of our food needs will be reliant on urea made in the Middle East or China, or Russia or some other country.”
Norway-based independent energy expert taps Aussie-made solar data and forecasting upstart, Solcast. The post Australian solar forecasting innovator snapped up by EU energy giant appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Two 10MW/1,000MWh multi-day iron-air battery storage systems will be deployed at two retiring coal plant sites in the US. The post Retired coal sites to be transformed into multi-day iron-air batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Battery electric vehicles have climbed to a record share of new car sales in the EU, albeit still a modest 12.1%. In the last quarter, alternatively-powered vehicles outsold petrol and diesel for the first time.
Interior department report recommends scaled-back version of ConocoPhillips’ Willow project despite Biden campaign pledge The Biden administration has advanced a $8bn drilling project on Alaska’s north slope. The ConocoPhillips Willow project, which would be one of the largest oil and gas developments on federal territory, has drawn fierce opposition from environmentalists, who say its approval runs counter to the president’s ambitious climate goals. An environmental assessment released by the interior department on Wednesday recommends a scaled-back version of the project ConocoPhillips originally proposed, and would produce about 600m barrels of oil over 30 years, with a peak of 180,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Continue reading...
The pop-psychologist has turned his hand to exposing new audiences to old arguments from climate change deniers Canadian psychologist and darling of conservatives and the alt-right, Jordan Peterson, has been on an all-out attack on the science of climate change and the risks of global heating. Peterson has 6.3 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, and his videos also run as audio podcasts on platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Continue reading...
The White House responds with renewed calls to boost production.
Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points, sending the dollar lower.
Drought-weary California enters February with significant snowpack. But it could still disappear quickly if dry conditions return.
AUSTIN, Texas – Almost 300,000 homes and businesses across the state were without power Wednesday and more than 2,200 flights were canceled amid an unrelenting blast of treacherous, icy conditions and brutal cold that has left at least six dead. The winter weather system, now in its third day, has swept from Minnesota deep into the heart of Texas. Wrecks on slippery roads have been reported in Texas, Arkansas and other states across the region all week."We really cannot emphasize this enough: DO NOT BE ON THE ROADS," the National Weather Service office in Fort Worth tweeted Wednesday. "They are going to virtually be impassable through today and tonight."Power outages could last 12-24 hours in the state capital as ice brings down power lines and tree limbs, Austin Energy warned. The city’s community-owned...
Check our map of power outages in Texas where hundreds of thousands of residents were without electricity Wednesday after a winter storm hit the state
The administration issued an analysis that indicates a scaled-back version of the Willow project can go forward. Opponents call the drilling plan a “carbon bomb.”
New research that used machine learning tools to identify climate trends says that a critical global warming threshold could be closer than we think. The study, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, used artificial neural networks trained on climate model output to predict the time…Read more...
As athletes and participants at the Arctic Winter Games in Wood Buffalo, Alta., square off against each other in competitions, they're also finding friends and learning about the cultures of other teams.
The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act’s climate change provisions are a game changer for a cleaner environment but are also antagonizing America's allies.
Watches and warnings stretch from Texas to Tennessee and Mississippi, causing traffic delays and flight cancellations Dangerous road conditions from bands of sleet and snow were blamed for six deaths as a winter storm snarled traffic across parts of the US, forcing the cancelation of flights and leaving hundreds of thousands without power in several southern states. Watches and warnings stretched from Texas to Tennessee and Mississippi. Several rounds of mixed precipitation, including freezing rain and sleet, were in store for many areas throughout Wednesday, meaning some regions could be hit multiple times, forecasters said. Continue reading...
Hundreds of thousands of people were without power in Texas as a winter storm brings icy conditions to the state.
Fed up with the perennial darkness in his village, Israel Habimana sold his land and used the money to build a mini-hydroelectric power station The post Rwandan man powers entire community with hydroelectric energy appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
President Joe Biden's administration said on Wednesday it would support a scaled-back version of ConocoPhillips' planned $6 billion Willow oil and gas drilling project in Alaska but has not yet made a final decision on the contentious proposal.
Moving billions of gallons of water from sea level up 4,200 feet to the Rockies is no simple feat.
Putting a price on carbon emissions along with the cap-and-trade system should encourage businesses, and countries, to stop polluting The post What’s green about carbon credit trading? appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
Olympic snowboarder Liam Gill says hearing that he helped inspire a 12-year-old snowboarder from Fort Smith, N.W.T., brightened his day. Storm Cabell-White has picked up two gold ulus at the Arctic Winter Games so far.
A spokesperson for the Suez Canal says a tanker transporting liquefied natural gas has broken down in the Suez Canal but that traffic in the global waterway was unaffected
With much of North Texas under an Ice Storm Warning FOX 4 meteorologist Kylie Capps tells you what to expect for the rest of the day Wednesday and when she expects the winter weather to move out.
Shareholder proposals for U.S. companies, focused entirely on adopting emission reduction targets, got more support from Canadian investors.
Some researchers link disruptions to the polar vortex to climate change, while others attribute them to natural variability. The post Is climate change affecting the polar vortex? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Highlights from Day 4 of the Arctic Winter Games in Wood Buffalo, Alta., include athletes taking part in snowshoe events.
February 01, 2023 10:55 AM Cities with highest temperature-related mortality rates were in southern and eastern Europe.
[FrontPageAfrica] Freetown -- Liberia has signed a financing agreement with the International Development Association for the production of an additional 60MW of renewable energy geared toward further solving the country's energy crisis.
[Daily News] Dodoma -- THE Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries has proposed for a review of all laws and policies for water, livestock, fisheries environment and energy legislations, saying that the move will help the country to avert the impacts of climate change.
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, has told the government it needs to speed up plans for a whole-of-system energy strategy.
CBC Sports' Devin Heroux joined Heather Hiscox on CBC News Morning Live to share some of the heartwarming stories from the 2023 Arctic Winter Games in Wood Buffalo, Alta.
NO longer will lovers of “vanlife” have to fret about their carbon footprint when they hit the road to explore the wonders of Scotland’s wild places.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D2EE03271F, Opinion Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Boreum Lee, Li Wang, Zhangxin Wang, Nathanial J. Cooper, Menachem Elimelech Climate change is directly impacting energy consumption, water availability, and agricultural production. Among the global efforts to address the root causes of carbon emissions, numerous emerging technologies have been proposed... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A new study from Stanford University used AI to predict that Earth will cross the global warming threshold in 10-15 years.
The CEOs of Exxon Mobil and Chevron hinted at their low-carbon business plans in recent earnings calls in which they announced billions of dollars in oil and gas profits.
These officials will play critical roles in determining the direction of clean energy deployment, oil and gas leasing and interstate transmission in 2023.
Four Indonesian islanders are seeking compensation and more rapid action on CO2 in their lawsuit against Holcim, the world's second-largest cement maker.
[Premium Times] Okomu Oil plantation agriculture coordinator, Billy Ghansah, speaks on how changes in rainfall patterns and other issues have impacted oil palm production in Nigeria.
European research finds that increasing urban tree coverage to 30% can lower temperatures by 0.4C Planting more trees could mean fewer people die from increasingly high summer temperatures in cities, a study suggests. Increasing the level of tree cover from the European average of 14.9% to 30% can lower the temperature in cities by 0.4C, which could reduce heat-related deaths by 39.5%, according to first-of-its-kind modelling of 93 European cities by an international team of researchers. The lead author, Tamara Iungman, from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, said: “This is becoming increasingly urgent as Europe experiences more extreme temperature fluctuations caused by climate change. “We already know that high temperatures in urban environments are associated with negative health...
As rain and flooding eases, attention turns to assessing the scale of the damage after four people were killed by unprecedented extreme weather Insurers say devastating flooding in Auckland was the “biggest climate event” in New Zealand’s history, as rain eased after days of downpours and a clean-up of the city began. Friday was the wettest day on record for New Zealand’s largest city, with severe rain leading flood waters to sweep through streets and down highways, killing four people. Schools and businesses closed as buildings and roads were ravaged by the deluge. Auckland International Airport was shuttered temporarily, stranding thousands of travellers overseas. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D2EE04109J, Paper Xingqin Wang, Dongsheng Ren, Hongmei Liang, Youzhi Song, Hua Huo, Aiping Wang, Yunzhi Gao, Jianhong Liu, Yun Gao, Li Wang, Xiangming He Hydrogen in Ni-rich cathode-based batteries is always accompanied by capacity decay and safety risks. However, insight of H2 evolution has puzzled the battery community for decades. Generally, solvent reduction on... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
As the ice storm advanced eastward on Tuesday, watches and warnings stretched from the western heel of Texas all the way to West Virginia.
Energy retailer specialising in business market signs long term deal to take one quarter of the output of Darlington Point solar farm. The post Energy retailer signs deal to take quarter of output from biggest solar farm in NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Accepted Article.
The second drilling campaign of Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice has been successfully completed. The international research project is funded by the European Commission with 11 million euros and coordinated by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the CNR. It aims to obtain data on the evolution of temperatures, the composition of the atmosphere and the carbon cycle, by going back in time 1.5 million years through analyzing an ice core extracted from the depths of the Antarctic ice sheet. The complex deep ice drilling system was installed quickly, kicking off drilling operations and reaching a depth of 808.47 meters by the end of this 22/23 campaign. At Concordia Station, a support team processed and cut the first 217 meters of the extracted ice core.
Oil prices rose on Wednesday as signs of slowing inflation in the United States eased fears that the world's largest oil user may face a recession because of further interest rate hikes and a weaker dollar supported some buying interest.
What’s After Coal? Accelerating China’s Overseas Investment in Renewables ciara.regan@wri.org Tue, 01/31/2023 - 16:13 China is one of the world’s major sources of infrastructure finance in developing countries. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the country’s massive scheme for financing infrastructure, is active in well over 100 countries . China has emerged as one of the most significant financiers of, and investors in, global power infrastructure, with $52 billion invested in coal power generation in the past two decades in BRI countries. On September 21st, 2021, in a major departure from its practice of backing significant coal investments overseas, China pledged it would stop building new coal power plants and support low-carbon and clean energy. A year later, ...
Trees could cut urban heatwave mortality by a third: study
A group of climate change activists charged with the rare crime of disrupting parliament have decried the heavy handedness of governments against protesters following their first court appearance.
EPA range testing has concluded for the upcoming Hyundai Ioniq 6, with the results showing it may become one of the best electric vehicles to buy.
More than 1,000 flights within, to and from the United States were canceled Tuesday as a fatal ice storm swept over parts of the South. The storm was concentrated in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, leaving the region hit the hardest with travel issues, with 742 flights canceled at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, according to the online flight tracker FlightAware. The area is home to both American Airlines and Southwest Airlines and as of early Tuesday, at least 512 Southwest flights were listed as canceled, along with 427 American Airlines flights. At least 263 Southwest flights were delayed, while 329 American Airlines flights were also listed as delayed, according to FlightAware.The Federal Aviation Administration warned that freezing rain and ice may slow flights at Dallas-Fort...
Biden says global warming is greater threat four months after warning of nuclear "Armageddon."
The Casino Royale star is embroiled in a bitter legal battle with the makers of climate change thriller A Patriot, with each side blaming the other for the production's demise in October 2019.
While rare earth minerals are now being touted as a key part of efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, there are environmental concerns in extracting these minerals from the ground, says an expert in environmental considerations around mining.
Rare clouds that give off bright, multi-colored light like an aurora were recently spotted at multiple locations in the Arctic. But what causes them?
Stringent vehicle emissions standards are needed to complement the Inflation Reduction Act's EV subsidies, according to the report.
At least 25 people have been killed and as many remain missing after a severe cyclone smashed the island nation of Madagascar. Cyclone Cheneso tracked across the Indian Ocean before sitting over the country's west coast for two days. Thousands of homes have been flooded with many beyond repair as locals are calling it the worst disaster Madagascar has suffered in decades.
A winter storm stretching from central Texas to the East Coast brought freezing temperatures, snow, sleet and airline travel delays.
A winter storm has brought ice, sleet and snow to southern and central regions of the US - causing the cancelation of more than 1,000 flights.
Company took home about $6.3m an hour last year as oil majors expected to break their own annual records Exxon Mobil posted a $56bn profit for 2022, the company said on Tuesday, taking home about $6.3m an hour last year, and setting not only a company record but a historic high for the western oil industry. Oil majors are expected to break their own annual records on high prices and soaring demand, pushing their combined take to near $200bn . The scale has renewed criticism of the oil industry and sparked calls for more countries to levy windfall profit taxes on the companies. Continue reading...
The move stems from regulations that barred states from using waivers to shield refineries and other industries from penalties for excess emissions stemming from equipment breakdowns and plant startups and shutdowns.
The UK’s new polar ship RRS Sir David Attenborough begins its polar science trials in Antarctica this week. A team of 30 national and international scientists, engineers and technical staff … The post RRS Sir David Attenborough begins polar science trials appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Now that it's secured Green Freeport status, the Port of Cromarty Firth is looking to capitalise on its proximity to the ScotWind offshore windfarm sites and play a central role in the country's transition to clean, renewable energy
[Namibian] ETOSHA National Park has become a poaching hotspot, as rhino poaching remains a serious concern in the country, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has said in an update on poaching.
The nation’s prime minister attributes the torrential rain and flooding to climate change.
[ISS] Will allowing red coral harvesting protect this precious species or add to its risk of extinction?
Green energy investment tops $1 trillion, matches fossil fuels
The storm began Monday as part of an expected “several rounds” of wintry precipitation across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee.
White conservative evangelicals, who make up most of the religious right movement, largely oppose government regulation to protect the environmental initiatives, including efforts to curb human-caused climate change.
January 31, 2023 9:14 AM France’s economy minister urged delegates to get behind Sultan Al Jaber and focus on “concrete decisions” at COP28.
Tariffs, human rights and climate change among contentious items America’s top diplomat expected to discuss in Beijing.
As America’s climate ambitions have grown, so, too, have the projections of the amount of solar needed to slash emissions.
Republicans have railed against the Biden administration's sale of nearly 1 million barrels of oil to China, calling it a risk to national security. But that criticism doesn't extend to exports of liquefied natural gas.
Europe's biggest, wealthiest cities are located in places increasingly threatened by devastating climate change.
The former president signaled that electric cars will be a target in 2024.
Army officer Preet Chandi, known as Polar Preet, says "it was the toughest thing I've ever done".
A mine in Hunter Valley would release 1.1 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over the next 27 years, 2.5 times the nation’s total emissions, if given the green light.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D3EE90007J, Editorial Jenny Nelson Professor Jenny Nelson, incoming Chair of the Energy & Environmental Science Editorial Board, shares her ambition for the journal. 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
The scientist had advocated for official recognition of the Anthropocene epoch and warned of a "Hothouse Earth" of devastating, unstoppable climate change.
The solar arm of the global oil giant is advancing plans to build a 550MW solar farm with a 260MW/520MWh big battery – and sheep – in NSW. The post Oil giant venture forges ahead with another big solar and battery project in NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Projects aimed at lowering carbon emissions are boosting growth in poorer parts of the country.
Solar farm revenues have fallen by half from the giddy heights of last year's market prices, but are still ahead of year earlier returns. The post Solar farm revenue slumps as market cools in aftermath of coal and gas crisis appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The package announced during a visit by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz included green energy and reforestation initiatives. The chancellor also welcomed Brazil's "return to the world stage."
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced plans to invest $131 million to reduce carbon dioxide pollution and help achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Bloomberg New energy Finance says investment in low carbon energy has hit a new high – and for the first time reached parity with capital invested in fossil fuels. The post Clean energy investment tops $US1 trillion, sits neck and neck with fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The year was the second-costliest on record for drought. It also had three mega-disasters costing at least $20 billion, plus a heat wave that killed over 40,000 people in Europe. The post Dozens of billion-dollar weather disasters hit Earth in 2022 appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Sydney-based renewables outfit completes acquisition of its newest small solar farm, the 5MW Faraday Renewable Energy Project in central Victoria. The post Solar buying spree continues as MPower buys shovel-ready 5MW project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to offer 10 oil and gas working areas this year, including a block in the South China Sea, amid efforts to boost energy production and make new discoveries, a senior energy ministry official said on Monday.
Nearly all of the coal plants operating in the U.S. are now more expensive to keep online than it would be to build entirely new renewable energy facilities in their stead, according to a new analysis by Energy Innovation, an energy and policy firm. The analysis found that 99% of U.S. coal plants supply energy that…Read more...
The paper used artificial neural networks to model how much the climate has warmed in the past and how much it's likely to warm in the future.
The Arctic Winter Games is shaping up to be a family affair for those competing, volunteering and watching. "Being here is my goal, making my family proud," says Krista Kitekudlak.
A long-duration ice storm will impact a large swath of the South through Wednesday, with the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area at the center of the threat. The slow-moving storm system is expected to bring freezing rain and accumulating ice to parts of the country extending from Texas to West Virginia. About 50 million people were under winter alerts Monday, including Dallas and Austin, Texas; Oklahoma City; Little Rock, Arkansas; Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee; and St. Louis.A light, freezing rain is expected to break out across portions of the central and the southern Plains on Monday, and a wintry mix is expected in parts of the Mississippi, Tennessee and Ohio river valleys. It will be enough to glaze roadways, leading to treacherous travel. A heavier round of freezing rain is expected...
Scientists from Tampere University in Finland have developed a 0.2-inch (4 mm) robot inspired by a dandelion seed that uses light energy to flap its wings.
King Charles took two helicopter trips in 24 hours to open the new Africa Centre in London where he discussed the effects of climate change.
Growing demand for air travel is counteracting the aviation industry push to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Carbon offsets will be necessary – or fewer passengers
ANTANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Flooding and landslides caused by the passage of tropical storm Cheneso across Madagascar caused 30 deaths, left 20 people missing and affected tens of thousands across the Indian Ocean island nation, according to a provisional assessment Monday. The storm made landfall in the northeast of the island last Thursday and impacted close to 89,000 people, Madagascar’s National Office for Risk and Disaster Management said.Madagascar's meteorological agency said the storm, which has now passed across the country into the Mozambique Channel, saw winds gusting up to 170 kilometres per hour (105.63 miles per hour) and unleashed torrential rains.Colonel Faly Aritiana, of the risk and disaster office, said there had been house collapses and landslides in which people have...
Fifty million Americans were under winter weather watches and advisories Monday amid warnings of a "prolonged and potentially significant icing event" affecting at least 15 states.A swath of the nation from Texas to Ohio and Tennessee was bracing Monday for days of treacherous travel conditions as an arctic cold front swept down into the southern Plains and Mid-South."The interaction of an arctic air mass and moisture will set the stage for an expansive area of dangerous travel conditions early in the week," National Weather Service meteorologist Craig Snell said. "Sleet and freezing rain accumulations are likely to create widespread hazardous travel conditions for several days in a row."Icy developments:►Total freezing rain amounts could become significant across parts of central Texas, southwest...
The polyethylene microplastic pollution commonly found in wastewater can be extracted to create electrodes for lithium-ion batteries
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