Scientists and climate advisers condemn Tory environmental record.
The Conservative party’s record on tackling the climate crisis has been condemned by leading scientists and former government advisers, as the Labour leader, Jeremy Corby
ΠερισσότεραBig Oil Shareholders Look To Cash In On Renewable Boom.
Big Oil’s shift to renewables will result in a veritable windfall for their shareholders, Norway’s energy consultancy Rystad has said, as quoted by Bloomberg.
ΠερισσότεραModified quantum dots capture more energy from light and lose less to heat.
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have synthesized magnetically-doped quantum dots that capture the kinetic energy of electrons created by ultraviolet light before it's wasted as heat.
ΠερισσότεραIncreasing Europe’s R&I budget is critical to grow the economy and fight climate change
Without an increased investment in research and innovation, the European Union will be unable to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and will lose out to economic rivals on the competitive advantage this could present, writes Connie Hedegaard.
ΠερισσότεραWill Germany block EIB plans to ditch natural gas?
The European Investment Bank wants to purge its loan books of fossil fuels, including natural gas, by 2020.
ΠερισσότεραGerman government wants to weaken country’s proposed climate protection goals.
Although many have called for improvements to the German climate package, the government wants to impose a weaker formulation of the core climate protection goals.
ΠερισσότεραDenmark calls for EU plan to phase out diesel and petrol cars.
Denmark, backed by 10 other European Union countries, on Friday (4 October 2019) called for a strategy to phase out diesel and petrol cars, including allowing the ban of sales at national-level by 2030 to combat climate change.
ΠερισσότεραAir travel growth suggests ‘sustainable’ and ‘development’ are not compatible.
Air travel is not the only threat to life on earth, but it is a useful barometer of runaway economic growth and development that, if allowed to continue unmitigated, will irreparably harm the planet, writes Jonathan Gornall.
ΠερισσότεραNo future for gas without greening as soon as possible.
In the search for alternatives to fossil fuels, gas as an energy vector has the capacity to play a decisive role. To do this, it is absolutely necessary to green our gas as much as possible, writes Jean-François Carenco.
ΠερισσότεραFormula 1 announces plan to be carbon neutral by 2030.
Formula 1 has announced their ambitious sustainability programme to become net zero by 2030. The new initiative will start immediately with a number of carbon reducing projects to help towards Formula 1 on the road to becoming a sustainable sport.
ΠερισσότεραΑλλάζουν το οργανόγραμμα της ΔΕΗ απολιγνιτοποίηση και ΑΠΕ – Ποιες γενικές διευθύνσεις καταργούνται – Και δεύτερος αναπληρωτής CEO.
Λίγες εβδομάδες πριν την εκπόνηση του business plan της ΔΕΗ που αναμένεται να σηματοδοτήσει την αρχή του τέλους των λιγνιτικών μονάδων και την στροφή της εταιρίας στις ΑΠΕ, αλλά και λίγες μέρες πριν την ψήφιση του νομοσχεδίου που εκσυγχρονίζει την εταιρική διακυβέρνησή της, η διοίκηση τ
ΠερισσότεραΞαναγίνονται οι υπολογισμοί για την τιμολόγηση των υβριδικών στα νησιά – Συνολική πρόταση για αποθήκευση ετοιμάζει η ΡΑΕ.
Στη διαδικασία κατάρτισης μιας νέας πρότασης για τον τρόπο και το ύψος αποζημίωσης των υβριδικών σταθμών στα μη διασυνδεδεμένα νησιά, πρόταση η οποία εν τέλει θα λαμβάνει υπόψη τη γνωμοδότηση της ΡΑΕ, θα διαφοροποιείται ωστόσο ουσιωδώς, βρίσκεται το ΥΠΕΝ.
Περισσότερα3 εταιρείες και 2 πανεπιστήμια από την Κίνα συνεργάζονται με ελληνικούς φορείς αναζητώντας ενεργειακές καινοτομίες για τη Δυτ. Μακεδονία.
Άμεσο ενεργειακό ενδιαφέρον για την Δυτική Μακεδονία έχουν 2 από τα συνολικά 11 έργα που επελέγησαν προς χρηματοδότηση από το ελληνικό Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης και την κινεζική Γραμματεία Έρευνας και Τεχνολογίας, στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος “Διμερής και Πολυμερής Ε&Τ Συνεργασία Ελλάδας
ΠερισσότεραScientists endorse mass civil disobedience to force climate action.
LONDON - Almost 400 scientists have endorsed a civil disobedience campaign aimed at forcing governments to take rapid action to tackle climate change, warning that failure could inflict “incalculable human suffering.”
ΠερισσότεραClimate defenders: The woman helping coal miners to save the planet.
The burning of coal is a huge driver of climate change but it’s also estimated that coal mining employs around six million people worldwide and is the lynch-pin of many communities.
ΠερισσότεραArctic sea ice coverage shrinks to record low: NOAA.
Arctic sea ice receded to record lows in October, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Περισσότερα‘Insect apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth, conservationists warn.
Report claims 400,000 insect species face extinction amid heavy use of pesticides.
ΠερισσότεραAmazon deforestation 'at highest level in a decade'.
Almost 10,000 sq kms lost in year to August, according to Brazilian government data.
ΠερισσότεραAir pollution nanoparticles linked to brain cancer for first time.
Exclusive: tiny particles produced by motor traffic can invade the brain and carry carcinogens. New research has linked air pollution nanoparticles to brain cancer for the first time.
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