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08 06 2024 | 05:56

Seeking Solutions to Africa’s Climate Struggles

A couple of weeks ago, I traveled from my current home in Seattle to the community in Zimbabwe where I grew up—and where my 85-year-old mother still manages the family farm that once supported her 11…

08 06 2024 | 05:52

The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates

When you picture the tech industry, you probably think of things that don’t exist in physical space, such as the apps and internet browser on your phone. But the infrastructure required to store all…

08 06 2024 | 05:52

DRC lawyers claim new evidence shows Apple is using conflict minerals

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims it has new evidence linking Apple’s supply chain to illegally exported minerals from the troubled east. DRC is rich in “3T”–tin, tungsten, and tantalum…

08 06 2024 | 05:50

Ghana grants license for lithium exploration to Australian company

Atlantic Lithium Limited has been granted a license for lithium exploration in Ghana The exploration will take place at Senya Beraku, 70 kilometers from the company's flagship Ewoyaa project…

08 06 2024 | 05:46

Are the climate wars really over, or has a new era of greenwashing just begun?

Although the 2022 federal election ushered in a new era of progressive politics in Australia, as Labor’s first term in power has progressed many people are now wondering if the political deadlock on…

08 06 2024 | 05:46

UN Conference on Small Island Developing States delivers new era of resilience amidst SIDS' crippling debt crisis

St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, 30 May — The Fourth United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) wrapped up today in Antigua and Barbuda with unanimous support for a bold new…

08 06 2024 | 05:46

Kenya's president overrules ban on addictive stimulant

Kenya's President William Ruto has reversed a contentious ban imposed in parts of the country on muguka, a variety of the popular stimulant known as khat or miraa. The consumption of the freshly…

08 06 2024 | 05:38

Sure, the Taylor Swift millipede is the least of our problems – but what we call wildlife matters

Unsurprisingly, numerous species of animal (including a flightless weevil and a parasitic flatworm) are named after David Attenborough – but were you aware of the existence of a Shakira wasp (…

05 06 2024 | 07:23

California can make climate polluters pay for the mess they have made of Earth

As climate change exacts a mounting toll on California, who should pay for the damage from rising sea levels and increasingly ferocious wildfires, floods and heat waves?

05 06 2024 | 07:07

Top Oceans Court Says Nations Must Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The world’s highest court dealing with the oceans issued a groundbreaking opinion on Tuesday that said excessive greenhouse gases were pollutants that could cause irreversible harm to the marine…

05 06 2024 | 07:01

South African communities vs Shell: high court victories show that cultural beliefs and practices count in climate cases

When the Shell petroleum company announced in 2021 that it wanted to explore for fossil fuels off South Africa’s pristine Wild Coast, Indigenous communities in the area immediately fought back…

05 06 2024 | 06:58

Kenyan president returns from Washington with $200m for sustainable housing and EVs

President William Ruto is back in Kenya after a week of diplomatic exchanges, trade negotiations and partnership signings in the United States of America. Of particular note is the $200 million…

05 06 2024 | 06:55

Medical Schools Around the World Are Expanding Their ‘Climate Change Curriculums’

Three years ago, a group of eco-conscious students at Harvard Medical School conducted a poll with their fellow classmates and found that there was strong interest in ramping up climate health…

05 06 2024 | 06:53

CAMEROON: heat kills “50 to 60 people a day in the far north”.

The northern regions of Cameroon are facing a humanitarian crisis due to an extreme heatwave that is causing significant excess mortality. Civil society is warning of the consequences of this…

05 06 2024 | 06:51

Rich nations meet $100bn climate finance goal – two years late

For the first time, rich nations in 2022 delivered on a longstanding pledge to channel $100 billion a year in climate finance to developing nations – two years later than originally promised,…

05 06 2024 | 06:48

Microsoft to build $1 bn geothermal data centre in Kenya following Nigeria facility closure

Microsoft and G42 are collaborating to build a $1 billion geothermal-powered data center in Kenya The first phase of the project will have a capacity of 100 megawatts and is expected to be…

05 06 2024 | 06:41

Map of The Month: Landfill Emissions Tool Offers Methane Mitigation Strategies

The Energy Mix is partnering with mapmaking and visual storytelling experts at North Arrow to unveil a series of interactive maps that dig into climate change’s causes and effects, enriched with…

05 06 2024 | 06:36

EV Batteries Outlive the Cars as Degradation Concerns Evaporate

This article was written and edited before Krystyna Lagowski passed away in October 2023. She was a valued member of the Globe Drive team, contributing regularly since 2022 on topics including…

03 06 2024 | 09:25

«Κλειδί» για τα πρώτα βήματα της αγοράς υδρογόνου η δυνατότητα έγχυσης στα υφιστάμενα δίκτυα αερίου – Ο Ευρωπαϊκός Κανονισμός και οι παρατηρήσεις της αγοράς προς τον ΔΕΣΦΑ

Ώθηση για την ανάπτυξη της αγοράς υδρογόνου και ιδίως των μονάδων παραγωγής μπορεί να δώσει η προώθηση του «blending» στα δίκτυα φυσικού αερίου κατά τα ευρωπαϊκά πρότυπα με φορείς της αγοράς να…

03 06 2024 | 09:22

Προκηρύχθηκε στην Πορτογαλία η πρώτη δημοπρασία για έγχυση υδρογόνου και βιομεθανίου στο δίκτυο

Η κυβέρνηση της Πορτογαλίας προκήρυξε τον πρώτο διαγωνισμό για υδρογόνο και βιομεθάνιο προς χρήση στο εθνικό δίκτυο αερίου. Οι μέγιστες τιμές προσδιορίζονται σε 127 ευρώ/MWh για το πράσινο υδρογόνο…