Africa’s leading economies are increasingly looking to wind energy to power homes. It’s part of a trend towards varying forms of clean energy across the continent.
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - Ethiopia will skip the latest round of U.S.-brokered talks this week on a disputed Nile dam project with Egypt and Sudan, the country’s water ministry announced Wednesday.
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The army has been called in to eliminate the insects swarming across Africa, but their mission is dangerous and unending
Sitting at a plastic table in the garden of Timisha hotel in Soroti, eastern…
(CNN)Donkey slaughter will be halted in Kenya following concerns over the rise in theft of the animals for export production and the impact on families that rely on them, according the country's…
Το πιο γνωστό παράδοξο στην οικονομική του περιβάλλοντος είναι το «παράδοξο του Jevons». Το 1865, o οικονομολόγος William Stanley Jevons παρατήρησε ότι η τεχνολογική βελτίωση στην καύση άνθρακα δεν…
Researchers’ figure contrasts starkly with proportion of forest burned over such a period on any other continent
More than 20% of Australia’s forests burned during the summer’s bushfire catastrophe…
With generation records tumbling and a State support scheme on the way, wind power's time has arrived.
As Storm Ciara was bearing down menacingly on Ireland two weeks ago, not everyone on the island…
ICAEW and other industry groups want climate risk to be integrated into company audits
The world’s accountants must put the climate crisis at the forefront of their work to spur global companies to…
The United States has the cleanest air. The Green New Deal will cost a 15-figure fortune. And Paris has been suffering for the climate agreement that bears its name.
Those are just some of the many…
If all the sunshine hitting the Sahara was converted into energy, enough electricity would be produced to power Europe 7,000 times over.
But solar panels reflect less heat back into space…
Researchers say their synthetic system reproduces tree’s ability to desalinate water
A novel approach to removing salt from water, inspired by mangrove trees, has been revealed by researchers who…
Survey comes alongside separate research showing surge in support for UK's net zero target
Greta Thunberg may not be a scientist herself, but her passionate calls for world leaders to "listen to the…
Leaked report for world’s major fossil fuel financier says Earth is on unsustainable trajectory
The world’s largest financier of fossil fuels has warned clients that the climate crisis threatens…
Πώς φτάσαμε από τη ΛΙΠΤΟΛ το 1959 στη «Δίκαιη Μετάβαση» για την πράσινη ενέργεια και στην απειλή της ανεργίας
'Ηταν κάποτε μια Ελλάδα που ο λιγνίτης στα σπλάχνα της ήταν ευλογία. Κοζάνη, Πτολεμαΐδα…
Σήμερα, όλα τα τεχνήματα που ικανοποιούν τις ζωτικές μας ανάγκες γίνονται, έμμεσα ή άμεσα, με ηλεκτροκίνητα μηχανήματα, με τα οποία συμπληρώνομε τη φύση για να κοινωνήσουμε μέσα σ’ αυτήν. Με αυτά τα…
Millions of people rely on the 1,450-mile waterway as increasing periods of drought and rising temperatures reduce flow of river
The flow of the Colorado River is dwindling due to the impacts of…
Scientists say global warming could have a catastrophic effect on the planet.
Human activities have increased carbon-dioxide emissions, driving up temperatures. Extreme weather and melting polar ice…