I cover energy and climate change, and yet even I do little to reduce my own environmental footprint.
Why it matters: Because most people don't! Recent polling and research show that most of us don'…
Earlier this year, French-born energy company Engie made a bold proclamation — it will add at least 9 gigawatts of renewable energy between now and 2021, at least half of which will come from power…
Με τον πλέον επίσημο τρόπο αποτυπώθηκε η σημασία της απολιγνιτοποίησης της μεγαλύτερης δημόσιας ελληνικής επιχείρησης που έχει θέσει στο τραπέζι των διαβουλεύσεων η ελληνική κυβέρνηση το τελευταίο…
Η ενεργειακή αποδοτικότητα ουδέποτε σημείωσε τόσο αργή πρόοδο τα τελευταία δέκα χρόνια, όσο το 2018, προειδοποιεί σήμερα η Διεθνής Υπηρεσία Ενέργειας που επισημαίνει τον κίνδυνο «σοβαρών επιπλοκών»…
As an increasing number of states focus on renewable energy, batteries are becoming more of a necessity. And according to a new report, battery costs are dropping—but not enough to compete with…
Το επιχειρηματικό ενδιαφέρον των Κινέζων επενδυτών για μια σειρά από ενεργειακά projects στην Ελλάδα επιχείρησε να εξετάσει η ελληνική πλευρά, σε μία προσπάθεια σύσφιξης των διμερών επιχειρηματικών…
Ας επισημάνουμε εκ νέου τα βασικά και αυτονόητα, τώρα που βιώνουμε ένα κύμα αισιοδοξίας (ελπίζω όχι μελλοντικώς ανεκπλήρωτης) για την επανάκαμψη ενός υγιούς επενδυτικού κλίματος (και) στην εγχώρια…
Τις ραγδαίες αλλαγές που συμβαίνουν στον κλάδο της ενέργειας ανέδειξε στην ομιλία του ο Ραμέζ Νάαμ, πρώην στέλεχος της Microsoft, ειδικός σε θέματα ενεργειακού μετασχηματισμού και συγγραφέας βιβλίων…
Seventeen insurers have restricted insurance services to coal projects in the past two years.
A dozen insurers have adopted policies to stop all direct insurance coverage to new coal projects –…
The biggest and most damaging hurricanes are now three times more frequent than they were 100 years ago, say researchers.
Using a new method of calculating the destruction, the scientists say the…
“If all the ships on Earth were a single country, that country would be the sixth-largest polluter in the world.” This shocking fact comes from a recent NPR report by the Short Wave science podcast…
Health policy can do much to lessen the wellbeing gap between rich and poor, but inequality is being compounded by climate change.
Renee Blackman runs a health service covering a vast chunk of north…
Scientists’ warnings about climate change have intensified over the past 12 months. Will world leaders finally listen?
One year ago, the international scientific community could hardly have expected…
New blueprint for affordable, sustainable ‘flow batteries’ developed at Berkeley Lab could accelerate an electrical grid powered by the sun and wind
How do you store renewable energy so it’s there…
New elevation data show that by midcentury frequent coastal flooding will rise higher than areas currently home to hundreds of millions of people
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Organisations such as Australian Industry Group and National Farmers’ Federation letter says greater private-sector action needed.
Industry, farming and investor groups say the federal government…
Non-renewable thermal power plants will increasingly be relegated to a balancing role, looking for opportunities to generate when the sun doesn’t shine or the wind doesn’t blow.
The price of wind…
Gulf states have apparently been addressing the great issue of our time – the existential threat posed by the continued use of the fossil fuels upon which their vibrant economies have been built.…