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23 09 2019 | 08:22

Universal electricity access goal set to be missed, new report reveals.

The international community is falling well short of providing the cash needed to ensure universal access to electricity by 2030, according to a report released on Monday (12 November 2018). At the…

23 09 2019 | 08:08

Rock Climbing, Climate Science and Leadership.

I was 18 when I started college at the University of East Anglia in England. I had just completed eight years at a British Army school in Germany. My parents dropped me off on campus with a couple of…

23 09 2019 | 07:39

Faster pace of climate change is 'scary', former chief scientist says.

Extreme events linked to climate change, such as the heatwave in Europe this year, are occurring sooner than expected, an ex-chief scientist says. Prof Sir David King says he's been scared by the…

21 09 2019 | 12:54

Why I broke the law for climate change.

Lawyer Farhana Yamin explains what drove her to civil disobedience after three decades of environmental advocacy for the IPCC, the United Nations and more. On 16 April this year, I superglued my…

21 09 2019 | 12:40

Trump’s decision to block California vehicle emissions rules could have a wide impact.

Revoking the state’s tough fuel-efficiency standards would increase US greenhouse-gas emissions. US President Donald Trump’s administration plans to revoke California’s legal authority to set its…

21 09 2019 | 12:07

Greater wildfire risks prompt growth of electrical ‘microgrids’ to rely less on PG&E.

In his standard blue jeans and unbuttoned flannel shirt, David Liebman could blend in with many of the young students walking to and from classes at Santa Rosa Junior College. But Liebman, manager…

21 09 2019 | 11:36

Renewable Energy to Overtake Natural Gas in the U.S. by 2035, Say New Studies.

The reports reveal that 2019 represents a tipping point for renewables. A pair of reports released this week by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a nonprofit that promotes the transition away from…

21 09 2019 | 11:02

In climate fight, energy efficiency is our best weapon, PSEG president says.

Climate change headlines have grown increasingly dire. While many associate global warming with this summer’s melting glaciers, forest fires and disastrous flooding, it is higher winter temperatures…

21 09 2019 | 10:55

Oilsands Face Deep Trouble As ‘Death Toll’ Rings For Gasoline.

Oil production costs will have to come way down to be competitive with renewables a decade from now, a new study says. The age of gasoline could be over sooner than many people think, a recent…

21 09 2019 | 10:45

Massive Bylong valley coalmine in NSW blocked on environmental grounds.

Independent planning commission refuses South Korean company Kepco’s $290m proposal. The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission has rejected the development of a coalmine near Mudgee…

19 09 2019 | 12:23

Ρ. Βιτάλη: Τι ωραία σκουπίδια!

Θυμάστε εκείνους τους πιανίστες, στις καουμπόικες ταινίες της νιότης μας, που μουσικά «τα έδιναν όλα» προκειμένου να καλύψουν τα πιστολίδια που έπεφταν γύρω τους; Τον έχω παίξει τον ρόλο πλειστάκις.…

19 09 2019 | 09:10

Leading countries blocked from speaking at UN climate summit.

Secretary-general takes tough line on select coal-supporting nations.

19 09 2019 | 07:36

'It can kill you in seconds': the deadly algae on Brittany's beaches.

Activists say stinking sludge is linked to nitrates in fertilisers from intensive farming. André Ollivro stepped carefully down the grassy banks of an estuary in the bay of Saint-Brieuc, Brittany,…

19 09 2019 | 07:19

The battle against wildlife poachers is increasingly high-tech.

As conservation groups get smarter about technology, so do the poachers they are fighting to stop. Wednesday marked a milestone in the battle to protect endangered species, when an international…

18 09 2019 | 11:46

Έρχεται δύσκολο Συμβούλιο Υπουργών Ενέργειας – στην ατζέντα το ΕΣΕΚ, οι επιδιώξεις της Ελλάδας.

Στις 24 Σεπτεμβρίου συναντιώνται στις Βρυξέλλες οι αρμόδιοι Υπουργοί Ενέργειας για να συζητήσουν για μια ακόμη φορά τους μελλοντικούς ενεργειακούς και κλιματικούς στόχους της Ένωσης. Αυτή τη φορά η…

18 09 2019 | 11:31

«Χρυσή» θα πληρωθεί η ηλεκτρική επάρκεια της Κρήτης το 2020 – Δεν προλαβαίνει να μετατρέψει τις μονάδες λέει τώρα η ΔΕΗ.

Για μια τουλάχιστον ακόμα χρονιά, και ειδικά το καλοκαίρι του 2020 οπότε η ζήτηση θα είναι όπως κάθε χρόνο μεγάλη, η Κρήτη θα ηλεκτροδοτηθεί από παλιές μονάδες που λειτουργούν ήδη κατά παρέκκλιση των…

18 09 2019 | 09:14

Η συνδυασμένη διαχείριση νερού και ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας στην Κρήτη.

Η διαχείριση του νερού και της ενέργειας, καθορίζει το σύνολο της οικονομίας και καθορίζεται από την παιδεία του κοινωνικού συνόλου. Ο συνδυασμός της παραγωγής και της διαχείρισης αυτών των…

17 09 2019 | 12:44

IRENA, UN Use Renewables To Deal With Desertification.

A memorandum of understanding signed by the institutions was not solar specific but the use of PV modules for shading, especially in agriculture, can reduce water consumption and help halt the…

17 09 2019 | 10:49

The clean-energy fast track.

The global transition from carbon-intensive fossil fuels to cleaner, more reliable renewables like wind and solar is already well underway. But the big question – for the 2020s and beyond – is how…

16 09 2019 | 09:19

Naomi Klein: The link between climate crisis and white supremacy.

Author and social activist Naomi Klein has written a new book On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal. Here she talks to Guardian assistant editor Natalie Hanman about the Green New Deal,…