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31 08 2020 | 07:55

Sanders Condemns GOP for Ignoring Climate Crisis at RNC.

As wildfires burn through California and the western United States, the Gulf Coast prepares for two potential hurricanes within a 48-hour timeframe, and record high temperatures dominate the summer,…

31 08 2020 | 07:41

Legal challenge over UK's exclusion of incinerators from emissions target.

Campaigner says decision at odds with Paris agreement to achieve net zero by 2050. An environmental campaigner is mounting a legal challenge to the government’s decision to exclude waste…

31 08 2020 | 07:33

Children raised in greener areas have higher IQ, study finds.

Research also found lower levels of difficult behaviour in rich and poor neighbourhoods. Growing up in a greener urban environment boosts children’s intelligence and lowers levels of difficult…

31 08 2020 | 07:14

Fight Climate Change With Your Undies — A Hang Drying Manifesto.

Hang drying clothes is a simple practice that holds nothing short of immense power and pollution-saving potential. This most humdrumiest of daily chores, in which we simply hang damp clothes over a…

27 08 2020 | 13:25

Green glimmers of hope in climate action through a European, citizen-led transition model.

There is no space for “one crisis at a time”. And evidence suggests that behavioural changes have been instrumental in reducing the spread of COVID-19. The climate crisis is no different.

27 08 2020 | 08:49

Ενεργειακή μετάβαση και ο ρόλος της ΔΕΗ Ανανεώσιμες.

Στον ενεργειακό τομέα, η ουσία της μετάβασης συμπυκνώνεται στο τρίπτυχο: αποανθρακοποίηση (decarbonization), ψηφιοποίηση (digitalization) και αποκεντρωμένη παραγωγή (decentralization). Η ανάπτυξη των…

25 08 2020 | 09:13

Democrats’ climate plan takes aim at the fossil fuel industry’s political power.

A three-part plan aims to expose the industry’s efforts to conceal the scale of the climate crisis, reform laws and sway support. Senate Democrats are set to release a 200-page plan arguing that…

25 08 2020 | 09:11

Mangroves Could Help Save Us From Climate Change. Climate Change Is Killing Mangroves.

During a trip to Cuba's Gardens of the Queen a few years ago, I found myself around small mangrove islands in an area called Boca Grande. Floating on clear, calm water, my travel group and I kicked…

25 08 2020 | 09:05

Δαμάζοντας την Θερμότητα Υψηλής Ενθαλπίας για Παραγωγή Ενέργειας.

Είναι βέβαιο ότι την τελευταία δεκαετία και κυρίως λόγω των πιέσεων  κι επιθέσεων για την προστασία του περιβάλλοντος και του κλίματος της γης που δέχτηκε η βιομηχανία, εντάθηκε από μεριάς της η…

25 08 2020 | 09:00

Το στοίχημα της κυβέρνησης για "πράσινες" επενδύσεις 3 δισ. ευρώ μέσα από το πρόγραμμα "Greek Green Funds".

Τον δρόμο για την προσέλκυση κεφαλαίων που μπορούν να οδηγήσουν σε "πράσινες" επενδύσεις έως και 3 δισ. ευρώ μέσα στην επόμενη πενταετία ανοίγει το πρόγραμμα "Greek Green Funds" που προκήρυξαν στις…

25 08 2020 | 08:53

The Observer view on the climate catastrophe facing Earth.

Thirty years ago we were warned. Now is our last chance to listen.

25 08 2020 | 08:45

Amid fire and pestilence, floods and storms, the personal is political: Trump must go.

Americans face existential challenges. The president has done nothing to help and much to make things worse. My wife and I have been warned we may need to evacuate our cabin in the hills north of…

25 08 2020 | 08:37

Climate change is driving wildfires, giving ‘rocket fuel’ to tropical storms.

As hundreds of wildfires in California continue to blaze and thousands of people evacuate, this year’s hurricane season is on track to become one of the busiest on record. Andrew Freedman, editor of…

24 08 2020 | 10:08

Earth has lost 28 trillion tonnes of ice in less than 30 years.

‘Stunned’ scientists say there is little doubt global heating is to blame for the loss.

23 08 2020 | 07:37

Investors are trying to shut down fossil fuel companies from the inside — this is what they're doing.

More than 100 investors in Whitehaven Coal have filed a resolution asking the company to plan its own closure — the first in an ambitious play by an activist shareholder group to push fossil fuel…

23 08 2020 | 07:31

How Vancouver plans to cool down the hottest parts of the city amid global climate change.

Volunteers will take to the streets to measure temperatures in neighbourhoods across Vancouver A horde of cyclists and electric vehicle drivers will soon take to the streets of Vancouver to map out…

23 08 2020 | 07:23

Five things you should know about disposable masks and plastic pollution.

1) Pollution driven by huge increase in mask sales The promotion of mask wearing as a way to slow the spread of COVID-19 has led to an extraordinary increase in the production of disposable masks:…

23 08 2020 | 07:21

How Carbon-Smart Farming Can Feed Us and Fight Climate Change at the Same Time.

Farmers are the stewards of our planet's precious soil, one of the least understood and untapped defenses against climate change. Because of its massive potential to store carbon and foundational…

23 08 2020 | 07:10

Ocean Warming Threatens Coral Reefs and Soon Could Make It Harder to Restore Them.

Anyone who's tending a garden right now knows what extreme heat can do to plants. Heat is also a concern for an important form of underwater gardening: growing corals and "outplanting," or…

23 08 2020 | 07:08

These African World Heritage Sites are under threat from climate change.

Very few academics or policy makers are talking about the impact of climate change on heritage. Yet heritage is essential for social wellbeing, for identity creation, for safeguarding traditional…