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03 05 2021 | 07:43

The EU wants a carbon tax on imports – but would it be the climate solution officials expect?

The European Union is considering a new tax on imports as it tries to fight climate change, and the U.S. is raising concerns about it. At issue is what’s known as a border adjustment carbon tax.

03 05 2021 | 07:43

The Geopolitics of Climate Change.

By tackling climate change and biodiversity loss, everyone will be better off, thanks to better jobs, cleaner air and water, fewer pandemics, and improved health and well-being. But, as with any…

03 05 2021 | 07:41

Malaria vaccine shows promise — now come tougher trials.

Preliminary results suggest the vaccine is up to 77% effective in young children, but researchers await larger studies. A vaccine against malaria has shown promise in early clinical trials, raising…

03 05 2021 | 07:40

As Biden convenes world leaders, U.S. pledges to cut emissions up to 52 percent by 2030.

‘The stakes could not be higher,’ said one top administration official, as the White House presses other countries to make their own bold promises. President Biden on Thursday will commit the United…

03 05 2021 | 07:35

Earth Day 2021: The ‘revenge of nature’ in fiction, from Day of the Triffids to Godzilla and Swamp Thing.

Mother Earth turning against humanity and seeking retribution for the evils of pollution and deforestation was a potent nightmare for novelists and filmmakers long before global warming was well…

03 05 2021 | 07:34

Electricity is infrastructure: Why the grid matters more than ever.

The American Jobs Plan and other government measures could spark a reinvention of the power grid. What counts as infrastructure these days?

03 05 2021 | 07:24

Coal financing costs surge as investors opt for renewable energy.

Study finds returns must repay four times the payoff from clean energy investment to justify escalating risk. Coal financing costs have surged over the last decade as investors demand returns four…

03 05 2021 | 07:19

US and China commit to tackling climate crisis ‘with seriousness and urgency it demands’.

The world’s two biggest polluters have agreed to ramp up their ‘respective actions’ to combat the climate crisis. The United States and China have agreed to work with other countries to address the …

03 05 2021 | 07:16

The US needs a macrogrid to move electricity from areas that make it to areas that need it

Many kinds of extreme events can disrupt electricity service, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, extreme heat, extreme cold and extended droughts. Major disasters can leave…

03 05 2021 | 07:16

Floating Deep-Water Wind Farms: Size, Power, Challenges.

Offshore fixed-in-place wind farms are not new, but they are providing renewable power in many locations around the world. But there’s a limit to the water depth — and thus distance offshore — that…

01 05 2021 | 14:16

Climate Now: Is Europe doing enough to tackle climate change?

As world powers and polluters end a two-day climate summit with heavy promises to prevent the global warming crisis from spiraling -- are declarations enough and what are the current flaws in Europe'…

01 05 2021 | 14:05

Carbon emissions to soar in 2021 by second highest rate in history.

Global economies forecast to pour stimulus money into fossil fuels as part of Covid recovery Carbon dioxide emissions are forecast to jump this year by the second biggest annual rise in history, as…

01 05 2021 | 14:05

Copernicus: 2020 warmest year on record for Europe; globally, 2020 ties with 2016 for warmest year recorded

  Latest data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service show that globally 2020 was on par with the warmest year ever recorded, marking the end of the warmest decade on record, while CO2 …

01 05 2021 | 14:03

Cities Are Our Best Hope for Surviving Climate Change.

The hysteria about urban density that arrived with the coronavirus is—like the pandemic itself—already easing. Regardless of how quickly or slowly urbanites return to their cramped apartments,…

01 05 2021 | 13:58

Ρητή προθεσμία και στην Άδεια Εγκατάστασης για να κρατήσει ο επενδυτής «ζωντανή» τη Βεβαίωση Παραγωγού

Η προσθήκη μίας τρίτης διορίας στην ωρίμανση των νέων έργων ΑΠΕ περιλαμβάνεται στην πρόταση της Επιτροπής Αδειοδότησης ΑΠΕ του ΥΠΕΝ, υπό τη Γενική Γραμματέα Α. Σδούκου, σχετικά με το δεύτερο «κύμα»…

01 05 2021 | 13:29

Renewable Energy Economics to Bring Disruption in 2020s.

Related Fitch Ratings Content: ESG in Credit – Energy and Fuel Management Issues Fitch Ratings-London-20 April 2021: Falling unit costs of solar and wind energy will prove increasingly disruptive to…

01 05 2021 | 13:27

How can we store renewable energy? 4 technologies that can help.

Europe and China are leading the installation of new pumped storage capacity – fuelled by the motion of water. Batteries are now being built at grid-scale in countries including the US, Australia…

01 05 2021 | 13:19

διαΝΕΟσις: Αβέβαιες οι προοπτικές του κλάδου πετρελαιοειδών λόγω της ενεργειακής μετάβασης

Αντιμέτωπη με πολλαπλές προκλήσεις είναι η εγχώρια αγορά πετρελαιοειδών, όπως επισημαίνει η διαΝΕΟσις στην έκθεσή της για τον ενεργειακό τομέα.

01 05 2021 | 13:15

Σκρέκας: Αποθήκευση ενέργειας και off shore αιολικά οι άμεσες θεσμικές πρωτοβουλίες του ΥΠΕΝ

Τις άμεσες νομοθετικές προτεραιότητες του υπουργείου Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας σημείωσε ο υπουργός Κώστας Σκρέκας κατά τη διάρκεια εκδήλωσης της «διαΝΕΟσις». Στη συζήτηση που πραγματοποιήθηκε…

30 04 2021 | 08:34

Extinction Rebellion activists dump fake coal outside Lloyd’s of London in fossil fuel protest.

Climate group is calling on insurers to stop giving cover to fossil fuel projects. Climate activists have dumped fake coal outside the headquarters of a major insurance market in London to protest…