Sweden Shows Texas How to Keep Turbines Going in Icy Weather.
With the right gear, wind turbines can keep on generating through the harshest winter weather.
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Biden Official Says Texas Storm Shows Infrastructure Need.
The Biden administration said it will work with states and business to make infrastructure more resilient after a winter storm led to widespread power outages in Texas.
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Africa's fairy circle mystery is finally SOLVED: Strange patches in the grassy desert of Namibia are caused by the same toxic saps used in poison arrows.
Africa's fairy circles in grasslands are formed by a plant that releases a toxic sap into the soil when it dies, a new study reveals. This poisonous sap, which is used by local bushmen to dip the tips of their hunting arrows, comes from the Euphorbia species of plants.
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Educating Zimbabwe: illegal ‘home schools’ defy lockdown in townships.
Priced out of online access, poor children are turning to backyard teachers as Covid closes state classrooms.
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US rejoins Paris climate accord with warning: this year’s talks are ‘last, best hope’.
John Kerry made remark as US officially returned to climate agreement on Friday, 107 days after it left under Donald Trump.
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How the Texas electricity system produced low-cost power but left residents out in the cold.
Americans often take electricity for granted – until the lights go out.
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U.S. energy regulator to examine climate change's threat to power reliability.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal energy regulators said on Monday they will examine threats that climate change and extreme weather events pose to the country’s electric reliability in the wake of last week’s deadly Texas freeze that left millions of people without power.
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Human destruction of nature is 'senseless and suicidal', warns UN chief.
UN report offers bedrock for hope for broken planet, says António Guterres.
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Eight priorities for calculating the social cost of carbon.
Advice to the Biden administration as it seeks to account for mounting losses from storms, wildfires and other climate impacts.
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Facebook expands mythbusting centre to tackle climate change conspiracies.
Facebook has announced that it is expanding its Climate Science Information Centre, which provides people with information about global warming.
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Australia was the first casualty of the big blackout lie blaming wind power – the US could be next.
As climate impacts intensify, power grids stuffed with ageing fossil fuel infrastructure crumble.
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Damages from winter storm in Texas could approach $50 billion.
The estimate accounts for lost wages, damages to businesses and homes and cleanup costs. The cost of the devastating winter storm in Texas could end up costing the region close to $50 billion to recover from, it has been estimated.
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The Guardian view on Texas storms and power cuts: preparing for the worst.
The outages endured by residents result from the state’s political decisions – but all of us need to think more about ensuring resilience.
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‘It's in our DNA’: tiny Costa Rica wants the world to take giant climate step.
President says the time is finally right for international agreement to tackle biodiversity loss and global heating.
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2021 EPG Summer School / 22-30 July 2021 - “Smart Transformation in the Energy Sector”.
The fourth edition of Energy Policy Group’s Summer School will be held between 22-30 July 2021, with a focus on “Smart Transformation in the Energy Sector”.
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Kenyan Engineer Recycles Plastic Into Bricks Stronger Than Concrete.
Nzambi Matee is an entrepreneur with an incredible goal -- to turn plastic destined for the landfill into sustainable, strong building material.
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Texas freeze shows a chilling truth – how the rich use climate change to divide us.
The Lone Star State is aptly named. If you’re not part of the Republican oil elite with Cruz and Abbott, you’re on your own. Texas has long represented a wild west individualism that elevates personal freedom – this week, the freedom to freeze – above all else.
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Cyprus urged to ban hunting at coast to protect flamingoes from shotgun pellets.
Ingestion of lead shotgun pellets from bed of Larnaca Salt Lake blamed for rise in deaths of migrating flamingos.
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Texas Refineries Released Tons of Pollutants During Storm.
Texas oil refineries released hundreds of thousands of pounds of pollutants including benzene, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur dioxide into the air as they scrambled to shut down during last week's deadly winter storm, Reuters
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Keeping trees in the ground where they are already growing is an effective low-tech way to slow climate change.
Protecting forests is an essential strategy in the fight against climate change that has not received the attention it deserves. Trees capture and store massive amounts of carbon. And unlike some strategies for cooling the climate, they don’t require costly and complicated technology.
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