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…
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…
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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As a result of heat-trapping…
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.…
Tesla’s Solarglass can survive a pumpkin being dropped from a two-story building, a Halloween-themed test of durability that may ease questions about how the product could fare against inclement…
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Australia's national hydrogen strategy is due for completion by the end of the year
Hydrogen can be made using fossil fuels or renewables but it will be cheaper to use coal and gas…
Where was the evolutionary birthplace of modern humans? The East African Great Rift Valley has long been the favored contender – until today.
Our new research has used DNA to trace humanity’s…
Kenya's successful conservation model - which has protected wildlife for decades - may be on the verge of crumbling.
Nairobi, Kenya - The giraffes peeked out from above the trees, perhaps curious to…
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