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09 08 2019 | 08:41

Global Inequality in a Time of Climate Emergency.

Our world’s richest have a great deal of money. They also have the power to decide whether our civilization sinks or swims. So what can we do?

09 08 2019 | 08:38

Will it soon be too late to save the climate?

The quantity of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere keeps increasing. The Earth's temperature is rising. Now media are reporting that we only have 18 months to save the climate. Scaremongering, or a…

09 08 2019 | 08:33

Hydro and geothermal to dominate Indonesia’s renewable energy mix until 2028.

The Acting Director of PT PLN (Persero), Djoko R. Abumanan, said that the potential of renewable energy generation is spread throughout Indonesia, especially from hydropower and geothermal energy. “…

09 08 2019 | 08:21

Giant Floating Solar Farms Could Make Fuel and Help Solve the Climate Crisis, Says Study.

Millions of solar panels clustered together to form an island could convert carbon dioxide in seawater into methanol, which can fuel airplanes and trucks, according to new research from Norway and…

09 08 2019 | 07:52

From Environmental Leader to ‘Worst Company in the World’.

For years, the American agricultural giant Cargill has been on relatively good terms with environmental advocates, praised for agreeing to a landmark moratorium on buying soybeans grown on deforested…

08 08 2019 | 17:11

IPCC report: stop abusing land, scientists warn.

Scientists are to deliver a stark condemnation of the damage being done to the land surface of the planet. Human activities have led to the degrading of soils, expanded deserts, felled forests,…

08 08 2019 | 07:28

17 Countries, Home to One-Quarter of the World's Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress.

Once-unthinkable water crises are becoming commonplace.

07 08 2019 | 08:33

The 20th century was the hottest in nearly 2,000 years.

Two global warming studies by an international network of scientists show that the greatest increase in the Earth’s temperatures began after the industrial revolution. Two studies further indicate…

07 08 2019 | 06:31

Australia’s climate stance is inflicting criminal damage on humanity.

The government opts for conflict rather than change, while suppressing details on the implications of its climate inaction The top priority of government is security of the people. Yet on the…

07 08 2019 | 06:23

Battery Power’s Latest Plunge in Costs Threatens Coal, Gas.

London and New York, March 26, 2019 – Two technologies that were immature and expensive only a few years ago but are now at the center of the unfolding low-carbon energy transition have seen…

07 08 2019 | 06:14

‘Small Is Beautiful’ Can Work in Developing Africa.

Solar and mobile technology offer ways to work around the continent’s shaky infrastructure. Backyard industrialization has been tried; it was a miserable failure. During the so-called Great Leap…

07 08 2019 | 06:09

The hidden costs of unreliable electricity.

Think back to the last time you experienced a power outage. It probably wasn’t a great memory. Maybe it involved spending the evening in the dark without anything to do or spending a hot day without…

07 08 2019 | 05:46

Record heatwave 'made much more likely' by human impact on climate.

Scientists say July at least equalled and may have beaten hottest month on record. The record-breaking heatwave that roasted Europe last month was a one-in-a-thousand-year event made up to 100 times…

07 08 2019 | 05:40

Arctic wildfires: How bad are they and what caused them?

Wildfires are ravaging parts of the Arctic, with areas of Siberia, Alaska, Greenland and Canada engulfed in flames and smoke. Satellite images show how the plumes of smoke from the fires, many…

06 08 2019 | 18:28

'Siberia is burning': Artists raise awareness of Russia wildfires.

As wildfires continue to burn across Russia, artists in the country have taken to social media to share their feelings of powerlessness and call for urgent action to protect what is left of the…

06 08 2019 | 06:48

8 ways climate change is already affecting Africa.

Right now, the effects of climate change are already being felt by people across Africa. Evidence shows that the change in temperature has affected the health, livelihoods, food productivity, water…

05 08 2019 | 11:39

How much warmer is your city?

The world is getting hotter. July 2019 was one of the warmest months ever recorded - and July temperatures almost everywhere on Earth have been higher in the last 10 years compared with 1880-1900, as…

05 08 2019 | 06:19

Under Brazil’s Far-Right Leader, Amazon Protections Slashed and Forests Fall.

BRASÍLIA — The destruction of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil has increased rapidly since the nation’s new far-right president took over and his government scaled back efforts to fight illegal…

04 08 2019 | 07:08

Russell Gold: “Texas Has Become an Incredible Leader in Renewable Energy.”

On this week’s National Podcast of Texas, the author of ’Superpower’ outlines the state’s pioneering role in America’s transition towards fossil fuels alternatives.

04 08 2019 | 07:07

Does Asia need more coal-fired power plants?

In the weeks following the celebration of humankind’s first successful landing of two men on the moon, who stayed there for over 21 hours and left their lunar module to walk on the moon’s surface, we…