In a letter, senior officials from Europe said the World Bank's management should expand its climate change strategy to end backing for coal, oil and most gas projects.
WASHINGTON - Senior officials…
Exclusive: New global synthesis adds up the hidden social, environmental and health costs of our largely fossil fuel-based energy and transport systems.
The “hidden cost” of our largely fossil fuel-…
Emissions releases affected communities that are already disproportionately exposed to pollution.
Oil refineries, chemical manufacturers and other industrial plants in Texas reported releasing…
The British medical journal The Lancet released a new report attributing 22,000 deaths in 2019 to the former president’s regulatory rollbacks.
The Trump administration deliberately harnessed racism…
A former Glencore director said he used to fly the world carrying a bag full of cash to secure deals for the commodity trader, evidence of the industry’s longstanding history of corruption, a problem…
Την 15η Φεβρουαρίου 2021, μια από τις πλουσιότερες ενεργειακά περιοχές του κόσμου, το Τέξας βυθίστηκε στο σκοτάδι, υπογραμμίζοντας για μια ακόμα φορά την ανάγκη επανασχεδιασμού της ασφάλειας…
Η κρίση του κλάδου υδρογονανθράκων στην εποχή της πανδημίας
Η πανδημία είναι ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα, εάν όχι το μεγαλύτερο, σοκ που έχει δεχθεί η παγκόσμια αγορά ενέργειας από την εποχή του Β’…
Μαθήματα και ευκαιρίες ένα χρόνο μετά την πανδημία. Στ΄αλήθεια μάθαμε κάτι;
Πέρσι τέτοια μέρα, είχαμε το πρώτο καταγεγραμμένο κρούσμα Covid-19 στην Ελλάδα. Μέχρι τότε είχαμε μόνο κάποια μακρινή…
Μια κολοσσιαία ποσότητα καθαρής ενέργειας, εκείνη από τους θαλάσσιους κυματισμούς, μένει παντελώς ανεκμετάλλευτη. Είναι τέσσερις φορές μεγαλύτερη από το σύνολο της καθαρής ενέργειας που έχει καταστεί…
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…
Why did it take sauropods 15 million years to cross the supercontinent of pangea?
Why did it take sauropods - the family of dinosaurs which includes the very biggest creatures ever to have walked…
It's all about taking risks: you don't need to take them when you're rich.
Few topics are as polarizing as wealth. Everyone has an idea of how it should be spread and what’s not right in society,…
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…
Advice to the Biden administration as it seeks to account for mounting losses from storms, wildfires and other climate impacts.
One of the first executive orders US President Joe Biden signed in…
Americans often take electricity for granted – until the lights go out. The recent cold wave and storm in Texas have placed considerable focus on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT,…
Ως μοναδική ευκαιρία για τη χώρα περιέγραψε ο πρόεδρος του διεθνούς δικτύου για τις Ανανεώσιμες Πηγές Ενέργειας REN21, καθηγητής Αρθούρος Ζερβός την προοπτική παραγωγής υδρογόνου στο Αιγαίο από…
Community forest projects have seen a surge in volunteers keen to reduce CO2 emissions by creating new woodlands.
The UK may be in the grip of a winter lockdown but in one village on the edge of the…
The sub-zero temperatures causing blackouts across the southern U.S. are connected to climate change.
The Earth’s poles are warming faster than anywhere on the planet. While the consequences of that…
Cryptocurrency now uses nearly as much electricity as Argentina but analysts claim technology will soon be mostly powered by renewable energy
In little over a decade, bitcoin has risen from a fringe…
President says the time is finally right for international agreement to tackle biodiversity loss and global heating.
When it comes to the environment, few countries rival Costa Rica in terms of…