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07 09 2020 | 10:45

Murray-Darling mismanagement: floods, water theft, and Burke and Wills’s camels.

The basin has faced challenges throughout history but the system designed to protect it does not factor in a changing climate

07 09 2020 | 10:41

What Schneider Electric’s Recent Move Reveals about the Microgrid Market.

To understand the movement of the microgrid industry, its instructive to watch it’s large players, particularly, right now, Schneider Electric. The company has been navigating the industry’s…

07 09 2020 | 10:38

Sierra Leone court freezes Steinmetz’s Octea assets over environmental damage.

In the lawsuit, 73 plaintiffs living around the mine say they have suffered respiratory infections and headaches. Freetown — The high court of Sierra Leone, on Wednesday, granted an interim freezing…

07 09 2020 | 10:23

Commentary: Climate change could be much worse than we are told.

Attacks on scientists examining the impact and scale of climate change have been growing as the evidence became more compelling through the years, says an observer. MANCHESTER: Thirty years ago, in…

07 09 2020 | 10:06

If democracy looks doomed, Extinction Rebellion may have an answer.

At the heart of a new climate emergency bill lies a simple idea to cut through Westminster groupthink: a citizens’ assembly.

07 09 2020 | 09:53

Marine Heat Waves Are Becoming More Common and Intense. What Can We Do to Minimize Harm?

In the summer of 2015, Laurie Weitkamp was walking on the beach near her coastal Oregon home when she saw something strange: The water was purple. A colony of tunicates, squishy cylindrical critters…

07 09 2020 | 09:48

How helpful is the term 'climate refugee'?

Politicians warn the climate crisis will lead to more people migrating. But experts say this framing of the issue risks being misleading and dangerous. You think migration is a challenge to Europe…

07 09 2020 | 09:40

How the Chamber of Commerce's Scorecard Elevates Climate Deniers.This Needs to Change.

“The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business organization representing companies of all sizes across every sector of the economy. They all share one thing: They count on the U.S.…

07 09 2020 | 09:38

Solar Panels Are Starting to Die. Will We be Able to Recycle the E-Waste?

Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels convert sunlight into energy and continue to play an essential role in the fight to stop the climate crisis. As the pioneering panels of the early 2000s near the end of…

07 09 2020 | 09:36

WoodMac: A New Battery Chemistry Will Lead the Stationary Energy Storage Market by 2030.

Lithium-iron-phosphate batteries will rapidly rise in popularity as the market begins differentiating between EVs and stationary storage.

07 09 2020 | 09:32

The US is in a water crisis far worse than most people imagine.

Industrial runoff and lax standards have tainted water across the US. Senators and doctors are calling me, asking what to do. When I was a little girl, my father would sing songs to me all the time…

07 09 2020 | 09:30

Meet the 'Women Warriors' Protecting the Amazon Forest.

On an early December morning last year in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, half a dozen members of the Indigenous Guajajara people packed their bags with food, maps and drone equipment to get ready for…

07 09 2020 | 09:29

Rampant destruction of forests ‘will unleash more pandemics’.

Researchers to tell UN that loss of biodiversity enables rapid spread of new diseases from animals to humans. Scientists are to warn world leaders that increasing numbers of deadly new pandemics…

07 09 2020 | 09:25

Investing in jobs and climate is key.

Richard Murphy and Colin Hines stress the importance of the government spending money on creating jobs as well as on infrastructure to deal with the impact of coronavirus on people and the planet.

07 09 2020 | 09:11

Africa declared free of wild polio after decades of work.

Achievement comes following Nigeria vaccination drive, with last cases of wild virus recorded four years ago. Africa has been declared free from wild polio, after decades of work by a coalition of…

04 09 2020 | 11:36

TWRE: Turkish Women in Renewables and Energy - Enablers of Gender Equality in Energy Transition of Turkey.

Sustainability is crucial for the future of the world and energy transition has an important role in it. To be able to achieve a sustainable future men and women has to be equal. Turkish Women in…

04 09 2020 | 08:37

Amazon tragedy repeats itself as Brazil rainforest goes up in smoke.

The vast rainforest is experiencing a repeat of last year’s devastating fires and critics say Bolsonaro bears ultimate responsibility. Jair Bolsonaro smiles down from a propaganda billboard at the…

04 09 2020 | 08:02

Fossil fuels given $3.1 trillion subsidies at 'staggering' twenty-times level of renewables.

Massive gap in direct and indirect support highlighted by Irena effort to put accurate figure on discrepancy. The global fossil fuel sector enjoyed annual subsidy support worth $3.1 trillion, a “…

03 09 2020 | 09:13

Has Africa's green revolution failed?

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a favorite cause among Western donors — including Germany. But a study finds that the work of the organization is actually counterproductive.