Waste plastic overwhelms a Portuguese harbour. Image: By Martijn Baudoin on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Tim Radford Here’s what to do with all that waste plastic, the scrap, waste and flotsam: turn it back into brand-new plastic and use it again, and again. Swedish scientists say they have found a way to [...]
Iceland’s Hellisheidi power plant, equipped to capture carbon. Image: By Arnia Saeberg, via Wikimedia CommonsOctober 31st, 2019, by Paul Brown This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Paul Brown Carbon capture and storage is now proved to work and is essential to prevent global average temperatures exceeding 1.5°C, Norwegian scientists say. If the world [...]
For some years now we have been monitoring the progress of the AIM-listed Good Energy company which has wanted to be a predominately power supply company using 100 per cent renewable energy; thereby aiding the fight against climate change. Julia Davenport OBE, who founded the company in 1999 and remains the CEO to this day, [...]
Air conditioners could put a massive strain on the electricity grid during more intense heatwaves. Image: Jan Tik via Flickr This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Tim Radford Rising temperatures mean that heatwaves will become hotter, more frequent, last longer and will cover much wider areas. – Scientists in the US have added a [...]
Nagasaki undergoes nuclear attack, August 1945: A bomb today would leave no winners. Image: By USAAF (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Tim Radford As the potential for nuclear war in Asia hots up, scientists have chilling news for those far from the battleground: we will all suffer. [...]
Follow the anchor down: The seabed may be the right place for carbon. Image: By Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.Climatenewsnetwork website by Tim Radford The Blue Planet hasn’t been considered as a solution to the climate crisis. Three scientists advocate a sea change in global thinking: [...]
Looking towards Hinkley Point, where a third reactor is being built. Image: By Roger Cornfoot, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Paul Brown With new plants costing from five to ten times more than renewable options, and Finding a way to head off the galloping climate crisis, although it’s [...]
The coal-burning power plant at Taichung in Taiwan. Image: By Ellery, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Tim Radford You need energy to develop. You also need water. So coal-burning generators that need water for cooling invite trouble. Economic development in Asia – hugely dependent on electricity from coal-burning generators [...]
Greenlanders worry about what climate change will do to their dogs. Image: By Kim Hansen, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Kieran Cooke The climate crisis is part of daily life near the North Pole for most Greenlanders, with 75% saying they have felt it themselves. Most Greenlanders, those who [...]
Emitters and investors share responsibility for climate change. Image: By Agustín Lautaro on Unsplash This article was syndicated to www.greenbarrel.com by its partner website www.climatenewsnetwork.net This story originally appeared in newsroom. It is republished here as part of the Climate News Network’s partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the [...]