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 [...]
Growing local heat will affect forest people in Amazonia. Image: By Daniel Zanini H, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Time Radford Trees cool the world. They also cool themselves. Even moderate forest damage makes local temperatures soar. Destruction of the Amazon rainforest is bad news for the planet. [...]
Accsys Technologies has, for the past two years, been a company where profitability had been postponed while much needed spending on expanding production capacity has been taking place in order to expand by ramping up turnover. The preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2019 which were released on 25 June 2019, showed [...]
Jakarta’s old harbour: Sea levels are rising, the city is sinking. Image: By Daniel Berthold, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Kieran Cooke For its people, Jakarta’s sea level is a nagging anxiety. But moving the Indonesian capital 1,000 kms to safety will be horribly costly. Spare a thought for [...]
Russia’s record on emissions cuts is not brilliant – but few countries’ are. Image: By Michael Parulava on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Alex Kirby Reports from Moscow suggest that Russia will announce its support for the Paris climate accord before the end of 2019. Officials in Moscow say the Russian government plans, after [...]
New life from old wells: Oil can yield clean fuel cheaply and abundantly. Image: By Zbynek Burivalon on Ubnplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Tim Radford Cheap and plentiful renewable energy is possible: pure hydrogen power in the ground, enough wind in European skies to power the world. US and European researchers have [...]
On the road to nowhere: Petrol and diesel fuel cannot survive much longer. Image: By Mahkeo on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www. Climatenewsnetwork.net website By Paul Brown Petrol- and diesel-driven cars will soon vanish, as oil-based fuel already costs three times more than cheap renewables. The days of oil as a fuel for cars, whether [...]