Why This Year’s Record Arctic Sea Ice Melt Matters
An iceberg captured on camera during a 30-day mission in 2012 to map areas of the Arctic aboard the NOAA Ship Fairweather. (Photo: National Ocean Service Image Gallery) Every year, at roughly the same...
View ArticleChina’s CO2 Emissions From Coal-To-Chemical Industry Set To Soar
A Chinese boy cycles past a cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China. China’s coal-to-chemical industry could produce CO2 emissions in excess of 400 million tons a...
View ArticleChina Suspends Majority Of New Coal Power Permits
A man walks past a coal-powered steel plant in Tianjin, China. (AP/Andy Wong) The Chinese government has ordered the vast majority of its provinces to stop permitting new coal power projects. According...
View ArticleLeak: Despite Brexit, UK Actively Lobbying To Weaken EU Climate Goals
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks with Donald Tusk, President of the EU Council on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London. (AP/Frank Augstein) On the very day Theresa May triggered...
View ArticleUK’s Coalition Government Is Finally Kicking Coal To The Curb
Contractors work on Europe’s biggest floating solar panel array on the Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir near Walton-on-Thames in south west London, Monday, March 21, 2016. (AP/Matt Dunham) Wind, solar and...
View ArticleAustralia’s Coal Export Industry Is Threatening The Climate Crisis
An open cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales, Australia. (Photo: Max Phillips/Jeremy Buckingham MLC) Australia is powering a global surge in an especially polluting type of steel...
View ArticleWhat The Leaked EU-Japan Trade Deal Tells Us About Brexit
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, left, greets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on arrival at the Europa building in Brussels, March 21, 2017. (AP/Virginia Mayo) As Brexit talks...
View ArticleOil Giants Admit Risk Of Spill In Drilling Project Near Amazon Reef
People stand together to spell out a message that reads in Portuguese: “Defend the Amazon coral reef”, on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 29, 2017. The event is a protest organized...
View ArticleAs UK Effectively Bans Onshore Wind Power, Study Shows It’s True Promise
Around 2,000 wind power stations in Sweden provided 7.1 TWh of electricity in 2012 alone.(Trons/Scanpix) The government has come under fire over its ‘short-sighted decision’ to effectively ban new...
View ArticleTotal’s Report On Amazon Reef Drilling Reveals Oil Spill Risk To Nearby...
The controversial offshore oil project in the mouth of the Amazon river could pose significant spill risk to nearby countries, according to documents from drilling giant Total. The findings have led to...
View ArticleIn One Year, China Will Add More Solar Capacity Than Any Other Country Has —...
It’s no secret China has been installing solar panels at a record-breaking rate — it’s been happening for years now. But in 2017 China took its solar drive even further, deploying more PV capacity in...
View ArticleChina’s CO2 Emissions From Coal-To-Chemical Industry Set To Soar
A Chinese boy cycles past a cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China. China’s coal-to-chemical industry could produce CO2 emissions in excess of 400 million tons a...
View ArticleChina Suspends Majority Of New Coal Power Permits
A man walks past a coal-powered steel plant in Tianjin, China. (AP/Andy Wong) The Chinese government has ordered the vast majority of its provinces to stop permitting new coal power projects. According...
View ArticleLeak: Despite Brexit, UK Actively Lobbying To Weaken EU Climate Goals
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks with Donald Tusk, President of the EU Council on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London. (AP/Frank Augstein) On the very day Theresa May triggered...
View ArticleUK’s Coalition Government Is Finally Kicking Coal To The Curb
Contractors work on Europe’s biggest floating solar panel array on the Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir near Walton-on-Thames in south west London, Monday, March 21, 2016. (AP/Matt Dunham) Wind, solar and...
View ArticleAustralia’s Coal Export Industry Is Threatening The Climate Crisis
An open cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales, Australia. (Photo: Max Phillips/Jeremy Buckingham MLC) Australia is powering a global surge in an especially polluting type of steel...
View ArticleWhat The Leaked EU-Japan Trade Deal Tells Us About Brexit
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, left, greets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on arrival at the Europa building in Brussels, March 21, 2017. (AP/Virginia Mayo) As Brexit talks...
View ArticleOil Giants Admit Risk Of Spill In Drilling Project Near Amazon Reef
People stand together to spell out a message that reads in Portuguese: “Defend the Amazon coral reef”, on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 29, 2017. The event is a protest organized...
View ArticleAs UK Effectively Bans Onshore Wind Power, Study Shows It’s True Promise
Around 2,000 wind power stations in Sweden provided 7.1 TWh of electricity in 2012 alone.(Trons/Scanpix) The government has come under fire over its ‘short-sighted decision’ to effectively ban new...
View ArticleTotal’s Report On Amazon Reef Drilling Reveals Oil Spill Risk To Nearby...
The controversial offshore oil project in the mouth of the Amazon river could pose significant spill risk to nearby countries, according to documents from drilling giant Total. The findings have led to...
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