It’s the End of the World as We Know It — Do You Feel Fine?

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:44:54 +0000

I thought the title from R.E.M.’s 1987 song was a fitting headline for this article. I contemplated using Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” but I thought R.E.M.’s “stream of

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India Issues List Of Technologies Eligible Under Impending Carbon Market 

Credit to Author: Saurabh| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 03:18:40 +0000

The Indian government has issued a list of projects that would be eligible to earn carbon offsets for the purpose of selling them in international carbon markets. According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, a total of 13 activities have been identified as potential carbon offset generators in […]

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Zero-Emission Vehicle Adoption Is Accelerating, But Stronger Push Is Needed

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 02:15:34 +0000

At this year’s COP27 held in Egypt, the BloombergNEF (BNEF) research company released its study for the 2022 Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook. The ZEV Factbook shows that the adoption of zero-emission vehicles has accelerated over the past year across almost all markets and vehicle segments. The finding from the ZEV Factbook shows that global momentum has […]

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Nuclear, Hydrogen, CCUS Part of at Least 42 Country Ambitions

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 04:13:00 +0000

At least 42 nationally determined contributions (NDCs) submitted under the Paris Agreement as of December 2021 indicate governments plan to utilize carbon capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen and ammonia, and

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The UN Is Finally, Maybe, Doing Something About Plastic Pollution

Credit to Author: Jamie Leventhal| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:46:49 GMT

About 10 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into our oceans every year—the equivalent of a garbage truck of plastic every minute. A new UN treaty is trying to fight that.

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Internal Combustion Cars: To Buy, Or Not To Buy

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:05:48 +0000

NIO ES8 reviewContrary to Shakespeare’s existential question, to buy or not to buy an internal combustion car is a very simple question with an even simpler answer. No! In the comments section of this and other websites I see often the discussion about what to do when there is no good fully battery-electric vehicle (BEV) available for […]

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The Costs of Climate Change — A Short Overview

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:05:22 +0000

The costs of climate change are multiple. This article will limit itself to a few big budget items associated with the consequences of burning fossil fuels and partly with forestry and land use change. The type of costs of climate change are: The costs of damage, health costs and cleaning up after the polluters The […]

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A Decade of Turmoil: How Nuclear and Coal Have Struggled to Survive

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:05:45 +0000

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The past 10 years have been filled with trials and tribulations for both the nuclear and coal power industries. From accidents to plant closures there has been little to cheer about. Still, nuclear and coal power continue to provide reliable baseload generation to billions of customers around the globe. Here’s a look back at the […]

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China Ramping Renewables, and Building More Coal Plants

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 16:00:24 +0000

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Officials in China in 2017 said the country—the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases—would move away from coal-fired power generation. They promptly canceled more than 100 coal power plant construction projects. But coal remains king in China, which in the past two years has added 43 GW of coal-fired generation capacity, according to a report […]

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Greta Sails Home, + Common “Net-Zero Emissions” Questions & Answers

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 01:40:36 +0000

This week, Greta Thunberg, the well known empowered climate activist from Northern Europe, continued her net-zero-emissions journey by returning home. Greta is working to educate the world. She spreads hope and addresses concerns. Avoiding the use of fossil fuels, she once again took to the seas rather than flying in order to reach Europe with her father

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