The Race for Clean Energy

...-48% Biomass & waste-to-energy $6.8 0% Small hydro $3.5 0% Geothermal $2.7 -37% Biofuels $2.2 17% Marine $0.2 -7% In 2016, investment in clean energy fell by 18% – however,...
Posted On 13 Dec 2017
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Altering crops can exploit changing climate

...his colleagues write. “In particular, our results are encouraging for several world regions that are grappling with water scarcity, food insecurity, or a combination of both.” – Climate...
Posted On 07 Nov 2017
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Fresh hope raised ofΒ global warming limit

...the whole globe would rate as “catastrophic”. But a rise of 5°C would, the researchers say, deliver risks that are “unknown, implying beyond catastrophic”. And if emissions are not...
Posted On 20 Sep 2017
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Plastics leave permanent legacy

...generated, distributed and discarded. Of that total, 6.3 billion tons are classified as waste. Of that waste, only 9% has been recycled, 12% incinerated, and 79% of what is essentially...
Posted On 24 Jul 2017
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US cities face growing flood risks

  By Tim Radford LONDON, 13 June, 2017 – Sea level rise – driven by global warming and climate change – will bring new flood risks to America’s coastal cities....
Posted On 13 Jun 2017
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Conventional Oil Investment Plummets Despite Rising Demand

...the Permian basin in Texas, for example, is now at USD 40-45/bbl. Liquids production from US shale plays is expected to expand by 2.3 mb/d by 2022 at current prices,...
Posted On 26 Apr 2017
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Canada’s Maritime Economy – A $30 Billion Enterprise

  May 25, 2017 – A new report, The Value of Commercial Marine Shipping to Canada, released today by the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), estimates the...
Posted On 25 May 2017

Prepare for a worldΒ 3Β°C warmer in 80 years

...up approximately 85% of the entire coal pipeline: China, India, Turkey, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Egypt, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Republic of Korea. Another report, from the 1 Gigaton Coalition,...
Posted On 31 Oct 2017
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