Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan

...any new traditional coal power stations without operational carbon capture and storage,” the formal declaration states, while business and non-government partners agree to power their operations without coal....
Posted On 17 Nov 2017
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Warming soils bad for atmosphere

...carbon dioxide respired by the microbes underfoot. The world’s longest-running soil-warming experiments deliver no easy assurances that forests will continue to absorb atmospheric carbon that pours from vehicle exhausts,...
Posted On 18 Oct 2017
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Evaporation could offer new source of renewable energy

...moments when the wind fails to turn the turbines or at night when the solar power plants lie idle. There is a catch. The project has been demonstrated so far...
Posted On 06 Oct 2017
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Energy major warns of falling fossil fuel demand

...“In contrast, renewable energy globally, led by wind and solar power, grew strongly, helped by continued technological advances”, says BP. China leads Renewable energy production – excluding hydroelectric...
Posted On 21 Jun 2017
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New fuel from CO2 can slow climate change

...And from that point, the captured carbon dioxide could become a feedstock for the manufacture of liquid fuel. Scientists have argued for nearly a decade that the exhausts from power...
Posted On 02 Jul 2018
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Carbon Offsets. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

...“good”. Examples include small or moderate-sized hydro faculties, run-of-river power projects, and geothermal, solar and wind power. The Bad The European Union (EU) 2016 commissioned a study on the...
Posted On 12 Aug 2023
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Carbon capture and storage: where should the world store CO₂

Kian Mintz-Woo, University College Cork The recent Glasgow climate pact committed 197 countries to “phas[ing] down unabated coal”. Unabated coal refers to when power stations or factories burn coal without...
Posted On 07 Dec 2021
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How to Make Sustainable Packaging Eye-Catching and Affordable

...reactive practices. Producers can pair their technologies with renewable energy systems to enhance package sustainability. They are using solar to power manufacturing facilities can significantly lower operating costs. Solar is...
Posted On 21 Mar 2022