Robert J. Samuel is a regular columnist for the Washington Post. He recently wrote that he is now starting to feel slightly less pessimistic. Are you? Why I’m (slightly) less pessimistic about global warming On global climate change, I’ve changed my mind — just slightly. I’ve written about this issue for more than two decades, … Continue reading One American columnist reflects on being somewhat less pessimistic about climate change
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PV combined with batteries see real potential in Jordan and Morocco
Even the world’s most efficient gas technology is falling behind PV combined with batteries, Jason Deign argues in an article on the Green Tech Media website. This is according to a recent study that looked at the markets in the Middle East and Africa. Is this your experience? Solar-Plus-Storage Beats Combined Cycle Gas in … Continue reading PV combined with batteries see real potential in Jordan and Morocco
Under water energy storage possibility
Josh Gabbatiss writes on The Independent website about using rocks at the bottom of the North Sea to store energy. ‘This method could make it possible to store renewable energy produced in the summer for those chilly winter nights’. North Sea rocks could act as large-scale underwater renewable energy stores, study finds Rocks at … Continue reading Under water energy storage possibility
More on the impact of air pollution
EiD regularly provides articles about the impact of air pollution on our health, climate change and much more. Josh Gabbatis writes on The Independent website about air pollution’s impact on our mood. Real-time data from social media suggests particulates linked with poor lung health are also affecting our happiness. What do you think? Air … Continue reading More on the impact of air pollution
Who is acting in our best interest?
Anand Giridharadas, in an article in The Guardian, raises important issues about the elite’s charade about changing the world. Without taking a position, EiD simply presents this to you to make you pause and think about the dynamics of change. The new elite’s phoney crusade to save the world – without changing anything A … Continue reading Who is acting in our best interest?
Making cruise ships more energy efficient
An Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) researcher has developed a system based on fuel cells to reduce the carbon footprint and energy consumption of cruise ships, which are increasingly popular among vacation goers around the world. Pranjal Mehar explains on the Tech Explorer website. More energy-efficient cruise ships Putting in half a month … Continue reading Making cruise ships more energy efficient
Encouraging approach to sustainable energy in Scotland’s Orkney Islands
A tech revolution – and an abundance of wind and waves – mean that the people of Orkney now produce more electricity than they can use. Robin McKie explains in an article on The Observer website. How Orkney leads the way for sustainable energy It seems the stuff of fantasy. Giant ships sail the … Continue reading Encouraging approach to sustainable energy in Scotland’s Orkney Islands
“Is there any hope on climate change, or are we just screwed?”
This week, there were many tweets that we were running towards disaster, when we see the what is happening to the polar regions or glaciers or whatever. David Roberts writes a very lengthy article on the Vox website that there is a case for what he calls conditional optimism. He argues that limiting the damage … Continue reading “Is there any hope on climate change, or are we just screwed?”
Concerns about renewable energy dependent on non-renewable resources such as rare earth elements
Parakram Pyakurel, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Warsash School of Maritime Science and Engineering at Southampton Solent University writes on The Conversation website about concerns such as energy security because of the dependence of renewable energy technologies on non-renewable resources. Lithium is finite – but clean technology relies on such non-renewable resources Renewable energy is generally … Continue reading Concerns about renewable energy dependent on non-renewable resources such as rare earth elements
New briefing from BPIE: Policy Innovation for Building Renovation – How can policy innovation scale up the decarbonisation of the building stock in Europe?
This year with the Clean Energy Package in Europe now at the stage of implementation it is important that there are fresh ideas leading to more effective action. The Buildings Performance Institute Europe has just published an important new briefing arguing that accelerating deep renovation requires a systemic transformation of the construction sector, which can … Continue reading New briefing from BPIE: Policy Innovation for Building Renovation – How can policy innovation scale up the decarbonisation of the building stock in Europe?
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