We take it for granted that greater deployment of renewables is good for all of us. Ronald Bailey writes on the Reason website that this is not necessarily true, that poor people are actually made poorer in many circumstances. What is your experience? Renewable Energy Mandates Are Making Poor People Poorer Escalating electricity prices … Continue reading Impact of expansion of renewable energy on vulnerable people
Canada’s dairy sector reducing its carbon footprint
While there is controversy over building a new pipeline in Canada, there is some good news for the energy transition from the dairy industry. Alex Binkley explains in an article on the National Newswatch website. Dairy farmers making progress on reducing carbon emissions, DFC says The Canadian dairy sector managed to reduce its carbon … Continue reading Canada’s dairy sector reducing its carbon footprint
How Germany needs to deal with its waste problem
No doubt we all have to increase our efforts to reduce waste. Maximiliane Koschyk writes on the Deutsche Welle website about latest developments in Germany. How is it in your country? Germany's waste problem: Recycling isn't enough The EU wants to outlaw single-use plastic items. But Germany's Environmental Minister Svenja Schulze thinks recycling efforts … Continue reading How Germany needs to deal with its waste problem
Concerned citizens see legal action as a path for climate action
Globally, more than a thousand court cases are demanding that governments and greenhouse gas emitters comply with laws to protect citizens. While there were many commitments made to reduce emissions, actual actions are slow to take place. Irene Banos Ruiz writes on the Deutsche Welle website about recent legal challenges globally. To accelerate climate action, … Continue reading Concerned citizens see legal action as a path for climate action
Nearly-zero energy buildings get important funding in Denmark
To be effective, the energy transition requires our buildings to be as efficient as technically possible. It is encouraging to see that the European Investment Bank is willing to invest in such buildings. The GovernmentEuropa website provides a news item of a recent investment in a building complex in Copenhagen. This is the bank’s first … Continue reading Nearly-zero energy buildings get important funding in Denmark
Advance of e-buses will outpace even electric cars
The electrification of road transport will move into top gear in the second half of the 2020s, thanks to tumbling battery costs and larger-scale manufacturing, with sales of electric cars racing to 28 percent, and those of electric buses to 84 percent, of their respective global markets by 2030. Renewable Energy Magazine provides a news … Continue reading Advance of e-buses will outpace even electric cars
Book review of new history of Chernobyl tragedy
The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 has had a long-lasting impact on our energy and environmental policies. Viv Groskop writes a review in The Guardian about a new book that is the first comprehensive history. Groskop explains that without losing any detail or nuance, the author, Harvard professor Serhil Plokhy, “has a knack for making complicated … Continue reading Book review of new history of Chernobyl tragedy
International investigation into mysterious source of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical now destroying the ozone layer
Scientists are raising a concern that someone is currently making a banned chemical that is destroying the ozone layer. Chris Mooney explains latest developments in an article on The Washington Post website. Someone, somewhere, is making a banned chemical that destroys the ozone layer, scientists suspect Emissions of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical are on the … Continue reading International investigation into mysterious source of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical now destroying the ozone layer
Understanding why air pollution affects quality of life
Richard E. Peltier, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst explains in an article on The Conversation website in a straightforward manner why air pollution affects all of us and not even necessarily in the most polluted cities of the world. Is air pollution making you sick? 4 questions … Continue reading Understanding why air pollution affects quality of life
National security and the implications of climate change
While this article is about Australia, it is an important message for all countries. Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations at The University of Queensland writes about a new Australian report that notes that climate change has a range of important security implications, both domestically and internationally. Senate report: climate change is a … Continue reading National security and the implications of climate change
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