He photographed a golden eagle in Scotland. The bird of prey is protected under the UK Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Education Images | Universal Pictures Group | Getty Images Plans for a wind farm off the coast of Scotland have been revised after a number of concerns, including how the project could affect golden … Read more
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that without any action, humans are on track to increase global temperatures by 2.8 degrees Celsius. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday accused fossil fuel giants of ignoring climate science and seeking to expand the oil and gas industry’s production … Read more
Ivan VUCCI | AFP | Getty Images The world cannot avoid overshooting the 2015 Paris climate agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, Bill Gates has said. The billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft The co-founder answered questions from Reddit users on Wednesday, some of which revolved around climate change. Although Gates made … Read more
New York’s Windy Empire: The future coastal empire looks windy About 600 yards off the coast of Wainscott, NY, a visible lift boat provides a platform for drilling crews before laying cables to distribute power generated by wind turbines. ShareShare Facebook Twitter Letter Pinterest WhatsApp Or https://www.archdaily.com/994997/new-york-state-of-wind-future-looks-breezy-for-offshore-empire This article was originally published on Common Edge. … Read more
Gas prices are displayed at an Exxon gas station on July 29, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Three academics at Harvard and the University of Potsdam in Germany published a study in the journal Science on Thursday that provided the evidence. Exxon MobilThe $466 billion oil and gas behemoth predicted global … Read more
Photo taken on July 15, 2022 of a wind turbine turbine at a facility in Hebei Province, China. The world’s second largest economy is a major powerhouse of technologies critical to the planned energy transition. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images The world is moving into a “new era of clean-tech manufacturing” worth … Read more
A bagpiper and belly dancer take part in the “Burning Man” festival across Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. Mike Nelson | AFP | Getty Images Arts and culture festival organizers Burning Man and several environmental groups are suing the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over the agency’s approval of a geothermal exploration project in northwestern … Read more
The persistent winter storm brought Christmas Day danger and misery to millions of Americans as heavy snow and freezing temperatures lashed parts of the eastern United States and led to at least 24 weather-related deaths. A state of emergency broke out in Buffalo, New York, in western New York on Sunday, as tornadoes ripped through … Read more
Community organizer Pete Wojwode was walking to meet a friend at a street festival near downtown Oakland in November when a petitioner approached him and asked if he wanted to sign a petition to lower gas prices. But Woywode read the petition and noted it was a referendum to repeal SB 1137 — a state … Read more
Hydrogen storage tanks are photographed in Spain on May 19, 2022. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hydrogen has a role to play in the UK’s transition to a net-zero economy, but its role may be limited to certain sectors, according to a UK legislative committee report. The Commons Science and Technology Committee concluded … Read more