The EU signed green hydrogen agreements with Egypt, Kazakhstan, Morocco and Namibia to supply the bloc with the gas ahead of its 2030 goals. Europe’s green hydrogen plans have set…
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Green skills to pay the bills
Duvha power station, located in Mpumalanga, South Africa, is scheduled to be decommissioned between 2031 and 2034. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks) Viewed from the conference centres of Cops, the Just Energy…
What’s at stake for climate at the World Bank’s spring meeting?
The World Bank controls tens of billions of dollars which can make a real difference in the fight against climate change. A coalition of nations is pushing for green reforms.…
Never mind on that whole “climate” thing…
Amazon to change venue name to Climate Fudge Arena Given their push to have fossil-fuel powered energy for their Oregon data center and therefore taking a major step back from their climate goals, Amazon…
Many plans for green infrastructure risk leaving vulnerable people out
If you’ve noticed more lush medians and plant-covered roofs in cities, it’s not your imagination. Incorporating more natural elements in urban landscapes is a growing management solution for the planet’s…
It’s possible to reach net-zero carbon emissions. Here’s how
Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez saw the future of energy on a broiling-hot day last September. An email alert hit her inbox from the San Diego Gas & Electric Company. “Extreme heat straining the…
Jacky Austermann looks to the solid earth for clues to sea level rise
It’s no revelation that sea levels are rising. Rising temperatures brought on by human-caused climate change are melting ice sheets and expanding ocean water. What’s happening inside Earth will also…
Cyclones in the Arctic are becoming more intense and frequent
CHICAGO – In January 2022, a cyclone blitzed a large expanse of ice-covered ocean between Greenland and Russia. Frenzied gusts galvanized 8-meter-tall waves that pounded the region’s hapless flotillas of…
Sea life offers a lens for self-exploration in ‘How Far the Light Reaches’
How Far the Light Reaches Sabrina Imbler Little, Brown & Co., $27 In How Far the Light Reaches, Sabrina Imbler shows us that the ocean, in all its mystery and…
Indigenous people may have created the Amazon’s ‘dark earth’ on purpose
CHICAGO — Indigenous people in the Amazon may have been deliberately creating fertile soil for farming for thousands of years. At archaeological sites across the Amazon River basin, mysterious patches…
