Solar plus batteries aim to retire natural gas plants in 2019
For years, proponents of natural gas referred to it as a “bridge fuel,” an interim power source on the way to a distant future dominated by renewable energy.
2018: A Tipping Point for Climate Change
Did the world wake up to climate change in 2018? Or are we falling deeper into ignorance about the environmental changes happening all around us?The increasingly severe effects of the rise in global temperature are being felt everywhere on the planet through extreme weather events and natural disasters, serving as a wake-up call to the
Renewables posted record share of UK power in Q3 2018
Renewables provided almost one-third of the UK’s total power output in Q3 2018, a record high for that period of the year, boosted by the summer’s heatwave and high wind speeds.That performance also lifted the total share of power from low carbon sources to 56%, another record high for Q3, however this was also aided
The FT Editorial Board has a problem with those who pretend to solve climate change. Who might they have in mind?
“The depressing reality about climate change is that we could solve the problem, at manageable cost, but are failing to do so.”
2018: A year of stalled progress and unprecedented ambition on climate
In tangible terms, 2018 marked a setback for American efforts to combat climate change.
Shell says it wants to double green energy investment
Company already committed to spend $1bn-$2bn annually in the next two years on low carbon energy
World will approach record-breaking temperatures in 2019, says Met Office
‘The forecast for 2019 would place next year amongst the five warmest years on record, which would all have occurred since 2015’
Climate change: Where we are in seven charts and what you can do to help
Representatives from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Poland for talks on climate change – aimed at breathing new life into the Paris Agreement.The UN has warned the 2015 Paris accord’s goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2C above pre-industrial levels” is in danger because major economies, including the US and the EU,
Climate change: CO2 emissions rising for first time in four years
Global efforts to tackle climate change are way off track says the UN, as it details the first rise in CO2 emissions in four years.The emissions gap report says that economic growth is responsible for a rise in 2017 while national efforts to cut carbon have faltered.
Trump on dire warnings in climate report: ‘I don’t believe it’
President Trump said Monday that he doesn’t “believe” the findings of a major report his administration released forecasting dire consequences to the United States from climate change.“Yeah, I don’t believe it,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a campaign rally for Sen. Cindy Hyde Smith (R) in Mississippi, when asked about