by ostyx | Oct 30, 2014 | Energy, Europe, Features, News, Pollution/Health, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types
As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change meets in Copenhagen to approve its latest climate science report, host country Denmark has taken another step in its ambitious plan to phase out coal. Danish Climate and Energy Minister, Rasmus Helveg Petersen said they...
by ostyx | Oct 24, 2014 | Asia (incl. Maldives), Energy, Features, Forests, Home, News, Pollution/Health, Posts, Regions, Top, Topics, Types, Wildlife
Bangladeshis will gather in their capital city of Dhaka this weekend to protest a coal plant that would irreversibly impact the Sundarbans—one of the world’s largest mangrove forests and a sanctuary for hundreds of species, including the Bengal tiger. The Sundarbans,...
by ostyx | Oct 17, 2014 | Energy, News, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types
A global fracking boom will not reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change, according to new peer-reviewed research in the journal Nature. In fact an increase in fracking for natural gas is likely to increase carbon emissions as renewable energy will be squeezed...
by ostyx | Oct 16, 2014 | Energy, Jobs/Economy, News, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types
Coal, oil and gas companies almost universally recognise the risks climate change poses to their businesses, yet just 7% are integrating these threats into their spending choices. That’s the latest warning of UK think-tank the Carbon Tracker Initiative, as new...
by ostyx | Oct 10, 2014 | Energy, Jobs/Economy, News, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types
Transitioning to a low carbon society will not only prevent the most devastating climate impacts, but could free up trillions of dollars over the next two decades, according to new research. Two new reports from the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) reveal that a...
by ostyx | Oct 7, 2014 | Energy, Europe, Governments, News, North America, Pollution/Health, Posts, Regions, Topics, Transportation/Cities, Types
In a move hailed as “a tragedy for the climate,” the European Commission has abandoned its plan to label tar sands oil as highly polluting, opening the way for more imports of the dirty oil into Europe. After years of delays, the European Commission finally published...
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