Image credit to Alistair Ross on Flickr. By Katie Morrey As the Olympic games have now come to an end in Rio, Brazil, a new paper has looked at whether these will […]
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Environmental blog with a focus on climate change.
Sailing towards sustainability
Land Rover BAR’s HQ will qualify for BREEAM status. Photo credit: Shaun Roster. By Anders Lorenzen Britain is basking in Rio Olympic glory, picking up medal after medal , and only being […]
Analysis: Who politicized the environment and climate change?
Protector in chief: Theodore Roosevelt with conservationist John Muir at Yosemite in 1906. U.S. Library of Congress By Professor Brian C. Clark, Pennsylvania State University An environmental activist friend of mine recently […]
The future is Iceland: On its way to total self-sustainability
Iceland’s geothermal fields. Photo credit: V C via Flickr. By Rebecca Clark For such a tiny and unassuming island, it’s surprising how environmentally advanced this quaint Nordic country is. Interest has been […]
From drought to floods in 45 days
A scorching summer has given way to an above-average monsoon in South Asia; people who were praying for rain are now fleeing from it. By The Third Pole People fleeing the Brahmaputra […]
Sigourney Weaver: climate change is here and now and hurts Americans – video
Photo credit: Reuters / Mike Segar. By Anders Lorenzen American actress, Sigourney Weaver, has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump. She is lambasting him for his views on climate change, which […]
The Rio Olympics set to be a disaster for the environment
Garbage next to an ecobarrier in the Meriti River being cleaned up by workers. Photo credit: Ricardo Moraes. By Anders Lorenzen Just days after the start of the Rio Olympics, the commitment […]
Opinion: American presidential choices: an opinion based on climate science
By Dr James Hansen I am a political Independent, fed up with both of our major parties. I have begun writing a piece in which I argue the case for a third […]
LED technology earmarked as key for reducing carbon emissions
A LED light bulb. Photo credit: Shawn Harquail via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology holds the key to reducing carbon emissions. But there are worries that not enough […]
450 environmental groups’ plea to the US Congress in face of pending trans-pacific trade deals
An anti TTIP protest. Photo credit: Friends of the Earth Europe / Lode Saidanne via Flickr. By Rebecca Clark The US Congress has faced opposition recently from environmental groups in the face […]
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