Photo credit: dmytrok via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen It was not the news anyone expected to receive on Friday the 13th of March 2015 but, nevertheless, that was the day on which […]
CO2 emissions stalls for the first time in 40 years
Syrian conflict likely fueled by climate change, study claims
Injured Syrian women arrive at a field hospital after an air strike hit their homes in the town of Azar on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, August 15, 2012. As the war […]
Seven year old boy reflects on where water comes from
Photo credit: Cedrennes via Flickr. In the Western world we tend to take water completely for granted; but can and should we? By 2050 there will be in the region of nine […]
China’s slower growth, curbs on smog could hasten decline of US coal
US coal producers who bet on rising Asian demand struggle to justify new export terminals as China’s coal consumption slows. Photo credit: CoalSwarm. By Sabine Muscat Slowing economic growth and tougher environmental […]
Is France moving away from pledge to reduce nuclear capacity?
France could move away from a previous pledge to reduce nuclear capacity. Picture: a nuclear reactor in the French countryside. Photo credit: Lassi Kurkijarvi via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen When Francois Hollande […]
Senator James Inhofe throws a snowball to prove that global warming is a hoax
Jim Inhofe uses a snowball to disprove global warming. Photo credit: YouTube. By Anders Lorenzen A US Republican Senator last month controversially used a snowball to try to prove that global warming […]
Canada’s pipeline review process broken but still important, critics say
By guest contributor Derek Leahy The National Energy Board (NEB), Canada’s federal pipeline regulator, has come under tremendous public criticism over the last three years for limiting public participation in its review […]
UK gives the go ahead to the world largest offshore wind farm
UK’s Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm. Photo credit: Scira Offshore Energy Ltd / Statkraft via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen The UK government has given the go ahead to what will be the […]
Obama moves to veto controversial Keystone XL bill
Obama has vetoed a bill seeking to speed up the Keystone XL approval process. Photo credit: Matt Wansley via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen US President Barack Obama, has vetoed a bill that […]
Danger zone: Earth crosses four planetary boundaries
The destruction of primary rainforest by Duta Palma in West Kalimantan, Borneo. Cargill was a key purchaser of palm oil from this notoriys rainforest destroyer up until 2008. Photo credit: Rainforest Action […]
A greener life, a greener world 