By guest contributor Ruth Lumley Sustainable buildings are not necessarily more costly to construct, according to new research. Sweett Group, the property and infrastructure company, used data from real building projects – […]
The Greenlandic ice sheet’s rapid ice melt is opening up new economic opportunities. Photo credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. By Anders Lorenzen Greenland, who undoubtedly are experiencing the most rapid change […]
A coal storage area in Beijing. Photo credit: kafka4prez via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen City officials in Beijing have taken one of the most radical steps to deal with the ongoing air […]
By guest contributor Matt Owens It seems like the summer on the US East Coast has been unusually cold so far, but the truth is that it’s only been cold compared to […]
William Hague during a climate change event in November 2011 alongside former Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne and South Africa’s Ambassador Mxakato-Diseko. Photo credit Department of Energy and Climate Change […]
Guatemala to get their first wind farm.
Trying to do a little good for the environment doesn’t require anything like as much effort as it once did for ordinary households. Nowadays, local councils have regular collections for recyclable materials […]
By guest contributor Derek Leahy The recent shelving of the Joslyn mine oilsands project in Alberta is a reminder of the fragile economics of the oilsands. No economic formula could be found […]
Photo credit: Reuters / Noah Berger. By Anders Lorenzen While much of Europe and the US is sweltering in warm summer weather, data out from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) […]
Al Gore and Clive Palmer. Photo credit: Alex Ellinghausen By Anders Lorenzen It’s been coming for a while, but the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has finally won the political backing to repeal […]
A greener life, a greener world 