Energy Issues News
May 18, 2024
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May 17, 2024 A new commentary paper puts forth a transformative solution to the unsustainable reliance on fossil resources by the chemical industry: catalysis to leverage sustainable waste resources, ushering the ...
May 16, 2024 After spinning for under two years, a wind farm can offset the carbon emissions generated across its entire 30-year lifespan, when compared to thermal power ...
May 14, 2024 Even the most optimistic projections for the rapid build-out of solar, wind, and other low-carbon resources acknowledge that coal, natural gas, and other fossil fuels will dominate the world's energy mix for decades to come. If the vast greenhouse ...
May 14, 2024 The latest 'Florida Climate Resilience Survey' found that 90% of Floridians believe that climate change is happening. Belief in human-caused climate change has surged among Florida Independents while slipping among Republicans in the state since ...
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May 13, 2024 Coal phase-out is necessary to solve climate change, but can have negative impacts on workers and local communities dependent on coal for their livelihoods. Researchers have studied government plans ...
May 9, 2024 New research reveals what countries think will be their most difficult to decarbonize sectors when they reach net zero, with agriculture expected to be responsible for the largest remaining ...
May 9, 2024 Researchers report a new method that reduces the amount of iridium needed to produce hydrogen from water by 95%, without altering the rate of ...
May 9, 2024 The global chemical industry is a major fossil fuel consumer and climate change contributor; however, new research has identified how the sector could clean up its green credentials by getting ...
May 1, 2024 Reaching net-zero carbon emissions goals requires finding transformative paths to manage carbon in difficult-to-electrify economic ...
Apr. 30, 2024 Engineers in Australia have found a new way to make power-pole insulators resistant to fire and electrical sparking, promising to prevent dangerous pole-top fires and reduce blackouts. Pole-top fires ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Scientists have shed light on a new, transformative approach that could help resolve a dispute over the Nile river's water ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Countries with limited potential for renewables could save up to 20 percent of costs for green steel and up to 40 percent for green chemicals from ...
Apr. 24, 2024 A new survey has found that for residents living within three miles of a large-scale solar development, positive attitudes outnumbered negative attitudes by almost a 3-to-1 margin. Researchers ...
Apr. 19, 2024 Climate change will increase the future value of residential rooftop solar panels across the United States by up to 19% by the end of the century, ...
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Apr. 16, 2024 Nineteen out of 34 countries surveyed failed to fully meet their 2020 climate commitments set 15 years ago in Copenhagen, according to a new study by UCL ...
Apr. 15, 2024 Manufacturing nations in the Global North are stockpiling energy and emission problems by outsourcing energy-intensive industrial processes to countries in the Global ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Most Americans report having personally experienced the effects of extreme weather, according to new survey data. An analysis finds that a reported exposure to extreme weather is associated with ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Conditions that usually accompany the kind of intense hot and cold weather that strains power grids may also provide greater opportunities to capture solar and wind energy. A study found that ...
Mar. 26, 2024 Researchers have conducted a series of participatory deliberation workshops in which the participants were asked to consider issues of future society and manufacturing, in general, and as they relate ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Pairing cryptocurrency mining -- notable for its outsize consumption of carbon-based fuel -- with green hydrogen could provide the foundation for wider deployment of renewable energy, such as solar ...
Mar. 15, 2024 In order to limit the increase in global average temperature to 1.5 C, it is essential to drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. This would mean not exploiting most of the ...
Mar. 12, 2024 An AI-powered analysis of 25 years of satellite images yields the surprising finding that methane emissions in Turkmenistan, a former Soviet republic and major oil-producing region, actually ...
Mar. 4, 2024 Scientists have put forth a new approach to protect the electric grid, creating a tool that sorts and prioritizes cyber threats on the ...
Feb. 29, 2024 Energy systems essential to supporting our everyday activities face increasing threats from wars, pandemics, climate change, and other unexpected events. An international team of researchers found ...
Feb. 28, 2024 Countries in the European Union (EU) have made progress over the past decade toward Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7), which calls for 'access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and ...
Feb. 26, 2024 To become carbon neutral by 2060, China will have to build eight to 10 times more wind and solar power installations than existed in 2022, according to a new study. Reaching carbon neutrality will ...
Feb. 16, 2024 A key step to achieving climate neutrality in the European Union is to rapidly shift from fossil fuels to electric technologies powered by renewable energies, a new study shows. At the same time, ...
Feb. 15, 2024 Throughout human history, technologies have been used to make peoples' lives richer and more comfortable, but they have also contributed to a global crisis threatening Earth's climate, ...
Feb. 15, 2024 Chips and datacentres -- the 'compute' power driving the AI revolution -- may be the most effective targets for risk-reducing AI policies as they have to be physically possessed, according ...
Feb. 13, 2024 Millions of U.S. households would benefit from heat pumps, but the cost of installing the technology needs to come down to make their use a more attractive ...
Feb. 7, 2024 Researchers report that replacing 50% of animal products with alternative proteins by 2050 could free up enough agricultural land to generate renewable energy equivalent in volume to today's ...
Feb. 7, 2024 A more accurate way of identifying underground nuclear tests, including those conducted in secret, has been ...
Jan. 31, 2024 Researchers have outlined ambitious targets to help deliver a sustainable and net zero plastic economy. The authors argue for a rethinking of the technical, economic, and policy paradigms that have ...
Jan. 31, 2024 Harmful emissions from the industrial sector could be reduced by up to 85% across the world, according to new research. The sector, which includes iron and steel, chemicals, cement, and food and ...
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- 'Scientists' Warning' On Climate and Technology
- Artificial Intelligence: Aim Policies at 'hardware' To Ensure AI Safety, Say Experts
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- Replacing Animal-Based Foods With Alternative Proteins Would Unlock Land for Carbon Removal
- New Method to More Accurately Spot Underground Nuclear Tests
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- US Air Pollution Rates on the Decline but Pockets of Inequities Remain
- A Non-Proliferation Solution: Using Antineutrinos to Surveil Nuclear Reactors
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- Green Wheels, Bright Skies: Analysis Unveils the Connection Between Electric Vehicles and Photovoltaics
- Scientists Outline a Bold Solution to Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, Social Injustice
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- No One-Size-Fits-All Solution for the Net-Zero Grid
- Nuclear Expansion Failure Shows Simulations Require Change
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- Energy Transition: A Super-Model to Guide Policy Makers
- Food Waste Prevention in Europe Can Generate Major Footprint Savings
- How to Eat Our Way out of the Climate Crisis
- Decarbonizing Light-Duty Transportation in the United States: Study Reveals Strategies to Achieve Goal
Thursday, November 2, 2023
- AI Trained to Identify Least Green Homes
- Underground Car Parks Heat Up Groundwater
- Two Million European Households Could Abandon the Electrical Grid by 2050
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- Scientists Propose New Strategy for Modern Sails to Help Shipping Sector Meet Its Carbon Reduction Goals
- The Looming 840,000 Ton Waste Problem That Isn't Single-Use Plastics
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- 'Critical Climate Solution' Or 'worse Than Coal'? Study Explores Debate Around Divisive Energy Technology
- Ask Us How to Build the Circular Economy, Say Scientists
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- Effects of Crypto Mining on Texas Power Grid
- Communities Should Reconsider Walking Away from Curbside Recycling, Study Shows
- New Supply Chain Model to Empower Seabound Hydrogen Economy
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- What Really Matters in Multi-Story Building Design?
- Drought, Heat Waves Worsen West Coast Air Pollution Inequality
- At Least 80% of the World's Most Important Sites for Biodiversity on Land Currently Contain Human Developments
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
- Lower Energy Consumption Thanks to Daylight-Saving Time
- Public Acceptance of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Removal Could Be Improved in Developing Countries