Archive for 2020
Czechia, a laggard in clean energy, could embrace wind power
The Czech Republic has many things to recommend it, but a solid clean energy plan isn't one of them at the moment.
Belgium plans to increase its power emissions
The “Energiewende” of Germany has been going on and doing rather badly for two decades now. They wanted to decrease emissions but started the project by deciding to close most of their low carbon energy production, namely their fleet of
Study in Denmark links PFBA chemicals with severe COVID
Researchers think they've found a link between patients experiencing severe COVID-19 and their exposure to PFBA.
Ice melt on Greenland could soon reach a point of no return
Greenland, a realm of ice and snow, could be living up to its name by turning truly green. And that's bad news.
Shuttering fossil fuel plants in the US should be done judiciously
Shutting down fossil fuel plants in five years would eliminate only 15% of capacity-years left in fossil fuel-powered plants.
Habitat loss is driving human-elephant conflicts in Thailand
Elephants feature prominently in religious and national iconography in Thailand, but the jumbos have fallen on hard times.