Archive for June 2021
Why Europe cannot afford to shun nuclear power
With Brussels focusing on decarbonization by means of electrification using solar and wind, the big elephant in the room remains nuclear power.
Will the pandemic have a lasting impact on the energy industry?
Many experts predict that the devastating effects of Covid-19 on Big Oil will last long after the pandemic ends.
Your plastic waste may end up befouling a beach far away
"Swimming close to the shore with my family I was constantly fishing out plastic bags," a reporter in Thailand explained.
Is there a climate link to Miami’s condo catastrophe?
Coastal cities across the globe are dealing with land subsidence even as the sea is rising. It may have contributed to Miami's tragedy.
Russia’s vast forests sequester far more carbon than previously thought
Russia's forests have accumulated a large amount of biomass since the collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago.
Australia ‘must do more’ to protect the Great Barrier Reef
The long-term outlook for the ecosystem of the reef has deteriorated from poor to very poor and climate, UNESCO says.