Climate change
Biden administration grants $75 million to relocate three Native tribes away from rising oceans
Schoolchildren walk beside severe erosion of the permafrost tundra next to their school at the climate change affected Yupik Eskimo village of Napakiak on the Yukon Delta in Alaska on April 18, 2019. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images The Department of the Interior under the Biden administration is providing three Native American tribes […]
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Power marketplaces are experiencing ‘one or two many years of excessive volatility,’ Enel CEO says
This graphic, from March 2022, displays wind turbines and fuel storage facilities in Germany. Europe’s vitality marketplaces have seasoned turbulence in the latest months. Jan Woitas | Photograph Alliance | Getty Pictures The CEO of Italian energy company Enel told CNBC Tuesday that turbulence in strength marketplaces was possible to persist for some time. “Items […]
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U.S. warns California cities to prepare for possible water cuts and fourth year of drought
Houseboats on Lake Oroville during a drought in Oroville, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal water managers on Monday warned California cities and industrial users receiving water from the Central Valley Project to prepare for a fourth year of drought and possibly “extremely limited water […]
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Renault wants to use water from depths of 4,000 meters to supply heat to an old production plant
A Renault logo photographed in Bavaria, Germany. The French automotive giant says it’s targeting carbon neutrality in Europe by 2040 and globally by 2050. Igor Golovniov/Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Renault Group is working with French utility Engie on the development of a geothermal energy project at the automaker’s Douai facility, with […]
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After decades as a nuclear powerhouse, France makes its play in offshore wind
This image, from Sept. 2022, shows French President Emmanuel Macron speaking with workers on board a boat during a visit to the Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm. Stephane Mahe | AFP | Getty Images A facility described as “France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind project” is fully operational, multinational utility EDF said this week. The news represents […]
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Youthful men and women just got a louder voice on world wide weather challenges — and could shortly be shaping coverage
COP27 was an additional milestone for younger climate activists as they turned formal weather policy stakeholders beneath the ACE Action Approach. Photograph by Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Photos/LightRocket by means of Getty Photographs Youthful people today have extended been at the forefront of conversations and activism all over local climate transform. This year’s COP27 was an additional […]
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Biden grants PG&E $1.1 billion to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open
Aerial view of the Diablo Canyon, the only operational nuclear plant left in California, due to be shutdown in 2024 despite safely producing nearly 15% of the state’s green electrical energy power, is viewed in these aerial photos taken on December 1, 2021, near Avila Beach, California. George Rose | Getty Images The Biden administration […]
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Is Patagonia the end game for profits in a world of climate change?
A Patagonia store signage is seen on Greene Street on September 14, 2022 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Many brands are aligning profits with purpose, but Patagonia’s decision in September to convert its for-profit business to one under which all the profits flow through to fighting […]
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New global local weather offer struck at conference in Egypt
Local climate reparations, or “reduction and injury” funding, is a very divisive and emotive difficulty that is noticed as a fundamental problem of local weather justice. Sean Gallup | Getty Visuals News | Getty Illustrations or photos Government ministers and negotiators from approximately 200 nations lastly secured an settlement Sunday aimed at trying to keep […]
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The big new Exxon Mobil climate change deal that got an assist from Joe Biden
Could it be that Big Oil’s next big thing got a big assist from Joe Biden? Maybe, if carbon capture and storage is indeed as big a deal as ExxonMobil’s first-of-its-kind deal to extract, transport and store carbon from other companies’ factories implies. The deal, announced last month, calls for ExxonMobil to capture carbon emitted […]
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