Insulating 100,000 homes before winter, and compelling energy firms to put existing customers onto the lowest tariff, are some of the measures needed to cut bills, save energy, and reduce pollution. That is according to environmental organization Friends of the Earth (FoE) Ireland, which has released a five-point plan to address the burgeoning energy crisis … Read more
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In seeking to prevent environmental breakdown, what counts above all is not the new things we do, but the old things we stop doing. Renewable power, for instance, is useful in preventing climate chaos only to the extent that it displaces fossil fuels. Unfortunately, new technologies do not always lead automatically to the destruction of … Read more
Mapping US Wind Energy by State This was originally posted on Elements. Sign up to the free mailing list to get beautiful visualizations on natural resource megatrends in your email every week. Wind power is the most productive renewable energy source in the US, generating nearly half of America’s renewable energy. But wind doesn’t blow … Read more
An influential thinktank that has led the backlash against the government’s net zero policy has received funding from groups with oil and gas interests, according to tax documents seen by the Guardian and OpenDemocracy. Though the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) has always said it is independent of the fossil fuel industry, the revelations about … Read more
ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) — There’s no way of knowing if cost increases and missed construction deadlines will continue at the only US underground nuclear waste repository, according to independent federal investigators, according to results of a federal watchdog report made public Tuesday. The Government Accountability Office outlined the concerns in its reportnoting that the US … Read more
“Once the transition to renewables is complete, by around 2040, there is no additional emissions reduction benefit from increased gas supply,” the report found. “In the context of the scenarios examined in this report, gas remains a transitional fuel but perhaps not precisely in the way it was initially envisaged. “Gas can assist GHG [greenhouse … Read more
Howler monkeys. Credit: Norberto Asensio New research has discovered that adult howler monkeys use play to avoid conflict and reduce group tension, with levels of play increasing when they are faced with scarce resources. The study, carried out by a team of researchers from Spain, Brazil and the UK, and published in the journal Animal … Read more
EDWARDSVILLE — A crude oil spill from a broken pipeline has triggered a cleanup in and along a Madison County waterway for more than a week, with thousands of barrels of oil discharged next to a Mississippi River tributary. Because of the spill is still under investigation. Recent history, though, shows pipeline incidents in Missouri … Read more
As energy becomes all the more expensive, solar panels continue to grow in popularity. Thinking about it: why wouldn’t you want to take advantage of free renewable energy from the Sun? However, installing solar panels is never as easy or straightforward as one might think. There’s the initial expense to consider as well as selecting … Read more
