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In a recent post (Peak Oil Demand is Already a Huge Problem), I showed the following estimate of future energy consumption. Figure 1. One view of future energy consumption for the world as a whole. History is based on BP's 2012 Statistical Review of World ...

The Committee on Climate Change is also right to highlight the fact that the current lack of a long-term political vision is jeopardising investment in renewable energy projects – including the development of the supply chain which could create tens of ...

The Committee on Climate Change argues that, in the long term, low-carbon energy will cost less than gas. Leo Hickman, with your help, investigates.Leo Hickman

(Phys.org) —Hurricane Sandy caught the public and policymakers off guard when it hit the United States' Atlantic Coast last fall. Because much of the storm's devastation was wrought by flooding in the aftermath, researchers have been paying attention to how climate change and sea-level rise may have played a role in the disaster and how those factors may impact the shoreline in the future

Committee on Climate Change says the sooner the UK invests in low-carbon power generation the cheaper it will beInvesting in new renewable power generation, rather than a "dash for gas", will be the lower-cost option for keeping the lights on while cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the government's climate change watchdog has said

SWARTHMORE – Student activists at more than 200 colleges are trying a new tactic in hopes of slowing the pace of climate change: They are asking their schools to stop investing in fossil fuel companies.

Alterra operates six power plants totaling 566 MW of capacity, including two geothermal facilities in Iceland, a geothermal plant in Nevada, British Columbia's largest run-of-river hydro facility and the province's largest wind farm. The company's 297 MW share ...

More than £29 billion has been invested in renewable energy in the UK since January 2010, figures from the government reveal. Research by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) shows than more than £29 billion of private investment has ...

Poland's government said two-and-a-half years ago it was going to change the support system for such projects by writing a dedicated renewable energy law. Industry lobbying and disagreements between three ministries have led to different draft versions of ...

Alterra operates six power plants totaling 566 MW of capacity, including two geothermal facilities in Iceland, a geothermal plant in Nevada, British Columbia's largest run-of-river hydro facility and the province's largest wind farm. The company's 297 MW share ...

Concerns continue to grow about the effects of climate change on fire. Wildfires are expected to increase 50 percent across the United States under a changing climate, over 100 percent in areas of the West by 2050 as projected by some studies. Of equal concern to scientists and policymakers alike are the atmospheric effects of wildfire emissions on climate

NIGHTS are cooler, and we’re regularly getting the evening showers. This means, the hot summer is almost over, and with it, floods, landslides and just about every calamity that we have become very familiar with. According to the United Nations University (UNU), Philippines ranks third among the countries most vulnerable to climate change and disasters caused by natural hazards

The 20-megawatt Maibarara geothermal project has successfully secured registration as a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) venture sanctioned under the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

A book refuting climate change has been mailed to the homes of House members in recent weeks, along with a letter promoting the materials signed by House Speaker Pro Tem Peggy Mast, R-Emporia.