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Enlarge United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres had just returned from a visit to flooded Pakistan when he stepped before the UN General Assembly to give a speech on Tuesday. Poverty-stricken regions experiencing the most severe climate change impacts like Pakistan were front-of-mind when he declared, “Today, I am calling on all developed economies to tax […]
The Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant (credit: Russ Nelson) In the US, two types of electricity generation are on the rise: natural gas and renewables. If one of those is set to make a bigger mark than the other this year, it’s natural gas: in 2018, natural gas-burning capacity is expected to outpace renewable capacity […]
Enlarge / WUHAN, CHINA – APRIL 27: Workers from Wuhan Guangsheng Photovoltaic Company install solar panels on the roof of a building on April 27, 2017 in Wuhan, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) (credit: Getty Images) To say 2017 was a good year for solar panels is a bit of an understatement. According to […]
Fossil Hunters sends players to an abandoned dig site, seeking the dinosaur bones buried deep within its dangerous caves so that they can cobble together their own colossal reptile skeletons. Mixing creativity and cavernous explorations, it looks to offer some delightful adventures for any dinosaur fan. Players will be able to choose one of four […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The internal watchdog at the Department of Energy released an audit report (PDF) this month detailing profligate spending, approved by the Office of Fossil Energy, on a clean coal initiative that was supposed to result in a 400MW carbon capture-enabled plant. The Office of Fossil Energy had partnered with a private company called […]
Enlarge (credit: Valentina Palladino) Fossil has come a long way since the debut of its first hybrid smartwatches in 2015. What was once a small endeavor with just a handful of devices has grown to take over most of the brands under Fossil Group. Michael Kors, Diesel, Kate Spade, Emporio Armani, Skagen, and others all […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images Virginia is planning to create the state’s first cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The move comes amid the Democratic Party’s victory in the governor’s race. Virginia’s limit on carbon dioxide emissions would tighten 30 percent between 2020 and 2030. Virginia is moving forward with climate change regulations that could mean the expansion […]
Published time: 21 Oct, 2017 20:28 A 76-million-year-old fossilized skeleton of a tyrannosaur, unearthed in Utah, is being described as the most complete fossil ever discovered in all of the south-west US. The remarkable fossil was found on a remote field site in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) and airlifted by helicopter to the […]
It’s not just European countries planning long-term bans on fossil fuel cars. China’s vice minister of industry and IT, Xin Guobin, has revealed that the country’s government is developing a timetable for a ban on sales of fossil fuel vehicles. The official hasn’t given a rough estimate for when a ban would kick in, but […]
Getty Images/Sara D. Davis Leaders from over 50 companies including Chevron, BP, ConocoPhillips, Halliburton, Shell, and ExxonMobil sent a letter to Governor Greg Abbott on Monday urging a defeat of the state’s “bathroom bill,” which would discriminate against trans individuals by requiring people to use the bathroom corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate […]
