GREEK INVENTION PROMISES INEXHAUSTIBLE ENERGY FROM WATER!
Greek inventor and electronic engineer Petros Zografos presents here an application of his patented method for oscillatory pulse catalytic hydrogen (HHO) extraction from seawater to be used as fuel.
(editors note: this could be huge! A world changing/saving invention...)
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SOLAR ENERGY AND RETHINKING GEOTHERMAL: ARENA'S HITS AND MISSES...
Improving the efficiency of solar photovoltaic cells has been one of Arena’s most successful projects. Photograph: Colin Anderson/Getty Images
As demand for sustainable energy increases, Australia’s independent renewable energy agency has to choose to fund some projects over others – to varying degrees of success...
Read moreSCIENTISTS JUST RAN THE NUMBERS ON HOW MUCH TRUMP COULD DAMAGE THE PLANET...
Add your reaction Share2016 THE YEAR IN CLIMATE CHANGE...
President-elect Donald Trump, shown here at a campaign event in Dallas in September, has filled his prospective Cabinet with opponents of carbon regulations as well as a number of officials who question established climate science. Photo courtesy of AP Images.
It was just one year ago, and from the White House on down, everyone who worked to make the Paris climate agreement a success was dizzy from victory laps...
Read morePHOTOGRAPHING CLIMATE CHANGE REFUGEES, BY DRONE AND ON FOOT...
Migrants listened on Aug. 11 as the manager of a transit center in Agadez, Niger, read the names of those who would be boarding buses back to their homes.Credit: Josh Haner/The New York Times
Josh Haner has photographed eight stories across five countries this year about the effects of climate change, often employing drones to get unique vantage points. Mr. Haner is a staff photographer and a senior editor for photo technology at The New York Times. He talked with James Estrin about finding new ways to visualize climate change. The conversation has been edited for clarity and brevity.
Read moreCALIFORNIA WANTS TO GO ITS OWN WAY ON CLIMATE POLICY. WILL THE GOP LET IT?
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One of the ongoing news stories we are likely to hear about in 2017 is the state of California’s defiance of a climate-science-denying Trump administration. With fossil-fuel enthusiast Scott Pruitt slated to execute a hostile takeover of the Environmental Protection Agency, and given a Trump economic strategy that may depend on a massive expansion of oil, gas, and even coal production, everything blue states — and especially California — have been planning on for years in the way of carbon-emissions reduction and clean-energy promotion is in peril...
Read moreKASICH BREAKS WITH GOP, KEEPS RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARDS...
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But the Environmental Defense Fund said the veto will allow Ohio to become a leader in the clean energy economy, "clearing the way for well-paying jobs, millions in investment, and healthier air for all."
Read moreMAJOR FLOODING IN UK NOW LIKELY EVERY YEAR, WARNS LEAD CLIMATE ADVISER...
The flooded high street in Cockermouth in the Lake District, days after Storm Desmond on 6 December 2015. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A year after severe floods in wake of Storm Desmond, John Krebs says ministers still have no coherent long-term plan to deal with it...
Read more5 UNDER-REPORTED CLIMATE CHANGE STORIES OF 2016...
This is the time of year when some people talk about the news stories that didn't receive the attention they merited over the past year...
Read more'THIS IS POSSIBLE. WE DID IT': THE WEEK PORTUGAL RAN ON RENEWABLES...
Renewables kept the lights on in Lisbon for four and a half days in May. Photograph: ImageBroker/Rex/Shutterstock
Campaigners say the 107 hours when the country was powered by wind, sun and water show they can replace fossil fuels...
Read moreGREEN ENERGY CAN INCREASINGLY MATCH – OR BEAT – FOSSIL FUEL PRICES, REPORT SAYS...
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For the first time, the costs of wind and solar power have dropped to match those of fossil fuels. Environmental advocates hope that could make businesses more likely to opt for renewable energy sources when calculating their costs...
Read moreHOW MUCH WILL REALLY CHANGE FOR THE WEST'S OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY UNDER TRUMP?
The oil fields of the Uintah Basin, southeast of Vernal, Utah. (Trent Nelson / Salt Lake Tribune)
The election of Donald Trump has thrilled many people across the West’s oil and gas industry who say his promises to roll back regulations will free it from unfair and unnecessary obstacles imposed by President Obama...
Read moreHUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FACE STARVATION AND DEATH IN AFRICA IN THE GROWING CRISIS NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT...
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'As we enter 2017, over 37 million people across Africa are without food,' warns International Development Secretary Priti Patel...
Read moreDONALD TRUMP AND THE TRIUMPH OF CLIMATE-CHANGE DENIAL...
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The science of man-made global warming has only grown more conclusive. So why have Republicans become less convinced it’s real over the past decade and a half?
Read moreGOVERNMENT TO OUTLINE CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS FACING UNITED KINGDOM IN NEW REPORT...
Rescue workers in Carlisle after Storm Desmond in December 2015. Flooding has been particularly costly for the UK in recent years. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA
First climate change risk assessment since 2012 will have considerable implications for future green policy...
Read moreCLIMATE CHANGE TRIGGERS NEW DISEASES IN VIETNAM...
Scientists have found connections between climate change and the appearance of new diseases, especially vector borne diseases, including dengue fever and malaria. credit: VietNamNet Bridge
Vietnam is among five countries in the world to suffer the most from climate change...
Read moreCHINA PASSES LAWS TO TAX POLLUTERS; CO2 DOESN'T MAKE THE CUT...
A man wearing a respiratory protection mask walks toward an office building during the smog after a red alert was issued for heavy air pollution in Beijing's central business district, China, December 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee
BEIJING: China has passed a law that levies taxes on pollution, but ignores carbon dioxide, one of the major contributors to global warming, according to the web site of the country's highest legislative body...
Read moreWILL WE MISS OUR LAST CHANCE TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM CLIMATE CHANGE?
Only one major political party in the world denies climate change, and it's in charge of the most important political body in the world...
"The energy system and the tax system have got to be simplified in a way that everybody understands and doesn’t allow the wealthy few to completely rig the system," says Hansen.
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