A jump in renewables and efficiency efforts helped blunt a feared runaway in carbon emissions growth from a surge in coal use last year due to the global energy crisis, the IEA said Thursday, even if CO2 emissions hit a new ...
Environment
Mar 2, 2023
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As fusion developers around the world race to commercialize fusion energy, TAE Technologies has pioneered the pursuit of the cleanest and most economical path to providing electricity with hydrogen-boron (also known as p-B11 ...
Plasma Physics
Feb 28, 2023
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Soaring energy prices triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict could push up to 141 million more people around the globe into extreme poverty, a new study reveals.
Economics & Business
Feb 16, 2023
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The fight against climate change is full of inconvenient truths. The latest? Coal is going to be harder to get rid of than we had hoped. Every victory like the rejection of Clive Palmer's proposed Rockhampton coal mine seems ...
Environment
Feb 9, 2023
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Chemically, carbon dioxide is incredibly simple—it is just one carbon atom linked with two oxygen atoms. Together they create a colorless gas that makes up just a tiny fraction of the Earth's atmosphere, about 0.04%.
Earth Sciences
Feb 6, 2023
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Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine from February 24, 2022, energy prices rose by up to 20% worldwide for five months. WTI crude oil was $92.77 per barrel on February 24, 2022, but rose and averaged $106.96 (+15.3%) ...
Economics & Business
Feb 3, 2023
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When the Federal Reserve convenes at the end of January 2023 to set interest rates, it will be guided by one key bit of data: the U.S. inflation rate. The problem is, that stat ignores a sizable chunk of the country—rural ...
Economics & Business
Jan 30, 2023
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The number of millionaires in the world is steadily increasing, and their emission patterns make it difficult, if not impossible, to meet the Paris Agreement's target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. According ...
Environment
Jan 25, 2023
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Government measures to boost electric vehicle sales, the share of green ammonia in fertilizer, and public purchasing of plant proteins could help shift the decarbonisation of the global economy into high gear, researchers ...
Environment
Jan 20, 2023
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The race toward net-zero emissions depends heavily on lithium—to power electric vehicles, to store wind and solar power.
Environment
Jan 19, 2023
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