Harmful carbon emissions from energy rose in 2017 for the first time in three years, the International Energy Agency said Thursday, proof that the world's efforts to fight climate change are falling short.
Environment
Mar 22, 2018
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Clean energy costs will be equal or less than fossil fuels by 2020, while renewable energy sources will meet 40 percent of global energy demand by 2040. But because renewable energy depends on the sun and wind, it is still ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 20, 2018
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Recent reports that solar capacity will soon exceed nuclear capacity reveal an important fact. It also hides a crucial distinction needed to understand the context of energy production, and use and consequences of choices ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 26, 2017
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The world population is growing, as is energy demand, and we have long been able to see the consequences of climate change caused by the world's consumption of fossil resources. The IEA reports that global demand for energy ...
Materials Science
Jan 23, 2017
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Recent years have witnessed the rise of an economic revolution—the so-called sharing economy. Businesses such as Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb have created a new kind of marketplace, in essence, by relying on the investments of ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 10, 2016
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China has an opportunity to massively increase its use of wind power—if it properly integrates wind into its existing power system, according to a newly published MIT study.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 20, 2016
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Global warming could occur more quickly than expected, according to a new model by University of Queensland and Griffith University researchers.
Environment
Mar 10, 2016
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The way oil giant Exxon Mobil sees it, the global energy landscape won't be radically different in 2040 than it is today.
Environment
Jan 25, 2016
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Global energy demand from developed nations has an adverse impact on freshwater resources in less developed nations according to a new study.
Environment
Nov 16, 2015
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Researchers from MIT and Tsinghua University in Beijing are collaborating to bring new insights into how China—now the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2)—can reverse the rising trajectory of its CO2 emissions ...
Environment
Jun 19, 2015
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