Focus on what happens inside a nuclear reactor, the generation of spent fuel and its reprocessing The Kudankulam unit (pictured) is known as VVER (and is not the type used at Chernobyl in Russia). The difference lies in the need to enrich the Uranium, which is not the case withRead More →
Climate protesters have repeatedly gathered outside the Credit Suisse building to draw attention to the bank’s financing of coal, oil and gas extraction. Keystone / Ennio Leanza A group of 11 investors holding more than 2.2 trillion Swiss francs ($2.4 trillion) in assets has filed a shareholder resolution calling onRead More →
It’s a simple problem: we lack good land to grow food, so we have to keep growing more food on less land. Currently, half of the habitable land on Earth is devoted to agriculture. The good news (sort of) is that the land we currently use isn’t being used asRead More →
Risk management is not just about compliance and good governance. It is fundamental to our decision-making process at all levels of the organization. Our risk strategy and policy determine how we plan for and respond to risks related to our business strategy, preventable operational incidents and unforeseen events. BW LPGRead More →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main driver of climate change and the greenhouse gas most intimately integrated into global economies and daily lifestyles. Slowly, the world is transforming its energy system from one dominated by burning fossil fuels to one with net zero CO2 emissions in a process of deepRead More →
Acclaimed author Tim Winton used a closing speech at the Perth Festival to implore people and governments to wean themselves off dependence on fossil fuel industries, calling the current approach to climate change a “dumpster fire fuming with the status quo”. Key points: Tim Winton, Stella Donnelly and Pond frontmanRead More →
Meridith Allen fears her family will suffer if a facility that burns poultry litter and parts for fuel is allowed to resume operations near her home. Allen lives in Lumberton, about two miles from a facility where NC Renewable Power feeds poultry waste and “poultry cake” into a pair ofRead More →
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto appearing within Part IV. Item 15. Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this 2021 10K Report. The following discussion may contain forward-looking statements, and our actual results may differ materially from theRead More →
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Nuclear power has its own unresolved risks Heather Hoff makes a good argument for keeping Diablo Canyon open (“Solar Advocates Should Support Diablo Canyon», Letters to the editor, page A12, February 20). The cost ofRead More →
A new report from the World Bank indicates that developing countries face increasing risks of financial fragility created by the COVID-19 crisis and non-transparent debt. He noted that as rising inflation and interest rates pose new challenges to recovery, developing countries need to focus on building healthier financial sectors. AccordingRead More →
It is a well-known fact that the Earth is suffering from climate change. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have risen rapidly since the industrial revolution of the early 20th century and global temperatures have risen, triggering a positive feedback cycle and threatening to worsen it. According to reports, even if industrializedRead More →
When President Muhammadu Buhari declared the “gas decade” in 2021, he promised that his administration would ensure that gas development was a national priority – to drive economic growth, further improve Nigeria’s energy mix and provide jobs essential to citizens. To support this point, the President made a ambitious speechRead More →
In addition to the points made in these reports that increasing domestic fossil fuel production would not help Americans if Russia decided not to source its supplies from the world market, the idea of ”independence energy” often suggested by proponents of increased domestic production is a complete myth. Even whenRead More →
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) are using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to study the process involved in converting biomass into gaseous fuel. Computer simulations and modeling studies can provide faster insights for developing biomass conversion processes, since gaining such understanding through hands-on experiments would take time,Read More →
Dropping to a new low, The Sun bases a report on an investigation known to use a “charged” question to allege public resentment over the ban on the sale of new fossil-fuel cars. The sun recently reported that ‘furious voters’ oppose the government’s 2030 ban on new petrol and dieselRead More →
WSU’s Environmental Sustainability Alliance is calling on WSU to turn over its endowment funds to fossil fuel companies in an effort to fight climate change. Endowments contain donated financial assets, which the WSU Foundation uses to invest and raise. These funds are then used for the benefit of WSU, accordingRead More →
introduction With decarbonization and climate change policies at the forefront of public and government concerns, we are likely to see many changes in the world we live in. One of the most notable will be the vehicles we drive. By 2030, the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) cars willRead More →
Poppy Allonby, senior finance executive and former chief executive of BlackRock, has analyzed the link between climate change and investing for more than two decades. “For a lot of it, it was pretty lonely,” Allonby said during his December speech at the MIT Energy Initiative Fall Colloquium. “There weren’t manyRead More →